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Penang Chess League 2008 (13, 14 Dec 2008)

Written by PS Lim

Friday, 16 January 2009

Fourth seed OFA A (Ex Penang Free School player) team, powered by NM Ronnie Lim, Chuah Heng Meng, Eoh Thean Keat and Peter Lim Cheng Teik, clinched the Penang Chess League 2008; 1 point ahead of their nearest rivals PERGAM from Kuala Lumpur.

The champion team OFA A :

NM Ronnie Lim

Chuah Heng Meng

Eoh Thean Keat

Peter Lim

The Penang Chess League 2008 took place in Dewan Sri Pinang, Penang for 2 consecutive days. It was a seven round Swiss team tournament, with time controls 60 min each. 56 teams turn up to this strongest team event in Penang.

The excitement on this tournament begins with the registration of 3 very strong teams from Kuala Lumpur REBEL4, lead by Ian Udani from Philipines (second seed), PERGAM (Persatuan Gabungan Arab Malaysia), the third seed and fifth seed, Desperado Knight.

REBEL4 (from left): Ian Udani, Fariz and National Women Master Nur Shazwani

PERGAM (from right): National Master Mohd Kamal Abdullah, Mohd Khair Wahiduddin and Abdullah Che Hassan

Desperado Knight (from right): Kamaluddin Yusof, Kamalarifin Wahiduddin and Nik Ahmad Farouqi

Then, as the registration increases, and to the surprise of the organiser, a Grandmaster was in Team WHH Senior(top seed) - Grandmaster Buenaventura Villamayor from Philipines(who was known as GM Bong Villamayor)

Grandmaster Buenaventura Villamayor, FIDE rating 2471, playing for Team WHH Senior

With the registration close, the tournament has handful of National Masters(NM) including one National Woman Master (NWM). They are :

NM Ronnie Lim, FIDE rating 2287, playing first board for OFA A team

NM Mohd Kamal Abdullah, FIDE rating 2175, first board for PERGAM team

NM Ng Tze Han, FIDE rating 2283, representing Intel A team as first board with

NM Marcus Chan, FIDE rating 2227, palying on second

NWM Nur Shazwani, FIDE rating 2023, playing for REBEL4. She is also candidate women master.

and lots of strong FIDE rated players :

Ian Udani, FIDE rating 2199, REBEL 4

Anthony Liong, FIDE rating 2165, Team WHH Senior

Kamaluddin Yusof, FIDE rating 2164, Desperado Knight

Abdullah Che Hassan, FIDE rating 2135, Desperado Knight

Tan Eu Hong, FIDE rating 2097, Play2Win

Fariz Shafruddin, FIDE rating 2071, REBEL4

and etc.

The tournament started with lots of fight, by the final round. OFA A team needed a draw to secure the gold medal and they acheived with quick draws. With this, OFA A with 17/21, were crowned the champion of Penang Chess League 2008. Second seed PERGAM took runner up with 16/21 while third goes to "No More Sweetdreams" with 16/21 also(but lose on tie break to PERGAM).

No More Sweetdreams represented by (from left): Andrew Tan Huey Ping, Terry Choong Choon and Melvin Ang Kai Lun

Winners of the main prizes are :

For detailed result, please refer to http://www.pca.bayanbaru.com/PCA/PCL08_R7.htm or Chess.EuHong.NET

Pictorial report :

The playing hall is crowded before the open ceremony

The opening ceremony with Organising Committee Mr Khor Bean Hwa, Penang Tourism, Culture, Arts and Heritage Committee chairman Danny Law Heng Kiang, PCA President Mr. Lee Ewe Ghee and PCA Honorary Treasurer Mdm. Hong Siang Ean. Standing on the right is Chief Arbiter Mr. Tan Hock Lye.

Penang Tourism, Culture, Arts and Heritage Committee chairman Danny Law Heng Kiang giving speech to all and he met Grandmaster Bong Villamayor

Grandmaster Buenaventura Villamayor, YB Danny Law and PCA President Mr. Lee

Round 1 is about to start and players are in cheerful mood

Chuah Hoa Min

Norazwan

Sanjeevwa

Yahaya

Ooi Zhi Yang(OZY)

11 year old(going on 12) Lim Chiun Khai manage to draw with Fariz's Svesnikov Sicilian in first round

Desperado Knight's second board Kamalarifin in action. He scored 5 wins and 2 draws. Great!

One of the strongest U18G players from Penang, Ong Choon Yong. She get to play GM in round 2!

Portion of PS Global Marketing product -- chess books, chess clocks and lots of chess related products with players from Chung Ling : Tan Yik Shen(in blue) and Tan Yik Xian(in red)

Yong Jie, Choo Kean and Fairuz check out PS Global Marketing's product

Vietnamese girl Do Thi Thoung playing board 2 for Play2win. She won best lady with 4.5/7

Chuah Hao Feng vs Khaw Ker Lee (1-0). 8 year old Khaw Ker Lee is the main contributor to her team's to grab the U9 Champion prize. She took 4/7!

Teoh Ern Sheng vs William Lee Kah Howe(1-0). Penang Chinese Girl Primary School team's third board, 8 years old Teoh Ern Sheng(who won the U9 Champion in Penang Age Group) playing very well to take best U9B with 5/7.

The main highlight of the tournament is Round 4 encounter between NM Ronnie Lim vs GM Bong Villamayor, which the GM won.

The best family team : JAFFOLEA FAMILY(from left) with Muhammad Nurehsan, Yahaya and Muhammad Nurislam

The most cheerful team... alas, no such prize! Union X(from left) : Joanne Lim, Hui Ting and Kar Mun

The best Government team : PENJARA PULAU PINANG (from left) with Abd. Razak, Jafni and Abd. Aziz.

Mr. Tan Eng Seong(in orange), the pairing handler and NM Goh Yoon Wah are the important duo that make the tournament successful

Eating burger in while in tournament? No? Oh, this is analysis table in another room...

Wong Yi Chee and Teh Ming Min at PS Global Marketing counter. They are learning to become businesslady :) I alwyas think that play is the best way of learning!

A lot of trophies awaiting winners, not mentioning the prize money ...

PCA Honorary Treasurer Mdm. Hong Siang Ean is being interviewed by EDUWED at the analysing room

Best U9G player Kelly Lim, she took 5/7!! Well done!! While Fairuz took U12G with 5/7!! Amazing! (Prize given by Mr. Tan Eu Hong)

Abdullah Che Hassan score 100% for board 3! He receive his board prize from Steven Hoh.

GM Bong Villamayor score 100% at board 1!! Strong!

Best U12G was won by the Chess Princess! Of course, they are princess :D

Best U18B : Chung Ling C(from left NM Goh Yoon Wah, Arbiter, Tan Yik Xian, Lim Wei Kang, Hoh Tjun Yee and Fong Wei Chern Gavin

Top seed Team WHH Senior finished 15/21 and took 4th placing. From left Mr. Lee Ewe Ghee, PCA President, Elgin Lee Kah Meng, GM Bong Villaymayor and Anthony Liong Ing Kiat

The Champion with 17/21 OFA A team represented by (from right) : Peter Lim, Ronnie Lim and Chuah Heng Meng!

Before the tournament starts, I was thinking that the chess league this year is at stake of being won by outstation team. I am glad the OFA A team give a stunning performance and retain the title for Penang. Nevertheless, I predict that the outstation team will be back next year and try to wrest PCL team champion from Penang!

I am also very happy that PCL 2008, for the first time, had Grandmaster participation! It made history of Penang Chess League which has been 18 years now. And I take my chance to take photo with the GM:

Some games from PCL, enjoy! :

Round 3
White : Elgin Lee Kah Meng
Black : Thong Yung Chen
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.Nf3 Nxa4 9. Qxa4 c5 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Rd2 Bd7 12. dxc5 Qe6 13. Qc4 Nc6 14. Qd5 Rad8 15. Bc4 Qg4 16. Qg5 Qxe4 17. Bd5 Qb1+ 18. Rd1 Qxb2 19. O-O Qf6 20. Qg3 Rb8
21. Bg5 Qf5 22. Nh4 Qg4 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxg4 Bxg4 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. Bxf6 exf6 27. Nf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rb5 29. Rxb5 cxb5 30. Rb1 a6 31. a4 bxa4 32. Ra1 Rc8 33.Rxa4 Rxc5 34. Rxa6 Kg7 35. Kg2 Rg5+ 36. Kf1 Re5 37. Kg2 Re6 38. Ra7 g5 39. Kg3 Re1 40. Ra3 1/2-1/2

Round 5
White : Ian Udani
Black : NM Ronnie Lim
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rb1 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nc1 Bd7 14. Be2 Ne8 15.O-O f6 16. Be3 f5 17. Nd3 Nf6 18. a4 bxa4 19. b5 f4 20. Bf2 g5 21. Nb4 Qe8 22.Nc6 Ra8 23. Rb4 a3 24. Ra1 Nc8 25. Rb3 g4 26. fxg4 Nxg4 27. Bf3 Bh6 28. Raxa3 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 Ne3 0-1 (In time scramble, NM Ronnie wins)

Round 6
White : GM Bong Villamayor
Black : Kamaluddin Yusof
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qc7 9. Ba3 Nh5 10. e3 Rd8 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Rad1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Na4 Bf6 18. Bd6 e4 19. b4 b6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Nc3 Rc8 22. a4 Bg7 23. c5 Be6 24. cxb6 axb6 25. a5 b5 26. Ne2 Nf6 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Nb3 Be6 29. Be2 Nd5 30. Nd4 Bf7 31. Rc1 Bxd4 32. exd4 Qd7 33. Qc5 Rd8 34. Be5 Be8 35. Bd1 Qe7 36. Bb3 Qxc5 37. Rxc5 Kf8 38. a6 Ra8 39. Bxd5 cxd5 1-0

Round 7
White : NM Mohd Kamal Abdullah
Black : GM Bong Villamayor
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Be3 Ne7 7. h3 Bh5 8.O-O Nbc6 9. c3 Qd7 10. b4 Bg6 11. Re1 O-O 12. a4 Rae8 13. Ra2 Be4 14. b5 Na5 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 b6 18. Bc1 Rd8 19. Rae2 Qf5 20. Qg3 Ng6 21.
Nd2 Qf4 22. e6 Qxg3 23. fxg3 Rfe8 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Nf3 Rxe2 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27.Rxe2 c5 28. Ne6 Rd7 29. h4 Nc4 30. h5 Nge5 31. Bf4 Re7 32. Nd8 Kf8 33. Kf1 Ke8 34. Nc6 Nxc6 35. bxc6 Rxe2 36. Kxe2 Na5 37. c7 Kd7 38. g4 Nc4 39. g5 g6 0-1

Round 7
White : Lim Wei Kang
Black : Fariz Shafruddin
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. Be3 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Be2 Qc7 14. O-O Rad8 15. Rfd1 d5 16. exd5 Rxd5 17. Qc2 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Qc6 22. Bf3 Qe6 23. Be2 Re8 24. h3 Bd5 25. Rd2 h6 26. Bd3 Qc6 27.Bf1 g6 28. Rd1 Re5 29. g3 Qe6 30. Qd2 Bf3 31. Rc1 Kh7 32. Kh2 Bd5 33. Ra1 Rf5 34. Re1 Qf6 1/2-1/2

Round 7
White : Sanjeevwa
Black : Chin Yuen Sue
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Bb7 11. d5 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Nbd2 Nb6 14. Nf1 Bc8 15. Ng3 Nh7? 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Nh2 Nf6 18. f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 c6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Rad1 Qc7
22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Qb7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 Be5 28. Nf3 Bc7 29. Nc5 a5 30. Nd7 Nxd7 31. Rxd7 Bb6+ 32. Kh1 Rfd8 33. Red1 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Ra7 35. Rxa7 Bxa7 36. g4 Kf8 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Ne5 Ke6 39. Nd3 f5 40. Nf4+ Ke5 41. Kf3 fxg4+ 42. hxg4 g5 43. Ne2 Kd5 44. Ng3 b4 45. Ne2 Kc4 46. b3+ Kd3 47. cxb4 axb4 48. Ng3 Kc3 49. Ke4 Kb2 50. Kd3 Kxa2 51. Kc2 Be3 52. Nf5 Bf4 53. Nxh6 Be3 54. Nf5 Bf4 55. Ne7 Be3 56. Nd5 Bf4 57. Nxb4+ Ka3 58. Nd5 Ka2 59. Nxf4 gxf4 60. b4 1-0

Round 7
White : Ng Yong Quan
Black : Eric Ooi
1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. c5 Bc7 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Ng4 Qe8 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. f3 f5 17. fxe4 Rf6 18. Be3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Qg6 20. Bg2 Bd7 21.
Bf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Raf8 23. Raf1 h5 24. b4 a6 25. a4 R8f7 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Rh7 28. e4 h4 29. gxh4 cxb5 30. R4f3 Qf7 31. d5 e5 32. Rg3+ Rg6 33. Rxg6+ Qxg6 34. exf5 Qf6 1-0

Round 7
White : Wee Zhao Liang
Black : Chan Kim Chai
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Qa5 9. Nge2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 Qc7 12. e4 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 g5 14. Bf2 dxe4 15.fxe4 Ng4 16. e5 Nb6 17. g3 Be6 18. Qc2 f5 19. b3 Qf7 20. Kg2 Nd5 21. Qd2 f4 22.gxf4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Qf3# 0-1

Round 7
White : Ung Tay Aik
Black : Lee Chan Tung
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bg4 9. Be3 a6 10. O-O Bd6 11. h3 Be6 12. Ng5 O-O 13. a3 Rc8 14. Ne2 Re8 15.Rc1 h6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Bf5 Re7 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Nc3 Rc7 20. Qf3 Qd8 21. Ne2
Re7 22. Rfe1 Na5 23. Bf4 Nc4 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Ng3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nxb2 27. Nf5 Qd8 28. Qb3 Nc4 29. Qxb7 Qa5 30. Re7 Qxa3 31. Rxf7 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Ng3 Ng4+ 34. hxg4 Qxf7 35. Qxa6 Qxf2 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Qxd5 Ne3 38. Qf3 Qd2 39. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

About the Author:
PS Lim is a chess enthusiast. He is also a successful coach in Penang , having produced three U12 Penang champions for three consecutive years in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

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 a successful chess players.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 17 January 2009 )

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