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

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.

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).