Olympiad R5: Malaysia 2.5 vs Dominican 1.5
Round 5 Open on 2008/11/17 at 15.00
Bo.74 MAS Malaysia (MAS) Rtg - 76 DOM Dominican Repu (DOM) Rtg 2.5 : 1.5
41.1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439 - GM Mateo Ramon 2487 1 : 0
41.2 FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 - IM Dominguez Jose M 2345 ½ : ½
41.3 FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308 - IM Hernandez Gustavo 2360 1 : 0
41.4 IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2306 - Jaquez Juan 2223 0 : 1
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Olympiad R4: Malaysia 0.5 vs Slovakia 3.5
Round 4 Open on 2008/11/16 at 15.00
Bo. 74 MAS Malaysia (MAS) Rtg - 25 SVK Slovakia (SVK) Rtg 0.5 : 3.5
15.1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439 - GM Ftacnik Lubomir 2571 0 : 1
15.2 FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 - GM Markos Jan 2557 0.5 : 0.5
15.3 FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308 - GM Petrik Tomas 2487 0 : 1
15.4 Edward Lee Kim Han - IM Vavrak Peter 2478 0 : 1
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Olympiad: Picture
Picture of the day:
Malaysia vs Germany on table 2 of Olympiad 2008 round 3.
Source of the picture: Chessbase.com
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Olympiad R4: Malaysia vs Slovakia
Malaysia will be playing Slovakia on table 15 in round 4. We did not lose 0-4 to German. 
FM Lim Yee Weng managed a draw.
| 15 | 73 |  |
MAS | Malaysia | 6½ | 4 | : | 4 | 8½ | Slovakia | SVK |  |
25 |
Interesting to note that Singapore will be playing Jersey (Malaysia beaten Jersey 2.5-1.5) on table 63. Let’s see how they do against our round 2 opponent.
| 63 | 146 |  |
JCI | Jersey | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4½ | Singapore | SIN |  |
78 |
Round 4 Team pairing: chess-results.info
Round 3 results: chess-results.info
Round 3 on 2008/11/15 at 15:00
Bo. 1 RUS Russia (RUS) Rtg - 16 CUB Cuba (CUB) Rtg 3½: ½
1.1 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2772 - GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2719 ½ - ½
1.2 GM Svidler Peter 2727 - GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2623 1 - 0
1.3 GM Morozevich Alexander 2787 - GM Quezada Perez Yuniesky 2580 1 - 0
1.4 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2737 - GM Hernandez Carmenates Holden 2580 1 - 0
Bo. 11 GER Germany 1 (GER1) Rtg - 73 MAS Malaysia (MAS) Rtg 3½: ½
2.1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2678 - IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439 1 - 0
2.2 GM Gustafsson Jan 2634 - FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 ½ - ½
2.3 GM Fridman Daniel 2630 - FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308 1 - 0
2.4 GM Baramidze David 2557 - IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2306 1 - 0
Bo. 17 GEO Georgia (GEO) Rtg - 2 UKR Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 GM Jobava Baadur 2664 - GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2786 1 - 0
3.2 GM Izoria Zviad 2610 - GM Eljanov Pavel 2720 ½ - ½
3.3 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2615 - GM Efimenko Zahar 2680 0 - 1
3.4 GM Arutinian David 2584 - GM Volokitin Andrei 2659 0 - 1
Bo. 3 CHN China (CHN) Rtg - 19 NOR Norway (NOR) Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 GM Wang Yue 2736 - GM Carlsen Magnus 2786 ½ - ½
4.2 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2714 - GM Lie Kjetil A 2526 0 - 1
4.3 GM Ni Hua 2710 - GM Johannessen Leif Erlend 2545 ½ - ½
4.4 GM Li Chao B 2622 - IM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2522 ½ - ½
Bo. 20 NED Netherlands (NED) Rtg - 4 AZE Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 GM Van Wely Loek 2618 - GM Radjabov Teimour 2752 1 - 0
5.2 GM Smeets Jan 2604 - GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2731 ½ - ½
5.3 GM L’Ami Erwin 2610 - GM Gashimov Vugar 2703 ½ - ½
5.4 GM Werle Jan 2582 - GM Huseynov Gadir 2650 0 - 1
and the defending champion, Armenia is currently leading with better tie breaks.
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 9 ARM Armenia ARM 3 3 0 0 6 64,0 8,0 11,0
2 11 GER Germany 1 GER1 3 3 0 0 6 56,0 8,0 10,0
3 15 ENG England ENG 3 3 0 0 6 56,0 8,0 9,5
4 13 IND India IND 3 3 0 0 6 52,0 8,0 9,0
5 14 ROU Romania ROU 3 3 0 0 6 52,0 8,0 9,0
6 1 RUS Russia RUS 3 3 0 0 6 48,0 8,0 8,5
7 19 NOR Norway NOR 3 3 0 0 6 48,0 8,0 8,5
8 12 ESP Spain ESP 3 3 0 0 6 44,0 8,0 9,0
9 2 UKR Ukraine UKR 3 3 0 0 6 40,0 8,0 7,5
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Olympiad R3: Malaysia at table 2!!
After scoring another win, this time against Jersey,
| Bo. | 146 | Jersey (JCI) |
Rtg | - | 73 | Malaysia (MAS) |
Rtg | 1½:2½ |
18.1 Belzo Krzysztof 1993 - FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 ½ - ½
18.2 Tandy Chris 0 - FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308 ½ - ½
18.3 FM Hawes Jonathan 2174 - IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2306 ½ - ½
18.4 Jouault Louis 0 - Edward Lee Kim Han 0 0 - 1
Malaysia is paired against the host on table 2!!
| Bo. | 11 |  Germany 1 (GER1) |
Rtg | - | 73 | Malaysia (MAS) |
Rtg | 0 : 0 |
2.1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2678 - IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439
2.2 GM Gustafsson Jan 2634 - FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396
2.3 GM Fridman Daniel 2630 - FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308
2.4 GM Baramidze David 2557 - IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2306
All the best to our heroes!!
Read more -> round 3.
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Olympiad R1: Malaysia wins
| Bo. | 74 | Malaysia (MAS) |
Rtg | - | 115 |  Libya (LBA) |
Rtg | 3½: ½ |
Bo. 74 Malaysia (MAS) Rtg - 115 Libya (LBA) Rtg 3½: ½
38.1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439 - Homrana Mustafa 2001 1 - 0
38.2 FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 - Elbaruni Mohamed 2072 ½ - ½
38.3 FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308 - FM Chahrani Ibrahim 2314 1 - 0
38.4 IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2306 - FM Asabri Hussien 2191 1 - 0
Malaysia managed to win round 1 with a 3.5points over 0.5 against a lower seeded Libya.
Up next, Malaysia will be playing against Jersey on table 18 and hopefully another win against another lower seeded team…
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Olympiad R1: Malaysia vs Libya
Malaysia will be playing Libya on table 38 on the first round of the chess Olympiad.
| Bo. | 74 | Malaysia (MAS) |
Rtg | - | 115 | Libya (LBA) |
Rtg | 0 : 0 |
38.1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439 - Homrana Mustafa 2001
38.2 FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 - Elbaruni Mohamed 2072
38.3 FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308 - FM Chahrani Ibrahim 2314
38.4 IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2306 - FM Asabri Hussien 2191
All the best to the Malaysian team!!
View Round 1 pairings and results at Chess-Results.info
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Nanjing Super GM
There is a Super GM Tournament in Nanjing, China taking place place 10th - 22nd December 2008. Six-player double round robin event.
Players: Veselin Topalov g BUL 2791; Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2786; Levon Aronian g ARM 2757; Movsesian Sergei g 2732 SVK; Peter Svidler g 2727; Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2714.
Further info: http://www.64ge.net/ and Gujuan Tzu’s Chessnews Blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews
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Malaysian @ Chess Olympiad 2008
There is a Malaysian team at the Dresden Olympiad.
It is however weird that Edward Lee is listed as unrated?! Do they key in a wrong name?!
Anyway, all the best to our Malaysian team!!
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Chess Olympiad 2008
The year 2008 edition of Chess Olympiad will start in a few moments.
Visit the official website, www.dresden2008.de for latest updates.
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