Thursday, March 29, 2012

Manhattan open 2011



In Summer 2011, I'd been working hard with two part-time jobs besides chess. Taking advantage of school break, I tried to get involved in any chess activities as much as i could. One of the most intensive event was that I had a great opportunity to participate in Mechanics chess club summer camp leaded by GM Nick de Firmian (3-time US Champion) and IM John Donaldson (US Olympic Team Captain) in San Francisco. The camp was great experience! Thanks to John and Anthony! :-)
 By the way, another awesome event was IM John Donaldsan invited me to participate GM Akobian's lecture in Berkeley chess school. Here is the link about that lecture in Dana's blog.   /http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=1118/ "Perhaps the most interesting participant was Uyanga Byambaa, who is originally from Mongolia but now going to college in the San Francisco area. She has been recruited by John Donaldson to play for the San Francisco Mechanics in the US Chess League! Her rating is still in the expert range (perfect for a fourth board in the US Chess League) but Robin tells me she is improving rapidly. Specifically, he said, she loves to attack. “If you ever play her, trade queens,” he advised.'"(Master class article by Dana Mackenzie).  

With that great experiences, I played in 2011 MI (Mechanics Institute) Round Robin, organized by Antony Corrales, in top seed Sevan Buscara (2258 fide) from France with couple National masters and several strong Experts. I did pretty good performance by 5.5 out of 9 games and reached my Fide rating (international rating) 2125, which was my highest. 


Right after I played my last match of this tournament, I flew to New York to play Manhattan open. I didn't even plan to play this tournament because of being so busy with work. Coincidentally, one of my cousins, Tuya Batkhurel, who is Mongolian and student from Japan just graduated master degree in University of Florida and  moved to NY and invited me to hang out with her there. That was so great news that I was looking forward to see my lovely cousin in one of the most fantastic cities in the world, New York city.

Manhattan Open 2011

"The Manhattan Open was held from August 17-21, 2011 at the New Yorker Hotel, 481 8th Ave at 34th St. (across from Penn Station), New York, NY.
IM Vladimir Romanenko and GM Alex Shabalov finished tied at the top of the Open Section, both finishing with an unbeaten 7/9. Romanenko led the tournament from start to finish and was only caught by Shabalov after he drew his final game with GM Giorgi Kacheishvili and Shabalov beat GM Alex Lenderman." (Continental Chess Association website) 
Please visit the following links for more information regarding the Manhattan Open: http://chesstournamentservices.com/cca/manhattan-open/


First Day in Manhattan open: (Section Under 2100)
Ready to play my first round /U2100/
Round 1 /two lefties lol/

Byambaa, Uyanga (2070) vs Cartase, Anthony (1945)


I was happy that I finished my first game without any trouble and still there was a plenty of time until my next round. So, I started to hang out and tried to use my time effectively but this wasn't a really good idea. I should've taken it easy lol.  Despite the fact that, my cousin and I were going to exciting sightseeing places in NY and had a super fun!
after the first round, on top of the Empire State Building 






A view from the Top of the Empire State Building, NY, Manhattan

After I had great time, I realized that I was so tired. From back in California, I'd been staying up late at night so often, playing tournaments while working without day off, plus, pretty long flight from SF to NY made me really exhausted. This New York trip was actually good opportunity for me to take a vacation to my cousins without worrying anything in CA. But playing tournament is always stressful. I was worried, especially my next round that I was almost falling sleep during the game.
Round 2: 

(2) gandhi,ashon (2036) - byambaa,uyanga (2070) [A80]
Manhattan open (2), 19.08.2011

1.d4 f5 2.c3 Nf6 3.Bg5 g6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.Nd2 d5 6.e3 Bd6 7.Ngf3 c6 8.Bd3 Be6 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Rc1 Na6 11.0-0 g5 12.e4 f4 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Rfe1+ Kd8 15.c4 Bf7 16.Bf5 b5 17.Be6 Rb8 18.c5 Bxe6 19.cxd6 Bxb3 20.dxc7+ Kxc7 21.Nxb3 Nb4 22.Nc5 Rbe8 1-0

 Very disappointing loss. But I had to pull myself together to be ready for next two days. All I needed was go to home, which was in Queens, NY /I was staying with my cousins/ and good sleep. Unfortunately, I couldn't get home until 3 a.m in the morning due to subway problem that first time New Yorkers faced. New place is always adventurous, no complain about it! Next day, I felt comfortable traveling alone in NY and went to tournament by myself.

Second day August 20, 2011 Round 3:

(3) byambaa,uyanga (2070) -  a hidalgo,julio(1900) [B04]

Manhattan open (3), 20.08.2011

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 c6 7.Qf3 Be6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Ne4 Nd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nc5 Qd6 12.c3 Bc8 13.0-0 0-0 14.Re1 b5 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Bf4 Qd8 17.Qe2 e6 18.Qxb5 Qb6 19.a4 Rd8 20.Red1 Bf8 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.Bc7 bxc5 23.Bxd8 cxd4 24.Rxd4 Bg7 25.Rb4 Bf8 26.Rb6 Bd7 27.Bf6 Bc5 28.Rb7 Bc8 29.Rb5 Bd6 30.a5 Ba6 31.Rb6 Bc5 32.Rc6 Bf8 33.b4 Bb5 34.Rb6 Bc4 35.a6 resign 1-0

Trying to ignore my tiredness and drinking coffee like water, I managed to win the round 3. My opponent was pretty solid player but after losing the exchange, his position was hopeless. Now I got 2 out 3, still had a chance to have a good tournament. Until my next round, I took 30 min walk to the beautiful "Central Park" from "New Yorker hotel", in  which tournament held,  and did some shopping on the way to get some gifts for my roommates, coworkers and friends in CA. In nice environment in Central park, after enjoying my lunch that I brought,  tasty Mongolian food /khuushuur/ made by my cousin, Tuya /thanks for the fabulous lunch you prepared for me/, I took a nap. When I woke up, I was nervous. I overslept. Luckily, I ran fast /even faster than subway lol/ I was late just a little bit.
Round 4:

Position after 24....Rf5

(4) e weiss,loran (1985) - byambaa,uyanga (2070) [A25]
Manhattan open (4), 20.08.2011
1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nd5 0-0 7.Nxe7+ Qxe7 8.Bd2 d6 9.b4 Rb8 10.b5 Nd4 11.e3 Ne6 12.Ne2 f4 13.0-0 Nh5 14.exf4 exf4 15.Nc3 Qf7 16.Bf3 Nf6 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 c6 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Bxc6 f3 21.Re1 Bb7 22.Bxb7 Rxb7 23.Be3 Qh5 24.Kh1 Rf5 25.Rg1 Qxh2+ resign 0-1

Pretty good compensation for a pawn. I sacrificed my pawn on queenside to idea of pushing the pawn f4-f3. Therefore, white had a serious light squares problem on his kingside. After few moves, game finished off by cute Queen sacrifice, which forced to mate. 

After the game finished of the day, my old friend who lives in NY from California called me up and wanted to see me. It was hard to say to my good friend /we used to work together at restaurant in Berkeley/ whom I haven't seen him a long time "No, I have chess game tomorrow." He understood me very well and we postponed our meeting on the last day of the tournament. Important decision!

Third day, Round 5, August 21, 2012:  Had a good sleep and happy!

Postion after 16.Qb7

(5) byambaa,uyanga (2070) - minkin,daniel (1936) [B12]

Manhattan open (5), 21.08.2011

When you have a good sleep and happy, you can crush your opponent like that!

4 out of 5. Not so bad so far. All I need to do was win my last round. Between the round, I was trying to get myself relaxed to get ready for the next round. Learning from my bad experience on the first day, my cousin and I just went to "Bryant part", only 10 min walking distance from hotel, and enjoyed our time. Most chess players would study between the rounds, prepare against their opponents and look up some lines in opening etc. That's something I should consider and learn without any doubt. Frankly speaking, I never studied chess and I didn't even have any chess program on my computer. In addition, I had a very poor knowledge about opening as well as endgame.

That's how I prepared for my decisive last round. I know, I'm a terrible chess player!




Round 6: 
last round, toughest one
In last round, I paired against player who had 4.5 out of 5. For him, if he won the game, he would won the tournament with big prize. So, this game worth him like $5000. For me, I've already lost my chance to won the tournament on round two but big hope for tied for second.

Position after 30....Bf5

(6) perry,malik (1926) - byambaa,uyanga (2070) [A87]
Manhattan open (6), 20.08.2011
1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 c6 8.Nbd2 Qe8 9.c4 h6 10.Qc2 Na6 11.Rae1 Ne4 12.a3 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Qc3 Nc5 16.Nd2 Ne6 17.e4 f4 18.c5 Ng5 19.h4 Nh3+ 20.Kh2 fxg3+ 21.fxg3 Nf2 22.Nf3 Ng4+ 23.Kg1 g5 24.hxg5 Qh5 25.Qc4+ Kh7 26.g6+ Qxg6 27.Nh4 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Ne3 29.Qf7 Qxg3 30.Rf6 Bf5 31.Rxf5 Qxh4 32.Rxe5 Qe1+ 33.Bf1 Qg3+ 34.Kh1 Rf8 35.Re7 Rxf7 36.Rxf7 Qh4+ 37.Kg1 Qg5+ 38.Kf2 Nd1+ resign 0-1

At the end of the game, we were both in time trouble and position was complicated enough to make any mistake for either side. Funny enough, part of developing move 30......Bf5, putting my bishop on square that enemy's three pieces /pawn, rook and knight/ can capture, saved my game. After the game, I was so happy about my victory and trying to hide showing my pure ecstasy that I won the game when I was seeing my opponent cry. He said, "I was playing perfectly until this, Congratulations!, You are good player". Even though he lost, he still won some prize though. Overall, in my section, the guy who beat me on round two won the tournament. Congratulations Ashok Gandhi! Here is the final standing:

Manhattan Open 2011 Standings – Under 2100 Section

Final Standings

#NameRtngStRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Tot
Prize
1Ashok Gandhi2038NJW47W3W13D9W19W125.5
$3500.00
2Michael L Adarlo2070NYW40W42W37W20D4D65.0
$882.00
3Uyanga Byambaa2070CAW77L1W71W54W22W115.0
$882.00
4Andrew Liu2046MAW23D49W28W26D2W205.0
$882.00
5Michael A Benz2036PAL42W84W78W49W21W195.0
$882.00
6Avery Chen1990CTD50W72W67W24W27D25.0
$882.00
7Michael Layevskiy2078NYW43D25W38D11D10W234.5
$175.00
8Igor Dayen2060NYW44W36L20W39H—W264.5
$175.00
9Marc A Jimenez2039TXW84W78W57D1L11W274.5
$175.00
10Chen Shijie1989CAL73W91W47W13D7W254.5
$175.00
11Malik Perry1926NYW35W33W15D7W9L34.5
$175.00
12Kevin L Zhou r/e1891VAH—W17W53W57W32L14.5
$175.00
13Gaibo Yan2095PAW75W34L1L10W54W394.0
14Will Del Castillo r/e2070FLL19W46L42W73W43W414.0
15Nigel Bryant2051NYW91W18L11W64L20W284.0
16Edward P Kopiecki2046NYX—W71L32L22W55W404.0
17William Graif2007NYD46L12W45H—W49W444.0
18Derek H Lyon1986ILW93L15L30W78X57W474.0
19Jeffren Viera1961NYW14W52W31W32L1L54.0
20Marc Widmaier1955NYX—W59W8L2W15L44.0
21Pedro M Perdomo1947NYH—W81H—W60L5W374.0
22Daniel Minkin1937NYL59W86W33W16L3W384.0
23Frank R Paciulli1928NYL4W75W35W61W37L74.0
24Luke Pettersen2055NYH—W45W55L6H—D303.5
25William A Turner2027OHW66D7W41L27W30L103.5
26Andre E Harding2006NYD72W76W51L4W48L83.5
27Roberto Dominguez2000NVD29W79W73W25L6L93.5
28Michael Alex Kats1919NYW68D60L4W67W29L153.5
29Thomas Knoff1839NYD27L41W76W36L28W533.5
30Hal Rives1778NYD39D64W18W62L25D243.5
31William S Arluck2093NYH—W82L19W68H—U—3.0
32Fritz P Gaspard2079NYX—X61W16L19L12U—3.0
33Zhao Yang Luo2050QUEW74L11L22W75D42D453.0
34Alexander Spinnell2046NYX79L13H—L41W73D483.0
35Zachary H Cohn2033NYL11W70L23W77L47W663.0
36Danilo Concepcion2025NYW56L8H—L29W71D503.0
37David Asunc Apelo2011NYW65W48L2W42L23L213.0
38Rob Feldstein Esq r/e2000NYH—W85L7W51D41L223.0
39Yefrem Zats1984NYD30W50D60L8X58L133.0
40David Miller1972PAL2L69W65W74W59L163.0
41Aravind* Kumar1963NJD51W29L25W34D38L143.0
42Michael Ainsworth1959NYW5L2W14L37D33D513.0
43Ethan R Segall1953CTL7W66D58D59L14W603.0
44Serge Adelson1944NJL8W56D59D58W60L173.0
45Gennadiy Reznikov r/e1937NYH—L24L17W56W68D333.0
46Alanna Katz1936NYD17L14W84H—D53H—3.0
47Josh E Conley Sr1903PAL1W77L10W63W35L183.0
48Jacob Berman1886NYB—L37W63H—L26D343.0
49Eric Zhang1867NYW86D4D61L5L17W633.0
50Taner Ture1831NYD6L39W79D53D52D363.0
51Oliver P Lombardi1644PAD41X—L26L38W75D423.0
52Alex Eydelman2071CTW69L19L54H—D50H—2.5
53George Olte r/e2011CTX—D55L12D50D46L292.5
54Loren E Weiss1985NYL57W65W52L3L13D552.5
55Daniel Kostovetsky1890NYW87D53L24H—L16D542.5
56Zachary Tanenbaum1890CTL36L44H—L45W72W742.5
57Daniel Vulis2096NYW54W62L9L12U—U—2.0
58Shaun M Smith2081NYD64D73D43D44U—U—2.0
59Joel A Pena2057NJW22L20D44D43L40U—2.0
60Nallus Velmurugan2050NJW70D28D39L21L44L432.0
61Edward A Frumkin r/e2038NYW89H—D49L23U—U—2.0
62Oswaldo Fernandez2000CTW92L57W69L30U—U—2.0
63Joseph W Lux r/e2000NJH—H—L48L47W65L492.0
64Max Steinberg1967NYD58D30W74L15U—U—2.0
65Paul R Joseph r/e1940NJL37L54L40W72L63W752.0
66Edgar Cimafranca1924NYL25L43L77B—X76L352.0
67Geronimo Albano2053NYW90H—L6L28U—U—1.5
68Ilan Kreitner2000NYL28H—W72L31L45U—1.5
69Jack Hutton1972NYL52W40L62D71U—U—1.5
70Anthony F Greco1939NYL60L35L75H—W79U—1.5
71Julio A Hidalgo1900NYW88L16L3D69L36U—1.5
72Harrison M Smart1849NYD26L6L68L65L56W801.5
73Chris Chanin1789NYW10D58L27L14L34U—1.5
74Timothy C Hoang1779NJL33W90L64L40H—L561.5
75Matthew Masino1958NYL13L23W70L33L51L651.0
76Marian Waxman1955NYD81L26L29D79F66U—1.0
77Anthony Cortese1943NYL3L47W66L35U—U—1.0
78Jasmine Chen1924NYW83L9L5L18U—U—1.0
79Eve V Litvak1919NJH—L27L50D76L70U—1.0
80Gerald Yellen1610NYH—H—U—U—U—L721.0
81Will Del Castillo2070FLD76L21U—U—U—U—0.5
82John Mich Curcuru r/e2000NCH—L31U—U—U—U—0.5
83Joseph W Lux2000NJL78H—U—U—U—U—0.5
84Brandon Nydick1960NYL9L5L46H—U—U—0.5
85Robert A Denunzio1866CTH—L38U—U—U—U—0.5
86George Olte2011CTL49L22U—U—U—U—0.0
87John Mich Curcuru2000NCL55U—U—U—U—U—0.0
88Robert A Feldstein Esq2000NYL71U—U—U—U—U—0.0
89Rob Feldstein r/e2000NYL61U—U—U—U—U—0.0
90Paul R Joseph1940NJL67L74U—U—U—U—0.0
91Gennadiy Reznikov1937NYL15L10U—U—U—U—0.0
92Kevin L Zhou1891VAL62U—U—U—U—U—0.0
93Thomas S Levine1866NYL18U—U—U—U—U—0.0
Tournament is over.  Time to hang out with my friend!



Before I come back to California, I spent one more day in NY to hang out with my cousin. Here is some pictures taken by her.
Brooklyn bridge, NY





Cruising by the Liberty Island to see Statue of Liberty

Exciting result, Exotic trip!!! Good bye New York, see you next year!
Big thanks to my cousin, Tuya Batkhurel for your  generous care and gentle hospitality!!! Looking forward to see you again next year!

1 comment:

  1. Your 5th round game is by far my favorite game of yours.. It makes me want to play the advance variation!! Such a beautiful attack!

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