Sunday, 15 May 2022

Chess @ Hanoi SEA Games, Round 9

Gold medallist Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son
Sorry, folks. It was a total and humiliating collapse for ALL the Malaysian players in the final round of the Standard Chess competition. Crucially, Yeoh Li Tian got into time trouble and cracked. He lost, and therefore not even a Bronze medal to show. All the hard work undone. Whoever had been his advisors should come home immediately. That's no way to conduct a campaign. Imagine....three quick draws in a row at the midway stage. That did not leave our player with much buffer towards the end of the competition. Even then, a draw would have secured him his final grandmaster norm.

Rank after Round 9
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts. 
1 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE) 2641 7 pts
2 IM Ervan Mohamad (INA) 2367 6½ pts
3 IM Tin Jingyao (SGP) 2499 6½ pts
4 IM Yeoh Li Tian (MAS) 2523 6 pts
5 GM Gomez John Paul (PHI) 2442 5½ pts
6 GPriasmoro Novendra (INA) 2501 4½ pts
7 IM Quizon Daniel (PHI) 2384 4½ pts
8 GTran Tuan Minh (VIE) 2533 4 pts
9 IM Wynn Zaw Htun (MYA) 2508 3 pts
10 CM Laohawirapap Prin (THA) 2210 3 pts
11 IM Nay Oo Kyaw Tun (MYA) 2385 2 pts
12 FM Lye Lik Zang (MAS) 2358 1½ pts

Rank after Round 9
Rk. Name (FED) RtgI Pts. 
1 WIM Citra Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia (INA) 2367 7 pts
2 IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma (INA) 2499 7 pts
3 WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram (VIE) 2442 7 pts
4 WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung (VIE) 2641 5½ pts
5 WIM Fronda Jan Jodilyn (PHI) 2523 5 pts
6 WGM Frayna Janelle Mae (PHI) 2384 4½ pts
7 CM Gong Qianyun (SGP) 2210 3½ pts
8 IM Tan Li Ting (MAS) 2508 3 pts
9 GM Prommuang Araya (THA) 2501 1½ pts
10 IM Azhar Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa (MAS) 2385 1 pt

Position after 49 Rc6
[Event "31st SEA Games 2021"]
[Site "Quang Ninh Exhibition Of Urban Planning & Expo"]
[Date "2022.05.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Laohawirapap Prin"]
[Black "Yeoh Li Tian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. ed5 cd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Nh5 8. Be3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qd6 11. h3 b6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Qc1 Nc4 15. Ng3 Ng3 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Bg3 f6 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. Re2 Ne4 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Bh2 Bh6 22. Nh4 Bg5 23. Nf3 Bh6 24. Kh1 e6 25. Ng1 Bc6 26. h4 Kf7 27. Nh3 Rg8 28. Qb3 Nd6 29. Nf4 Bf4 30. Bf4 Bb5 31. Bb5 Nb5 32. Qb4 a5 33. Qb3 Qc6 34. a4 Nd6 35. Bd6 Qd6 36. g3 Re7 37. Kg2 Rc8 38. h5 g5 39. Qc2 Ke8 40. Qd3 Kd7 41. Rb1 Qc6 42. Qf3 Rf7 43. Re3 Re8 44. b4 ab4 45. cb4 Ke7 46. b5 Qc4 47. Rbe1 Kd7 48. Rc3 Qd4 49. Rc6 Rfe7 50. Qa3 Rd8 51. Rc7 Kc7 52. Qe7 Rd7 53. Rc1 1-0

[Event "31st SEA Games 2021"]
[Site "Quang Ninh Exhibition Of Urban Planning & Expo"]
[Date "2022.05.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Lye Lik Zang"]
[Result ""]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3 Bg6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. cd5 Nd5 12. Ng6 hg6 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. e4 N5f6 15. g3 Qb6 16. Qb6 Nb6 17. Be3 Nbd7 18. Bg2 Bb4 19. Kf2 e5 20. h3 O-O 21. Rhd1 Rad8 22. de5 Ne5 23. Bd4 Ned7 24. f4 Ba5 25. e5 Ne8 26. b4 Bc7 27. h4 a5 28. b5 c5 29. Be3 b6 30. Nc3 Ne5 31. fe5 Rd1 32. Rd1 Be5 33. Nd5 Nd6 34. Nb6 Nb5 35. Bc5 Nc3 36. Rd3 Re8 37. Nd7 Na4 38. Ba3 Bc3 39. Bc6 1-0

[Event "31st SEA Games 2021"]
[Site "Quang Ninh Exhibition Of Urban Planning & Expo"]
[Date "2022.05.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Sukandar Irine Kharisma"]
[Black "Azhar, Puteri Manajjah Az-zahraa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
1. e4 d5 2. ed5 Qd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Nd7 Nd7 12. Bb3 b4 13. Na4 Nf6 14. h3 Bd6 15. Rhf1 Ne4 16. Be3 O-O 17. g4 Bg6 18. h4 h6 19. Rg1 Bf4 20. Qf3 Be3 21. Qe3 Qh2 22. h5 Bh7 23. f3 Qf2 24. Qf4 Ng5 25. Rgf1 Qg2 26. Qe3 Rad8 27. Nc5 Qg3 28. Rde1 Nh3 29. Rh1 Rfe8 30. Nb7 Rd7 31. Na5 Qc7 32. Nc4 Nf4 33. Ne5 Ng2 34. Qd2 Ne1 35. Re1 Rdd8 36. Qb4 f6 37. Ng6 Bg6 38. hg6 Qf4 39. Qd2 Qd4 40. Qd4 Rd4 41. c3 Rd6 42. f4 Kf8 43. Re4 e5 44. f5 Ke7 45. Ra4 Rd7 46. Ra6 Rc7 47. Kd2 Rb8 48. Kc2 h5 49. gh5 Rh8 50. Be6 Rh5 51. b4 Rg5 52. c4 Rg6 53. fg6 Ke6 54. b5 Kd6 55. Kc3 f5 56. Kb4 f4 57. c5 Kd5 58. b6 ab6 59. cb6 Rb7 60. Kc3 e4 61. a4 f3 62. Kd2 Kd4 63. a5 e3 64. Ke1 e2 65. Ra8 Re7 66. Rf8 Ke3 67. a6 Rd7 68. Re8 Kf4 69. Re2 1-0

[Event "31st SEA Games 2021"]
[Site "Quang Ninh Exhibition Of Urban Planning & Expo"]
[Date "2022.05.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Tan Li Ting"]
[Black "Hoang Thi Bao Tram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5 Nd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. h3 c6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. b3 f5 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. ef5 Bf5 13. g4 Bc8 14. Rc1 Na6 15. Bc4 Nc4 16. bc4 Nc7 17. h4 h6 18. Nge4 Be6 19. h5 g5 20. Ng3 Qd7 21. Nf5 Bf5 22. gf5 Qf5 23. Qb3 Ne6 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Ng3 Qg4 27. d5 Nd4 28. Qd3 Nf3 29. Kf1 Ne5 0-1

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3 comments:

Samantha WK Wong said...

It's not only more humiliating but a shame that our players are being trashed by a don't-know-who here. Who ii SS Quah?

Anonymous said...

Hi SS, I respect your opinion but the choice of words are rather harsh. LT for the longest time has been our top performer and we rely too much on him to deliver the results. He is carrying the responsibility to deliver 2 missions in Hanoi. One to win the gold medal for us and two to attain his final GM norm. Pressure got better of him today, Sincerely hope that MCF can look into developing more LTs. For a start, we have Poh Yu Tian to look forward. Give him all the support and time to do well.

Anonymous said...

Totally disagree with your analysis Mr. Quah. Initially I was thinking the same as you that LT had sold himself short by agreeing to 3 quick draws. However on further analysis you will actually see that this "gamble" actually worked out in his favour.

Going into the last round he faced the Thai CM. No disrespect to the Thai CM but it was clear from his previous 8 rounds that he was one of the weaker players amongst the 12 player field. In fact even Lye (who was performing poorly himself) had beaten him. And he came into the encounter with LT on the back of 3 consecutive defeats. http://chess-results.com/tnr635999.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=THA&flag=30&snr=12.

LT was odds on to win the game with both gold/silver and the long awaited GM norm in the bag.

In the actual game itself, LT was black, he started off the game solidly with his 2nd fav defence i.e the Caro Kann. Although White had an edge (engine wise), it was clear that White was merely waiting for things to happen. And had gone behind in the clock by quite a fair bit. I am not sure if LT had offered a draw here, but I believe if he did, White would have accepted. And finally in the closing stages in the game, White had gotten into serious time trouble with about a minute left and the position was still about equal. When I saw this, I was already thinking, this is a wrap, set and match for LT. For all his experience and ability, this would be kacang putih for him to put it in the bag. Out of 10 times he would have brought it home 9 times but alas perhaps because of the pressure and the occasion, the turn of events caused this to be probably the only time when he cracked. In just a few moves the position had totally changed in the Thai's favour and the Thai found some really good moves despite still being low on time.

This to me was the unlikeliest outcome that happened. It was a freak result if I may call it. LT employed the right strategy (although I doubted him at first as well) but as with all things in chess, even if we were correct, it doesn't mean it will work out every time. This is definitely a sad turn of things no doubt and Dato Tan probably can't rest as well. But we know right in the heavens that he is watching LT and he knows that LT did his best. I believe Dato Tan will continue to bless LT with another opportunity to end the nation's long wait for its first GM. LT will come back stronger no doubt. We all know he will. God bless LT.