3rd INDONESIAN OPEN 2013

3rd INDONESIA OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 REGULATIONS

1. ORGANIZER
The tournament shall be organized by the Indonesian Chess Federation from October 9 to 18, 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Organizing Committee Secretariat
Indonesian Chess Federation (PERCASI)
Address: Kanselary KONI Pusat Pintu VI Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan Jakarta, Indonesia
Phone: (+62 21) 5731340
Fax: (+62 21) 5731340
Email: pb.percasi@gmail.com; indonesianchessfederation@yahoo.co.id
Website: www.inachess.com
Contact Persons (International):
1. Mr. Henry Hendratno
Mobile: +62 815 8888 020
Email: henryhendratno@gmail.com
2. Mr. Kristianus Liem
Mobile: +62 816 987 794
Email: k_liem@yahoo.com
3. Mr. Alip Prihantoro
Mobile: +62 816 714 697
Email: bhasudewa@gmail.com
4. Mr. Bunawan Bong
Mobile: +62 816 998 957
Email: skak_bun@yahoo.com

2. PARTICIPATION
The Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2013 is open for all chess players from federations member of FIDE with ELO Rating minimum 2200.

3. REGISTRATION & ENTRY FEE
* Free registration for GM/IM with ELO Rating above 2500 (Free Board & Lodging for the first 20 players who confirm their participation. The rooms are provided: double rooms at the 5-stars hotel for two persons sharing)
* ELO Rating 2200-2300: 150 USD.
* ELO Rating 2301-2499: 100 USD.
* The number of participants is limited only to (approximately) 150 players.
* Registration closed 1 October 2013.

4. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Appointed: 9 to 18 October 2013

Wednesday, 9 October 2013 : Arrival & Re-registration
19:00 – Opening Ceremony

Thursday, 10 October 2013 : 10:00 – Technical Meeting
15:00 – Round 1

Friday, 11 October 2013 : 09:30 – Round 2
16:00 – Round 3

Saturday, 12 October 2013 : 15:00 – Round 4

Sunday, 13 October 2013 : 09:30 – Round 5
16:00 – Round 6

Monday, 14 October 2013 : 15:00 – Round 7

Tuesday, 15 October 2013 : 09.30 – Round 8
16:00 – Round 9

Wednesday, 16 October 2013 : 15:00 – Round 10

Thursday, 17 October 2013 : 10:00 – Round 11 (Final)
19.00 – Closing Ceremony

Friday, 18 October 2013 : Departure

5. VENUE
The Tournament will be held at the Puri Ratna Ballroom, Grand Sahid Jaya Hotel,
Jl. Jenderal Sudirman 86 Jakarta 10220 – Indonesia.

6. ACCOMMODATION
Official Hotel: Grand Sahid Jaya Hotel (*5 Stars): http://www.grandsahidjaya.com
Single room US$ 120/day/person Full Board
Twin room US$ 80/day/person Full Board

7. RULES
Conduct in accordance with the Rules of the Federation International des Echecs (FIDE). In case of a disagreement in the interpretation of rules, the English text of the FIDE rules shall prevail. Zero-Start shall be applied.

8. FORMAT & TIME CONTROL
Individual Standard Chess. FIDE rated 11 Rounds Swiss System. Time control 90 minutes with 30 seconds increment for every move starting from move 1.

9. APPEALS COMMITTEE
The Appeals Committee shall consist of 5 (five) persons representing different participating countries, which will be selected and determined at the technical meeting.

10. PROTEST
Protest about the Arbiter’s decision shall be submitted to the Appeals Committee at the latest within 30 minutes, accompanied by US$ 100 Protest Money, and if the protest is upheld the money will be refunded.

11. PRIZES (Total 100.000 USD)
1st : 20.000 USD 2nd : 10.000 USD 3rd : 6.000 USD 4th : 4.000 USD 5th : 3.000 USD 6th : 2.500 USD 7th – 12th @ 2.000 USD : 10.000 USD 13th – 20th @ 1.000 USD : 8.000 USD
21st – 30th @ 750 USD : 7.500 USD
31st – 40th @ 600 USD : 6.000 USD
41st – 50th @ 500 USD : 5.000 USD

Best Women 1st : 3.000 USD 2nd : 2.000 USD 3rd : 1.500 USD 4th : 1.000 USD 5th : 500 USD

Best Junior U-20 (Date of Birth 1 January 1993 and after) 1st : 2.000 USD 2nd : 1.500 USD 3rd : 1 000 USD 4th : 750 USD 5th : 500 USD

Note: The Prizes in case of the same points of two or more players will be shared based on tie-break according to the Hort System.

12. OTHER MATTERS
In all other matters not covered by the preceding rules, the decision of the Organizing Committee shall be final.


Indonesian Chess Federation
PB. PERCASI


Hashim S. Djojohadikusumo
President

Summaries from December 2012 - April 2013

MAKITA Women Chess Match: Indonesia vs France

In December 2012, as I have mentioned before, the girls and I were playing a friendship match against France that was represented by IM Sophie Milliet, WIM Nino Maisuradze, WIM Natacha Benmesbah, and WIM Mathilde Congiu in Jakarta. The match was divided into 3 formats: blitz, rapid and classical. In blitz we lost 1-3, with Chelsie Monica Sihite as the only scorer in our team. We fought back in rapid and won 10-6! Our confidence boosted up and it showed in our classical games result by winning again with 9,5 - 6,5. This time our girl, Medina Warda Aulia, played exceptionally well. She scored 7,5 points out of 9 games (accumulation of 1 blitz game and 4 games of rapid and classical) and brought home most of the prize money than the rest of each of us of USD 12.000 as the total prize fund.

 

Australian Open 2013

A few days after the aforementioned match ended, I flew off to Australia to play the 2013 Australian Open in Sydney. It brought me a lot of nerves as my last visit to the country didn't end up well for my chess (see my previous report here). Struggled in the first round of the tournament against a 1800 player it added more negative feeling to my side. But fortunately with all the moral support from my closest friends there I could pick up and carried on. It turned out pretty well for me by beating the first seed of the tournament in the last round, GM Igor Khenkin from Germany. The victory brought me up to the 5th placed with 8 points out of 11 rounds. My Victorian friend, Jamie Kenmure, made a great coverage of the tournament on Chessbase: Fabulous fighting chess at the Australian Open. That also featured my game against the Super GM :) Full results can be seen here.

Before playing the last round

With my Australian friends (from left to right): GM Zong-Yuan Zhao, IM Moulthun Ly, FM Junta Ikeda (who got his 2nd IM norm in the tournament), and IM Andrew Brown.

In Sunshine Coast for a short holiday after the tournament.

 

HD Bank Cup Open 2013

On March 18th-25th I was in Ho Chi Minh city to play the very same event for 3 years in a row. My last year's result was not so good so I had an expectation that I'd got to play better this time. And yes, I played really solid throughout the tournament. With 5,5 points/9 rounds and performance rating of over 2450, I secured the first place of best women prize. And to add to the fun, I was given my 6th IM norm certificate as well :P If only it could be replaced by some rating points that I needed to break the 2400 mark :/

Below is my game against one of best Vietnamese players where I failed to keep my winning advantage to the end and eventually a draw was agreed.

From left to right: Me (1st best women), GM Zhao Jianchao (3rd placed), GM Le Quang Liem (1st placed) and GM Lu Shanglei (2nd placed)

 

 

Thailand Open 2013 

 

The event was held in Pattaya city this year from April 14th-21st and was really a great tournament. But because I was enjoying the relaxing environment too much, it didn't do well to my chess. Scoring only 5,5/9 and performing like a 2220 player, my rating was dropping down to 18 points. But nevertheless, I didn't regret on going there for I have gained more experiences and friends. It's one of the events that I'm considering to be back again next year ;)

Before starting of the 1st round

With GM Nigel Short in our photo shoot session.

Enjoying a fine sunny day at Pattaya beach with my roommate, WGM Irina Bulmaga from Moldova.

The winners of the tournament. GM Zong-Yuan Zhao from Australia took clear first.

My next post will be about my Europe trip from May - June. Stay tuned! :D

Hello From Bulgaria!

Oh my, I didn't realize that my last post was back in November last year till I don't know where to start it again now. I'm currently in Golden Sands, Bulgaria at the moment and am struggling with a kind of insomnia that most chess players suffer. It's almost 4 am here and all I've been doing is listening to music while doing a bit preparation for my tomorrow's game (oh well, today's game that is) but then I eventually ended up reading most of the blog posts made by a group of Australian chess youngsters, http://figjamchess.blogspot.com.au/, and I somehow felt the urge to update my blog too (thanks to them I guess?). Don't worry, this blog is not forgotten by me, I've been just a little bit too busy, but as soon as I'm home I'll make comprehensive updates that I've missed. So, laterz! :)

Catching up...

Hi everyone!


Again it's been months since I wrote my last post. Yeah, I'm such a bad blogger and this may be not my thing hence the infrequent updates that I have on my blog. Alright fellas, so my post right now won't be entirely about chess -though it'll still be the main topic- but also about the related stuffs. Bear with me!


In August, during the school break, I went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to play a rapid chess festival. In the individual section I managed to score 7,5/11, defeated my good friend, Jimson Bitoon, in the last round and ruined his chance to get the best challenger prize (the prize for unrated player) while I was aiming the best lady's prize myself. Jimson, if you see this, please accept my belated apology :P You can see full results here. And in the team event, I had thrown myself in the ocean of Filipino players, confused? Well, though the event was held in Malaysia, but Filipino dominated the fields by both quantities and qualities from its players. I got teamed up with 3 Filipinos and 1 Malaysian as a reserve. Our team, Mastermind, took the 5th placed out of 66 teams! Another good friend of mine who got his first IM norm in the last Olympiad in Turkey, FM Lim Zhuo-Ren, won the Best Malaysian prize *claps* Full details of the tournament can be seen here.


As September began, I had to watch all the good players around the world competing each other just from home. Yes, many of you have known that I skipped the Olympiad this year. The reason? Uhm it's a bit complicated but let me try to make it simple. I had signed a contract to play in the National Olympics which dates, later on figured, were too close to the Olympiad. The event was such a grandiose one involving all the provinces in Indonesia, and chess was one of the games (sports?) that was being contested. And the officials of my province forbid me to play in order to keep me well-focused on the event. To make the story short, all was paid off, I won 2 golds in the National Olympics ;) Oh back to the Olympiad, the Indonesian girls did very well without my presence. They got 24th placed and won the Group C! For individual performances, we have Chelsie Monica Sihite who successfully obtained her first WGM norm and Medina Warda Aulia accomplished her WIM title in the very same event. Bravo!


Uni started in the late of September but it wasn't the cause of the bad ending of the month for me which ,sadly, continued till the beginning of October. It affected my health, assumingly, where unfortunately I had to play the 5th leg of Chinese League in Hangzhou City (Oct 6-9), scoring 1,5/4 and losing 11 ELO points :( As soon as the leg finished, I had to travel back to Jakarta because another event was about to start. It was the 2nd Indonesia Open. The whole details about the tournament -such as results, photos, interviews, etc- can be checked on Chessdom. I did considerably well here though was scoring 4/9 only, despite of it I had a chance to play with 5 GMs out of 9 rounds! :)


The rest of October till present has been dull. Uni's assignments, presentations, and assessments have been quite time-consuming. And to be honest, I'm feeling a bit rusty of chess. My next chess event will be on December 16th - 22nd, it's a friendship match with France. So 4 of us: Medina, Chelsie, Citra and myself will play against 4 top French women, namely: IM Sophie Milliet, WGM Nino Maisuradze, WIM Natacha Benmesbah, and WIM Mathilde Congiu. Sounds fun right! The match will be in Scheveningen system of blitz, rapid, and classical games. The total prize US$11.000 will be at stake. I'm gonna update more about it on my Facebook later.


And soon after Christmas, I will fly to Australia to play the Australian Open. Will have some days off before and after it. Yayy, holidays! :D Really looking forward to going there again :)


That's all for now, pray I'll blog more :P


Laterz!

Belated Summary of the 2012 Asian Continental

Dear readers,

First of all I want to apologize for neglecting my own blog. It's been more than 3 months since I posted the last entry here. A good 3-months actually which is worthy enough to share, especially about my chess life. So after my bad performance in Australia last April that fairly took much of my rating away, I've made a good comeback in the following month by winning the 11th Asian Continental that was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on May 4th-13th, securing a place in the 2014 Women's World Championship, and becoming the first Indonesian female to compete in such a glorious event. I would like to happily announce here that it was my highest achievement in chess so far. To top the Continent among those giant players from the notably strongest countries in Asia, namely China and India, is merely one's blessing that one could only wish for. Going there as the 19th seeded with a 2288 elo rating was simply removing my name from the favorite list. Being a 2300ish player for the last 4-5 years and suddenly dropping to 2288 was not that easy for me to accept. I wrote about it once as my status on Facebook that in order to jump higher, you have to bend your knees first which received a lot of positive comments to encourage me to get over the sadness and wishing me to do well in the very next event. And eventually yes, things turned to be good for me, psychologically, when I changed my mindset that to be an underdog was actually an advantage in such a situation and resulted in a lighter feeling during the games against much higher-rated opponents in Vietnam. That made me think that to have lost lots of rating in Australia was not a bad idea at all, but of course I didn't purposefully do it :)

What a fool I would be if I forget to name those who have helped me to go through the process. Therefore, I can proudly say that I'm so thankful to have a family like my own right now that never get tired of motivating me in all things. Papa, Mama, and my siblings: Kaisar and Diajeng, I love you all so dearly! :)

And to my closest ones: Junta, Lucy, Wei Ming, Gladys, and some others that are too many to mention here - for morally and technically helping and supporting me both in life and chess, and for just being there for me, thank you! :)

And now readers, please do enjoy the game that I selected to be annotated by myself from the aforementioned tournament.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1		WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	INA	2288	7.0	0.0	2413	47.5	9	7	3.65	3.35	15	50.3
2		WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	IND	2378	6.5	0.0	2358	43.0	9	6.5	5.31	1.19	15	17.9
3		WGM	Tan Zhongyi	CHN	2430	6.5	0.0	2342	44.5	9	6.5	5.79	0.71	10	7.1
4		WGM	Ding Yixin	CHN	2353	6.5	0.0	2339	44.5	9	6.5	5.21	1.29	15	19.4
5			Wang Jue	CHN	2364	6.5	0.0	2313	43.0	9	6.5	5.41	1.09	15	16.4
6		GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2549	6.0	0.0	2358	44.5	9	6	6.89	-0.89	10	-8.9
7		WGM	Le Thanh Tu	VIE	2313	5.5	0.0	2356	41.0	9	5.5	4.56	0.94	15	14.1
8		IM	Karavade Eesha	IND	2353	5.5	0.0	2340	44.0	9	5.5	5.12	0.38	10	3.8
9		WGM	Padmini Rout	IND	2345	5.5	0.0	2263	38.5	9	5.5	5.82	-0.32	15	-4.8
10		WGM	Guo Qi	CHN	2360	5.5	0.0	2221	34.0	9	5.5	6.59	-1.09	15	-16.4
11		WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	VIE	2301	5.0	0.0	2387	45.0	9	5	4.16	0.84	15	12.6
12		WIM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	KAZ	2309	5.0	0.0	2379	39.0	9	5	4.38	0.62	15	9.3
13		IM	Mohota Nisha	IND	2321	5.0	0.0	2368	42.5	9	5	4.55	0.45	10	4.5
14		WIM	Yanjindulam Dulamsuren	MGL	2214	5.0	0.0	2362	38.5	9	5	3.82	1.18	15	17.7
15		IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	2451	5.0	0.0	2354	42.5	9	5	5.99	-0.99	10	-9.9
16		WFM	Zhai Mo	CHN	2248	5.0	0.0	2335	38.5	9	5	4.35	0.65	15	9.8
17		WGM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2390	5.0	0.0	2326	39.5	9	5	5.54	-0.54	15	-8.1
18		IM	Tania Sachdev	IND	2417	5.0	0.0	2308	37.0	9	5	6.24	-1.24	10	-12.4
19			Ni Shiqun	CHN	2157	5.0	0.0	2299	33.5	9	5	3.38	1.62	30	48.6
20		WGM	Batchimeg Tuvshintugs	MGL	2363	5.0	0.0	2270	38.5	9	5	6.08	-1.08	15	-16.2
21		WFM	Medina Warda Aulia	INA	2172	5.0	0.0	2260	31.0	9	5	4.39	0.61	15	9.1
22		WIM	Muminova Nafisa	UZB	2338	4.5	0.0	2334	38.0	9	4.5	5.08	-0.58	15	-8.7
23		WGM	Swathi Ghate	IND	2286	4.5	0.0	2326	41.0	9	4.5	4.73	-0.23	15	-3.5
24			Pratyusha Bodda	IND	2123	4.5	0.0	2277	36.5	8	3.5	2.76	0.74	15	11.1
25		WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	VIE	2356	4.0	0.0	2352	41.0	9	4	5.25	-1.25	15	-18.8
26		WIM	Nguyen Quynh Anh	VIE	2129	4.0	0.0	2331	39.0	9	4	3.12	0.88	15	13.2
27		WIM	Hoang Thi Nhu Y	VIE	2238	4.0	0.0	2285	38.0	9	4	4.63	-0.63	15	-9.4
28		WIM	Vo Thi Kim Phung	VIE	2155	4.0	0.0	2276	33.5	9	4	3.69	0.31	15	4.7
29		WIM	Le Kieu Thien Kim	VIE	2239	4.0	0.0	2253	36.0	9	4	4.89	-0.89	15	-13.4
30		WIM	Pham Bich Ngoc	VIE	2176	3.5	0.0	2324	37.0	9	3.5	3.33	0.17	15	2.5
31		WIM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2237	3.5	0.0	2277	37.5	9	3.5	4.71	-1.21	15	-18.1
32			Pham Thi Thu Hoai	VIE	1956	3.5	0.0	2253	35.5	8	2.5	1.95	0.55	15	8.3
33		WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	IND	2208	3.5	0.0	2224	37.0	8	2.5	3.98	-1.48	15	-22.2
34		WIM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	INA	2181	3.5	0.0	2195	33.5	9	3.5	5.21	-1.71	15	-25.6
35		WFM	Dewi Aa Citra	INA	2112	3.5	0.0	2182	31.0	8	2.5	3.76	-1.26	15	-18.9
36		WFM	Enkhtuul Altanulzii	MGL	2108	3.5	0.0	2177	31.5	9	3.5	4.40	-0.90	15	-13.5
37			Jelsen Yemi	INA	2007	3.5	0.0	2172	30.0	8	2.5	2.91	-0.41	15	-6.2
38			Ngo Thi Kim Tuyen	VIE	2070	3.0	1.0	2186	32.5	8	2	3.05	-1.05	15	-15.8
39		WFM	Ton Nu Hong An	VIE	1997	3.0	0.0	2089	28.0	8	2	3.50	-1.50	15	-22.5
40			Virda Rizka Aulia	INA	1769	2.5	0.0	2242	33.5	9	2.5	0.89	1.61	30	48.3
41			Otorbaeva Nuriza	KGZ	1740	2.0	0.0	2130	27.0	7	1	0.93	0.07	0	0.0

Full results of Men's Section can be seen here : http://chess-results.com/tnr70397.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=1&flag=30

Experiencing 'The Land Down Under'

Another new country has been explored again, Australia!

About Australia

Australia is an island continent and the world's sixth largest country (7,682,300 sq km) after Russia, Canada, China, the United States of America and Brazil.. Lying between the Indian and Pacific oceans, the country is approximately 4,000 km from east to west and 3,200 km from north to south, with a coastline 36,735 km long or 10° and 39° South latitude. No wonder it's called The Land Down Under.

Australia is an independent Western democracy with a population of more than 22 million. It is one of the world’s most urbanised countries that makes Australian culture is as broad and varied as the country's landscape. Australia is multicultural and multiracial and this is reflected in the country's food, lifestyle and cultural practices and experience. Hmm.. thinking of moving? :)

Australia’s formal name is the Commonwealth of Australia. The form of government used in Australia is a constitutional monarchy – ‘constitutional’ because the powers and procedures of the Australian Government are defined by a written constitution, and ‘monarchy’ because Australia’s head of state is Queen Elizabeth II. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 when six independent British colonies agreed to join together and become states of a new nation.

Australia has a developed modern market economy and has had one of the most outstanding economies of the world in recent years with high-growth, low-inflation and  low interest rates. Australia has enjoyed a high standard of living since the nineteenth century and is a major exporter of agricultural products, particularly wheat and wool, minerals such as iron-ore and gold, and energy in the forms of liquified natural gas and coal. It has made a comparatively large investment in social infrastructure, including education, training, health and transport. According to the Reserve Bank of Australia, Australian per capita GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth is higher than that of New Zealand, US, Canada and The Netherlands.  The past performance of the Australian economy has been heavily influenced by US, Japanese and Chinese economic growth.

History

Australia's first inhabitants, the Aboriginal people, are believed to have migrated from some unknown point in Asia to Australia between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago. While Captain James Cook is credited with Australia's European discovery in 1770, a Portuguese possibly first sighted the country, while the Dutch are known to have explored the coastal regions in the 1640s.

The first European settlement of Australia was in January 1788, when the First Fleet sailed into Botany Bay under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip. Originally established as a penal colony, by the 1830s the number of free settlers was increasing. Transportation of convicts to the eastern colonies was abolished in 1852 and to the western colonies in 1868.

 

The 50th Doeberl Cup and Sydney International Open 2012

The Doeberl Cup has been held every year over Easter since 1963 and is the longest running weekend chess event in Australia. The tournament runs in 4 sections, with the top section known as the Doeberl Cup Premier. The Doeberl Cup was named after its primary sponsor, Erich Doeberl, and although it is no longer sponsored by his family, the name is still used to describe the tournament. The Doeberl Cup this year has won by GM Horvath Adam (2487) from Hungary with 7 points, tied first with 3 others: GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula (2553) from Romania, GM Vajda Levente (2597) from Hungary, and IM Rathnakaran K (2410) from India whom successfully achieved a GM norm in this tournament. Full results can be seen here.
The Sydney International Open was first held in 2007 and began right after Doeberl since then. Taking  place at the Town Hall, Paramatta, SIO has become one of the biggest tournaments in Australia each year. The event this year got a sole winner who shared the first place in 50th Doeberl Cup a week before that. See the results.


Great tournaments in a great country, but unfortunately the results didn't go well for me. I have convincingly lost 40 elo points at Doeberl and 13 at SIO. Adding my loss in Vietnam last month (-9) has made my live rating drop till 2287. Bad luck... Although my health was something that has to be blamed for, more or less. The flu symptoms that I had before the start of the tournament became worse as the tournament was on the run and could only recover by the day it finished.


That aside, I have gained everything else: experience, friends, and a new entry for my "Visited Countries" list. Look forward on coming back again!

Galleries:

the opening ceremony of the Doeberl Cup

the people behind the 50th Doeberl Cup

GM Horvath Adam, the winner of the tournament

IM Morris James, the winner of the annual 2012 Lightning tournament

WFM Megan Setiabudi, one of Australian best juniors

with Mr. Ambassador at Indonesian Embassy in Canberra

celebrating the end of my teenage years in a foreign land

one of the presents I got is... a banquet of flowers :)

with Derek, Moulthun, Alex, Jason, and Junta

in remembrance of the 2000 Olympiad in Sydney

Junta, me , and Moulthun at the Sydney Harbour

sightseeing after SIO... Sydney Aquarium!

to be honest, I don't know what kind of fish I'm looking at @_@

for all chocolate lovers, make sure you vist Max Brenner :)

at Sydney Opera House

old friend reunion, with Elsa Yueh in Melbourne

The 2nd HDBank Open

I can't say much about this tournament which held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam other than my appearance was less maximum. Scoring only 4,5/9 and dropping 9 elo pts. Well, it happens. Sometimes you can play well, sometimes you play bad. Even so, many things can be learned from the games there which I hope can deepen my understanding in chess

After competing for 6 days (March 2nd-7th), GM Ni Hua from China (2637) finished in sole first place himself with 8 points with only spoiled in 2 draws. Followed by the first seeded from Vietnam GM Le Quang Liem (2698) and his compatriot GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (2662) as the runner-up and third placer. 

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1		GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2637	8.0	38.0	0.0	42.50	9	8	6.43	1.57	0	0.0
2		GM	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2698	7.5	37.0	0.0	40.50	9	7.5	7.01	0.49	0	0.0
3		GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2662	6.5	37.0	0.0	33.25	9	6.5	7.14	-0.64	0	0.0
4			Wan Yunguo	CHN	2441	6.5	36.5	0.0	32.25	9	6.5	5.60	0.90	0	0.0
5		IM	Nguyen Van Huy	VIE	2485	6.5	35.5	0.0	32.00	9	6.5	5.55	0.95	0	0.0
6		GM	Xiu Deshun	CHN	2492	6.5	35.0	0.0	31.00	9	6.5	5.49	1.01	0	0.0
7		GM	Tu Hoang Thong	VIE	2416	6.5	32.5	0.0	28.75	9	6.5	5.83	0.67	0	0.0
8		IM	Gao Rui	CHN	2417	6.0	38.5	0.0	31.00	9	6	4.96	1.04	0	0.0
9		IM	Le Quang Long	VIE	2336	6.0	38.0	0.0	30.00	9	6	3.50	2.50	0	0.0
10		WGM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2351	6.0	36.0	0.0	27.25	9	6	4.30	1.70	0	0.0
11		IM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	VIE	2453	6.0	34.0	0.0	27.75	9	6	5.48	0.52	0	0.0
12		GM	Barbosa Oliver	PHI	2585	6.0	32.0	0.0	26.50	8	5	5.82	-0.82	0	0.0
13		CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	VIE	2361	6.0	31.0	0.0	25.00	9	6	5.20	0.80	0	0.0
14		GM	Bui Vinh	VIE	2463	6.0	30.0	0.0	25.25	9	6	7.41	-1.41	0	0.0
15		GM	Cao Sang	VIE	2526	5.5	41.5	0.0	30.00	9	5.5	5.75	-0.25	0	0.0
16		GM	Paragua Mark	PHI	2519	5.5	40.5	0.0	30.00	9	5.5	5.27	0.23	0	0.0
17		GM	Li Shilong	CHN	2549	5.5	38.5	0.0	28.75	9	5.5	5.34	0.16	0	0.0
18		FM	Bersamina Paulo	PHI	2154	5.5	37.0	0.0	27.75	8	5	2.62	2.38	0	0.0
19		IM	Duong The Anh	VIE	2373	5.5	36.0	0.0	25.25	9	5.5	4.78	0.72	0	0.0
20		IM	Nolte Rolando	PHI	2456	5.5	35.5	0.0	24.50	8	4.5	4.85	-0.35	0	0.0
21		FM	Chan Yi Ren Daniel	SIN	2342	5.5	35.5	0.0	23.75	9	5.5	4.45	1.05	0	0.0
22		GM	Dao Thien Hai	VIE	2516	5.5	35.0	0.0	26.75	9	5.5	5.93	-0.43	0	0.0
23		IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2447	5.5	34.5	0.0	24.00	9	5.5	6.34	-0.84	0	0.0
24		GM	Torre Eugenio	PHI	2502	5.5	33.5	0.0	25.00	9	5.5	6.15	-0.65	0	0.0
25		GM	Gopal Geetha Narayanan	IND	2572	5.5	33.5	0.0	23.00	9	5.5	6.84	-1.34	0	0.0
26			Ma Zhonghan	CHN	2369	5.5	32.0	0.0	23.75	8	5	5.32	-0.32	0	0.0
27		IM	Senador Emmanuel	PHI	2357	5.5	32.0	0.0	22.00	8	4.5	4.88	-0.38	0	0.0
28		GM	Shanava Konstantine	GEO	2586	5.5	31.5	0.0	23.00	9	5.5	7.09	-1.59	0	0.0
29		WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	VIE	2292	5.5	30.5	0.0	22.25	8	4.5	4.29	0.21	0	0.0
30		IM	Bao Khoa	VIE	2221	5.5	30.0	0.0	20.75	9	5.5	3.99	1.51	0	0.0
31			Nguyen Thien Viet	VIE	2265	5.0	40.5	0.0	26.50	9	5	2.63	2.37	0	0.0
32		GM	Gomez John Paul	PHI	2512	5.0	40.0	0.0	25.50	8	4	4.51	-0.51	0	0.0
33		IM	Tu Hoang Thai	VIE	2327	5.0	34.0	0.0	22.50	9	5	5.26	-0.26	0	0.0
34		IM	Garcia Jan Emmanuel	PHI	2405	5.0	33.0	0.0	21.00	8	4	4.80	-0.80	0	0.0
35		FM	Tran Tuan Minh	VIE	2249	5.0	31.0	0.0	20.00	9	5	4.44	0.56	0	0.0
36			Sean Winshand Cuhendi	INA	2036	5.0	30.0	0.0	19.75	9	5	2.04	2.96	0	0.0
37		FM	Pham Chuong	VIE	2398	5.0	29.0	0.0	19.50	9	5	6.65	-1.65	0	0.0
38		FM	Pham Duc Thang	VIE	2232	5.0	29.0	0.0	17.00	8	4	3.94	0.06	0	0.0
39		FM	Hoang Canh Huan	VIE	2396	4.5	38.5	0.0	22.25	9	4.5	4.55	-0.05	0	0.0
40		WGM	Gu Xiaobing	CHN	2257	4.5	36.5	0.0	21.50	9	4.5	3.80	0.70	0	0.0
41		IM	Diu Viacheslav	RUS	2486	4.5	36.0	0.0	20.50	9	4.5	5.91	-1.41	0	0.0
42			Vo Thanh Ninh	VIE	2340	4.5	35.5	0.0	20.00	9	4.5	5.28	-0.78	0	0.0
43		IM	Ly Moulthun	AUS	2402	4.5	35.0	0.0	19.75	9	4.5	5.06	-0.56	0	0.0
			Tran Quoc Dung	VIE	2296	4.5	35.0	0.0	19.75	8	3.5	2.91	0.59	0	0.0
45			Olay Edgar Reggie	PHI	2361	4.5	34.5	0.0	20.00	9	4.5	4.66	-0.16	0	0.0
46		WIM	Le Kieu Thien Kim	VIE	2230	4.5	34.0	0.0	19.00	9	4.5	3.58	0.92	0	0.0
47		FM	Nguyen Van Hai	VIE	2311	4.5	33.5	0.0	18.75	9	4.5	4.68	-0.18	0	0.0
48			Tong Thai Hung	VIE	2126	4.5	33.0	0.0	19.75	8	4	2.60	1.40	0	0.0
49		IM	Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy	VIE	2460	4.5	31.5	0.0	17.00	9	4.5	6.14	-1.64	0	0.0
50			Legaspi Rhobel	PHI	2273	4.5	30.5	0.0	16.25	9	4.5	4.90	-0.40	0	0.0
51		CM	Tran Thanh Tu	VIE	2300	4.5	30.0	0.0	14.50	7	2.5	3.49	-0.99	0	0.0
52			Tan Weiliang	SIN	2267	4.5	28.5	0.0	16.50	9	4.5	5.75	-1.25	0	0.0
53			Tran Ngoc Lan	VIE	2201	4.5	28.5	0.0	14.75	8	3.5	3.05	0.45	0	0.0
54			Xu Hanbing	CHN	2328	4.5	27.5	0.0	17.25	9	4.5	6.19	-1.69	0	0.0
55		WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	INA	2349	4.5	27.0	0.0	15.25	7	3.5	4.07	-0.57	0	0.0
56		FM	Le Tuan Minh	VIE	2123	4.0	37.0	0.0	20.75	9	4	2.39	1.61	0	0.0
57			Yu Chaojie	CHN	0	4.0	35.0	0.0	18.00	8	3
58		IM	Yang Kaiqi	CHN	2360	4.0	33.5	0.0	18.00	8	4	4.82	-0.82	0	0.0
59			Tran Ngoc Thach	VIE	2212	4.0	33.5	0.0	17.00	9	4	4.11	-0.11	0	0.0
60			Eng Andre Jerome	SIN	2245	4.0	32.5	0.0	14.25	9	4	4.56	-0.56	0	0.0
61		WIM	Gong Qianyun	CHN	2302	4.0	31.0	0.0	16.50	8	3	4.69	-1.69	0	0.0
62			Nguyen Sy Hung	VIE	2043	4.0	30.5	0.0	13.00	7	2	2.41	-0.41	0	0.0
63			Tran Quang Khai	VIE	2025	4.0	29.0	0.0	14.25	8	3.5	2.27	1.23	0	0.0
64			Nguyen Huynh Tuan Hai	VIE	1790	4.0	28.0	0.0	14.25	9	4	1.30	2.70	0	0.0
65		IM	Ton That Nhu Tung	VIE	2177	4.0	27.5	0.0	12.25	9	4	4.97	-0.97	0	0.0
66			Aron Teh Eu Wen	MAS	1900	4.0	27.5	0.0	12.00	8	3	1.31	1.69	0	0.0
67		CM	Le Thanh Tai	VIE	1889	4.0	27.0	0.0	13.00	8	4	1.85	2.15	0	0.0
68		CM	Nguyen Van Toan Thanh	VIE	1940	4.0	26.5	0.0	11.25	9	4	2.33	1.67	0	0.0
69			Dong Zhaorui	CHN	0	4.0	25.5	0.0	14.25	8	3.5
70		WFM	Le Hoang Tran Chau	VIE	2093	3.5	32.5	0.0	12.75	9	3.5	3.30	0.20	0	0.0
71		IM	Vasilyev Mikhail	UKR	2270	3.5	32.0	0.0	11.75	8	3.5	3.76	-0.26	0	0.0
72			Pham Thi Thu Hien	VIE	2116	3.5	31.5	0.0	13.50	8	3	3.71	-0.71	0	0.0
73			Nguyen Minh Tuan	VIE	2126	3.5	31.5	0.0	12.50	9	3.5	2.37	1.13	0	0.0
74			Cox Tristan A	ENG	2096	3.5	31.0	0.0	13.00	9	3.5	3.37	0.13	0	0.0
75		WIM	Pham Bich Ngoc	VIE	2155	3.5	28.5	0.0	12.00	8	2.5	3.66	-1.16	0	0.0
76		WFM	Vu Thi Dieu Ai	VIE	1833	3.5	28.0	0.0	10.75	8	3	1.55	1.45	0	0.0
77		WFM	Ton Nu Hong An	VIE	1987	3.5	27.5	0.0	8.25	7	1.5	2.17	-0.67	0	0.0
78			Nguyen Hoang Anh	VIE	1924	3.5	23.0	0.0	8.50	8	2.5	2.28	0.22	0	0.0
79		WIM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2259	3.0	34.0	0.0	15.75	9	3	4.60	-1.60	0	0.0
80		CM	Nguyen Tan Hoang Nam	VIE	1810	3.0	27.0	1.0	9.00	9	3	1.33	1.67	0	0.0
81		FM	Ikeda Junta	AUS	2373	3.0	27.0	0.0	8.50	8	2	5.82	-3.82	0	0.0
82			Do Thi Thuong	VIE	2091	3.0	26.5	0.0	8.50	9	3	4.98	-1.98	0	0.0
83			Nguyen Dang Hong Phuc	VIE	1765	3.0	25.5	0.0	7.75	8	2.5	1.33	1.17	0	0.0
84			Li Wenxiang	CHN	0	3.0	24.5	0.0	8.00	8	2
85			Doan Thi Van Anh	VIE	1992	3.0	24.0	0.0	6.00	8	2	3.39	-1.39	0	0.0
86			Vinod Gopal	IND	2044	3.0	22.5	0.0	5.25	6	1	1.78	-0.78	0	0.0
87			Wolfaardt Francois	RSA	1783	3.0	22.0	0.0	7.00	7	2	1.27	0.73	0	0.0
88			Aplin Christer Jon	SIN	2055	2.5	28.5	0.0	10.25	8	1.5	3.26	-1.76	0	0.0
89			Gao Hanxue	CHN	0	2.5	25.5	0.0	8.50	7	1
90			Kuich Gero	SUI	1855	2.5	21.0	0.0	5.75	7	1	1.98	-0.98	0	0.0
91			Chung Juen Sen	SIN	1993	2.5	20.5	0.0	4.00	7	0.5	3.49	-2.99	0	0.0
92			Frost Peter	AUS	1897	2.0	21.5	0.0	4.25	6	0.5	2.09	-1.59	0	0.0
93			Fu Jinghao	CHN	0	2.0	19.5	0.0	3.25	8	1

I also annotated 2 of my games which published on Singapore Chess News, you can check it out here 

Galleries:

All the participants of the tournament

Indonesian representatives: Sean Winshand and I

with WIM Qianyun Gong and WGM Xiaobing Gu

At a sushi buffet after the tournament. With Junta, Weiliang, Sean, Moulthun and Duc

....and ended with watching the sunrise on the last day