I remember it was back in 1986 that a Malaysia team first encountered Finland at the Chess Olympiad in 1986. that match ended in a 2-2 score. The memorable part of that match was the first board encounter between Finland's top player, Jouni Yrjola, and Jimmy Liew. Liew made short work of Yrjola in that game. Here is that game:
[Event "27th olm final"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "1986.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yrjola, Jouni FIN"]
[Black "Liew Chee Meng, Jimmy MAS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A52"]
[EventDate "1986.11.14"]
[PlyCount "40"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.a3 a5 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Re8
9.Bd3 d6 10.exd6 Nxf2 11.Kxf2 Rxe3 12.Kf1 Bg4 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qh4 15.
Ra2 Rae8 16.Bc3 cxd6 17.g3 Qh3+ 18.Bg2 Qf5+ 19.Rf2 Qxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Rd3+ 0-1
Ever since then, there's a lot of respect from the Finnish players for Malaysia. Okay, let's get back to the present. In the ninth round of the Chess Olympiad in Chennai, the pairing system inevitably matched Finland and Malaysia in the men's competition. A salivating match and so it proved to be! The highlight was Wong Yinn Long's superb win which shows why he can be such a dangerous player. It should be comprehensive enough to make the Finns extend their respect for Malaysia's players. 😁 Unfortunately, Lim Zhuo Ren was all tied up with two pawns down. No surprise when he lost. Tan Jun Ying also lost when he got too adventurous and went wrong. However, Poh Yu Tian pulled off a miraculous result in a more-or-less equal position to tie the match at 2-2. He had the upper hand for most of the game but lost his advantage when the position closed up. Still, he went on doggedly and finally won. In the meantime, there was disappointment for the women's team who lost by ½-3½. The Italy side was simply too strong. The only half-a-point came from Puteri Rifqah.
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Note: According to the FIDE Handbook, Regulation B0.6 says:
0.6 The Award of Titles0.6.1 Titles may be awarded for specific results in specific Championship events, or are awarded on achieving a rating as laid down in these regulations. Such titles are confirmed by the QC Chairman on advice from the FIDE Office. They are then awarded by FIDE.0.6.2 For a direct title to be awarded immediately an applicant has to have achieved at some time a minimum rating as follows:GM 2300 WGM 2100IM 2200 WIM 2000FM 2100 WFM 1900CM 2000 WCM 1800If an applicant is rated lower the title is awarded conditionally and will be awarded finally on request by the respective federation as soon as the minimum rating is achieved. Any player with a conditional title may take a lower title when they reach the required rating for that lower title.
There are three things to take stock today. First, taking stock of our teams' overall performances after nine rounds of the competition. Second, our teams' performance in the ninth round. And third, all their games in this round.
| 68. Malaysia (MAS / RtgAvg:2261, Captain: Subramaniam, Sumant / TB1: 10 / TB2: 145,5) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | Games | Rp | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | FM | Lim Zhuo Ren | 2318 | MAS | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2262 | 20 | -0,8 | ||
| 2 | FM | Wong Yinn Long | 2381 | MAS | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4,5 | 8 | 2249 | 20 | -6,4 | ||
| 3 | CM | Tan Jun Ying | 2191 | MAS | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2093 | 20 | -14,6 | |
| 4 | Poh Yu Tian | 2118 | MAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2339 | 40 | 109,2 | ||
| 5 | FM | Subramaniam Sumant | 2152 | MAS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | -1,8 | ||||||||
| 59. Malaysia (MAS / RtgAvg:2038, Captain: Mok, Tze-Meng / TB1: 10 / TB2: 136) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | Games | Rp | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | WIM | Foudzi Siti Zulaikha | 2188 | MAS | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2019 | 20 | -15 | ||
| 2 | WIM | Azhar Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa | 2018 | MAS | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1948 | 20 | -2,8 | |||
| 3 | WFM | Azhar Puteri Rifqah Fahada | 1940 | MAS | + | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 4,5 | 8 | 1899 | 20 | -6 | ||
| 4 | WCM | Sim Jia Ru | 2005 | MAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1841 | 40 | -24,4 | ||
| 5 | WFM | Chong Kai Ni Agnes | 1909 | MAS | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1730 | 40 | -39,6 | |||||
| Bo. | 55 | Finland (FIN) | Rtg | - | 80 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 34.1 | IM |
| 2477 | - | FM |
| 2318 | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 34.2 | IM |
| 2474 | - | FM |
| 2381 | 0 - 1 | ||||
| 34.3 | IM |
| 2416 | - | CM |
| 2191 | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 34.4 | FM |
| 2361 | - |
| 2118 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 25 | Italy (ITA) | Rtg | - | 52 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg | 3½: ½ | ||||
| 18.1 | IM |
| 2341 | - | WIM |
| 2188 | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 18.2 | IM |
| 2340 | - | WIM |
| 2018 | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 18.3 | WFM |
| 2067 | - | WFM |
| 1940 | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 18.4 |
| 1922 | - | WCM |
| 2005 | 1 - 0 |
[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.34"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Keinanen, Toivo"]
[Black "Lim, Zhuo Ren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Colle system"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "509825"]
[BlackFideId "5702488"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. f4 Be7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Bf8 13. Qh3 c4 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. e4
Bg7 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. b4 cxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. Nxb6 Qc6 21. Nc4 a4
22. Na5 Qa6 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. bxa4 O-O 25. Be3 Rc8 26. Bd4 Rfd8 27. Rfb1 Qa6 28.
Qe3 Bf8 29. a5 Rc6 30. Bd1 Rdc8 31. Bf3 R6c7 32. Rb6 Qc4 33. Rb4 Qa6 34. Be2 Qc6
35. Rb6 Qd5 36. Rb5 Qc6 37. Qf3 Qd7 38. h3 h5 39. Kh2 h4 40. Qe3 Qc6 41. a6 Ra8
42. Raa5 1-0
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.34"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Wong, Yinn Long"]
[Black "Sklyarov, Dmitry V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteFideId "5707684"]
[BlackFideId "4157052"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Re1 Na6 11. c4 Nb4 12. Bf4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Qd7
15. Rad1 b5 16. cxb5 Be6 17. d5 cxd5 18. a4 d4 19. Qa3 Qb7 20. Nxd4 Bd5 21. Re7
Qb6 22. Bc7 Qb7 23. Bxa5 Qc8 24. Bb4 Rd8 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. bxc6
Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qc1 29. Qb3 Rf8 30. Bc3 Bh6 31. Qd5 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Qxa4 33. Bxf6 Qf4
34. Bc3 Bg7 35. Re4 Qc1+ 36. Re1 Qc2 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. b4 Ra8 39. b5 Ra2 40.
Qd4+ Kh6 41. Qe3+ 1-0
[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.34"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Sipila, Vilka"]
[Black "Tan, Jun Ying"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "505455"]
[BlackFideId "5710413"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 d6 6. exd6 Qf6 7. Nh3 Nxf2 8.
Kxf2 Bxh3 9. g3 Bf5 10. e4 Bc5+ 11. Kg2 Bd7 12. dxc7 Na6 13. Nb3 Bc6 14. Be2 g5
15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Be3 Bxe4+ 17. Bf3 Qxb2+ 18. Kh3 g4+ 19. Bxg4 Bg2+ 20. Kh4 Bxh1
21. Bxc5 Qf6+ 22. Kh3 Qh6+ 23. Bh5 Be4 24. Qg4 Qc6 25. Re1 Qxc5 26. Qe6+ Qe7 27.
c8=Q+ Rxc8 28. Qxc8+ 1-0
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.34"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Poh, Yu Tian"]
[Black "Koykka, Pekka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteFideId "5734088"]
[BlackFideId "504319"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. Nf4 O-O-O 13. g3 Nge7 14. Bh3 Kb8 15. O-O
Nc8 16. Qb2 Nb6 17. Rfb1 Rhe8 18. Ng2 Ka8 19. Ne3 Re7 20. f4 f6 21. Kg2 Be8 22.
Bg4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Qa5 24. Qc1 Na4 25. Bf3 Rf7 26. Qe1 Rf8 27. Qe2 Bf7 28. Rf1
Bg8 29. Kh2 Rfe8 30. Bg4 Nb6 31. Bf3 Qa4 32. Bg2 Re7 33. Be1 Nd7 34. g4 Rf8 35.
Bh4 Ree8 36. Rxf8 Nxf8 37. Qf1 Qa5 38. Qe1 Nh7 39. a4 Rc8 40. Nd1 Rf8 41. Nf2
Bf7 42. Qe3 Qb6 43. Qc1 Qc7 44. Nh3 Bg8 45. Qa3 Rf7 46. Qc5 Qb8 47. Kh1 Qe8 48.
a5 a6 49. Kg1 Nf8 50. Bg3 Qd8 51. Kh2 Bh7 52. Nf4 Rd7 53. Rf1 Ne7 54. Bh4 Qe8
55. Bxe7 Rxe7 56. Bxd5 1-0 (It has been confirmed by the player that he had played 56. Bxd5 in the game, and not the 56. Nxe6 which appeared in PGN files everywhere else.)
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.18"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Brunello, Marina"]
[Black "Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "two knights, Suttles variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "822590"]
[BlackFideId "5700965"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 a6 8. Bh6 O-O
9. h4 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Ng4 11. Qd2 h5 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 c5 14. Qf4 c4 15. Be4
Ra7 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. Rd1 Nd7 19. O-O Nc5 20. Ng5 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe3
22. fxe3 Bf5 23. Qf4 f6 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 f5 26. Qf4 Kh7 27. c3 Rd8 28. Rd4
Rad7 29. Rfd1 Qc6 30. a3 Rd5 31. Qg5 Qe6 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Qxd5 34. Qxe7+
Kg8 35. Qf6 Kh7 36. Qd6 Qe4 37. Qd4 Qc6 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. e4 fxe4 40. Ke3 Kf7 41.
Qxe4 Qb6+ 42. Kf3 Qg1 43. Qd5+ Ke8 44. Qe6+ Kd8 45. Qd6+ Kc8 46. Qxa6+ Kc7 47.
Qd6+ Kb7 48. Qd2 Qf1+ 49. Kg3 Qf5 50. Qf4 Qb1 51. Qf2 Kc6 52. Kh2 Qc1 53. Qf6+
Kb7 54. Qf3+ Kc7 55. Qf7+ Kb8 56. Qe8+ Kc7 57. Qe7+ Kc8 58. Qc5+ Kd8 59. Qd4+
Kc8 60. Qe4 Qxb2 61. e6 Qxa3 62. Qc6+ Kb8 63. Qxb5+ Ka7 64. Qd7+ Kb6 65. e7 Qc1
66. Qd4+ 1-0
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.18"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa"]
[Black "Zimina, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteFideId "5709040"]
[BlackFideId "4132190"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Re1
Bd6 9. h3 O-O 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. c5 Bc7 12. Qa4 a6 13. b4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb2
Qe7 16. Nd4 Bd3 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Ba1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qc2
Rbe8 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Nf5 f6 24. a4 Kf7 25. f3 Re6 26. Kf2 Rd8 27. Nd4 Ree8 28.
Nf5 h5 29. h4 Be5 30. Nd4 g5 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. g3 Bf6 33. Rh1 Rh8 34. f4 Rde8
35. Nf3 gxf4 36. gxf4 Rh6 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. Nh4 Re4 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. Rg1 Ne5+ 41.
Kg2 Rxb4 42. e4 Nd3 43. exd5+ Kxd5 44. Rd1 Rd4 45. Kg3 Kxc5 46. Red2 Rhd6 47.
Nf3 R4d5 48. f5 Kc4 49. Nh4 Kc3 50. Re2 Rd4 51. Ng6 Rxa4 52. Ne5 h4+ 53. Kh2 c5
54. f6 Rf4 55. f7 b5 56. Rg2 c4 57. Rg8 Rdf6 58. Nxd3 cxd3 0-1
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.18"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Raccanello, Marianna"]
[Black "Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "897558"]
[BlackFideId "5702879"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rhe1 O-O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. g4
h6 15. Bb3 Nb6 16. h4 Rhf8 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nfd5 19. Ne2 Nc7 20. Nf4 g6 21.
c3 Nbd5 22. Nd3 Qe7 23. Qg3 Nb6 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. f4 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Rh8 27. Rh1 Nd5
28. Rdf1 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 c5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Qf4 cxd4 32. cxd4 b6 33. Kb1 Rd7 34.
a3 Kb7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.18"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Sim, Jia Ru"]
[Black "Cassi, Elisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteFideId "5716110"]
[BlackFideId "2817220"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4
Bg7 16. d5 Qb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. b4 Nb6 20. Qd3 c6 21. dxc6 Bxc6
22. Qxd6 Rd8 23. Qc5 Nc4 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe4 26. Qf4 Nxc3 27. Nf5 gxf5
28. Qxf5 Ne4 29. f3 Nf6 30. Bb2 Rd5 31. Re5 Bd7 32. Qg5 Rxe5 33. Bxe5 h6 34. Qd2
Qd5 35. Qe3 Ng4 36. hxg4 Qxe5 37. Qd3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Be5+ 39. f4 Bxf4+ 40. g3 Qd2+ 0-1
1 comment:
Sim Jia Ru had 5/8 and needed one more point from the next 3 games. Why the haste to make her play against a strong Italian player in Rd 9?
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