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Hong Kong Open Chess Round 3

September 18th, 2012

Last Monday in round 3 Seth Levine and Chun Keung Yeung agreed to a draw. Billy Lo and David Garceran Nieuwenburg had played their game on Saturday already, which also resulted in a draw, and with Sydney Sai Ling Wai winning his game against Brian Shin the top five players now all share 2.5 points.

Closely following with 2 points are five players, of which Alberto Pardino Muniz and Luen-Wah Luk stand out a bit. Alberto only played two games and Luen-Wah remains unbeaten with a win and 2 draws, the last draw against Jake Chi Loon Chan who with this excellent result scored 1.5 points and is, for now, just out of the top 10.

In the second half of the league we see that Peter Whalley, Hysan Lai Hei Wong and Jefferson Lee scored their first win and definitely more is to come, also from Scott Ian who returned from the Chess Olympiads in Turkey (representing Hong Kong) seemingly well warmed up to score a full point in his first game in round 3.

Rank after round 3

Round 4 will be played on October 8 because players will be preparing for the Hong Kong International Open played on five consecutive days from 28 September to 3 October 2012.

 

Hong Kong Open Chess Round 2

September 11th, 2012

In round 2 we unfortunately saw a couple of empty boards and consequently some regulatory wins and losses: too bad.

A board that remained empty for a long time was Sydney’s who arrived with only 30 minutes left on his clock, and despite his opponent being FM Luen-Wah, the game resulted in a draw!

Another remarkable game was played between Seth against Michael. Michael is clearly a very talented youth, but as he was multi-tasking and reading his book when Seth was in deep thoughts to find the best moves, he did not put up serious resistance enough on the board to neutralize Seth’s kingside attack.

Perhaps the most remarkable game was played between Caissa’s Peter and Aravind. Peter had pushed his pawns on the kingside up to pressure his opponent into a very defensive position.

Peter plays 0-0-0 ...

The position looked more or less like the diagram above when Peter found an in principle logical move, castling long to get more firepower behind his advanced king pawns. Yet, it turned out to be a checkmate in 1, to himself, when Aravind responded to 0-0-0 with Rc8xc3+…

Next week we will follow Caissa’s members in round 3 when Peter will play against Joe Lau and David will face Billy Lo.

Ranking after 2 rounds:

Hong Kong Chess Open 2012 Round 2

Hong Kong Chess Open 2012 Ranking after Round 2

Hong Kong Open Finals 2012 End Results

May 29th, 2012

HK Tsang - Champion Hong Kong Finals 2012

The very last game to finish between CY Chong and David Or (1-0) officially concluded the Finals. From the beginning until the end it remained crowded at the top. Four people ended with a total of 8 points, closely followed by a mid-range group of again 4 people scoring between 5.5 to 7 points. The bottom four players remained at a modest but significant distance from the rest of the crowd: next year gentlemen!

Congratulations to HK Tsang with his championship title and a special proficiat to Bryan Lee and Andrew Koenigsberg who managed to score the highest increase in their rating points due to very strong tournament rating performance!

Hong Kong Chess Federation, again, managed to organize an excellent tournament. Looking forward to coming events.

The end result:

Round 9 Hong Kong Chess Finals: No Draws!

May 9th, 2012

After an all or nothing night it has gotten tense at the top. Bryan Lee with little time left on the clock converted his better position in win against CM Chan. HK Tsang freed himself from CY Chong, for now, by defeating him. Andrew Koenigsberg kept refusing a draw against David Garceran Nieuwenburg, unrelated to the complete draw position on the board, until all players were summoned to leave the building after 11pm. It was David who did not have the time to continue elsewhere, around midnight at McDonalds or so as Andrew suggested; hence Andrew could climb to second position. Next week we look forward to the battle of the titans, between Bryan and HK Tsang!

Round 8 Hong Kong Finals: Bryan Lee One Point Loose

May 2nd, 2012

Arthas Qian‘s loss against Cheuk Wai Lo amplified the effects of Bryan  Lee‘s win against Ian Scott in the rankings. Bryan with, an excellent undefeated 7 out of 8, has broken loose now one full point from Hong Ki Tsang, who could cash in a point against David Garceran Nieuwenburg, who might be record holder now in blundering a piece away in a good position in the end phases of the game. Lack of concentration?

Although round 10 could turn into a decisive round when Bryan and Hong Ki meet, with 5.5 out of 7 Chor Yuen Chong is still a force to reckon and both Andrew Koenigsberg and Arthas are not to be counted out yet either.

Hong Kong Chess Open Finals 2012 Round 7: Top 4 Share 5 points

April 24th, 2012

Round 7 of the Hong Kong Open Finals organized by the Hong Kong Chess Federation was an exciting round with three main outcomes:

  • The draw between Bryan and Arthas resulted in both having 5 points now;
  • Another loss of Alberto, who seemed invincible in the prelims, helped Andrew to comfortably settle in the top group of 5 pointers as well;
  • David GN won to secure his first win against Chak Man who chose for a dubious sacrifice against the Sokolsky.

Of course black’s 14th move was a mistake but also 14. … Qe7 would not have prevented a move like 15. Nd4 when 15. … Rd8 or Nf4 would not be sufficient.

Ranking for now: