The Singapore Chess
Scene
This webpage covers chess events / happenings related to Singapore Chess which might not necessarily be covered by the Singapore Chess Federation. Updated: 22/11/01
1st Intchess Asia Futurity Masters (updated 22/11/01)
Intchess Asia started their first IM tournament with
2 Vietnamese and Luke Leong aiming for norms. The Cat 1 round robin is almost completed with no one
making any norms. Bui Vinh was poised to make his first norm but a loss to IM
Ramos made his task difficult…
Scores: Bui Vinh (2343) 6/8 GM H Ardiansyah (2401)4.5/8, GM Suradiradja (2285) 4.5/8, IM Domingo Ramos (2313) 4/7 , Luke Leong (2289 (prov) 3/8, Dang Vu Dong (2217) 1/8
Philippine GM Bong Villamayor easily won
the abovementioned event after conceding a draw to fellow INTCHESS coach IM
Enrique Paciencia.
1st GM Bong Villamayor 6.5 2nd
IM Enrique Paciencia , IM Chan Peng Kong, FM Teo Kok Siong 6
Mikko Kivisto is the Lord of the Rings…well… at blitz!
FM Mikko Kivisto shrugged off a 5 hour car
ride to loll around in the Sunway Lagoon, KL, Malaysia to check out the Lord of
the Rings pewter and along the way, win the Lord of the Rings blitz event. In
the Finals, he ousted Malaysian FM Mok Tze Meng 1.5-0.5 to clinch the title.
Mikko will be providing more details later…
Check out Hafiz’s website for
results
The Law catches up with the Docs...
The
annual Inter-professionals chess teams once again had the Doctors vieing with
the Lawyers for the clincher. This year, the law caught up on the Doctors again
and inflicted a severe 3-1 pounding on the hapless docs. IM Terry Toh, in a
scintillating display of aggression, took out IM Hsu Li Yang on top board.
Malcolm Tan accounted for Dr Nithia with Black in a Sicilian Kan on Board 2,
and on Board 4, Wong Meng Leong overpressed and lost to Gilbert Koh. Only Dr
Chen Chih Ming salvaged some pride for the docs after beating former Malaysian
International Gregory Vijayendran.
One amusing incident:
Nithia - NM Choong Liong On - 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cd 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Ndb5 d6
6.Bg5?? (Bf4 is correct) Nf6?? (when 6...Qxg5 is virtually winning) and
Nithia won later. Needless to say, everyone else saw and held their
breath...
Check out An eye for an eye for the Bd 1 encounter between the International Masters!