Nabila Will Meet Medina In The First Round

Medina (left) versus Nur Nabila (right)

photo from : http://achoox.wordpress.com

[ The result is a draw. A commendable result in GiLoCatur's opinion. So, who is Nabila's next opponent? An Indonesian player named Chkartina Gerhana who has FIDE ratings of 2082. A tough opponent for Nabila GiLoCatur believes because Chkartina won the Highest Placed Female and Best FIDE Performance U2200 in last year Hastings Masters. She also earned her WIM norm in the tournament. 

Below are her two games in the tournament.

[Event "Hastings Masters 2010-11"]

[Site "Hastings ENG"]

[Date "2010.12.29"]

[Round "2.20"]

[White "Chkartina, Gerhana"]

[Black "Prosviriakov, Vladimir"]

[Result "0-1"]

[BlackTitle "IM"]

[WhiteElo "2014"]

[BlackElo "2280"]

[ECO "A40"]

[Opening "Queen's pawn"]

[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]

[WhiteFideId "7101511"]

[BlackFideId "2004860"]

[EventDate "2010.12.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 d6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 Be8 15. Nd2 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. f3 Rac8 18. Nb3 Kh8 19. Na5 d5 20. Qb3 d4 21. exd4 exd4 22. Bd3 b6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Rhe1 Ne5 25. Qa4 Rc7 26. h3 Rfc8 27. f4 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Qxa7 Rc2 30. Qe7 Qc6 31. Qb4 Rc4 32. Qd2 Qa4 33. Qd3 Qb5 34.Re5 Qc6 35. Rxf5 b5 36. Re5 b4 37. axb4 Rxb4 38. Re2 Rc4 39. Ree1 Qa6 40.Rd2 Ra8 41. Qa3 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2010-11"]

[Site "Hastings ENG"]

[Date "2010.12.30"]

[Round "3.27"]

[White "Spence, David J"]

[Black "Chkartina, Gerhana"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2237"]

[BlackElo "2014"]

[ECO "B07"]

[Opening "Pirc"]

[Variation "Byrne variation"]

[WhiteFideId "407429"]

[BlackFideId "7101511"]

[EventDate "2010.12.28"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O 

c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Rad1 Nc6 13. e5 Ng4 14. e6 f5 15. Qc1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 Qd6 18. Bg3 Qxe6 19. Nf4 Qc6 20. Be2 e5 21. Bf3 e4 22.Bxg4 fxg4 23. Qd2 g5 24. Nh5 Bh8 25. Qe2 Bc8 26. Rfe1 Bf5 27. h3 gxh3 28.gxh3 Bxh3 29. Bh2 Rae8 30. Ng3 e3 31. fxe3 dxe3 32. Rf1 Rf2 33. Rxf2 exf2+ 34. Qxf2 Bd4 0-1

updated at midnite, 13/06/2011 ]

The rivalry between Nabila and Medina from Indonesia who both play in the Girls U20 category will start immediately in the first round in the 12th Asean+ Age Group Chess Championship. Two years ago in Vietnam, Medina emerged champion in the 10th edition. During then they played in the Girls U12 category. Medina defeated Nabila in the sixth round playing white.  Last year in Subic Philipppines, Nabila did not take part while Medina began to play in the Girls U20 division. 

Below is their game two years ago. Surely, their games mature and improve further. GiLoCatur hopes both of them will become the chess icons in future and the proud chess players of their respective countries and the South East Asia region.

[Event "GIRLS 12"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2009.06.10"]

[Round "6.1"]

[White "Medina, Warda Aulia"]

[Black "Nur, Nabila Azman Hisham"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "B22"]

[PlyCount "105"]

[EventDate "2009.06.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. h3 Qd8 9. Nb3 cxd4 10. Nbxd4 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Bf3 O-O 19. b3 Rac8 20.c4 b5 21. Bb7 Rc7 22. Bxa6 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Ne4 24. O-O Nd6 25. Bf4 Rd8 26. a4 Rcd7 27.Bxd6 Bxd6 28. g3 Bb4 29. Be2 Rd2 30. Kg2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Bxd1 Kf8 33.Kf3 Ke7 34. Ke4 Kd6 35. f4 f5+ 36. Kd4 g6 37. Ke3 Ba5 38. g4 Bb4 39. Bc2 Ba5 40. Bd1 Bb4 41. g5 Ba5 42. h4 Kc5 43. h5 Kb4 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Bh5 Kxb3 46.Bxg6 Kc4 47. Bf7 Kd5 48. Kd3 Bd8 49. g6 Bf6 50. a5 Kc5 51. Bxe6 Kb5 52.Bxf5 Kxa5 53. Ke4 1-0

So, who will win? Let's wait for their match to complete. Their battle just began. 

Go to https://aneeseterritory.blogspot.com/ if you want to know on the Girls U14 category.

First Round Girls U14 - https://aneeseterritory.blogspot.com/2011/06/pairing-pusingan-pertama-kategori-g14.html

Second Round Girls U14 - https://aneeseterritory.blogspot.com/2011/06/pairing-pusingan-kedua-kategori-g14.html

2nd Indonesian WGM is in the Making?

GiLoCatur is following a chess tournament named Telin Chess International Tournament held in Jakarta from 1st until 7th April. Why? Because the tournament is participated by the Indonesian Sea Games chess players. Surely, Indonesia is ahead of Malaysia in preparing its team for the SEA games. As far as GiLoCatur aware, the next international chess tournament that will take place in Indonesia is the Asian Cities Chess Team Championship or also known as the Dubai Cup. It will be held also in Jakarta from 21st until 29th April. GiLoCatur is not sure whether Indonesian SEA games chess players will take part. We'll see on that. Malaysia, on the other hand, will be represented by the Penang team which is the recent Inter-state champion.

What really impress GiLoCatur in the chess tournament is the performance of Medina Warda Aulia until the fourth round. For those not in the know, Medina is about the same age as our own Nur Nabila. She had participated in a couple of chess tournaments held in Malaysia particularly KLCA Chess Open. 

In 2008, Medina played in the Challengers section where she was placed 11th with 6/9 points. Nabila became champion with 7.5/9 points but they did not meet each other.

In 2009, Medina took part in the KLCA Open held at Shah's Village Hotel in Petaling Jaya. Meanwhile, Nabila did not take part. Her performance then not outstanding yet as she managed only 4/9 points and ranked 37th out of 56 total participants. 

In 2010, both Medina and Nabila took part in the KLCA Chess Open held at the KL Olympics Sports Hotel. More than 100 players took part in the tournament which was won by the reigning world women champion of Hou Yi Fan. Medina performed better in the tournament where she managed to win against a Vietnamese Woman International Master and a Malaysian International Master. By winning four, drawing two and losing three games, Medina scored 5/9 points and ranked 48th.

In the 9th ASEAN age group chess championship in Vietnam, Medina was in the same G12 age group with Nabila. The former was placed fourth with 6.5/9 points while the latter was placed 11th with 4.5/9 points. It was in the standard format. In the rapid format, Nabila managed to win the bronze medal (third place) after scoring 5/7 points after winning four, drawing two and losing one. Meanwhile, Medina was placed sixth from 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. She scored half-point less than Nabila. Can we conclude that Nabila is better in the rapid tournament? Can we conclude that Nabila has more exposure and experience in rapid format? Or should Nabila play less in rapid and more in standard / classic tourneys?

Once again in the 10th ASEAN age group chess championship also in Vietnam, the rivalry between Medina and Nabila continued. The former was the first seed with a WCM title while the latter was seeded second with just 45 ratings gap. Medina showed that she was better than Nabila when she cruised through to become the champion for their age group category with impressive 8.5/9 points. Medina crushed Nabila who emerged the first runner up in the sixth round. Viewing their game, for GiLoCatur, Medina just had slight advantage in the endgame. Nabila just had disadvantage when she was defeated by a Vietnamese player in the first round. How about their performance in the rapid format? GiLoCatur could not find the final results. By the way, Medina had played in G14 age group for the rapid while Nabila stayed in G12 age group.

Last year, Nabila did not take part in the 11th ASEAN age group chess championship held in Subic, Philippines. Instead she played in the MSSM chess championship in Kangar, Perlis that was clashed with the ASEAN age group. While Medina took part in the age group championship. Instead of playing in the Girls 14 category, she played in the Girls 20 category in all standard, rapid and blitz events.

Back to Telin Chess International Tournament  ...

from chess-results.com

From the above chart, it is obvious that Medina is having a great performance after the fourth round. With FIDE rating of 2035 and ranked 64th from the total 110 participants, she won against the 9th seed, IM Ronny Gunawan who is rated at 2420. Then she drew with another compatriot IM, Salor Sitanggang (FIDE: 2382). Then she played very well to crush a 2300+ FM and 2400+ IM in the third and fourth round respectively.  So, in the fifth round she would play black against well-known Philippines GrandMaster, Eugenio Torre who has ratings of near 2500. Can she win?

[ Medina did not manage to win against the Pinoy GM. BUT in the sixth round, she upset WGM Irene on board 10 with white pieces. Do you want to know who was her 7th round opponent? On the fifth board, Medina played black against GM Susanto. Yes, GM Susanto Megaranto. What is the result? No, she did not win. But she managed to draw with the Indonesian GM who has 2533 FIDE ratings. What a feat! Updated - 12.41am


Medina's victory over WGM Irene was picked up by the famous Susan Polgar's chess blog with title "Teen sensation scores upset". Updated on 6 Apr 2011, 11.38pm ]

For GiLoCatur, such results and performance indicate the steady improvement in her chess career. If such great performance continues, no doubt Medina will become the second Indonesian Woman Grand Master after Irene Kharisma Sukandar soon enough. Malaysian chess fraternity has to find out how Medina is groomed and taught to have steady progress and improvement. We, the chess community that includes the chess authority, chess associations, chess academy and coaches, chess parents and chess players, should be united to help our chess prodigies like Nabila, Najiha, Li Tian, Li Ting, the Puteri sisters and many others to have similar progress and improvement. DO WE DARE? CAN WE?

more news and info about Medina here and here

Indonesian SEA Games Chess Team Selection - What We Can Learn

National Selection

Sebelum ini GiLoCatur pernah menulis (di sini) tentang SELEKNAS CATUR SEA Games ke 26 yang telah dianjurkan oleh Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia atau lebih dikenali sebagai PERCASI. SELEKNAS yakni singkatan dari Seleksi Nasional atau dalam bahasa omputihnya, national selection, ini diadakan untuk memilih pemain-pemain catur yang akan mewakili Indonesia bagi acara catur di Sukan SEA yang bakal berlansung bulan November nanti di Palembang.

Top 11 bagi setiap kategori lelaki (PUTRA) dan perempuan (PUTRI) akan terpilih menjalani latihan dan saringan berikutnya bersama-sama GM Susanto Megaranto dan GM Irene Kharisma Sukandar yang telah layak secara otomatik.

It is very important that a proper national selection to be held to represent the country in an international event such SEA Games. If Indonesia which is ranked higher than Malaysia in the latest FIDE Country Ranking, 58th to 69th, and has 6 GMs + 12 IMs compared to Malaysian only 5 IMs uses and conducts the selection process, Malaysia MUST DO the same thing.

Who are making the list?

Siapa yang berjaya "lolos"? Atau dalam perkataan lain, siapa 11 pemain yang berjaya ke peringkat saringan seterusnya? Check out senarai-senarainya seperti di bawah.

Cuba perhatikan gambar-gambar mereka di atas. Yang lelakinya memakai baju merah sementara yang perempuannya memakai baju hitam. Setahu GiLoCatur, baju-baju tersebut diberi percuma. Dan setahu GiLoCatur lagi, transportation dan penginapan sewaktu kejohanan seleksi tersebut juga ditaja dan diberi percuma oleh pihak penganjur kepada kesemua 71 pemain yang telah terpilih.

Another interesting point is that the champion for the women category, Medina Warda Aulia who has about same age and equal strength with Nur Nabila Azman, managed to earn her WIM title from the tournament as per reported by wartaolahraga website. GiLoCatur believes the SELEKNAS tournament is FIDE-rated.

From GiLoCatur's humble observation, the chess prodigies of our neighbouring ASEAN countries keep progressing eventhough our own were and are better or at least equal during the early stage i.e. before 12 years old. Nabila and Medina is one example. Another example is Anas and Le Quang Liem of Vietnam. Anas was the champion while Liem was second in the 4th ASEAN Age Group in Brunei about 8 years ago. Since then Liem has progressed to become a Super GM. GiLoCatur is not sure who won during their encounter in that tournament. Encik Bakri has the answer for that.

The bottomline is why our chess prodigies have slow progress during their teenage and adult stages of life? Why they can not earn the grandmaster title? Or even worse why they are gone from the chess scene? Can we identify the root causes and reasons? Can't we do something?

Sementara pecatur DKI lainnya Medina juga tampil sebagai kampiun di nomor putri dengan meraih nilai tertinggi 8 ½ poin, mengangkangi 26 pecatur putri lainnya. Keberhasilan Medina meraih 8 ½ poin, membawanya meraih gelar WIM, di mana sebelum seleknas Medina menyandang gelar WFM

sumber : wartaolahraga website

Selection Criteria

The above is the selection criteria that is being used by PERCASI for the SELEKNAS. It is published in Catur Indonesia blog.

Deciding the Champion

The above is the tie breaks being used in deciding the champion. What GiLoCatur notices from the above info is that no playoff system used to decide the winner. Another thing that GiLoCatur notices about the selection tournament is that the number of rounds is 11; NOT 9 like we normally have in Malaysia.

Attire and Dress Code

GiLoCatur is very impressed not only proper and appropriate dress code and attire stressed and expected from the players as the following but also from the audience and viewers as well as the officials. It is very obvious also that the audience and viewers are allowed to enter the tournament hall.

Good Campaign and Media Coverage

It is no doubt, to promote chess to higher level, a very good campaign and media coverage is very crucial. The SELEKNAS tournament has excellent campaign and gets lots of coverage as proven below. GiLoCatur believes we can have the same since there are many local chess blogs in Malaysia. Just the hard part is the media coverage both paper and electronic. For sure, press release is where we need to improve. Good rapport with the media needs to be established and maintained.

sources :

http://caturindonesia.blogspot.com

http://olahraga.kompas.com/read/2011/01/24/21595956/Seleknas.Catur.SEA.Games.2011.Dimulai

http://www.wartaolahraga.co.cc/2011/01/tirta-dan-medina-terbaik-seleknas-catur.html

http://www.harianpelita.com/read/15136/3/metropolitan/medina-dan-tirta-lolos-seleknas-catur-seag/

http://www.rri.co.id/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=732:seleknas-catur-sea-games-2011&catid=50:kronika-olahraga&Itemid=242

http://www.tribunnews.com/mobile/index.php/2011/01/24/seleknas-catur-sea-games-diikuti-71-pecatur

Penganjuran SELEKNAS ini bukan perkara baru di Indonesia. Ia telah pun digunapakai dan dilaksanakan semenjak beberapa tahun yang lalu. GiLoCatur kurang pasti semenjak bila, tetapi setidak2nya semenjak tahun 2006 iaitu SELEKNAS Chess Olympiad yang ke 38 seperti yang dilaporkan di sini.

Satu lagi perkara yang GiLoCatur perasan tentang perkembangan catur di Indonesia ialah peranan GM Utut Adianto, GM pertama Indonesia kalau tidak silap, dalam melahirkan pemain2 catur Indonesia berwibawa. Seperti apa yang GiLoCatur tahu, kedua-dua GM Susanto dan WGM Irene adalah produk dari sekolah catur beliau. Begitu juga dengan Medina.

So, banyak yang kita komuniti catur Malaysia boleh pelajari dan apply dari info dan maklumat di atas. Semoga catur atau chess "bisa" berkembang lebih pesat dan maju di Malaysia khususnya dan di ASEAN amnya.

APA BISA KE ENGGAK PAK? he he he ...

[GiLoCatur : salah satu entry yang paling lama ditulis ... hu hu hu .... harap tiada kesilapan fakta]