Quezon City,PNP share Inter-cities chess lead

MANILA, Philippines - Quezon City and PNP-NHQ-QC pulled off similar impressive victories to keep a share of the lead after Wednesday’s eighth round of the 2009 National Inter-Cities chess team championship in Tarlac.

Quezon City dumped Local Water Utilities Administration-QC-B, 3-1, while PNP-NHQ-QC subdued Valenzuela City, 2.5-1.5, to stay ahead with 13 match points.

GM Rogelio Antonio Jr. outclassed Alcon John Datu, Gary Legaspi humbled Mari Joseph Turqueza and Ilann Perez bested Jan Nigel Galan to lead Quezon City to victory.

Richelieu Salcedo averted a shutout for LWUA-QC-B when he toppled Jerry Areque on board two.

PNP-NHQ-QC struck on victories by Rolando Andador over GM Mark Paragua, Ali Branzuela over Ivan Gil Biag and Horizon Villanueva’s draw with Vic Neil Villanueva.

Silverio Abasolo beat Edsel Montoya for Valenzuela’s lone point.

Earlier, Quezon City and PNP-NHQ-QC battled to a 2-2 draw in the seventh round, with Antonio and Perez winning their matches for QC and Branzuela and Villanueva scoring for PNP-NHQ-QC.

Antonio trounced Andador and Perez downed Montoya for Quezon City’s two victories. Branzuela humbled Areque and Villanueva nipped Gary Legaspi to level the score for PNP-NHQ-QC.

Mandaluyong City, led by GM Bong Villamayor and Jan Emmanuel Garcia, outplayed Pasig-Marfori, 2.5-1.5, to join LWUA-QC-B in third to fourth places with 12 points.

Top seed Tagaytay City drew with Muntinlupa, 2-2, in the seventh round then won over LWUA-QC-A, 2.5-1.5 to climb into solo fifth place with 11 points.

Five teams, led by Valenzuela and FEU-FERN-QC-Inton, share sixth to 10th places with 10 points.

FEU-FERN-QC-Inton humbled Antipolo City, 2.5-1.5, in the eighth round behind Sheider Nebato’s win over Jude Ulanday.

In the individual standings, Antonio and IM Richard Bitoon of Makati share the lead in board one with seven points. Antonio has six wins and two draws while Bitoon has seven wins and one loss.

NM Emmanuel Senador of Calamba is third with 6.5 points on six wins, one draw and one loss.

On board two, Jose Aquino of LWUA-QC-A shows the way with 7.5 points on seven wins and one draw, followed by Michael Manago of La Union with 6.5 points (six wins, one draw) and Ali Brazuela of PNP-NHQ-QC with seven points (seven wins, one loss).

Board three topnotchers are Sherily Cua of LWUA-QC-C, Merben Roque of Pasig and Paolo Bersmaina of LWUA-QC-E. –GMANews.TV

World's First Cloned Camel

Dubai claims world's first cloned camel
April 14th, 2009 The United Arab Emirates has claimed the birth of a cloned camel in Duba


The United Arab Emirates has claimed its own version of Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, after the birth of a cloned camel in Dubai

The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday claimed its own version of Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, after the birth of a cloned camel in Dubai this mon



"This is the first cloned camel in the world," said Dr Nisar Wani, researcher at the Camel Reproduction Centre.

Injaz, a female one-humped camel, was born on April 8 after more than five years of work by scientists at the Camel Reproduction Centre and the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, The National newspaper reported.

"This significant breakthrough in our research programme gives a means of preserving the valuable genetics of our elite racing and milk producing camels in the future," Dr Lulu Skidmore, scientific director at the Camel Reproduction Centre, said in a statement.

Injaz, whose name means achievement in Arabic, is the clone of a camel that was slaughtered for its meat in 2005, the National said.

Scientists used DNA extracted from cells in the ovaries of the slain animal and put it into an egg taken from the surrogate mother to create a reconstructed embryo, it said.

Dolly was born in 1996 in Edinburgh in what was regarded as one of the world's most significant scientific breakthroughs, but was put to sleep in 2003.

(c) 2009 AFP

GM Antonio led Quezon City vaults into solo chess lead

04/13/2009 | 05:31 PM


MANILA, Philippines – Quezon City humbled Mandaluyong City and Local Water Utilities Administration-Quezon City-A to grab the solo lead after the fourth round of the 2009 National Inter-Cities and Municipalities chess team championship Monday in Tarlac.

GM Rogelio Antonio Jr. outdueled Dresden Olympiad veteran GM Buenaventura “Bong" Villamayor and Gary Legaspi trounced Jan Emmanuel Garcia to clinch the much-needed victories for Quezon City, which pulled off a 3-1 win over Mandaluyong City.

Jerry Areque drew with Allan Cantonjos and Ilann Perez halved the point with Gary Garcia in the other two boards.

In the fourth round, Perez subdued Xavier John Verdun to clinch the decisive victory in Quezon City’s 2.5-1.5 triumph over LWUA-A.

It cam after Antonio halved the point with GM John Paul Gomez, Areque split the point with Jose Aquino Jr. and Legaspi called it a truce against Rainier Labay in the first three boards.

Top seed Tagaytay City and LWUA-QC-F share second to third places with seven points based on the match point-style scoring system being used by the organizing National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).

Tagaytay edged Pasig-Marfori, 2.5-1.5 on victories by Raymond Salcedo and Rhoel Abelgas over Samson Lim and Marlon Ricafort, respectively.

GM Darwin Laylo of Tagaytay and IM Ronald Dableo of Pasig drew their match.

Merben Roque saved the day for Pasig with a win over Allan Macala.

Tagaytay, however, struggled to a 2-2 draw with LWUA-QC-F in the fourth round with Salcedo losing to Leo Daylo on board two and Macala winning over Franz Robert Grafil on board three.

The matches pitting Laylo against Haridas Pascua and Abelgas against Jude Emil Fronda ended in fighting draws.

LWUA-QC-F beat Antipolo City, 2.5-1.5 in the third round before drawing with Tagaytay.

Six teams, led by Valenzuela City and FEU-FERN-Inton-QC, stay within striking distance with six points.

Valenzuela, led by GM Mark Paragua and Vic Neil Villanueva, drew with Lingayen, 2-2, in the third round but won over Makati City, 3-1, the following round.

Paragua settled for a draw with NM Mirabeua Maga while Villanueva upset six-time executive champion Jenny Mayor for a 2-2 draw.

Villanueva, Ivan Gil Biag and Silverio Abasolo all won their matches against Makati to make up for Paragua’s loss to IM Richard Bitoon on the top board.

FEU-FERN-Inton-QC dumped DepEd-Pasig-1, 3-1, and Calamba City, 2.5-1.5, to move into contention. –GMANews.TV

FCPL Status and FCPL By-Laws & Constitution ( Revised and Updated April 2009 )

Dear Fellow FCPL Players:
The updated FCPL by-laws and consitution has been finally updated and submitted yesterday April 10, 2009 for ratification. This is to suit the current situation for FCPL players here in Doha, Qatar. A number of previous meetings has been held and majority has already approved of its contents and provisions after much study and deliberation.
We are planning to forward three (3) set or copies to the Philippines Embassy for authentication as part of the requirements for the accreditation process of our organization.
There are now fourteen (14) signatories as of today. May we call upon you to join and meet us for the signing of the updated FCPL by-laws and constitution. To meet each one, kindly give us a call (597.0467) or txt msg where we can meet you. We shall come to your place or a common meeting place to solicit your signatures to complete our task as soon as possible.
Our appreciation goes to the By-Laws Committee composed of Andro Huerto, Ferdinand Tan and Eduardo Nicolas and the active participation of everybody.
Recent changes in the 2009 FCPL Officers has been approved unanimously by all of FCPL members present during the past three (3) Friday meetings. The position of Secretary shall be vacated by Rommel Elarcosa upon his request. Rommel Elarcosa shall be designated and elected as the FCPL Website Administrator. The vacancy in the position of Secretary has been noted and the said vacant position shall be filled by Ruel Go upon unanimous election by everybody present. In addition, upon cursory examination of the soon to be updated FCPL by-laws, it was noticed that the position requires an Auditor. The vacancy shall be filled by Elmer Espiritu who was elected as FCPL Auditor by unanimous approval.
As usual, FCPL meets regularly at 10am to 5pm at Qatar Bowling Center every Friday of the week.
Best regards,
FCPL - Doha Officers 2009
President - Asisclo Villafuerte
Vice-President - Andrew Huerto
Secretary - Ruel Go
Treasurer - Gerald Guerrero
Business Development - Lito Mercado
Public Relation - Noroden Abdulhamid
Technical Committee - Ferdinand Tan
Research Development - Richard Roxas
Organizing Committee - Salvador Imbuido
Membership Committee - Abet Agrimano
Website Administrator - Rommel Elarcosa
Advisers - Mr. Agustin Tabol/Eng'r. Ed Nicolas
Signatories as of today April 11, 2009
1. rommel elarcosa
2. elmer espiritu
3. emmanuel garcia
4. ruel go
5. gerald guerrero
6. andro huerto
7. hussein ahmad
8. salvador imbuido
9. eduardo nicolas
10. franz rodriguez
11. richard roxas
12. agustin tabol
13. ferdinand tan
14. asisclo villafuerte

FILCOA -Qatar Sportsfest 2009

Filipino group offers free Arabic lessons



DOHA: The Filipino Community Association (FILCOA) in Qatar will be offering free basic Arabic lessons to Filipinos at the Qatar Guest Center as part of the FILCOA-Qatar Sportsfest 2009, which will be launched today.

Registration forms for the lessons had been sent by email to Filipino residents and those interested in the lessons were advised to fill the form and submit it by email to Dawud Turla at dawudturla@yahoo.com and Flor Cabrito at floritzd2@yahoo.com.

The free basic Arabic lessons are part of the community outreach programme of FILCOA, the umbrella organisation of various Filipino groups here.

FILCOA will formally open this year’s Sportsfest with several events, including basketball, table tennis, darts, chess and Scrabble. The sporting activities will be held on Fridays from 1.30pm to 6.30pm.

Russian Team Championship round 7

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.4.10"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Alexei Shirov"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[EventDate "?"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Nd4 c5
14. Nde2 Bf5 15. Rac1 h5 16. Nd1 Nd5 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Be6 19. Nf4 Kd7
20. Rcd1+ Ke8 21. c4 Rh6 22. e4 Be7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Rd3 h4 25. Rdf3 g5 26.
Rd3 c6 27. Ne3 Rg6 28. Nf5 Be7 29. g4 hxg3 30. Rxg3 b5 31. h4 bxc4 32. h5
Rg8 33. h6 cxb3 34. Ng7+ Rxg7 35. hxg7 Kd7 36. axb3 Kc7 37. Rf6 g4 38. Rh6
Rg8 39. Rh7 Bg5 40. Kg2 Bf4 41. Rd3 Kb6 42. Bc3 c4 43. Rh8 Rxg7 44. Rb8+
Kc7 45. Rdd8 Be3 46. Bb4
1-0


A good combination by GM Shirov,position after 41..Kb6

Hydra GM

Wesley So jumps to 7th among world juniors

abs-cbnNEWS.com | 04/01/2009 7:44 PM



Filipino chess prodigy Wesley So soared to new heights following his victorious campaign in the Battle of GMs as he climbed to seventh place overall in the latest FIDE list of the world’s top junior players.

A report posted on SportsNews.ph said the latest FIDE quarterly ratings released on April 1 showed that So has boosted his ELO rating to 2641, the highest rating achieved by a Filipino chess player.

Those ahead of So are: GMs Magnus Carlsen (ELO 2770) of Norway, Sergey Karjakin (ELO 2721) of Ukraine, Wang Hao (ELO 2696) of China, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (ELO 2684) of France, Fabiano Caruana (ELO 2649) of Italy and Li Chao (ELO 2643) of China.

Of all chess players, not just junior players, the 15-year-old So is now ranked 89th in the world together with GMs Georg Meier of Germany and Ilia Smirin of Israel.

So is also ranked No. 1 in the under-16 category and 11th overall in Asia.

So's previous high was ELO 2531 in the October 2007 rating by FIDE. He slipped to ELO 2526 in the January 2009 rating but moved up anew following his successful campaign in the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Nteherlands and the Aeroflot Open in Moscow, Russia.

‘Hydra level’

So, earlier, voiced out plans to break the 2700 ELO barrier and become a “Hydra GM”.

“Pangarap ko pong makaabot ng 2700 ELO rating points,” said So.

A player beyond the 2700 ELO barrier is called a Hydra GM, which is a higher Super GM.

So and Mark Paragua (2621 ELO in 2006) are the only Filipinos who have reached the 2600 barrier.

According to Battle of GMs tournament director Willie Abalos, organizers of international competitions give “high priority” to chess players who have reache the “Hydra level.”

“Kapag narating mo ang Hydra, almost always you will be invited to international events,” he said.
as of 04/01/2009 7:45 PM

Wesley is too good

Phoenix Petroleum & Dapitan City Battle of GMs
Dapitan City
March 24-31, 2009

Final Standings

1. GM Wesley So 2627, 9.0/11

2. GM Rogelio Antonio Jr 2519, 7.0/11

3. GM Eugenio Torre 2560, 6.5/11

4-5. GM Mark Paragua 2537, GM John Paul Gomez 2539, 6.0/11

6-8. GM Darwin Laylo 2504, IM Richard Bitoon 2473, IM Julio Catalino Sadorra 2445, 5.5/11

9. IM Rolando Nolte 2488, 4.5/11

10. GM Jayson Gonzales 2468, 4.0/11

11. GM Bong Villamayor 2471, 3.5/11

12. IM Ronald Dableo 2432, 3.0/11

Average Rating: 2505

Category 11, GM norm: 7/11

GM Wesley So, the youngest in the field at 15 years of age, completely dominated the Battle of GMs this year by scoring seven wins (Eugene Torre, John Paul Gomez, Laylo, Nolte, Jayson Gonzales, Bong Villamayor and Dableo) and four draws over 11 rounds and left no doubt as to who is currently the best player in the country.

He started off with five straight wins and then perhaps toyed with the idea of drawing his way till the end of the tournament, agreeing to a short draw with GM Joey Antonio. NCFP President Butch Pichay would have none of that, though, and nullified the fightless draw, directing them to replay the game in the morning of the penultimate round. Although the replay game was likewise drawn, the effect of the reprimand was to force Wesley to buckle down to work again and he managed to beat Dableo in the next round and Laylo in the last.

There was nothing lucky about his victories, as Wesley clearly outclassed his opponents — indeed, he is showing himself to be too strong for local opposition.

I have been deluged with e-mail demanding to see his win over Eugene, so here it is.

Torre, Eugenio (2560) — So, Wesley (2627) [D13]

Phoenix Petroleum Battle of GMs Dapitan City Resort Hotel (3.5), 25.03.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6

The Chebanenko Slav, all the rage nowadays.

5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4

Eugene avoids all the complicated lines and transposes to the Exchange Variation of the Slav.

6...Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8

If Black is in an aggresive move he can try the idea of Grischuk: 8...e6 9.Qb3 Ra7 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0 Nd7 12.Na4 g5!? with complicated play. Obviously Wesley, knowing that sitting across him is one of the toughest players in the Philippines to beat, is making a conscious effort not to force anything and keep up the solid play, at the same time looking for a chance to break through.

9.a3 e6 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0 0-0

Still maintaining the symmetry. Now they start playing.

12.Nd2 Na5 13.Na2?!

Too passive. As you will see from the game continuation this move gives Wesley the opening to seize the initiative. Perhaps better was 13.Na4 b5 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.dxc5 followed by b2-b4 and White is looking great.

13...b5 14.Rxc8 Qxc8 15.b4?

Definitely a mistake. Both players have weaknesses on a3 and a6, respectively, but Black’s pieces are better positioned to move in.

15...Nc4 16.Qc1

[16.Nb1 does not work because of ...Bxb1 followed by ...Nxa3]

16...a5 17.Nxc4 dxc4 18.bxa5?

Eugene is not his usual tough self. He should just leave his pawns as they stand. By bxa5 he allows Black to pick off the a3 pawn and organize two passed pawns on the queenside.

18...Qa6 19.Nb4 Qxa5 20.Nc6

It might be better to bring his dark-squared bishop to the queenside with 20.f3! Bxb4 21.axb4 Qxb4 22.e4 Bg6 23.Bd2 Qa4 24.Qb2 and it is not so easy for Black to advance his pawns.

20...Qxa3 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.Qb2 Qd7 23.Bf3 Rc8 24.Rc1 Be4 25.Be2 Nd5 26.Bg3 Bd3!

This bishop cannot be taken.

27.Bf3

[27.Bxd3? cxd3 28.e4 Rxc1+ 29.Qxc1 Nb4 30.Qc3 Qc6! 31.Qe1 Na2! 32.Bf4 (he has to prevent ...Qc1) 32...Qc3 33.Qxc3 Nxc3 34.Kf1 b4 35.f3 b3 wins]

27...c3 28.Qb3 Qc6 29.Bxd5 exd5 30.Qa3 Ra8 31.Qe7 c2

Now the threat is ...Qc3 followed by ...Ra1, taking care not to be mated on his back rank.

32.h3 h6 33.Bf4 Qc3 34.e4 Bxe4 35.Kh2 Qxd4 36.Qb7 Qxf2 0-1

Final position

It is truly a joy to watch Wesley So’s development from a promising prodigy to one of the top players of the world. Do you know that 3 years ago, in the April 2006 FIDE list, Wesley was just rated 2254? He made a quantum leap in April 2007, gaining almost 300 points to check in as 2519 and sporting the International Master title. Another year more, in April 2008, he was already ranked no. 1 player in the Philippines as a Grandmaster with a rating of 2540.

Based on the latest FIDE Rating List, released just last April 1, 2009, Wesley’s rating has made another jump — it is now 2641, good enough for no. 89 in the world, no. 11 in Asia, and it also makes him the strongest 16 year old on Earth as of today.

In the Philippines here is the new pecking order:

1. GM Wesley So 2641

2. GM Eugenio Torre 2561

3. GM John Paul Gomez 2538

4. GM Mark Paragua 2529

5. GM Rogelio Antonio Jr 2518

6. GM Darwin Laylo 2509

7. GM Joseph Sanchez 2483

8. IM Richard Bitoon 2479

9. IM Rolando Nolte 2479

10. GM Bong Villamayor 2474

11. GM Jayson Gonzales 2465

12. IM Julio Catalino Sadorra 2451

13. IM Roland Salvador 2445

14. IM Ronald Dableo 2441

15. IM Oliver Dimakiling 2426

The names of veterans like the Garma brothers (Chito and Edgardo), Barlo Nadera, Ricardo de Guzman are already nowhere in sight, and there is a new group in their place.

A few weeks ago I was interviewed on the Internet Chess Club chess.fm radio station and IM John Watson asked me about Wesley So. I said that he is only 15 years old and progressing so fast that I expect him to reach 2700 by the end of this year. Watson laughed and said that it was a tall order. I think it just might be possible .

Thailand Chess Open 2009

Thailand Chess Open
two players on top after six rounds

In its 9th edition, the Bangkok Chess Club Open has now offically grown up to become the Thailand Open Chess Championship with every likelihood to being well on its way to becoming a major international regional event.

After 6 rounds the surprising leader is the untitled Xiu Deshun (CHN, 2422) with 5,5/6. Half a point behind are the winner of the Sri Lanka Masters tournament IM RR Laxman and the winner of the 4th Pichay Cup GM Li Shilong, together with GM Moradiabadi and Shen Siyuan. Scroll down for full standings.

Supported by the Thailand Tourism Authority and held at the wonderful Aisawan Resort & Spa in Pattaya, there is also quite unprecedented publicity, from TV coverage, buntings and posters in strategic locations all over Pattaya, and very nice opening ceremony graced by the city's mayor.

There is of course the little touches together with great attention to detail and the always brilliant hospitality that Thailand is universally know from alays helps(!) and to get a sense of this, do go to the photo gallery at http://aisawan.dyndns.info/chess/.

While there is now the debates of how this event can now continue to be a favourite of amateurs looking to enjoy the many things that Thailand is, while also continuing to make the difference in developing local talent, at this point chess lovers must congratulate the Bangkok Chess Club led by Kai Tuorila for setting a good example.
Standings

1 Xiu Deshun 5.5
2 IM Laxman R.R. 5
3 GM Li Shilong 5
4 GM Moradiabadi Elshan 5
5 Shen Siyuan 5
6 Thejkumar M.S. 4.5
7 GM Short Nigel 4.5
8 IM Sengupta Deep 4.5
9 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 4.5
10 Zhou Guijue 4.5
11 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 4.5
12 IM Lahiri Atanu 4.5
13 GM Kunte Abhijit 4.5
14 FM Mohannad Farhan 4.5
15 GM Schebler Gerhard 4
16 IM Yap Kim Steven 4
17 FM Voigt Martin 4
18 IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal 4
19 Gao Rui 4
20 FM Daly Colm 4
21 FM Mok Tze-Meng 4
22 FM Vishnu Prasanna V. 4
23 IM Saptarshi Roy 4
24 Kojima Shinya 4
25 Li Hanbin 4
26 GM Ghane Shojaat 4
27 GM Kekelidze Mikheil 4
28 Mahmoody M. Sadegh 4
29 FM Pitirotjirathon Jirapak 4
30 FM Saeheng Boonsueb 4
31 IM Sharma Dinesh K. 4
32 FM Reilly Tim 4
33 Thebault Bernard 4

GM Wesley So vs GM Akobian Varuzhan ( ICC time control "180 + 1" )

Philippines National Inter-Cities Chess Tournament

Wide open race seen in National Inter-Cities chess
04/03/2009 | 06:38 PM

MANILA, Philippines – A wide open race is expected in the coming 2009 National Inter-Cities and Municipalities chess team championship scheduled April 11-15 at the Metro Town Mall in Tarlac City, where the country’s top players backstop their respective teams.

Defending champion Cebu City, bannered by grandmaster-candidate Richard Bitoon, and Tagaytay City, led by GM Darwin Laylo, topbill the teams vying for the title and the P100,000 top prize in the five-day competition organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).

Quezon City, led by GM Rogelio Antonio Jr. and Mandaluyong City, headed by GM Buenaventura “Bong" Villamayor, will also see action in the tournament.

Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA)-Quezon City will also field in five teams, one of which will be led by GM John Paul Gomez and the other four to be composed of select female and junior players.

Leading the LWUA-Quezon City teams are female standouts Shercila and Sherily Cua, Daisy Rivera and Jan Jodilyn Fronda and junior stars Haridas Pascua, Alcon John Datu, Jan Emmanuel Garcia and Mari Joseph Turqueza.

Aside from the P100,000 champion's purse, also at stake are P60,000 and P40, 000 for the runner-up and third placer, respectively.

Individual board one to five topnotchers will also receive P3,000 each and gold medals.

NCFP executive/events director Willie Abalos said each team may field a minimum of four and a maximum of five players, including only one titled player (grandmaster, International master, FIDE master or national master). –GMANews.TV

Chess Openings - Unusual First Moves

I am so used to playing 1.d4 or 1.e4 that, when an opponent plays say 1.b4 my first reaction is - hey what's this? I decided to search around a bit for Chess Openings - Unusual First Moves when I ran into Mark Week's article by the same name.

1.b4 is also known as the Orangutang, one of the most colorful opening names, and as the Polish. Chess Lab has over two million interactive chess games online. Here's one game from Chess Lab based on the Orangutang.

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bunk"]
[Black "Wartig, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 f6 {Nc6 would have been better?}
4. e3 b6 5. fxe5 fxe5 6. Qh5+ Kf8 7. Qf3+ 1-0

There's also a game there between Hasler and Karpov, that Hasler won using this opening. I better watch out for an opponent trying this opening with me. Any of you have played this opening before? What's been your experience?

Sharjah Wins Tie Over Al Ain in UAE Team Cup

Sharjah Wins Tie Over Al Ain in UAE Team Cup
Thursday, 02 April 2009 08:32

Sharjah prevailed in the tie break over Al Ain Chess Club with 23 match points each to win the UAE Cup Teams Open Tournament held 26-28 March 2009 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Abu Dhabi Chess Club scored 22 points to finish in third place. A total of 24 local and foreign teams of Clubs, companies and associations competed in the tournament. Each local club could register teams with a maximum of two foreign players in each team. The tournament was played as a 9 round Swiss System using Rapid time control of 20 minutes for the whole game with an increment of ten seconds per move.

FIDE Top 20 Juniors 2009

At eighteen Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen leads the Juniors list by 49 points, since his Ukrainian "twin" Sergey Karjakin has gained 15 points (Magnus lost six). Wang Hao has switched places with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana has climbed a notch, while Wesley So has moved from place nine to seven. We are pleased to note that Hou Yifan has been included in this list – the last one left her out in spite of the fact that she was amongst the top twenty.

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2770 27 1990
2 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2721 19 1990
3 Wang, Hao g CHN 2696 29 1989
4 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2684 10 1990
5 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2649 31 1992
6 Li, Chao b g CHN 2643 46 1989
7 So, Wesley g PHI 2641 29 1993
8 Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2632 56 1990
9 Rodshtein, Maxim g ISR 2627 20 1989
10 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2625 18 1990
11 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2624 35 1990
12 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2622 29 1989
13 Howell, David W L g ENG 2613 22 1990
14 Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2606 38 1990
15 Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2599 47 1992
16 Edouard, Romain m FRA 2594 36 1990
17 Andriasian, Zaven g ARM 2593 39 1989
18 Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2592 22 1993
19 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2591 0 1991
20 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2590 29 1994