Brunei Invitational GM Tournament : Final IM Norm for Bruneis Yee Son Wei (2200 FIDE rating)

Brunei's FM Yee Soon Wei won two games (wow!)against GM Richard Bitoon and IM Kim Steven Yap both from the Philippines and drew six games for his final IM  Norm at the Brunei Invitational Grandmaster Tournament held in Bandar Seri Begawan,Brunei from April13-17,2012 . IM Vakhidov Jakhongir of Uzbekistan topped the events followed by top seed GM Oliver Barbosa of the Philippines.

Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Vakhidov Jakhongir	2396	UZB	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	7.0	27.00	0.0	5
2	GM	Barbosa Oliver	2585	PHI	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6.0	23.00	0.0	3
3	GM	Bitoon Richard	2455	PHI	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	5.5	20.75	0.5	3
4	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2439	VIE	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	5.5	20.75	0.5	2
5	FM	Yee Soon Wei	2200	BRU	0	½	1	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	5.0	21.25	0.0	2
6	GM	Vakhidov Tahir	2481	UZB	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5.0	17.50	0.0	2
7	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	2494	UZB	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	1	1	5.0	17.25	0.0	3
8	IM	Yap Kim Steven	2405	PHI	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	*	1	1	4.0	13.00	0.0	2
9		Hj, Sulaiman Hj Md Baharuddin	2162	BRU	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	*	½	1.0	3.00	0.5	0
		Dollah Zaidi	2448	BRU	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	*	1.0	3.00	0.5

Dollah,Zaidi (2448) - Yap,Kim Steven (2405)

Brunei Invitational Grandmaster Tourname Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (9.4), 17.04.2012

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.g3 Bg4 8.d5 Nd4 9.Bxd4 exd4 10.Nb5 c5 11.Bg2 a6 12.Na3 d3 13.Qxd3 Bxb2 14.Nc2 Bxa1 15.Nxa1 Bxe2 16.Qc3 0–0 17.Kxe2 f5 18.e5 dxe5 19.Qxe5 Nc6 20.Qc3 Re8+ 21.Kd1 Qa5 22.Qb2 Nd4 23.Nb3 Qb4 0–1

 Dzhumaev,Marat (2494) - Barbosa,Oliver (2585)

Brunei Invitational Grandmaster Tourname Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (7.4), 16.04.2012

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nc4 Qc7 8.Qf3 Nb6 9.Ne5 Be6 10.Bf4 Nbd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bc4 Qc8 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.Qg3 Qf5 15.0–0–0 f6 16.Nd3 h5 17.f3 h4 18.Qe1 g5 19.Bd2 Bxa2 20.Nc5 Bd5 21.Nxb7 Kf7 22.h3 a5 23.Nxa5 e6 24.Qe2 c5 25.c4 cxd4 26.cxd5 exd5 27.Qb5 Bd6 28.b4 Rhc8+ 29.Kb2 Qc2+ 30.Ka3 Kg6 31.Rhe1 d3 32.Qa4 Rc3+ 33.Bxc3 Qxc3+ 34.Ka2 Bxb4 35.Rc1 Rxa5 36.Rxc3 Rxa4+ 37.Kb3 Bxc3 38.Kxc3 Ra2 39.Rg1 d2 40.Rd1 Kf5 41.Kb3 Ra6 42.Rxd2 Ke5 43.Kc3 d4+ 44.Kd3 Ra3+ 45.Ke2 Re3+ 46.Kf2 Kd5 47.Ra2 Re6 48.f4 gxf4 49.Kf3 d3 50.Kxf4 Kc4 51.Kg4 Rd6 52.Kxh4 d2 53.Ra1 d1Q 54.Rxd1 Rxd1 55.Kh5 Kd5 0–1

Yee,Soon Wei (2200) - Bitoon,Richard (2455) [B80]

Brunei Invitational Grandmaster Tourname Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (2.1), 13.04.2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 b5 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.0–0–0 b4 11.Nb1 d5 12.g5 Nfd7 13.Qf2 Bb7 14.f4 dxe4 15.f5 Bd5 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Bh3 Qe7 18.Rhf1 Nc4 19.Nd2 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Nc5 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Nxe6 Rc8 23.Nxc5 Rxc5 24.Bd7+ Kd8 25.Be6+ Kc7 26.Qxe4 Qxg5+ 27.Kb1 Re5 28.Rd7+ Kb6 29.Qb7+ Ka5 30.Qc7+ 1–0

 Yap,Kim Steven (2405) - Yee,Soon Wei (2200) [C51]

Brunei Invitational Grandmaster Tourname Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (3.1), 14.04.2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.a4 a6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nd5 Ba7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Re1 d6 10.c3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.d3 h6 13.Be3 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Qf6 15.g4 Bxe3 16.fxe3 Bg6 17.Rf1 Qe7 18.Ra2 Nd8 19.Raf2 c6 20.Ba2 Ne6 21.Kh2 Rad8 22.Kg3 d5 23.Nh4 Bh7 24.Nf5 Qc7 25.Qf3 Ng5 26.Qg2 dxe4 27.h4 Ne6 28.dxe4 c5 29.Bd5 cxb4 30.cxb4 Qb6 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.Rxf7 Qxe3+ 34.Rf3 Qe1+ 35.Qf2 Qxb4 36.Nf5 Nf4 37.Rb3 Qxa4 38.Rxb7 Bxf5 39.gxf5 Qa3+ 40.Qf3 Qc1 41.Qf2 Rc8 42.Kh2 Nxd5 0–1

Dollah,Zaidi (2448) - Bitoon,Richard (2455)

Brunei Invitational Grandmaster Tourname Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (4.2), 14.04.2012

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 c5 3.c4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.d5 e6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.cxd5 0–0 8.e4 Re8 9.Bd3 b5 10.Bxb5 Nxe4 11.0–0 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxc3 13.Qb3 Nxb5 14.Qxb5 Ba6 15.Qxc5 Bxf1 16.Kxf1 Na6 17.Qd4 Qb6 18.Qh4 Qb4 19.Bf4 Qb2 20.Rc1 Rac8 21.Re1 Rxe1+ 22.Nxe1 Re8 23.g3 Qe2+ 24.Kg2 Qxe1 25.Qf6 Qe4+ 26.Kg1 Qxd5 27.Qa1 Nc5 28.Bh6 Qe5 0–1

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Vakhidov Jakhongir	UZB	2396	7.0	27.00	0.0	5
2	GM	Barbosa Oliver	PHI	2585	6.0	23.00	0.0	3
3	GM	Bitoon Richard	PHI	2455	5.5	20.75	0.5	3
4	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	VIE	2439	5.5	20.75	0.5	2
5	FM	Yee Soon Wei	BRU	2200	5.0	21.25	0.0	2
6	GM	Vakhidov Tahir	UZB	2481	5.0	17.50	0.0	2
7	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	UZB	2494	5.0	17.25	0.0	3
8	IM	Yap Kim Steven	PHI	2405	4.0	13.00	0.0	2
9		Hj, Sulaiman Hj Md Baharuddin	BRU	2162	1.0	3.00	0.5	0
		Dollah Zaidi	BRU	2448	1.0	3.00	0.5

Cruz tops SK Peng Manalac Chess Cup Senior as Tan blunders!

Hometown bet Engineer Christopher Cruz pounced on tournament leader Kagawad Charlie Tan blunders in the final round to topped the side event of the SK Chairman "Peng" Manalac Chess Cup Open for players above 18 years of age held at the Barangay Tinajeros Hall, Goldedale,Malabon City.
Tan settled for first runner-up honors. Tan was actually tied with Marvin Salvador of Valenzuela City. Tan however gained the upper hand in the Buccholz tie-break. Salvador was relegated to second runner-up honors.
Frederick Bernardo also from Valenzuela City finished solo fourth. Three other participants finished the tournament tied for fifth to seventh place . However Armando Miranda of Merville, Navotas City won the ensuing ie break for fifth place, Jeffrey Jimenez of Meycauyan, Bulacan placed six while Fernando Custodio of Barangay Acacia placed seventh over all. Present during the awarding ceremonies were SK Chairman Prospero Alfonso "Peng" Manalac and council. Hon.Merlin "Tiger" Manalac in coordination with Barangay Captain Teban Arevalo supported the twin events. Philippine Blitz Chess Association National Arbiter Ernie Baltazar assisted by Ed Chu  officiated the tournaments.

Rank after round 6
Rank	SNo.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd.		2.Rd.		3.Rd.		4.Rd.		5.Rd.		6.Rd.		Pts	BH.
1	10	Cruz Christopher	0	MAL	5	b 0	8	w 1	11	b 1	10	w 1	6	b 1	2	w 1	5	17
2	6	Tan Charlie	1840	MAL	10	w ½	13	b 1	9	w 1	3	w 1	5	b 1	1	b 0	4½	18½
3	2	Salvador Marvin	1880	VA	11	w 1	12	b 1	4	w ½	2	b 0	10	b 1	6	w 1	4½	17
4	1	Bernabe Frederick	1890	VAL	8	b 1	5	w ½	3	b ½	6	w 0	15	b 1	12	w 1	4	17
5	4	Miranda Armando	1860	MAL	1	w 1	4	b ½	10	w ½	9	b 1	2	w 0	7	b 0	3	22
6	14	Jimenez Jeffrey	0	BUL	9	w 1	10	b 0	12	w 1	4	b 1	1	w 0	3	b 0	3	19
7	11	Custodio Fernando	0	MAL	-	- -	-	- -	-	- -	14	w 1	8	b 1	5	w 1	3	16½
8	7	Santiago Fernando	1830	MAL	4	w 0	1	b 0	13	w ½	12	b 1	7	w 0	10	b 1	2½	19
9	5	Sebastian Roger	1850	NAV	6	b 0	11	w 1	2	b 0	5	w 0	13	b ½	15	- +	2½	17
10	15	RebandabaN Joselito	0	MAL	2	b ½	6	w 1	5	b ½	1	b 0	3	w 0	8	w 0	2	22½
11	8	Del Rosario Arturo	1820	NAV	3	b 0	9	b 0	1	w 0	13	b 1	12	- -	-	- 1	2	18
12	9	Serna Marvin	1810	MAL	13	w 1	3	w 0	6	b 0	8	w 0	11	- +	4	b 0	2	18
13	3	Serrano Jethro	1870	MAL	12	b 0	2	w 0	8	b ½	11	w 0	9	w ½	14	b 1	2	14½
14	13	Gonio Gerald	1850	MAL	-	- -	-	- -	-	- -	7	b 0	-	- 1	13	w 0	1	18½
15	12	De Castro Joey	1800	MAL	-	- -	-	- -	-	- 1	-	- -	4	w 0	9	- -	1	18

Rank	SNo.	Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.
1	10	Cruz Christopher	0	PHI	5	17
2	6	Tan Charlie	1840	PHI	4½	18½
3	2	Salvador Marvin	1880	PHI	4½	17
4	1	Bernabe Frederick	1890	PHI	4	17
5	4	Miranda Armando	1860	PHI	3	22
6	14	Jimenez Jeffrey	0	PHI	3	19
7	11	Custodio Fernando	0	PHI	3	16½
8	7	Santiago Fernando	1830	PHI	2½	19
9	5	Sebastian Roger	1850	PHI	2½	17
10	15	RebandabaN Joselito	0	PHI	2	22½
11	8	Del Rosario Arturo	1820	PHI	2	18
12	9	Serna Marvin	1810	PHI	2	18
13	3	Serrano Jethro	1870	PHI	2	14½
14	13	Gonio Gerald	1850	PHI	1	18½
15	12	De Castro Joey	1800	PHI	1	18