This "wonder-girl from China" has just turned 16 and is winning strong opens like the one in Malaysia, where she finished ahead of a bunch of grown-up GMs and picked up a cool 10,000 Malaysia Ringgits (= US $3,100 or €2,300). Instead of packing our report with photos, this time we give you round by round video impressions provided by our colleagues at Europe Echecs.
GM Hou Yifan wins Third Kuala Lumpur Open
GM Hou Yifan, the wonder-girl from China, was crowned champion of the Third Kuala Lumpur Open Chess Tournament 2010 which concluded at Hotel Olympic Sports on Monday. Yifan, who started the last round a full point lead over rest of the field, needed just a draw, which she got with ease against GM Megaranto Susanto of Indonesia. The Chinese girl became richer with the first prize of RM 10,000 (Malaysia Ringgits = US $3,100 or €2,300) and the glittering DYTM Raja Nazrin Shah Trophy.
GM Nguyen Anh Dung and top seeded player of the tournament GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil won their crucial last round encounter against GM Iuldashev Saidali and GM Murshed Niaz respectively, to secure second and third place with a score of 7/9.
A group of six players, GM Megaranto Susanto, GM Thomas Luther, IM Swapnil Dhopade, GM Dzhumaev Marat, IM Khamrakulov Dzhurabek and IM Ashwin Jayaram tied for 4-9 places with a score of 6½/9.
Final top ranking after nine rounds
| Rk. | Ti. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | GM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2570 | 7.5 | 52.0 | 48.0 | 43.5 |
| 2 | GM | Nguyen Anh Dung | VIE | 2464 | 7.0 | 53.0 | 49.0 | 44.5 |
| 3 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | GEO | 2634 | 7.0 | 52.5 | 48.5 | 43.5 |
| 4 | GM | Megaranto Susanto | INA | 2527 | 6.5 | 54.0 | 49.5 | 44.5 |
| 5 | GM | Luther Thomas | GER | 2559 | 6.5 | 51.5 | 48.0 | 43.0 |
| 6 | IM | Swapnil S. Dhopade | IND | 2442 | 6.5 | 49.5 | 45.5 | 41.0 |
| 7 | GM | Dzhumaev Marat | UZB | 2525 | 6.5 | 49.0 | 45.5 | 41.5 |
| 8 | IM | Khamrakulov Dzhurabek | UZB | 2509 | 6.5 | 49.0 | 44.5 | 39.5 |
| 9 | IM | Ashwin Jayaram | IND | 2446 | 6.5 | 48.0 | 44.0 | 40.0 |
| 10 | GM | Cao Sang | HUN | 2557 | 6.0 | 51.5 | 46.5 | 41.5 |
| 11 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | BAN | 2558 | 6.0 | 51.0 | 47.0 | 42.5 |
| 12 | GM | Iuldashev Saidali | UZB | 2511 | 6.0 | 51.0 | 46.0 | 41.0 |
| 13 | FM | De Ramos Julius Joseph | PHI | 2314 | 6.0 | 50.5 | 47.5 | 42.0 |
| 14 | GM | Murshed Niaz | BAN | 2413 | 6.0 | 47.5 | 44.5 | 40.5 |
| 15 | IM | Irwanto Saidikin | INA | 2414 | 6.0 | 47.5 | 43.5 | 39.5 |
| 16 | FM | Chan Nicholas | MAS | 2398 | 6.0 | 45.0 | 41.0 | 37.0 |
| 17 | IM | Duong The Anh | VIE | 2425 | 6.0 | 44.5 | 40.5 | 36.5 |
| 18 | Laksana Agusta | INA | 0 | 6.0 | 44.0 | 40.0 | 36.0 | |
| 19 | IM | Yap Kim Steven | PHI | 2416 | 6.0 | 39.5 | 35.5 | 31.5 |
| 20 | IM | Prathamesh Sunil Mokal | IND | 2403 | 6.0 | 39.0 | 35.5 | 31.5 |
The tournament was also successful for the five players who earned their International Master (IM) and Women's International Master (WIM) norm. The players to earn their IM norm are Vakhidov Jahangir of Uzbekistan, Julius Joseph of Philippines and Laksana Augusta of Indonesia, while the WIM norm were earned by two Indian players; Bhakti Kulkarni and Mitali Patil.
The event was organized by the Kuala Lumpur Chess Association in support of the Malaysian Intellect Development Foundation & Masterskill University College of Health Sciences.
Normally we pack our reports with pictures. This time we are trying an experiment: providing you with video impressions instead, all produced by our colleagues in Europe Echecs. Plenty of material here for you to peruse. We'll be checking the Blip-TV.
Impressions from round one
Impressions from round two
Impressions from rounds three and four
Impressions from rounds five
Impressions from round six – with a ten-board clock simul by Nigel Short
Impressions from rounds seven and eight (analysis by Hou Yifan at the end)
Final impression after Yifan's KL Open Win
Article Source : Chessbase
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