Sumant Subramaniam Deserves to Win

Most of Malaysian Chess Bloggers have posted the result of Petronas Technology University Chess Open Championship 2009 which was held at Petronas Technology University during last weekend (click here to see one of interesting stories about the said tournament).

There is no doubt that Sumant Subramaniam is a strong player and even Stone Master Fadli Zakaria had lost to him before. Here is the said game.

[Event "Selangor Open 2007"]
[Site "Cameron Highlands"]
[Date "2007.04.29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zakaria Fadli"]
[Black "Subramaniam Sumant"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nb5 Be6 14. d4 e4 15. Ne5 Bd5 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 Rc8 18. Qa4 f5 19. e3 Kh8 20. Rfc1 Qd5 21. Bf1 g5 22. Nc3 Qf7 23. Qb5 Bh6 24. Nd5 f4 25. Nxb6 Rcd8 26. Rc5 fxe3 27. fxe3 g4 28. Re1 Rf8 29. Qe2 Rd6 30. Bg2 Rf6

Better move should be 30...Nxd4 31.exd4 Rxb6 32.Bxe4 Rf6

31. Rc2

Better move should be 31.Qc4 Re6 32.Kh1

31...Qb3 32. Nd7

Black to move.

32...Rf2

The best move which made Stone Master Fadli confused (at least during the game) and finally he made mistake.

33. Qc4?

A mistake by Stone Master which cost him the game. Better move should be 33.Qxf2 Rxf2

33...Qxc2 34. Qxc2 Rxc2 35. Nxf8 Bxf8 36. Bxe4 Rxb2 37. a4 Ra2 38. Rb1 Bb4 39. Rb3 Rxa4 40. d5 Ne5 41. d6 Bxd6 42. Bxb7 Bb4 0-1

Original Source of the game can be found here.

Syakir - Young Talented Player

Muhd Syakir Shazmeer Azhar is one of our local player who shows improvement drastically in his game. His current national rating as July 2009 is 1835 (see here) and his FIDE rating is 1842 (see here).

I have met him before in 8th Chess Association of Selangor (CAS) Fourth Quarter Allegro 2006 held in Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur. He is still a kid at that time (12 years old).

Below is our game.

[Event "8th CAS Fourth Quarter Allegro 2006"]
[Date "2006.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Muhd Syakir Shazmeer, Azhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. d5 Qe7 10. O-O Ne5

Better move should be 10...Na5

11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Re1 O-O 13. f3 Qxc3

If 13...Nxc3 14.Rxe5 Nxd1 15.Ba3 slight advantage for White.



White to move.

14. Qe2 Qxa1

Black should try 14...b5!? 15.Bb3 Nd6

15. Bb2 Qxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nd6 17. Qg3 f6 18. Bd3 b6 19. Qh3 g6 20. Qh4 f5??

Better move 20.Kg7

21. Qe7 Ne8??

Another blunder which cost him the game. Better move should be 21...Rf7 22.Qd8+ Rf8 23.Qxc7 Ne8 still advantage for White.

22. d6! 1-0