Chess @ Hanoi SEA Games, Round 1

Left to right: Lye Lik Zang, Puteri Munajjah, Tan Li Ting, Yeoh Li Tian and Sumant Subramaniam

The chess competition in the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam started today with the Standard Chess event. We have four representatives in this event, led by our strongest player, Yeoh Li Tian, who is an International Master. Our other competitors are Lye Lik Zang, Tan Li Ting and Puteri Munajjah. I wish them all the best in this tournament. As usual, Malaysia is banking on Li Tian to defend his title from the 30th SEA Games and bring back a gold medal. Here are their games from the first round.

Position after 60....a5

This is an exquisitely patient game by Li Tian, squeezing a win from a position that could almost end drawn. His king dominated the board and the opponent's extra pawn, albeit doubled, proved useless.

 

[Event "31st SEA Games 2021"]

[Site "Quang Ninh Exhibition Of Urban Planning & Expo"]

[Date "2022.05.10"]

[Round "1"]

[Board "3"]

[White "Quizon, Daniel"]

[Black "Yeoh, Li Tian"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C60"]

[WhiteElo "2384"]

[BlackElo "2523"]

[EventCountry "VIE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bc6 dc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 f6 8. Qe2 c6 9. c3 Nh6 10. d4 cd4 11. cd4 ed4 12. Bd4 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nf7 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Rfe1 c5 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. h3 Be6 19. Bf4 Rd1 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Rd8 Qd8 22. Qd2 Qd2 23. Nfd2 Nd8 24. Na5 Bd7 25. Bc7 Ne6 26. Bb8 b6 27. Nac4 b5 28. Ne3 a6 29. Nd5 Kf7 30. Kf1 Bc6 31. Bd6 Bh6 32. Nf3 Bf8 33. Bg3 Bb7 34. Ke2 Bg7 35. Bd6 Ke8 36. Bb8 f5 37. ef5 Bd5 38. fe6 c4 39. b4 c3 40. Kd3 Bf3 41. gf3 Ke7 42. Bf4 Ke6 43. Ke4 Bf6 44. Be3 Be5 45. Bc1 Kd6 46. Be3 Bf6 47. Bf4 Kc6 48. Bc1 Kd6 49. Bf4 Ke6 50. Bc1 Bd8 51. Kd3 Bh4 52. Be3 Bf6 53. Ke4 c2 54. Kd3 Kd5 55. Kc2 Kc4 56. a3 Bc3 57. Bb6 h5 58. Bd8 Bd4 59. Bh4 Bb6 60. Bg3 a5 61. ba5 Ba5 62. Bf4 Bb6 63. Be3 Bc7 64. Bc1 Bd6 65. f4 Bc5 66. f3 Bd6 67. f5 gf5 68. Bb2 Bc5 69. Bc1 Be7 70. Bb2 Bd6 71. Bc1 Kd4 72. Kb3 Kd3 73. Bg5 Ke2 74. f4 Kf3 75. h4 Kg4 0-1

Position after 32....e3

[Event "31st SEA Games 2021"]

[Site "Quang Ninh Exhibition Of Urban Planning & Expo"]

[Date "2022.05.10"]

[Round "1"]

[Board "5"]

[White "Lye, Lik Zang"]

[Black "Priasmoro, Novendra"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "B24"]

[WhiteElo "2358"]

[BlackElo "2501"]

[EventCountry "VIE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Re1 Ng6 7. Bf1 Nf3 8. Qf3 Be7 9. e5 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. Qe3 d5 12. ed6 Bd6 13. b3 Be5 14. Ba3 Bd4 15. Qg3 e5 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Kh1 a6 18. b4 b5 19. Be2 c4 20. Bh5 Nf4 21. Bf3 Ra7 22. h3 Qd6 23. Rad1 e4 24. Be2 Rf6 25. Qh2 Re7 26. g3 Nh3 27. Qh3 Rh6 28. Bh5 g6 29. Qg2 Rh5 30. Kg1 Bb7 31. Re3 Bc3 32. Rc3 e3 0-1

Position after 19....Qf8

[Event "31st SEA Games 2021"]

[Site "Quang Ninh Exhibition Of Urban Planning & Expo"]

[Date "2022.05.10"]

[Round "1"]

[Board "9"]

[White "Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa"]

[Black "Tan, Li Ting"]

[Result "1/2"]

[ECO "D52"]

[WhiteElo "2059"]

[BlackElo "2087"]

[EventCountry "VIE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 dc4 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Rc1 a6 13. Bf6 Nf6 14. Ne4 Rc8 15. Nf6 Bf6 16. Be4 Qd6 17. Qb3 Rc7 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. h3 Qf8 1/2-1/2

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