Featured Game: Victoria Chan vs Izz
Someone on the shoutbox made fun of Izz because he lost to a girl. In this day and age, I think there’s no shame losing to a girl particularly if that girl is strong. Perhaps the problem is “us guys” tend to put extra pressure on ourselves not to lose to members of weaker sex but end up losing anyway as a result. I should know from my “5 girls in a row” nightmare two years ago. Here’s the game:
I thought it was funny how White King made a long journey from the King side to the Queen side for fear of an oncoming attack. Izz had the better part of the endgame but loss some of that advantage.The game is not complete as the final position is still more or less equal.
[Event "World Youth U16 Olympiad 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chan Wei-Yi Victoria"]
[Black "Muhammad Izz Saifuddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "154"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 f4 13. Ba3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nd4 18. Rc1 a5 19. b5 b6 20. Bb2 Nf5 21. Bc3 Qg5 22. Kf1 Rfe8 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Kc2 h5 26. Kb1 Rh8 27. g3 fxg3 28. fxg3 Bh6 29. Qd3 Raf8 30. Be4 h4 31. gxh4 Qxh4 32. Rc2 Bf4 33. Rg1 Qf6 34. Rcg2 g5 35. Bd2 Rhg8 36. Rf2 Nh4 37. Bc3 Qh6 38. Qh3 Rh8 39. Be1 Ng6 40. Qxh6 Rxh6 41. Rgg2 Nh4 42. Rg4 Kf6 43. Bd2 Ng6 44. Rgg2 Ne7 45. Rf1 Rfh8 46. Bxf4 exf4 47. Rfg1 Rg8 48. Bf3 Nf5 49. Bg4 Ne3 50. Re2 Rh7 51. h3 Nxc4 52. Kc1 Ne5 53. Rc2 Nd3+ 54. Kd1 Re7 55. Bf3 Ne5 56. Bg4 Rh7 57. Rf1 Rgg7 58. Rg1 Rh4 59. Ke1 Re7 60. Kf1 Nxg4 61. hxg4 Rh3 62. Rd2 Reh7 63. Ke1 Ke7 64. Rc2 Kd8 65. Rd2 Rc3 66. Rgg2 Rh1+ 67. Kf2 Rc5 68. a4 Rc4 69. Kf3 Rxa4 70. Rh2 Rxh2 71. Rxh2 Ra3+ 72. Ke4 Re3+ 73. Kf5 Kc8 74. Kf6 f3 75. Rh8+ Kb7 76. Kxg5 a4 77. Kf4 Re5 1-0
Izz is definitely improving and getting stronger. Obviously, there are still weak areas in his game he has to overcome. I hope he continues his advance and become stronger after the last 2 big international tournaments he has taken part in.
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