Stonewall Attack; My Sample Game

In my previous article, I have explain briefly about Stone Wall Attack (see here). At that time, I do not remember that I have once met a player who adopt that kind of attack against me. When I check my old score sheets (since I have a 'partner' who are willing to compile my games), I found a game which is categorised as Stone Wall Attack.

Below is the game from my participation in KL Allegro 2000. I met a chinese player but I neither remember his name nor recorded it in my score sheet. KL Allegro is a rapid game tournament and notation is not compulsory. I think that may be less than 5% of players who recorded their game in rapid tournament.

Since I consider that all my games is my intellectual property, I love to record it for whatever reason. And now I realise that it benefited me. When I want to study about Stone Wall for example, I unexpectedly found my own game.

It seems that I do not familiar with this type of game and thus I waste my time just to think on the idea behind it and how to react against Stone Wall.

Let see the game...

[Event "KL Allegro 2000"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "?"]
[Black "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. f4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. O-O c5 7. c3 b6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Rf3 Re8 11. Rh3 Nf8 12. Qf3?? Blunder. Better move of course Bb5.

12...Qc7 13. g4 N6d7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. g5 g6 16. Rg3 Qd8 17. h4 Nd7 18. h5 Bf8 19. Rh3 Qe7 20. Qh1 f5

Black now in time trouble.

21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. hxg6 Qg7 23. Nf3 h6 24. Ne5 0-1

Finally I lost the game during time trouble. It seems that Stone Wall also has some merits behind it. Any suggestions on how to defeat Stone Wall?

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

Who Makes Last Blunder Move, Lost the Game

The game belows is a real game played by me against my friend Hafiz (I call him as Apit) when both of us are still bachelor, at my rental house at Taman Seri Segambut, Kuala Lumpur. Apit frequently came to my house and we played chess together.

The game belows is not a good game to be analysed, but it shows that in our real game, those who make last blunder move, lost the game. In this game, both of us made blunders each others, but finally I won the game after last blunder by Apit.


[Date "2001.04.20"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Hafiz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. d4 Nc6 4. Be3 d6 5. Bc4 Qd8 6. dxe5 a5 7. Ng5 Nh6



White to move.

8. Qd5??

First blunder. The best move should be 8.e6 and if 8...fxe6 9.Nxe6

8...Ne7?

Better move 8...Nxe5 9.Be2 Be7=

9. Qd2

Better move should be 9.Qxf7+! Nxf7 10.Bxf7+ Kd7, advantage for white

9...dxe5 10. Qc3 Ng6 11. O-O b6 12. Na3 Be7 13. Rad1 Bd7



White to move.

14. Rd2??

Second blunder. The best move should be 14.Bb5 and White has the better game.

14...Bb4 15. Bxf7+??

Another blunder. Better move is 15.Qb3 Bxd2 16.Bxf7+ Ke7 17.Bxd2

15...Nxf7 16. Qb3 Nxg5 17. Rd3 Qf6 18. Qd5 Rd8 19. Rfd1 c6 20. Qb3 Nxe4 21. Bxb6 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rf3 Qe7 24. Rf1 Rf8 25. Rd3 Qh4 26. Rg3 Nf4

Better move should be 26...Rxf2 and Black wins 27.Rxf2 Qf4

27. Kh1 Ne2 28. Rd3 Nf4 29. Rg3 Be6 30. Qb7 Qh5 31. Qxc6+ Kf7 32. Qxc5 Rd1 33. Qc7+ Ke8 34. Qb8+ Rd8 35. Qb5+ Bd7 36. Qc5



Black to move.

36...Ne2??

Another blunder move, overlooking an easy win. Better move 36...Qe2 37.Rg1 Nh3 38.gxh3 Rxf2

37. Re3

Better move 37.Rxg7 Ng3+ 38. Rxg3 Qe2

37...Rf5 38. Nc4 Rc8 39. Qd5

Another mistake. Better move 39.Nd6+ Kd8 40.Qxa5+ Ke7 41.Nxf5+ Bxf5 42.Qxe5+ Kf8 43.Rxe2

39...Nf4 40. Qg8+

40.Nd6+ is still better.

40...Ke7 41. Qxg7+ Rf7 42. Rxe5+ Be6 43. Qg3 Qg6 44. Qa3+ Kf6

Now White in trouble, Black threatening mate: Qxg2




45. g3??

Another blunder.

45...Rxc4??

Lucky, because my opponent replied by another blunder. Better move 45...Bxc4 46.gxf4 Bxf1 47.Qd6+ Kg7

46. gxf4 Rxf4 47. Re3

Another mistake. Better move 47.Qd6 Re7 48.Rfe1

47...Rg7??

Another blunder. Better move 47...Bd5+ 48.f3 Kg7

48. Qc3+ Kf7 49. Qc7+ Kf6 50. Qxf4+ Ke7 51. Qc7+ Kf8 52. Rf3+ Bf7 53. Rxf7+

Missing checkmate in one 53.Qd8#

53...Rxf7 54. Qd8+ Kg7 55. Rg1 1-0

Training with iiumchessmater

Mohd Azizul Mat Daud a.k.a. iiumchessmaster is one of my former sparing partners when we are playing for International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) chess team for the years 1999-2001.

Below are some of our games during the training sessions. I believe that his quality of games are much more better than ten (10) years ago.

This collection of games are just to review and recorded our golden moment of having training together before.

Game 1

[Event "Training"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[White "Mohd Azizul, Mat Daud"]
[Black "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qe4+ 8. Kf2 Qxh1 9. Nf3 c6 10. Qd3 Bg4 11. Bg2 Bxf3 12. Bxh1 Bxh1 13. Bf4 Be4 14. Qe3 Be7 15. c4 Nd7 16. c5 h6 17. g4 g5 18. Bg3 Rf8 19. Rb1 b5 20. Rf1 f5 21. gxf5 Rxf5+ 22. Ke2 Rxf1 23. Kxf1 O-O-O 24. Qa3 Kb7 25. Qa5 Rf8+ 26. Ke1 Bd8 27. Qd2 Ka6 28. Bf2 Ba5 29. c3 Rf3 30. Be3 Nf8 31. Ke2 Ne6 32. Qb2 Nf4+ 33. Kd2 Nd3 34. Qb3 Rf1 35. a4 bxa4 36. Qb8 a3 37. Qc8+ Kb5 38. Qb7+ Ka4 39. Qxc6+ Kb3 40. Qb5+ Bb4 41. cxb4 a2 42. Qxd3+ Bxd3 43. Kxd3 a1=Q 0-1




Game 2

[Event "Training"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Mohd Azizul, Mat Daud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. Bg5 Qa5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Qd2 Ne7 8. Be2 Nbc6 9. Qe3 Nf5 10. Qf4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ncxd4 12. Bd3 Bb4 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Bf4 g5 15. Be3 Qxe5 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Rde1 Rc8 18. Bxg5 Qd6 19. Be3 Qc5 20. Bf4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qa3+ 22. Kd1 Rxc3 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Be5 Rxc2 25. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 26. Kd1 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Bb5+ 28. Kf3 Nh4+ 29. Kg4 Rg8+ 30. Kxh4 Qg6 31. Qf4 h5 32. g3 Bd7 33. Rc1 f6 34. Bb8 Qf7 35. h3 f5 36. Qh6 Ke7 37. Bxa7 Rg6 38. Bc5+ Kd8 39. Qh8+ Rg8 40. Qh6 Rg6 41. Qh8+ Rg8 42. Qh6 Rg6 1/2-1/2




Game 3

[Event "Training"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Mohd Azizul, Mat Daud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nge2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. f3 a6 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. a3 Nb6 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. exd5 Rc8 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qc5 18. Kd1 Bxc3 19. Qe2 Ne7 20. Rb1 Rf8 21. Rb3 Qd4+ 22. Qd3 Qxd3+ 23. cxd3 Be5 24. Re1 Rf4 25. Rb4 Rxb4 26. axb4 Bc3 27. Re2 Bxb4 28. Ne4 Kd8 29. Nf6 a5 30. Nxh7 Nd5 31. Kc2 a4 32. Bf7 a3 33. Re8+ Kd7 34. Rb8 Bc6 35. Rxb5 a2 36. Kb2 a1=Q+ 37. Kxa1 Bc3+ 38. Kb1 Bxb5 39. Bxd5 Bxd3+ 40. Kc1 Be5 41. h4 Bf1 42. Nf8+ Ke8 43. Nxg6 Bxg2 44. Nxe5 dxe5 45. Kd2 Ke7 46. Ke3 Kf6 47. Kf2 Bh3 48. Kg3 Bf5 49. Ba8 Kg7 50. Be4 Kf6 51. Bc6 Bc2 1-0




Game 4

[Event "Training"]
[Date "1999.11.01"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Mohd Azizul, Mat Daud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O b4 9. Ne2 Bxe4 10. Ng3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nf5 Qb8 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qg5 Qd8 21. Qh6 Kg8 22. Rxc6 1-0




Game 5

[Event "Training"]
[Date "1999.07.05"]
[White "Mohd Azizul, Mat Daud"]
[Black "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 h6 8. Bh4 Bb4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. f3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qh5 13. Bf2 Rd8 14. Bd3 Nf8 15. Ne5 Rd6 16. g4 Nxg4 17. fxg4 Qg5 18. h4 Qe7 19. g5 h5 20. g6 f6 21. Nf7 Rd7 22. Qe2 Qa3 23. Qxh5 Qxc3+ 24. Ke2




Game 6

[Event "Training"]
[Date "2000.02.16"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Mohd Azizul, Mat Daud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Bc5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. e5 O-O 15. Ne4 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxd7 Qc6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. f3 Rae8 21. Bh3 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Rd6 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bxh3 26. gxh3 Qe3 27. Qg2 Rd8 28. Rad1 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qc1+ 30. Qg1 Qxb2 31. Rd7 Rc8 32. Ra7 g5 33. Re7 Rc1 34. Re1 Rxe1 35. Qxe1 Qf6 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe2 b4 38. Kg2 a5 39. Kf2 a4 40. Qc2 a3 41. Qc4 b3 0-1




Game 7

[Event "Training"]
[Date "2000.04.12"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Mohd Azizul, Mat Daud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Qe2 Ne7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Ng6 11. a3 Nc6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 O-O 17. dxc6+ Kh8 18. cxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Re8 21. Bf7 Nf4 22. Qd1 Rf8 23. Qxd6 Nh3+ 24. gxh3 Rxf7 25. Qc7 Qa8 1-0




Game 8

[Event "Training"]
[Date "2000.04.18"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Mohd Azizul, Mat Daud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. Qh5 Qf6 9. Nf3 Qxg7 10. Bd3 c5 11. a3 Ba5 12. O-O-O cxd4 13. Bb5+
Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Qf3 O-O-O 17. Qd3 Kb8 18. Qb5 Bb6 19. Na4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Ne4 21. Rb4 Nd6 22. Qd3 Rc8 23. Qg3 Rgd8 24. Rd1 Ka8 25. Rd3 Ne4 26. Nb6+ 1-0




Game 9

[Event "Training"]
[Date "2000.04.18"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Mohd Azizul, Mat Daud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. h3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qf2 exd4 15. Ne2 c5 16. Ng5 O-O 17. Qh4 h6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Rf1+ Kg8 21. Qe7 Ne5 22. Nf4 Qf6 23. Qxb7 Rf8 24. Nd5 Qg5 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Be2 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Bd6 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nh7+ Ke8 30. Nf6+ Kd8 31. Qd5 Nf3# 0-1




Game 10

[Event "Training"]
[Date "2000.04.19"]
[White "Mohd Azizul, Mat Daud"]
[Black "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1 Re8 9. Be2 Nf8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Ng5 Rh4 16. Bd3 h6 17. Nf3 Rh5 18. Rc1 Ne6 19. Bf5 Ng5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qf5 Rb8 23. Qg4 g6 24. g3 Kg7 25. Kg2 f5 26. Qf3 Rbh8 27. Rh1 Qd7 28. g4 Rh4 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Rcg1 a5 31. Kf1 Kg6 32. Ke1




Game 11

[Event "Training"]
[Date "2000.04.26"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Mohd Azizul, Mat Daud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. Bd3 b5 7. a3 a6 8. O-O Bb7 9. h3 e6 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Ng5 Be7 14. Rxf7 Bxg5 15. Rxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxg5 O-O 17. Qh5 g6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Qg7 20. Qxe6+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Rxf7 22. Rf1 Raf8 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Bf6 Rc7 25. c3 Kf7 26. Kf2 a5 27. Ke3 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Kd2 bxc3+ 30. bxc3 Ba6 31. h4 Bc4 32. g4 Rb7 33. Kc2 Ra7 34. h5 Ra2+ 35. Kd1 Be2+ 36. Ke1 Bxg4 37. h6 Rh2 38. Bg5 0-1

Another Game Against Mohd Hussein Jamil

After checking my old score sheets, I found another game between me and Mohd Hussein Jamil (Hussein). This means that we have met 3 times including the latest one at De Laguna Park Port Klang Chess Open 2009 (see here) and in all games I have to admit that I never won against him. Huu… hu… hu… .

Below is my game against Hussein during University Malaya Convocation Fiesta Chess Open Tournament 2001.

[Event "EKSKUM 2001"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Mohd Hussein , Jamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 c6 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. Rad1 b4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nb1 a5 13. Bg5 Nb6 14. Rfe1 Ba6 15. c4 bxc3 16. Qc2 a4 17. Bxa4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Be2 19. Qxa8 Bxd1 20. Qa6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 cxb2 22. Qe2 Rb8 23. a3 h6 24. Bd2 Rb3 25. Bc3 Qb8 26. Qc2 Qb5 27. Re2 Bxa3 28. Nxa3 b1=Q+ 29. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Kg2 Nh5 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxb1 Nf4+ 33. Kf1 Nxe2 34. Kxe2 Qxh2 35. Qb7 Qd6 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Qg6 38. Qc5 h5 0-1

My Shortest Game

In my previous article I have mentioned that I do not remember when the last time I met Mohd Hussein Jamil in chess tournament. After checking my old score sheets, I found that I have met Hussein previously in Grand Asian Chess Challenge V (GACC V) in University Malaysia almost 9 years ago on 18th October 2000.

Interesting enough to say that it is a fact that my shortest chess game in my longest time control chess tournament.

Below is the said game.

[Event "GACC V"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Mohd Hussein, Jamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qe2 d5 6. c4 Bc5 7. Be3 d4 8. Bf4 Bf5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nh4 d3 11. Qd1 Bb4+ 0-1

De Laguna Park Port Klang Chess Open 2009

This is the first time I arrive at De Laguna Park, Pulau Indah, Port Klang, Selangor. I move from my house early in the morning since I’m not sure the location of the tournament. It is actually very easy to go there through KESAS Highway and I arrive there within the time.

Bellows are some of the pictures taken around the location of the tournaments:

Car Parks

Terrace Houses Nearby

Jetty Link to the Playing Hall

Playing Hall

Surau Nearby

Playing Venue in the Evening

And Not Miss, GiloCatur with His Nice T-Shirt?!

My performance overall in this tournament is quite satisfactory since it is almost two and half years I do not participate in any chess tournaments. I get 4 points out of 7 games (see the full results here). I was ranked as no. 36 based on national rating and manage to get no. 30 out of 88 players.

I lost two games against two champions, i.e. Mohd Hussein Jamil (Champion for Sukan Kerajaan Tempatan Negeri Selangor 2009 – see here) and Hamid Jusoh (Champion for Pencarian Jaguh Catur Terengganu 2008 – see here). Another game, I lost due to time trouble but not positional lost.

Here are my games in this tournament:

Round 1

[Event "De Laguna Park Port Klang Open 2009"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shasnonshah"]
[Black "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. a3 e5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Ne4 Nd4 11. Nxe5 Qc7 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bb7 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Ng3 Nf6 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qg4 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bxa3 21. Nf5 g6 22. Qg5 Qd5 23. Ne7+ Rxe7 24. Qxe7 Qd7 1-0



Even I have lost a rook to a piece, at the end of the game I managed to get two connected passed pawn. Neverthelss, I resign 3 seconds before my flag falled down. I had offered a drawn before that but it was rejected since my opponent knew that I am in a serious time trouble.

Round 2

[Event "De Laguna Park Port Klang Open 2009"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Ibnu Al-Haitam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 a5 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bd3 b5 6. a3 a4 7. Bf4 Bb7 8. O-O h6 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 g5 11. dxc6 dxc6 12. Be5 Bf6 13. Re1 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Ne7 15. Qf3 O-O 16. Qh5 Kg7 17. Ng4 Ng8 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Ne3 Bc8 20. Ne4 f6 21. Ng3 Ne7 22. Nef5+ Bxf5 23. Rxe7+ Kg8 24. Bxf5 Rd8 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qh7# 1-0

Round 3

[Event "De Laguna Park Port Klang Open 2009"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sheikh Hanafi"]
[Black "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. a3 c6 4. c5 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3 b6 9. b4 bxc5 10. bxc5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe5 Qxc5 14. Rc1 Qxf2+ 15. Kd1 Qb6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb3+ 18. Ke1 Qxa3 19. Rxc6 Bb7 20. e6 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Qb4+ 22. Kf2 Qc5+ 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. e3 0-1



My opponent in this game won as the 'best player' for Teluk Gong.

Round 4

[Event "De Laguna Park Port Klang Open 2009"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mohd Hussein, Jamil"]
[Black "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "20"]


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bc4 Nxe4 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Qf3 Nf6 10. Bd5 Nd4 1-0



This was the second time I played against Hussein in the tournament. I did not remember in which tournament it was in the first time but I do remember that I also lost the previous game.

Is sacrifice made by White in this game fine?

Round 5

[Event "De Laguna Park Port Klang Open 2009"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Black "Shamsul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bc4 a6 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 b5 8. Nxb5 axb5 9. Bxb5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 1-0



I have lost a piece, but it compensated with two connected passed pawns. I managed to promote one of my humble pawn to be a queen and won the game during time trouble.

Round 6

[Event "De Laguna Park Port Klang Open 2009"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ahmad Termizi , Abdullah"]
[Black "Hashim, Jusoh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bc4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. Qe2 Qxc5 12. Rad1 Bg4 13. Rd5 Qb6 14. Bb3 e6 15. Rg5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rfd8 17. Ba1 Rd7 18. c4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Nd4 20. Qh3 Qd8 21. c3 Nxb3 0-1



I have made a blunder at move 21 and resign after that. As Tartakower said "Blunders are always there on the board, waiting to be made." And I have made one in this game.

Round 7

[Event "De Laguna Park Port Klang Open 2009"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tony, Lee"]
[Black "Ahmad Termizi, Abdullah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 dxe4 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 exd3 12. Qxd3 Qxd3 13. cxd3 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rad1 Be6 0-1



The rest of the game is a matter of technique.

During prize giving ceremony, the organiser made a lucky draw but it was not a lucky day for me. I drove back home brought nothing unless


a hanging pen as a souvenier for all participants in this tournament. Isk...isk..isk...

See you all in other tournaments.

My Former Team Members: Can We Reset up Our Team?

I have an intention to meet my former team members, reunion, and reset up our own team. This is necessary to enable us to take part in certain chess tournaments that need participation in team. I do not know whether my dream will become a reality or not.

After checking my former team members in the lists of players provided my Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF), I found that some of them are listed and their current national ratings as at April 2009 are as follows:

1. Mohd Hanif Arkurni Abas (1683)
2. iiumchessmaster (1681)
3. Armanov (1543)
4. Mohd Rezal Che Man (1509)
5. Ahmad Termizi Abdullah (1473)

It is clear that most of them are listed but I do not know whether they are still actively playing chess or not. I believe that some of them like iiumchessmaster and Armanov are still committed to chess related activities but both of them are not here at Klang Valley to give an injection of spirit to other members. Maybe our former coach Rizal AK is still important and relevant to us.

I will have a discussion on the above matter with Hanif. I noted that he voluntarily came from Nilai to Kelana Jaya just to joint the Friendly Match against Kastam Team previously shows that he still commits to play chess.

To warm up my self, I have a look at my old notes for the past 10 years ago and found some of my games against Hanif, our strongest player until today. Below are some of my games during training sessions but I do believe that his skill now is much better than previous ten years ago.


Game 1




1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. bxc3 Nxc4 11. Qd4 f5 12. Qxc4 d6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nd4 Re8 15. f3 Nc5 16. Ba3 b6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Qd7 20. Rae1 Rxe6 21. dxe6 Qe7 22. Qd5 Rb8 23. Qxf5 Rb2 24. Qd5 Rc2 25. Qa8+ Qf8 26. Qxa7 Rxc3 27. Qxc7 Ra3 28. e7 Qe8 29. Qxd6 Ra5 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qf7 Ra8 32. Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. a4 Kg8 34. a5 Kf7 35. a6 c4 36. a7 c3 37. Rc1 Ra8 38. Rxc3 Rxa7 39. Re3 Rxe7 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. h4 h5 43. f4 Kf5 44. Kf3 g6 45. g3 Kf6 46. g4 1/2-1/2


Game 2




1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. c3 f5 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bf3 e4 17. Bh5 Ne7 18. O-O Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qh4 21. Be2 Be5 22. g3 Qd8 23. a4 Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Rc5 27. Qb7 Qb8 28. Ra7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 d5 30. Ra1 Rc7 31. Rxc7 Bxc7 32. Bc6 Rd8 33. Rd1 Kg7 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Kf6 36. Kf1 Ke5 37. c4 Bd6 38. b3 Bc5 39. Ke2 f4 40. g4 f3+ 41. Kf1 Kf4 42. h3 e3 43. fxe3+ Bxe3 44. b4 f2 45. c5 Kg3 46. Bg2 Bd4 47. c6 Bb6 48. b5 h6 49. Bd5 Kxh3 50. Be6 Kg3 51. Bd7 Kf4 52. c7 Bxc7 53. Kxf2 Kg5 54. Kf3 h5 *


Game 3



1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 e5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rac1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qa5 14. a3 Rac8 15. Nb5 Rfd8 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Qb3 Nxe4 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Be3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Bxd4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rf8 24. Bd5 Nc5 25. b4 Rf5 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 27. Rc7 Nd8 28. Rxe7 Kg8 29. Rxg7+ Kf8 30. Rxh7 b5 31. g4 Rd5 32. Bf6 Nf7 33. Rh5 Rxh5 34. gxh5 Nh6 35. a4 bxa4 36. b5 Ke8 37. Bg7 Nf7 38. h6 Ng5 39. h4 Nh7 40. f4 a3 41. f5 a2 42. Kf2 Nf8 43. Ke2 Kf7 44. b6 Nd7 45. b7 d5 46. Kd2 Kg8 47. Kc2 Kh7 48. Kb2 Nb8 1-0


Game 4



1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2 Ng4 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. g3 a6 11. Nbd4 Bc5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Rac1 O-O 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qe4 g6 18. Nf3 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Be7 20. b3 Bb7 21. Qh6 c5 22. Nd2 Qc6 23. f3 f5 24. Kf2 Rad8

Congratulation to Rizal Ahmad Kamal

Rizal Ahmad Kamal is my former couch when I was a player for International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He taught me various types of Chess Opening, basic tactics and strategies, and basic understanding for chess ending.

Normally he will bring his own note about different chess opening every week and we will play our game for that training session using that type of opening whether white or black. Rizal never force his student to choose their opening but leave it to us to decide which opening is suitable for us according to our mode and style of playing.

Now, Rizal is one of top 100 best players in Malaysia. You can see the latest lists of our country top 100 players from FIDE website here.

Below are some of my collection of games against Rizal. It is a great pleasure if any of you want to analyse our games and give comments. Kindly do so and please forward your analysis to me for our mutual benefit.

Friendly Match between Kastam KL & XUIA

Setelah hampir dua tahun setengah aku tak main chess, baru-baru ni (17hb Jun 2009) kawan-kawan lama aku ajak aku untuk join diaorang dalam Friendly Match antara Kastam KL dan XUIA. Ketuan pemain Kastam KL adalah bekas coach kami di UIA dulu iaitu Rizal Ahmad Kamal.

Barisan pemain yang menjayakan Friendly Match tersebut ialah seperti berikut:

Team Kastam:

1. Rizal Ahmad Kamal

2. Rosli

3. Haji Idris

4. Azizan

Team XUIA:

1. Hanif Arkurni Abas

2. Fattah

3. Rezal

4. Termizi

Permainan diadakan di perkarangan surau Kompleks Kediaman Pegawai Kastam Kelana Jaya lebih kurang bermula pada pukul 9.45 malam. Setelah dibuat undian, pemain pertama bagi XUIA diundi untuk bermain buah hitam. Maknanya, sebagai pemain keempat, aku bermain buah putih.

Keputusan permainan adalah memihak kepada XUIA dengan kemenganan 3-1. Hanya Rizal Ahmad Kamal berjaya mempertahankan maruah Kastam dengan mencapai kemenangan ke atas Hanif Arkurni. Permainan Sicilian Dragon Rizal masih berbisa yang mana Hanif telah banyak kehilangan tempo bermain hitam. Analisis secara detail ada diberikan oleh Rizal dalam blognya di sini.

Walaupun dah hampir 2 tahun setengah aku tak pegang buah catur, aku cuba bermain sebaik mungkin. Di bawah adalah permainan aku dengan checkmate pada gerakan ke 16.

1. e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4 0-0 6.0-0 Nbd7

Sekiranya 6.... Nxe4 untuk memerangkap putih dengan cara 'fork' apabila 7.Nxe4 d5, putih boleh sacrifice bishop terlebih dahulu sebelum makan kuda di petak e4 dengan cara 7.Bxf7+ Rxf7 8.Nxe4

7.Qe2

Untuk memberi ruang pada Rook untuk parking pada petak d1. Aku tak ada idea sangat pada masa ni, cuma susun buah ala-ala serangan Morra Gambit.

7..... h6

Untuk menghalang kuda putih daripada diletakkan pada petak g5 dan seterusnya menyerang petak f7. Gerakan ini telah sedikit sebanyak melemahkan pertahanan hitam dan perlu diingat pawn pada petak g6 sekarang sudah tidak dikawal kerana pawn pada petak f7 sudah lama dipin oleh bishop putih pada petak c4.

8.Rd1

Tanpa berfikir panjang, aku meneruskan agenda Rd1. Gerakan yang lebih baik ialah 8.e5 dan kemungkinan permainan akan diteruskan begini 8.... dxe5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.e6 Nde5 11.Rd1 Qe8 12.exf7+ Nxf7 13.Nd5 mengancam untuk Nxc7 fork antara Rook dan Queen.

8..... Qe8 9.e5 dxe5

Sekiranya hitam menggerakkan kuda f6nya pada petak h7 atau h5, ini membolehkan putih menggerakkan kudanya pada petak d5 untuk mengancam fork pada petak c7.

10.dxe5 Ng4 11.e6

Gerakan alternatif bagi putih ialah 11.Bf4 bagi menjaga pawn e5 dan seterusnya attack kuda hitam pada petak g4 dengan 12.h3. Kuda hitam pada petak g4 dah tak ada tempat nak lari.

11..... Nde5 12.exf7+ Nxf7

Jika 12.... Rxf7, permainan mungkin diteruskan begini; 13.Bxf7+ Qxf7 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxh6 Nf3+ 16.gxf3 Bxh6 17.Rd8+ Kh7 advantage pada putih.

13.Nh4

Serangan alternatif ialah 13.Nd5 target pada pawn c7. Jika hitam defence dengan 13..... Qc6, putih main 14.Nxe7+.

13..... Kh7

Untuk mengawal pawn g6, kononnya... Gerakan yang lebih baik bagi hitam ialah 13..... Bxc3 untuk menghapuskan kuda putih yang merupakan salah satu penyerang yang baik dalam posisi sekarang dan kemudian 14..... Kg7.

Aku yang memang sukakan gerakan sacrifice, tanpa berfikir panjang, aku telah membuat keputusan untuk sacrifice kuda pada petak g6.

14.Nxg6 Kxg6

Jika 14..... Kg8 15.Nd5, variation 1) 15..... Bf5 16.Ndxe7+ Kh7 17.Nxf8+ Qxf8+ 18.Nxf5. Variation 2) 15..... Kh7 16.Qd3 advantage pada putih.

15.Bd3+

Jangan 15.Qd3+ sebab hitam boleh defence 15..... Bf5

15..... Kf6??

Blunder dalam keadaan yang sukar. Gerakan yang lebih baik ialah 15..... Kh5 16.h3 Nfe5 advantage pastinya untuk putih.

16.Nd5# Checkmate. Jarang dapat checkmate lawan dalam mana-mana tournament.

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The Grand Asian Chess Challenge V; Dalam Kenangan

Dalam membelek nota-nota lama, aku terjumpa nota permainan semasa Tournament Grand Asian Chess Challenge V pada tahun 2000 yang lalu. Ada satu game yang aku rasa agak menarik untuk dikongsi bersama.

Tidak sia-sia aku berlatih The Smith-Morra Gambit, rupa-rupanya ada juga 'mangsa' aku pada tournament tersebut. Berikut adalah game pada pusingan ke empat menggunakan Morra Gambit.



Pada gerakan ke 14, selepas hitam menggerakkan kuda pada petak ...Ne8, ada gerakan force mate in 7. Masa tournament manalah nampak benda-benda macam ni, tapi lepas analisis barulah jumpalah. Position selepas gerakan ke 14 adalah seperti berikut:



Nampak tak force mate in 7?

Jawapannya:

[15. Nd5+ Ke6 16.Nxe5 g6 (16...dxe5 17.Qh3+ Kd6 18.Nf6+ Ke7 19.Rxd7+ Kxf6 20.Qf5#; 16...Nxe5 17.Qh3+ Ng4 18.Qxg4+ Ke5 19.Bd4#) 17.Qh3+ f5 18.Qh4 fxe4 (18...g5 19.exf5+ Kxf5 20.Qg4+ Kxe5 21.Re1#) 19.Qh3+ Kxe5 20.f4+ exf3+ 21.Re1#]

Enjoy the game!

Training for Friendly Match against Kastam KL

Baru-baru ini, tanpa disangka-sangka aku telah dijemput oleh kawan-kawan bekas UIA dulu untuk bermain catur persahabatan dengan team Kastam KL. Untuk tidak menghampakan harapan kawan-kawan, aku menerima jemputan tersebut.

Jadi, terpaksalah aku 'warming up' dulu sebab dah hampir 3 tahun aku tak main chess. Aku pun bukalah nota-nota lama aku yang dah berhabuk atas rak. Terjumpalah satu game yang aku kira agak menarik untuk aku simpan dan jadikan kenangan.

Game tersebut adalah game pada tahun 2000 semasa tournament KL Allegro pada 23/4/2000. Aku bermain putih menentang Fauzi (aku tak ingat, tapi itu sahaja nama yang direkodkan).