Semifinal Malaysian Women Master photos

Below is some of the photos taken during the 2010 Malaysian Women Master Semifinal held on 28th February 2010 at the Dato Arthur Tan Chess Center.

Newly wed - Mohd Khir Wahiduddin and his lovely wife - Zaidazuriani was at the venue to support their sister - NWM Nurul Huda . Probably it was part of their honey moon plan too!?

An always caring mom- Zazaluma Harun - Nabila mother

IA Abdul Hamid Majid was going back and forth to two tournament which was held on the same day - Woman Master Semifinal at DATCC and UM Open at 9th College, UM. 

The spectators and supporters watch the last semifinal game 

Nabila and Alia in the Final!

28.2.2010 - Nur Nabila Azman and NWM Alia Anin Azwa Bakri both win their semifinal game today.Nur Nabila Azman beat NWM Nurul Huda Wahiduddin with the score 2.5-1.5. Both player won a game in the classical time control but Nabila excel in the rapid session by winning game 1 and draw the second game.

Alia beat Fong Mi Yen with the score 1.5-0.5 in the classical time control games.

The final date for Nabila-Alia will be announce later.

Semifinal Game 2 ( Nabila beat Nurul , Alia draw against Mi Yen)

Match 1

Nur Nabila Azman - NWM Nurul Huda
Semifinal (Game 2). 28.2.2010

 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3  Nf6  3. e3  g6

4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. c3 Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4
11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7 15. Bg5 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qd5 17.
Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Bh4 e6 19. Bc4 Rd7 20. Bb3 a6 21. a3 h6 22. Kf1 Kh7 23. g4 g5 24.
Bg3 Red8 25. f4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Nd5 27. Bg3 Bf6 28. Kg2 Bg5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. h4
Bf6 31. Rd2 Bg7 32. Rf2 R8d7 33. Bf4 c5 34. dxc5 Rxc5 35. Rd2 Rxd2+ 36. Bxd2
Rd5 37. Bf4 Bf6 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. h5+ Kg7 40. Rf1 Bg5 41. Bxg5 Rxg5 42. Rd1 Rd5??

The losing move. Nurul voluntarily isolate her pawn. She will lost the pawn race. 

43. Rxd5 exd5 44. b3 Kf6 45. Kf4 b6 46. b4 a5 47. bxa5 bxa5 48. a4 Ke6 49. g5 1-0

Match 2

Fong Mi Yen - NWM Alia Anin Azwa Bakri

Semifinal (Game 2). 28.2.2010

 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6

5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O

Nh5 12. Bd2 Ng7 13. Qb3 c6 14. Bb4 Be6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qc3 Kh8 17. Ne5 f6 18.

Nf3 f5 19. Ne5 f4 20. exf4 Rxf4 21. Bxg6 Qg5 22. Bc2 Raf8 23. Qg3 Qf6 24.

Rad1 Nh5 25. Qe3 Rg8 26. Kh2 Ng3?

 Mi Yen commit a blunder. Probably she miscalculate the position because she will down exchange after .  27. fxg3 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Qxf1 29. Qh6 Probably Mi Yen miss this move. 29...Rg7 30.

Bxh7?! Stronger is 30.Qxe6 and white has big winning advantage  30...Rxh7 31. Qxe6 Rg7 32. Nf3 Qb1 33. Qe8+ Rg8 34. Qe5+ Kh7 35. Qe7+ Rg7 36.

Qh4+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2 Both player agreed for a draw. Black will lost if he try 38...Kg6? 39.Ne5+Kf5 40.Qf4+ etc.  Alia proceed to the final. 

Semifinal Game 1 ( Nurul beat Nabila, Alia Beat Mi Yen)

Match 1

WNM Nurul Huda Wahiduddin - Nur Nabila Azman
Semifinal (Game 1) , 28.2.2010

 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. f4 Bf6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh3 Rb8 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Ne5 18. Bc2 Nxc4 19. Qg3 Rb7 20. Ne4 Bh8 21. Qh4 

21...Bxf5?  22. Ng5 f6 23. Bxf5 fxg5 23...gxf5 24.Ne6 Qa5 25.Nxf8 24. Be6+ Kg7
25. Bxg5 h5 26. Bxc4 Qb6 27. Re7+ Rxe7 28. Bxe7 Rf2 29. Bxd6 Qxb2 30. Re1 Qd2

31. Qe7+ Nurul Huda miss the stunning 31.Bf8+!! Rxf8 (31...Kxf8?? 32.Qe7++ checkmate) 32.Qe7+ Kh6 33.Qxf8 31...Kh6 32. Bg3 Rf5 33. Qe3+ Qxe3 Nurul wisely trade the queen. Now what she has to do it to watch his back rank to avoid being mate 34. Rxe3 a5 35. h3 h4 36. Bd6 Bg7 37.
Rf3 Rxf3 38. gxf3 Bd4 39. Kg2 g5 40. f4 gxf4 41. Bxf4+ Kg6 42. Kf3 Kf5 43. Bc7
Bc3 44. Bd3+ Ke6 45. Kg4 Be1 46. Bc4+ Kd7 47. Bf4 c5 48. Kf5 Kc6 49. Ke6 Bf2
50. Bd2 a4 51. Ba5 Bg3 52. Bd8 Be1 53. Be7 Bf2 54. Kf5 Kb6 55. Kg4 Ka5 56. a3
Kb6 57. Bxh4 Bd4 58. Be7 Bb2 59. h4 Bxa3 60. Bd8+ Kc6 61. Kf5 Kd7 62. Bf6 Bc1
63. Bb5+ Kd6 64. Bxa4 c4 65. h5 Bh6 66. Kg6 Be3 67. Bg5 Bd4 68. h6 Ke6 69. h7
Be5 70. Bh6 1-0

Match 2

WNM Nurul Huda Wahiduddin - Nur Nabila Azman

Semifinal (Game 1) , 28.2.2010

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 c4 8. a4 Rc8 9. Bd2 Nge7 10. g4 Qd8 11. Na3 Ng6 12. h3 Be7 13. Nc2 f6 14. Qe2 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Ncxe5 16. dxe5 O-O 17. Nd4

17...Qc7 18. Nf3 Nf4 19. Qe3 a5 20. Ra3 Ra8 21. Qd4 Ng6 22. Bg2 axb4 23. cxb4 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Bxa4 25. O-O Bb5 26. Ra1 Rc8 27. Bc3 Rf8 28. Bd2 Bc6 29. Ra7 Bb5 30. Ra5 Bc6 31. Ra7 Nh4
32. Ne1 Bd8 33. Be3 Be7 34. Qc3 Rb8 35. Nc2?? Mi Yen blunder a piece. She is playing fast because Alia is has lest then 2 minutes left 35... Nxg2 

36. Bd2of course white King can`t take the knight because she will lost her queen after 36.Kxg2 d4+!  36...Nh4 37. Bf4 Ng6 38. Bg3 Qb6 39. Ra1 Bd7 40. Qd2 Qd8 41. Ne3 Bc6 42. Ra5 Bg5 43. Ra3 Ra8 44. Rxa8 Qxa8 45. Kh2 Qa3 46. f4 Bxf4 47. Bxf4 Nxf4 48. Qf2 d4 49. Qxf4 Qxe3 50. Qf1
Qxe5+ 51. Kg1 Qg3+  Alia win  0-1

Malaysian Women Master 2010 - Semifinal - Game 1

Hi all,

Alia Anin Azwa Bakri- Fong Mi Yen  (Semifinal -Game 1)

I`m now at DATCC blogging for the semifinal Malaysian Women Master 2010. The game between Nabila - Nurul Huda and Alia- Fong Mi Yen is still on. Photo, games will follow soon...

WCM Nabila Azman - NWM Nurul Huda (Semifinal-Game 1)

Hoh Hjin Li- Amira Shakmina

The 2010 Women Malaysian Women Master organised by Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF)  start today at the DATCC, KL.

Below is one of the interesting game from day 1-

Hoh Hjin Li - Amira Shakmina
Game 1, Malaysian Women Master, 26.2.2010


Analysed by Hairulov and Fritz


1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qe1  Bg4  Theory recommend several continuation for e.g 9...Rb8 , 9... c4 or 9... Ne8  10. Qh4 Bxf3?! I don`t like this move. Black  should wait white to play h3 first  and then only take the knight on f3. The reason is now white`s rook can join the attack on h- file because the h3 square is free.11. Rxf3 

11...Qd7 12. f5 Nh5 13. g4 Bf6 14. Qh3 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Nf6 16. Qh4 Kh8 17. Rh3 Rg8 18. Ne2 Be5 19. Bg5  19. Ng3! is stronger for e.g 19...Bxg3 20. hxg3 h5 21. g5 Nh7 22. g4  19... Rg7 20. Ng3  Bxb2
Black can set a nice trap with 20... Rag8!? 21. Bh6? g5 22. Bxg7+ Rxg7 23. Qh6 Nxg4 24. Qh5 Nf2+  21. Rf1 Be5 Black should have play 21... Rag8! threatening gxf5 and then the white`s bishop with Rxg5 22. Bh6 g5 23. Bxg7+ Rxg7 24. Qh6 Be5 and white`s queen is offside 22. Bh6 Rgg8 23. fxg6?! White miss 23. g5! Ne8 and the stunning 24. Bf8!! and black can resign 23... fxg6 24. g5 Bxg3 if  24... Ng4 White have nice combination 25. Rf7 Bg7 26. Nf5! Nf2+ 27. Qxf2 gxf5 28. g6!  25. hxg3 Ng4 26. Bf8? white missed the strong 26. Rf7! 26... h5??  blunder. Black can parry the mating threat on h7 by playing   26... e5!  The black`s queen know cover h7 and black can still survive. Now black will be mate in three.....

  27.Qxh5+!! gxh5 28. Rxh5+ Nh6 29. Rxh6#   checkmate 1-0



source - official blog 

The Malaysian Women Master 2010 start tommorow!

The 2010 Malaysian Women Master will start tomorrow (26th February 2010) till 2nd March 2010 at the Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DATCC), Wilayah Kompleks, Kuala Lumpur . After the success of their male counterpart tournament, Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) has decide to organize this event dedicated for women players only. I hope no male player will take Najib Wahab “advice” as mentioned in his  article (read para 3 line 12-13) just to take part in this tournament.

The list of the players selected to play in this tournament has been well debated recently although the selection criteria has been announced about two months earlier. The organizer has released the final list of the players here.  I  hope the tournaments will produced many interesting games/moment as what the Malaysian Master has produced.

May the best women win !

Malaysian Woman Masters 2010

Ladies and.......ladies. After the success of the Malaysian Master Championship, Malaysian women chess master will glad to know that the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) will organised a similar tournament - the Malaysian Women Master from 26th February - 2nd March 2010 at the Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Center (DATCC), Kuala Lumpur.

Ok, i think this news is equally important for man also especially for NWM Tan Li Ting, WCM Nabila and WFM Najiha father's. There is no details about the players and the format yet, so check for update from time to time at the DATCC official site and blog.