Mashafizul won Round 4 and Will meet GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son in round 5 !

Mashafizul as exepected won his 4th round game today against Filipino - Deniel Causo (FIDE 2367). However Mas will meet an uphill task tommorow where he is being paired against Viatnemese prodigy GM Nguyen Truong Son (FIDE 2588) . Nguyen is Vietnam youngest GM ever but in this tournament he suffered unexpected lost against Indonesian IM Irwanto Sadikin (FIDE 2447) in the 2nd round.

Below are Mas's Round 2 and Round 3 game.

[Event "8th Asian Continental/Individual (Open)"]

[Site "Subic Bay Free Port"]

[Date "2009.05.14"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Nguyen, Hoang Nam"]

[Black "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "B92"]

[WhiteElo "2281"]

[BlackElo "2425"]

[PlyCount "66"]

[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4

Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. a3 h6 11. g5 hxg5 12. fxg5 Nfd7 13. Bg4 Rh4 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.

Be3 Rh3 16. Bf2 Be7 17. Qg4 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Kd1 Nc6 20. h4 Nc5 21. Rh3

Qb2 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Qxe6 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 Qxc2+ 25. Kf1 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27.

Kf2 Qc2+ 28. Ke1 Qxe4+ 29. Kd1 Qb1+ 30. Kd2 Qb2+ 31. Kd1 Qb1+ 32. Kd2 Qb2+ 33.

Kd1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Asian Continental/Individu"]

[Site "Subic Bay Free Port"]

[Date "2009.05.15"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]

[Black "Bancod, Ronald"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "C28"]

[WhiteElo "2425"]

[BlackElo "2356"]

[PlyCount "109"]

[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8.

Bxd5 Bxd5 9. f4 O-O 10. f5 f6 11. Ng3 Rf7 12. Be3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne7 14. c4 Bc6

15. a4 a5 16. c3 Nc8 17. d4 Nb6 18. Qb3 exd4 19. cxd4 Qe7 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. d5

Bxa4 22. Qd3 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Bb5 24. Qd4 Bxf1 25. Nxf1 Qxf5 26. Ne3 Qe5 27. Qxe5

fxe5 28. Bxa5 Rf4 29. h3 Rd4 30. Kf2 Rd3 31. Ke2 e4 32. Ra4 b6 33. Rxe4 Rxe3+

34. Kxe3 Rxa5 35. Rc4 Rxd5 36. Rxc7 Rg5 37. g4 Rc5 38. Rb7 Rb5 39. Kf4 h6 40.

h4 Kh7 41. h5 Kg8 42. Kf3 Rb1 43. Kf4 b5 44. g5 Rf1+ 45. Ke4 hxg5 46. Rxb5 Rg1

47. Kf5 Kh7 48. Rb6 g4 49. Rg6 g3 50. Kf4 Rf1+ 51. Kxg3 Rg1+ 52. Kf4 Rxg6 53.

hxg6+ Kh6 54. Kf5 Kh5 55. Kf4 1/2-1/2