NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 10/09 : Bird's (From's Gambit) !

16th May 2009 - NMCC Thematic Tournament will be organised today - ( Saturday, 16th May 2009). The opening is Bird's (From's Gambit) . This will be the 10th edition of this thematic tourney.

A thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And for this  Saturday , the Bird's (from's Gambit)  (diagram below) has been selected as the starting position. ( with  white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player will start the game on the 4th move ! And black player will start after white's 4th move.

NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 10/09 : Bird's (From's Gambit) 

 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. Nf3 g5 

white to move !

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NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 9/09 : Queen Indian Defense

Next NMCC Thematic Tournament will be organised this Saturday ( 25th April 2009). The opening is Queen Indian Defense. This will be the 9th edition of this thematic tourney.

A thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And for this coming Saturday , the Queen Indian Defense (diagram right) has been selected as the starting position. ( with white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player will start the game on the 5th move ! And black player will start after white's 5th move.

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NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 8/09 : Orang Utan 1.b4 !

Next NMCC Thematic Tournament will be organised this Saturday ( 18th April 2009). The opening is The Orang Utan (Sokolsky Opening) - 1.b4 This will be the 8th edition of this thematic tourney.


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NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 7/09 : Caro Kann Advance !

Next NMCC Thematic Tournament will be organised this Saturday ( 11th April 2009). The opening is Caro Kann Advance. This will be the 7th edition of this thematic tourney.

A thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And for this coming Saturday , the Caro Kann : Advance Variation (diagram below) has been selected as the starting position. ( with white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player will start the game on the 4th move ! And black player will start after white's 4th move.

NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 7/09 : Caro Kann Advance Variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

White to move !

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NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 6/09 : Benko Gambit!

To allow more participants especially kids to participate in NMCC Thematic Tournaments, the date and time for the tournament has been changed . From this Saturday onward, all NMCC Thematic tournament will be held on Saturday evening ( start at 2.30 pm).

Next NMCC Thematic Tournament will be organised on Saturday ( 4th April 2009). The opening is Benko Gambit. This will be the 6th edition of this thematic tourney.

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Kaushal Khandahar Win NMCC Friday Night Blitz Thematic Tournament 5/09 : French Defense : Winawer Variation !

Kaushal Khandahar (photo above - right) win NMCC Friday Blitz Thematic Tournament 5/09 : French Defense : Winawer Variation last night ( 27th March 2009) .

A thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And for last night, the French Defense : Winawer Variation (diagram below) has been selected as the starting position. ( with white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player will start the game on the 7th move ! And black player will start after white's 7th move.

NMCC Friday Night Blitz Thematic Tournament 5/09 : French Defense : Winawer Variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7


White to move !

NMCC Friday Night Blitz Thematic Tournament 4/09 : King's Indian Defense !

Tonight, ( 20th March 2009), Neo Manhattan Chess Centre (NMCC) will organised the NMCC Friday Blitz Thematic Tournament 4-09 : King's Indian Defense. This will be the 4th edition of this thematic tourney. The 1st edition ( Sicilian Dragon) and the 3rd edition ( Ruy Lopez : Marshall Attack) was won by Abdullah Che Hassan. Ian Udani won the second thematic tournament ( Chigorin Defense).


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NMCC Friday Night Blitz Thematic Tournament 3/09 : Ruy Lopez : Marshall attack !

Tommorow , Neo Manhattan Chess Centre (NMCC) will organised the NMCC Friday Blitz Thematic Tournament 3-09 : Ruy lopez : Marshall attack. This will be the third edition of this thematic tourney. The 1st edition ( Sicilian Dragon) was won by Abdullah Che Hassan whereas Ian Udani won the second thematic tournament ( Chigorin Defense).

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NMCC Friday Blitz Thematic 2-09 : Chigorin Defense!

Next Friday, Neo Manhattan Chess Centre (NMCC) will organised the NMCC Friday Blitz Thematic 2-09 : Chigorin Defense . This will be the second edition of this thematic tourney. The 1st edition saw Abdullah Che Hassan won the tournament which features the Sicilian Dragon as the theme.

The Chigorin Defense is a chess opening named for 19th century Russian grandmaster Mikhail Chigorin.

A thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And for next Friday, the Chigorin Defense (below) have been selected as the starting position. ( with white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player will start the game on move 3! And black player will start after white's 3rd move.

NMCC Friday Blitz Thematic Tournament 2/09 : Chigorin Defense

White to move !

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Abdullah Che Hassan Win The NMCC Blitz Thematic 1/09 : Sicilian Dragon !

Abdullah Che Hassan ( right) received the cash prize from Shamsol Bahrin for winning the 1st NMCC Blitz Thematic Tournament : Sicilian Dragon. You can spot a disappointed face of the NMCC owner - Shamsol Bahrin ( left) who lost the play-off final against Abdullah :)

28th February 2009 - Abdullah Che Hassan emerged as the winner of the first edition of the (Neo Manhattan Chess Centre) NMCC Blitz Thematic Tournament held at the NMCC, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Kuala Lumpur last night. This thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And last night, Sicilian Dragon position ( below) have been selected as the starting position ( with white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player start the game on move 8! And black player start after white's 8th move.

Seven players took part in this double round robin blitz tournament with 5 minute time control for each player. Many interested players couldn't make it to the tournament because of last minute announcement by NMCC and we feel highly regret for it.

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NMCC Friday Blitz Thematic Tournament 1/09 : Sicilian Dragon !

Neo Manhattan Chess Centre will organised a thematic Sicilian Dragon blitz tournament this friday. A thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And for this Friday, Sicilian Dragon position ( below) have been selected as the starting position. ( with white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player will start the game on move 8! And black player will start after white's 8th move.

NMCC Friday Blitz Thematic Tournament 1/09 : Sicilian Dragon !

White to move !

The details is as follow.

Tournament : NMCC Firday Blitz Thematic Tournament : Sicilian Dragon

Location : Neo Manhattan Chess Centre, No.42B, Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 1,

Taman TunDr.Ismail, Kuala Lumpur

Date : 27 February 2009 ( Friday)

Time : 9 pm - 11 pm


ONLY the first 24 participants will be accepted for this tournament! So be quick !


FEES : RM 10.00.


Prize: Only the champion will receive the prize ( winner take all) . The prize will depend on the numbers of the participants but a minimum RM 70.00 cash prizes will be guaranteed for the winner !


Payment can be made to AlRajhi Bank , Current Account : 10300-001-0001080211285 under the name NEO MANHATTAN CHESS CENTRE or pay at the chess centre from 8.00pm -8.45 pm on Friday 27th February 2009.