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| PFS A team wins Penang Chess League 2007 |
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| Written by PS Lim | |
| Wednesday, 02 January 2008 | |
Fifth seed Penang Free School A team, powered by Victor Hong, Thong Yong Chen and Evan Timothy, clinched Penang Chess League 2007; 1 point ahead of their nearest rivals Play2win.
Penang Chess League 2007 (22, 23 Dec) The Penang Chess League took place in Penang Free School main hall, Penang for 2 consecutive days. It was a seven round Swiss team tournament, with time controls 60 min each. 50 teams turn up to this strongest team event in Penang. PFS A team, with 1 point lead into last round, hold a draw against third seed "Play2win". With this, PFS A with 16/21, were crowned the champion of Penang Chess League 2007. Play2win, presented by vietnamese girl Do Thi Thoung, Tan Eu Hong and Steven Hoh took the runner up with 15/21 while top seed MCE(Tutors) finished third with 14.5/21. Winners of the main prizes are : First (RM1500) PFS A 16 Second (RM1000) Play2Win 15 Third (RM800) MCE (Tutors) 14.5 Fourth (RM500) Old Frees Autobots 14.5 Fifth (RM300) Chung Ling B 14 Sixth (RM300) PCP PERLIS 14 Seventh(RM200) Chung Ling A 14 Eighth (RM200) Old Frees Barbarians 13.5 Other special prizes for team are : Best Factory Intel 12.5 Best Ladies(All ladies) Huo La La 11 Best College/University TAR college 11 Best Family Family Kulim 10.5 Best U18 school team (Boy) Chung Ling E 12 Best U18 school team (Girl) Union A 10.5 Best U12 team (Boy) MCE A 11.5 Best U12 team (Girl) PCA Junior(Girls) 12 Best U9 team (Boy) MCE F 9 Best U9 team (Girl) MCE Girls B 7 For detail result, please visit PCA website at www.pca.bayanbaru.com Besides, board prizes and other special prizes were also given out as below : Board prizes INDIVIDUAL Score 1st Board Ng Tze Han 6.5 (93%) 2nd Board A'amaluddin Bebakar 7 (100%) 3rd Board Chan Kim Chai 6.5 (93%) 4th Board Lim Yew San 3 (75%) Special Prizes INDIVIDUAL Score Best Veteran Fong Foo Khun 4 (80%) Best Lady Yip Chin Chin 4.5 (75%) Best U18 Boy Gavin Fong Wei Chern 5.5 (78.6%) Best U18 Girl Jasmine Choong Kit Sze 5 (71.4%) Best U15 Boy Evan Timothy Capel 6.5 (93%) Best U15 Girl Ong Choon Yong 5.5 (78.6%) Best U12 Boy Wong Hao 5.5 (78.6%) Best U12 Girl Hoh Tjin Li 5.5 (78.6%) Best U09 Boy Ooi Zhi Yang 5 (71.4) Best U09 Girl Tan Jia Yun 3 (42.9%) Youngest player Benjamin Lee Kah Teng 4 (57%) Some picture with comments and games for your pleasure : 
PFS Hall; on the right is the big screen displaying pairing and result. 
Portion of PS Global Marketing product -- chess books, chess clocks and lots of chess related products including souvenir like Mug in "Rook" shape. 
Former national player, Mr. Eric Cheah checking out PS Global Marketing's product 
Eric Cheah, Fide rating 2255, playing for "Old Frees Autobots" team 
"Give me 5!", Tan Jia Yun before the start of round 1 
A kid trying to scare me.... 
Vietnamese girl Do Thi Thoung impressive outing lead Play2win to finished runner up. She score 6/7 without a lost at board 1! 
Players from Perlis Association(Persatuan Catur Prestij Perlis) : Marzuki, Syed Iskandar and Narli Johardy. They finished 6th! 
Another outstation team "SMK Kulim" from Kulim (from right) : Wee Zhao Liang, Lee Chan Tung and Mohd Khairi Abd Khalid. 
She looks like princess, doesn't she... but not easy for her representing Kwang Hwa(U9G) team as board number 1 
Yew Kang Yu notice a beautiful chess set... 
It's an impressive crafted chinese chess set! 
Representing PCGPS school are(from right) : Teoh Ern Tek(board 1), Lim Cheng Jun and Lim Jing Chen. At 10 years old and at board 1, Ern Tek's score of 5/7 is very impressive. 
Ong Choon Yong(Union A team) score 5.5/7 at board 1 correctly award Best U15 Girl 
Tan Jia Jun learned to solve 1 side of Rubik's cube during lunch break. Her learning power is incredible! or perhaps the teacher is good  
Shih Chung Cawangan Girls team is represented by(from left) : Fong Yi Chen(board 1), Samantha Cheah Min Sze and Michele Lim Kit Mae 
Do you know that(during games) the most preferred solid food by Grandmasters is chocolate(80.5%)? and do you know grandmaster main preferences for fuild were water(72.1%)? It is so correct that PS Global Marketing supply those! 
Arbiter Mr. Tan Hock Lye and Mr. Eoh Hook Kin. Mr. Eoh Hock Kin put in lots of hard work on chess development during 1980s, and he still does with the establishment of EZ chess with his son, Thean Keat. 
Old Frees Cavaliers team(from right) : Eoh Thean Keat(board 1), Terry Ong and Chan Kean Sheung while standing at the back is ex-Kedah player Yew Chor Hian (Knightmare team) 
They are suppose to play for their school but in the end can't form a team due to lack of player and become PCA Juniors A team...from right : Ooi Zhi Yang(Shang wu), Yew Kang Yu(Kwang Hwa) and Leow Yong Jie(Shih Chung) 
The amazing OZY(Ooi Zhi Yang).... at 8, he scored 5/7 at board 1!! 
The star of Penang, the incredible 13 years old Evan Timothy with 6.5/7 where he beat the seniors like Peter Lim and Swee Leong. 
A'amaluddin Bebakar score 7/7 at board 2! 
Do you remember the man with cap? Yes, he is Mr. Norazwan who lead the organising of UniKL Chess Tournament(See report on One day trip to UniKL ) 
Benjamin Lee(with 4/7!) won the youngest player of the tournament ahead of Teh De Zen and Loh Hao Zhe (all are 6 years old) 
"SHE" players wins the best U12 girl category. With them is Mr. Khor Bean Hwa. 
Group photo of all individual prize winners 
Best family is won by a family from Kulim - the "Family Kulim" team presented by Fairuz Hamizah, Ahmad Fuad and Muhammad Sirajuddin 
Md. Hairi, the secretary of Persatuan Catur Prestij Perlis receive 6th prize from Goh Yoon Hwa. For Your info. Mr.Goh Yoon Wah is one of the earliest penang player to get National Master title. 
Second placing Play2Win team (from right): Steven Hoh, Do Thi Thuong, Tan Eu Hong and Goh Yoon Wah(Arbiter) 
The winner of Penang Chess League 2007, PFS A team receiving top prizes from Mr. Goh Yoon Wah Some interesting games : White : Anthony Liong Black : Dennis Lim Wei Shen Board 2, Round 2 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qg4 Nxc3 8.Qxg7 Rf8 9. a3 Qb6 10. axb4 Qxd4 11. Bh6 Qxb4 12. Qxf8+ Qxf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14.bxc3 Nc6 15. f4 b6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Be4 Bb7 18. Kf2 Rc8 19. Rhd1 Ke7 20. g4 Rc7 21. h3 Na5 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. f5 Rc7 24. Rd3 Nc4 25. Re1 Kd8 26. Rd4 Na3 27. Rd6 Rxc3 28. Red1 Rxc2+ 29. Kg3 Rc7 30. fxe6 Rc3+ 31. Kh4 Nc4 32. Rc6 Ne3 33. Rxc3 Nxd1 34. Ra3 Kc7 35. Ra6 1-0 White : Chan Kim Chai Black: Anthony Liong Board 2, Round 3 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 b6 6. Nd2 g6 7. Ngf3 Nd7 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Bb5 Qc7 10. Qa4 Rc8 11. Ndf3 f6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4 e6 15. O-O a6 16. Be2 Kf7 17. Be3 Be7 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. exd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Nd4 21.Rd7 Nxe2+ 22. Kf2 Qb6 23. Qc4+ Ke8 24. Rd2 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Kf7 26. Rc1 Qb4 27.Rdc2 Qxc3 28. Rxc3 Bd5 29. Bxc5 Bxa2 30. Bxe7 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Kxe7 32. Rc6 Rb8 33. Rxa6 Rxb2+ 34. Kg3 h5 35. Ra7+ Ke6 36. Rg7 Bb1 37. Nh4 Be4 38. Nf3 Rb3 39. Ra7 Bxf3 40. gxf3 Rb2 1/2-1/2 White : Lim Cheng Teik Black : Evan Timothy Board 3, Round 4 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8.Bd2 Nbd7 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Ne3 Be4 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. N3g4 Bxg2 13. Nxf7 Qe7 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxe6 Bxh1 16. O-O-O Rf8 17. Re1 Be5 18. Qg4 Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Qxf7 20. dxe5 f5 21. e6 fxg4 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxh1 Re8 {Black win on time} 0-1 White : Loo Swee Leong Black : Evan Timothy Board 3, Round 5 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 b6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f4 Ne8 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Ng7 15. g4 Bc6 16. O-O-O Qc7 17. h4 d4 18. h5 Bxh1 19. Rxh1 Ne8 20. Ne4 Qxe5 21. hxg6 Qg7 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. gxf6 Qxh6 24.gxh7+ Kh8 25. Rxh6 dxe3 26. Kd1 Rad8 27. Ke2 c4 28. Bxc4 Rd2+ 29. Kxe3 Rxb2 30. g5 Rc8 31. Kd3 Rg2 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33.g6 Rc7 34. g7+ Rcxg7 35. fxg7+ Rxg7 36. Rxe6 Kxh7 37. Kc4 Kg8 38. Rc6 Rd7 39.a4 Kf8 40. Kb5 Rd5+ 41. Kb4 Ra5 42. Re6 Kf7 43. Re2 Kf6 44. c4 Rc5 45. Re8 Kf7 46. Ra8 a5+ 47. Kb3 Ke7 48. Ra6 Rc6 49. Kc3 Rh6 50. c5 Rc6 51. Kd4 $4 bxc5+ 52.Kd5 Rxa6 0-1 White : Anthony Liong Black : Tan Eu Hong Board 2, Round 6 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Bf5 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nge7 11. O-O Qb6 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Rfd1 O-O 14.b3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Qb4 16. g4 $2 Nfe7 17. Qd3 f6 18. Qb5 fxe5 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20.Nxe5 Nbc6 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Ne2 Rf3 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 Nb4 25. Nb5 Nxa2 26.Nxa7 Rc2 27. Nb5 Nc3 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Re3 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32.Rf3+ Ke7 33. Rc3 Kd6 34. Rh3 Rxd4 35. Rxh7 Rxg4+ 36. Kf3 Rg6 37. Rh8 Kc5 38.Kf4 Kd4 39. h4 e5+ 40. Kf3 Kd3 41. h5 Rf6+ 42. Kg3 e4 43. Rd8 d4 0-1 White : Eric Cheah Black : Anthony Liong Board 2, Round 7 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qe2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. e4 Qc7 12. h3 Re8 13. Qf3 Be6 14. c4 $2 d4 15. Re1 a6 16. Nf1 b5 17. b3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rab8 19. Bd2 Rb2 20. g4 Reb8 21. Re2 Nd7 22. Bc1 R2b4 23. Nd2 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Ne5 25. Qg2 Bf4 0-1 White : Tan Eu Hong Black : Thong Yong Chen Board 2, Round 7 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nxc6 Nxc3 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Bd6 Rfd8 16. Bb4 Qa6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qb2 Qc6 21. Rfc1 b5 22. Rab1 a6 23. e3 Bf5 24. Ra1 Bd3 25. a4 f5 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Qb4+ Qd6 28. Qxd6+ Rxd6 29. Bf1 Rdc6 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Rab1 Rb8 32. Rb4 Ke7 33. Rcb1 Rcb6 34. Ra1 h5 35. Ra7+ R8b7 36. Ra8 Rb8 37. Ra5 Kd6 38. h4 Kc6 39. Rb2 Kd6 40. Rba2 Rc8 41. Rb2 Rcb8 42. Kg2 R8b7 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. Ra8 Rc6 46. Rb3 Rd6 47. Rc8 Ra6 48. Rc5 Ra2 49. Kf3 f4 50. Rcxb5 Rxb5 51. Rxb5 fxe3 52.fxe3 Rc2 53. Rxd5 Rxc3 54. Kf4 Rc1 55. Rd6+ Kf7 56. Ra6 Rf1+ 57. Ke4 Rg1 58.Kf3 Rf1+ 59. Ke2 Rg1 60. Kf2 Rd1 61. Ra5 Rd2+ 62. Kf3 Rd1 63. Rg5 Kf6 64. Ke2 Ra1 65. d5 Ra5 66. e4 Ra6 67. Kf3 Ra3+ 68. Kf4 Ra1 69. e5+ Kf7 70. d6 Ra4+ 71. Ke3 Ke6 72. Kd3 Kd5 73. d7 Ra3+ 74. Kc2 Ra8 75. Rxg6 Kxe5 76. Rg7 Kf6 77. Rh7 Kg6 78. Re7 Rd8 1/2-1/2  About AuthorPS Lim is a chess enthusiast. He is also a successful coach in Penang, having produced two U12 Penang champions for two consecutive years in 2006 and 2007. Before becoming a coach in 2006, he was active in competitive chess for many years. His "retirement" from competitive chess has not stopped him from investing his time and efforts in the development of chess in Penang, especially in guiding young players to become successful chess players.
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