Today, I'm looking at the list of participants in the Open and Women's sections of the Standard Chess competition at the 31st SEA Games 2021 in Vietnam. I won't be commenting on the competition's progress but shall confine myself to looking at the starting list.
The Open section is quite strong and Yeoh Li Tian will certainly have his work cut out for him. There are four grandmasters in his tournament and although two of them are rated lower than him, the other two must surely be more favoured to win the Gold medal in this event. The firm favourite is Vietnam's Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son who has won a previous edition of the Malaysia Open some years ago. He stands head and shoulders above his second-seeded compatriot, Tran Tuan Minh. And only then comes Li Tian as the third seed.
GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Vietnam) 2641
GM Tran Tuan Minh (Vietnam) 2533
IM Yeoh Li Tian (Malaysia) 2523
IM Wynn Zaw Htun (Myanmar) 2508
GM Priasmoro Novendra (Indonesia) 2501
IM Tin Jingyao (Singapore) 2499
GM Gomez John Paul (Philippines) 2442
IM Nay Oo Kyaw Tun (Myanmar) 2385
IM Quizon Daniel (Philippines) 2384
IM Ervan Mohamad (Indonesia) 2367
FM Lye Lik Zang (Malaysia) 2358
CM Laohawirapap Prin (Thailand) 2210
Unlike the Open section which is a nine-round Swiss event, the Women's section has only 10 players which means that the organisers could fit in a Round Robin event with also nine rounds. The top seed is Irine Sukandar of Indonesia but not far behind here are Singapore's Gong Qianyun, who is a China import, and Vietnam's own Vo Thi Kim Phung. There are four woman grandmasters breathing down Irine's neck, so she had better watch her back!
IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2392
WGM Gong Qianyun (Singapore) 2348
WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung (Vietnam) 2340
WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram (Vietnam) 2272
WGM Frayna Janelle Mae (Philippines) 2221
WIM Citra Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia INA 2211
WIM Fronda Jan Jodilyn (Philippines) 2141
WFM Tan Li Ting (Malaysia) 2087
WIM Azhar Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa (Malaysia) 2059
WCM Prommuang Araya (Thailand) 1628
Meanwhile in today's third round, both Yeoh Li Tian and Lye Lik Zang scored resounding wins in their games. Li Tian maintained his fine momentum while Lik Zang finally got into his stride. The two women representatives both lost. And here are the games of our four representatives.
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| Position after 23....Qb8 |
[Site "Quang Ninh Exhibition Of Urban Planning & Expo"]
[Date "2022.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Tran Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Yeoh, Li Tian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nc3 Bh7 9. e4 d4 10. Ne2 c5 11. b4 b6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. bc5 bc5 15. Qb1 Ne5 16. a5 Nc6 17. Qa2 Nd7 18. f4 Ndb8 19. Nc4 Nb4 20. Qb1 N8c6 21. Qd1 Rb8 22. Nc1 Rb5 23. Nb3 Qb8 24. Ra3 Kh8 25. Bc1 f6 26. g4 f5 27. g5 Bg6 28. h4 Be8 29. Bd2 Kh7 30. Nc1 Qd8 31. Re1 Qc7 32. Ne2 Bh5 33. Qc1 Bg4 34. ef5 ef5 35. Ng3 Rbb8 36. Nh1 Rbe8 37. Nf2 Bh5 38. Ra1 Bd6 39. Nd6 Re1 40. Be1 Qd6 41. c4 dc3 42. Bc3 Nd4 43. Kh2 Re8 44. Nh3 Nd3 45. Qf1 Be2 0-1
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| Position after 14 Kd2 |
[Site "Quang Ninh Exhibition Of Urban Planning & Expo"]
[Date "2022.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Lye, Lik Zang"]
[Black "Laohawirapap Prin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 h5 10. g5 Nh7 11. h4 f6 12. gf6 Bf6 13. Bf2 Be7 14. Kd2 a5 15. Kc2 Bd7 16. Qd2 Rf4 17. Bg3 Bh4 18. Bf4 ef4 19. Qf4 Bg5 20. Qg3 Qf6 21. Bf1 Rf8 22. Bh3 Qd4 23. Rd1 Qc4 24. Bd7 Nd7 25. Nh3 h4 26. Qg2 Bf6 27. Qg6 Kh8 28. e5 Ne5 29. Qe4 Qe4 30. Ne4 Nf3 31. Nf4 Ne5 32. Ne6 Rg8 33. Nf6 Rg2 34. Kb1 Nf6 35. Rh4 Kg8 36. Nc7 Neg4 37. Rhh1 Kf7 38. Rhg1 Rh2 39. Rge1 Ne5 40. Nb5 Ke7 41. b3 Rg2 42. Na3 Kd7 43. Nc4 Nc4 44. bc4 Rg4 45. Re6 Ne4 46. Rh1 Nc5 47. Rh7 Kd8 48. Rd6 Kc8 49. Rf6 Kb8 50. d6 Rd4 51. Kb2 Ka7 52. Kc3 Rd3 53. Kc2 Rd4 54. Rh5 Rc4 55. Kd2 Kb6 56. Ke3 Kc6 57. Rh7 Nd7 58. Rff7 Ne5 59. Rc7 Kd6 60. Rc4 Nc4 61. Kd4 b5 62. Rh6 Kc7 63. Kc5 Na3 64. Rh7 Kd8 65. Ra7 a4 66. Kb4 Nb1 67. Rb7 a3 68. Rb5 1-0
[Site "Quang Ninh Exhibition Of Urban Planning & Expo"]
[Date "2022.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Azhar, Puteri Manajjah Az-zahraa"]
[Black "Prommuang Araya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bc4 ed4 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Qa4 Nc6 8. Ne5 Qd6 9. Nc6 bc6 10. ed4 Ng4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne4 Qd4 13. Qb4 Ba6 14. Qe1 Bc4 15. Kg1 Rfe8 0-1
[Site "Quang Ninh Exhibition Of Urban Planning & Expo"]
[Date "2022.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Fronda Jan Jodilyn"]
[Black "Tan Li Ting"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc6 bc6 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. O-O g6 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bg5 f6 13. ef6 Bf6 14. Re1 Qg7 15. Bf6 Qf6 16. c5 Nd5 17. Bc4 Bb7 18. Qd2 Kh8 19. Qh6 Rae8 20. b3 Bc8 21. Rad1 d6 22. cd6 cd6 23. Bd5 cd5 24. h3 Bf5 25. Re8 Re8 26. Rd5 Rd8 27. Ng5 Qe7 28. Qh4 Ra8 1-0
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