GM Ben praised his new team mate on sunday following his stunning display at SP.
IM Darren Chan Bai-Hong had won an incredible 5 out of 5 games in the tournament without even breaking a sweat, smiling in every single game he played.
The new signing had so far managed 7 wins and only 1 defeat after confirming his new contract at August.
In the other event GM Benjamin Tan himself came in 3rd in the Poly/JC and University category, after a neat game in his final round of the competition.
He also received 1st position in the Poly category.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Candidate Champion !
Singapore-International chess superstar Grandmaster Benjamin Tan swipt the board at last weekend's Linares Queenstown International Super-Tournament. The child-prodigy took 2nd place (out of 143 players) to finish as the Candidate Champion.
Out of the 7 games he played he managed to win 5, draw 2 and lost NONE !!. Of the 7 games he played 3 were against top-5 seeded players in the tournament. This successful outing has marked a different course in his chess career, the positionally gifted master has choosen chess as his permanent career and is one more step away from confirming his choice.
Beside winning the Candidate Champion, the young master also took home two more brilliancy prizes, the game of the tournament award - both positional (game 4) and attacking variation (game 6). However he created an uproar at the last round when he 'cowardly' accepted an early draw offer offered by his Indonesian opponent.
(his games would be posted up soon)
Out of the 7 games he played he managed to win 5, draw 2 and lost NONE !!. Of the 7 games he played 3 were against top-5 seeded players in the tournament. This successful outing has marked a different course in his chess career, the positionally gifted master has choosen chess as his permanent career and is one more step away from confirming his choice.
Beside winning the Candidate Champion, the young master also took home two more brilliancy prizes, the game of the tournament award - both positional (game 4) and attacking variation (game 6). However he created an uproar at the last round when he 'cowardly' accepted an early draw offer offered by his Indonesian opponent.
(his games would be posted up soon)
Final match ended in tears for IM Ricnesh
GM Benjamin Karpov 12 IM Ricnesh 1
The worst has finally came ! There is no disputed in who is king, the result speaks for itself. The final confrontation between the two ended in tragedy with only one man walking away alive, the other guy was ripped apart - 12 to 1 !
The final score is confirmed - Out of the 105 games they played GM Ben Karpov won 72, drew 13 and lost 20.
The worst has finally came ! There is no disputed in who is king, the result speaks for itself. The final confrontation between the two ended in tragedy with only one man walking away alive, the other guy was ripped apart - 12 to 1 !
The final score is confirmed - Out of the 105 games they played GM Ben Karpov won 72, drew 13 and lost 20.
Ben crushed Sean
GM Benjamin 'Benny' Karpov is crowned the 2009 RCI Cup Classical Champion after demolishing fellow finalist Sean Benedict Guttenson 13-0. The match is originally designed to host 24 games, but was cut down to 13 when Ben won all his games.
I can't celebrate yet, Ben explained "there is still the Undisputed Championship Match with GM Darren Chan next month.
I can't celebrate yet, Ben explained "there is still the Undisputed Championship Match with GM Darren Chan next month.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Another thrashing for Ricnesh
22nd July 2009
Wednesday
Premeirship Match
GM Ben Karpov 5 IM V.Ricnesh R 1
Another solid performance by International Grandmaster Benjamin Karpov sunk the ego of IM Ricnesh Ramash. Ric was trailing by 3-0 when he got a consolation win before losing the remaining 2 games in dramatic style.
Ricnesh's French defence could not save him, adding on from Ben's Caro-Kann defence and English Opening.
Now after 90 games, Ben Karpov lead his rival at 60 wins to 19, with 11 draws.
Wednesday
Premeirship Match
GM Ben Karpov 5 IM V.Ricnesh R 1
Another solid performance by International Grandmaster Benjamin Karpov sunk the ego of IM Ricnesh Ramash. Ric was trailing by 3-0 when he got a consolation win before losing the remaining 2 games in dramatic style.
Ricnesh's French defence could not save him, adding on from Ben's Caro-Kann defence and English Opening.
Now after 90 games, Ben Karpov lead his rival at 60 wins to 19, with 11 draws.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The Title is finally in his hands !!!
30 June 2009
Tuesday
Junior Chess Premeirship
Ben Karpov 5 Ricnesh 2
With this win under his belt ZM Ben Karpov finally clinch the title. To add salt to his opponent's wound this is the widest winning-margin in the history of the tournament. After 7 months of gruelling fight a winner is finally emerged... in the like of Ben Karpov.
Some of their games have been widely studied and analysed. After this devastating lost, IM Ricnesh would be ineligible for next year's Junior Chess Premeirship Final.
2009 Junior Chess Premeirship Champion - ZM Benjamin Karpov
Final score (81 games)
- Ben Karpov wins by 54 to 17, with 10 hard fought draws
(67% wins - 12% draws - 21% losts)
Tuesday
Junior Chess Premeirship
Ben Karpov 5 Ricnesh 2
With this win under his belt ZM Ben Karpov finally clinch the title. To add salt to his opponent's wound this is the widest winning-margin in the history of the tournament. After 7 months of gruelling fight a winner is finally emerged... in the like of Ben Karpov.
Some of their games have been widely studied and analysed. After this devastating lost, IM Ricnesh would be ineligible for next year's Junior Chess Premeirship Final.
2009 Junior Chess Premeirship Champion - ZM Benjamin Karpov
Final score (81 games)
- Ben Karpov wins by 54 to 17, with 10 hard fought draws
(67% wins - 12% draws - 21% losts)
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
He's back !!!
28-6-09
Sunday
National Junior Blitz Chess Championship 2009
7 out of 9 points
ZM Ben Karpov marked his return to the top-flight with a storming performance in the National Junior Blitz. The local junior master attained 7 points out of a possible 9 on Sunday.
On-lookers reportedly said that Ben Karpov literally breezed through the tournament's first 4 games before dropping point in the 5th. However he recovered and won his next three consecutive games and picked up 5th place (out of 200+) in the tournament.
But would Karpov stay on in the industry ? Or will he still quit after all ? We'll find out
Sunday
National Junior Blitz Chess Championship 2009
7 out of 9 points
ZM Ben Karpov marked his return to the top-flight with a storming performance in the National Junior Blitz. The local junior master attained 7 points out of a possible 9 on Sunday.
On-lookers reportedly said that Ben Karpov literally breezed through the tournament's first 4 games before dropping point in the 5th. However he recovered and won his next three consecutive games and picked up 5th place (out of 200+) in the tournament.
But would Karpov stay on in the industry ? Or will he still quit after all ? We'll find out
Monday, June 22, 2009
Where on Earth is Ben ???
Ben is officially declared gone !
The organizer are getting frantic running everywhere looking for the National star. News that Ben might have retired early spread like wild fire, it is reportedly said that the young star has been hit with a series of off-board issues that wore his moral down to bare bones, while it is not exactly sure of what is it we believe that it might have linked with a party that the official have been trying to contact for further investigations.
It is also reported that Ben might have already made up his mind to withdraw from this saturday's National Blitz Championship.
It is two-weeks since Ben had last pushed a pawn.
The organizer are getting frantic running everywhere looking for the National star. News that Ben might have retired early spread like wild fire, it is reportedly said that the young star has been hit with a series of off-board issues that wore his moral down to bare bones, while it is not exactly sure of what is it we believe that it might have linked with a party that the official have been trying to contact for further investigations.
It is also reported that Ben might have already made up his mind to withdraw from this saturday's National Blitz Championship.
It is two-weeks since Ben had last pushed a pawn.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
A day to remember ? or a day to forget ?
3rd May 2009
Sunday
May Day National Chess Championship 2009
ZM Ben continues his impressive national tournament run with a 3rd place credit to his name this competition.
He started out as the favourite to attain 2nd place for this tournament. Comments by observers said that they've not seen the Zonal Master playing so well in a very long time, one of them states that : "he (Benny) kept standing up and walking all over the place, it's really amusing just seeing him play". However the joy of this tournament success is shrouded in another two controversial issue...
The first one happens on the first day, when ZM Benny was allegically accused of cheating ! Ben "Karpov" said that : " When I returned from my analysis I heard one of the supporter said IN FRONT OF ME 'ooh I know already - he cheat'. "I am naturally shocked over such accusation, who's she to say I cheat, and of course everyone knows me, what kind of substance I'm made up of, do I need to cheat to win a game ? NO ! absolutely NOT ! I'm not a cheater and that's final" the National Master defended. Later he went to clarify with the officials, who is more understanding to his explanation.
The second issue happens on the last game, ZM Ben Karpov stormed to a successful 5th consecutive victory just hours ago (before the last game). He would now face the other 5 pointer, Filipino Star Bong Branzuela, it is a game which would be a decisive one, whoever wins would clinch the championship position !
Ben knew the importance of this game and consulted the officials, he sent out 5 request.
The first : The game be held in a seperate room
The second : The air-con be switched-off and the fan be used instead
The third : Clear out all the spectators, leaving only an arbitar behind
The fourth : Provide a coffee machine and some refreshment in the room for them
The last : In case of a tie let the fate of the title be decided by 6 rounds of blitz, the first player to win 4 of the blitz game would win.
The official respected his decision and gave in to his first, third and last request. Ben 'Karpov' was not happy that his 2nd and 4th request have not been accepted, therefore he pressed the officials for his proposal to be accepted, 3 minutes before the game started his proposal was still not accepted and Ben decide to forfeit his title by refusing to play his last game with Bong Branzuela by storming out of the playing hall (a little like what former World Champion Bobby Fischer had done with his World Champion title against Anatoly Karpov some 34 years ago...)
If Ben had played the game he would have a huge chance of clinching championship position, but nevertheless it was an impressive performance from the National Master - Winning 3rd place in a 6-game tournament just by playing 5 games !)
Sunday
May Day National Chess Championship 2009
ZM Ben continues his impressive national tournament run with a 3rd place credit to his name this competition.
He started out as the favourite to attain 2nd place for this tournament. Comments by observers said that they've not seen the Zonal Master playing so well in a very long time, one of them states that : "he (Benny) kept standing up and walking all over the place, it's really amusing just seeing him play". However the joy of this tournament success is shrouded in another two controversial issue...
The first one happens on the first day, when ZM Benny was allegically accused of cheating ! Ben "Karpov" said that : " When I returned from my analysis I heard one of the supporter said IN FRONT OF ME 'ooh I know already - he cheat'. "I am naturally shocked over such accusation, who's she to say I cheat, and of course everyone knows me, what kind of substance I'm made up of, do I need to cheat to win a game ? NO ! absolutely NOT ! I'm not a cheater and that's final" the National Master defended. Later he went to clarify with the officials, who is more understanding to his explanation.
The second issue happens on the last game, ZM Ben Karpov stormed to a successful 5th consecutive victory just hours ago (before the last game). He would now face the other 5 pointer, Filipino Star Bong Branzuela, it is a game which would be a decisive one, whoever wins would clinch the championship position !
Ben knew the importance of this game and consulted the officials, he sent out 5 request.
The first : The game be held in a seperate room
The second : The air-con be switched-off and the fan be used instead
The third : Clear out all the spectators, leaving only an arbitar behind
The fourth : Provide a coffee machine and some refreshment in the room for them
The last : In case of a tie let the fate of the title be decided by 6 rounds of blitz, the first player to win 4 of the blitz game would win.
The official respected his decision and gave in to his first, third and last request. Ben 'Karpov' was not happy that his 2nd and 4th request have not been accepted, therefore he pressed the officials for his proposal to be accepted, 3 minutes before the game started his proposal was still not accepted and Ben decide to forfeit his title by refusing to play his last game with Bong Branzuela by storming out of the playing hall (a little like what former World Champion Bobby Fischer had done with his World Champion title against Anatoly Karpov some 34 years ago...)
If Ben had played the game he would have a huge chance of clinching championship position, but nevertheless it was an impressive performance from the National Master - Winning 3rd place in a 6-game tournament just by playing 5 games !)
Monday, April 6, 2009
Zonal Champion once again !
5 April 2009
Sunday
Seng Kang
Anchorvale Community Centre
Swiss System Rapid Tournament
7 games
4 wins - 3 draws - 0 lost !!!
Ben 'Karpov' returned to top form once again by retaining his National honor by grabbing Zonal Champion once again in Sunday's gritty encounter.
The National Master drew trice coming from a worse position to finish the tournament unbeatable. His only fourth unbeatable tournament so far. (the first is the Ngee Ann Open in 2005 - second at National School Team Championship * where he created history by becoming the first Gabrielite in history to win 6 out of 6 games in the most prestigous National Team tournament - and the third was the Singapore Poly Open where he achieved 2.5 out of a possible 3 points * he could have gotten 3 points if he had not gone for a walk half way through the third game !!!)
Said Ben after the game : "I am absolutely delighted with the win this time round, it was an outstanding performance from me and no one can deny that. But only God Himself can claim full credit for this successful outing, praise the Lord !"
Sunday
Seng Kang
Anchorvale Community Centre
Swiss System Rapid Tournament
7 games
4 wins - 3 draws - 0 lost !!!
Ben 'Karpov' returned to top form once again by retaining his National honor by grabbing Zonal Champion once again in Sunday's gritty encounter.
The National Master drew trice coming from a worse position to finish the tournament unbeatable. His only fourth unbeatable tournament so far. (the first is the Ngee Ann Open in 2005 - second at National School Team Championship * where he created history by becoming the first Gabrielite in history to win 6 out of 6 games in the most prestigous National Team tournament - and the third was the Singapore Poly Open where he achieved 2.5 out of a possible 3 points * he could have gotten 3 points if he had not gone for a walk half way through the third game !!!)
Said Ben after the game : "I am absolutely delighted with the win this time round, it was an outstanding performance from me and no one can deny that. But only God Himself can claim full credit for this successful outing, praise the Lord !"
Ben clocked 70% victories
The latest statistic shows that while it is still mathematically possible for Ricnesh to catch up, the title chase is beginning to take shape - while being on the side of one of the two players.
Ben, after their 50th game, now lead fellow title-contender IM V.Ricnesh to a massive gap of 35 wins to 11 lost, with only 4 draws !
Ben, now only needs 14 wins in their next 50 games to mathematically win the title from his rival ! - but of course Ben being Ben, would not seek to win by the minimum margin, we could only fear for Ricnesh's safety :(
Ben, after their 50th game, now lead fellow title-contender IM V.Ricnesh to a massive gap of 35 wins to 11 lost, with only 4 draws !
Ben, now only needs 14 wins in their next 50 games to mathematically win the title from his rival ! - but of course Ben being Ben, would not seek to win by the minimum margin, we could only fear for Ricnesh's safety :(
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Title still within reach for Ricnesh ? "Not too likely", said Ben 'Karpov'
March 19, 2009
Wednesday
Premeirship Game
ZM Ben 'Karpov' 6 IM V.Ricnesh 1
Despite the heavy humilation, arch-rival Ricnesh seems to have a change of heart about deciding the fate of the title. Said the 18 superstar after the game yesterday : "It is still mathematically possible for me to catch up and slowly close in the gap".
Is Ricnesh for real or is he out for publicity ? Ben has been on the high-end of improvement ever since the start of the year - staying up virtually every night to study different opening, middle-game and endgame stradegy, traps and psychological attacks.
Does Ricnesh still thinks his arch-rival is still the naive 17 years old little boy he was - a year (in fact a few months ago) ? If he thinks he can do something about his title quest then he is doing nothing to show it. Apart from the fact that each time they plays the score's gap widen, Ricnesh also allowed Ben 'Karpov' to inflict the heaviest defeat on him since the unforgettable 7-1 routing last year at November - a cheeky 6-1 whipping.
Or is he having cold feet in the presence of his master opponent ? Failure to concentrate on the game, busy wiping away the sweat collected on his forehead. The title chase suddenly looks very one-sided and one 'little boy' is about to get way with the title - before his opponent can even mutter "resign".
Overall Score
Ben 'Karpov' 31 IM Ricnesh 11 (with 4 draws)
Wednesday
Premeirship Game
ZM Ben 'Karpov' 6 IM V.Ricnesh 1
Despite the heavy humilation, arch-rival Ricnesh seems to have a change of heart about deciding the fate of the title. Said the 18 superstar after the game yesterday : "It is still mathematically possible for me to catch up and slowly close in the gap".
Is Ricnesh for real or is he out for publicity ? Ben has been on the high-end of improvement ever since the start of the year - staying up virtually every night to study different opening, middle-game and endgame stradegy, traps and psychological attacks.
Does Ricnesh still thinks his arch-rival is still the naive 17 years old little boy he was - a year (in fact a few months ago) ? If he thinks he can do something about his title quest then he is doing nothing to show it. Apart from the fact that each time they plays the score's gap widen, Ricnesh also allowed Ben 'Karpov' to inflict the heaviest defeat on him since the unforgettable 7-1 routing last year at November - a cheeky 6-1 whipping.
Or is he having cold feet in the presence of his master opponent ? Failure to concentrate on the game, busy wiping away the sweat collected on his forehead. The title chase suddenly looks very one-sided and one 'little boy' is about to get way with the title - before his opponent can even mutter "resign".
Overall Score
Ben 'Karpov' 31 IM Ricnesh 11 (with 4 draws)
Monday, March 16, 2009
Congrates Ben :)
16th March 2009
Monday
National School Individual Champion 2009
5.5 point out of 8 games
Yesterday at Civil Service Club Ben fought all out to clinch his third NSI medal in 4 years, even defying the odds to trash an opponent who has a rating almost 400 more than him. (which would be posted sometime later), it was a close fight with 198 participants present for the annual national competition, Ben later achieved a respectable 23rd position out of 198 (top 11.61%).
Said after the game : "True to be said, I might have played like a true Grandmaster in the 3rd round, was narrowly beaten by the 4th best player in the tournament, after that I seems to lost steam and blundered horribly in the 5th round and practically threw away a win in the 6th round. It looks to me that the medal is starting to run away from me, I told myself to buck up or never to see it again - then I went on to win the 7th and 8th round in considerable ease to clinch 23rd position".
Psychology boost
Ben 'Karpov' has been said to be a dedicated follower of psychological practises.
Said the boy himself : "I have designed a neat psychological tactics and it goes like this - I would delay the start of the game to frustrate my opponent and destory his mental preparation. For example, in the 3rd and 7th round I spent more than 5 minutes of my time thinking of the first move, whether pushing the routine e-pawn (which would lead to a more certain, relatively safer but more dull position for me) or the d-pawn (which I would strive for uncertainty and confuse my opponent with numerous classy manoevering but at a passive positional risk) or even playing the English (1. c4 - which lead to a more solid position for both side, but can be also be pretty dull when both side defends 'perfectly').
My opponent tried to hurried me into play my first move - clearly my plan is working, he (or she) is losing his (or her) patience, this would be good news for me. In my mind I am planning my moves, at the same time (very) accurately anticipating my opponent's next move and this goes on until I began to plan the middle game ! (like what kind of pawn structure I would like to have and what should I do to achieve it ?
After three minutes, my opponent started to grow restless and began to lose his concentration, I know the longer I delay, the higher "his (or her) desire to play would escalate".
When after 6 minutes when I finally played my first move my opponent was relieved (no doubt he is ! - the board beside me is almost in the endgame !) I delibrately played fast - and according to plan, my opponent played fast too, but the difference is that he played fast without a plan ! and I easily had the psychology upper-hand, due to his (or her) lost in patience and concentration, both of them slummed to horrible defeat in the most humilating fashion - and not to mention one of them is a very highly rated player !
Monday
National School Individual Champion 2009
5.5 point out of 8 games
Yesterday at Civil Service Club Ben fought all out to clinch his third NSI medal in 4 years, even defying the odds to trash an opponent who has a rating almost 400 more than him. (which would be posted sometime later), it was a close fight with 198 participants present for the annual national competition, Ben later achieved a respectable 23rd position out of 198 (top 11.61%).
Said after the game : "True to be said, I might have played like a true Grandmaster in the 3rd round, was narrowly beaten by the 4th best player in the tournament, after that I seems to lost steam and blundered horribly in the 5th round and practically threw away a win in the 6th round. It looks to me that the medal is starting to run away from me, I told myself to buck up or never to see it again - then I went on to win the 7th and 8th round in considerable ease to clinch 23rd position".
Psychology boost
Ben 'Karpov' has been said to be a dedicated follower of psychological practises.
Said the boy himself : "I have designed a neat psychological tactics and it goes like this - I would delay the start of the game to frustrate my opponent and destory his mental preparation. For example, in the 3rd and 7th round I spent more than 5 minutes of my time thinking of the first move, whether pushing the routine e-pawn (which would lead to a more certain, relatively safer but more dull position for me) or the d-pawn (which I would strive for uncertainty and confuse my opponent with numerous classy manoevering but at a passive positional risk) or even playing the English (1. c4 - which lead to a more solid position for both side, but can be also be pretty dull when both side defends 'perfectly').
My opponent tried to hurried me into play my first move - clearly my plan is working, he (or she) is losing his (or her) patience, this would be good news for me. In my mind I am planning my moves, at the same time (very) accurately anticipating my opponent's next move and this goes on until I began to plan the middle game ! (like what kind of pawn structure I would like to have and what should I do to achieve it ?
After three minutes, my opponent started to grow restless and began to lose his concentration, I know the longer I delay, the higher "his (or her) desire to play would escalate".
When after 6 minutes when I finally played my first move my opponent was relieved (no doubt he is ! - the board beside me is almost in the endgame !) I delibrately played fast - and according to plan, my opponent played fast too, but the difference is that he played fast without a plan ! and I easily had the psychology upper-hand, due to his (or her) lost in patience and concentration, both of them slummed to horrible defeat in the most humilating fashion - and not to mention one of them is a very highly rated player !
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Ben's clip
Credit
Lead Actor - Benjamin Tan (2009 - Academy Award Winner)
Supporting Actor/Actress - Joey Chin
- MH Khalil Bin MHM
Director - ???
Producer - ???
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Ben - I must stay focus !
9th March, 2009
Monday
Premeirship Match
Ben 2 Ricnesh 0
Two world-class games by local favourite Ben 'Karpov' Tan sealed the fate of his opposite number.
Game number 1, Ben demostrated minority pieces power. He trade a rook for a pawn and two bishops (which his opponent wrongly accepted). With his speciality in manoevering Ben has no problem forcing his opponent to his grave with his double knight, 7th rank rook and a powerful pawn (that promoting seems imminent) !
Game number 2 strongly highlighted Ben's prowness in restraining. He successfully prevented his opponent from developing his knights, bishops, rooks and even (later in the game) succeeded in smashing up his pawn structure (beyond recognition). With a bad pawn structure and a knight and a bishop literally shut out of the game, Ricnesh is in no match for his super-master opponent.
Overall Score
Ben Karpov 24 Ricnesh 10 (with 4 draws)
Monday
Premeirship Match
Ben 2 Ricnesh 0
Two world-class games by local favourite Ben 'Karpov' Tan sealed the fate of his opposite number.
Game number 1, Ben demostrated minority pieces power. He trade a rook for a pawn and two bishops (which his opponent wrongly accepted). With his speciality in manoevering Ben has no problem forcing his opponent to his grave with his double knight, 7th rank rook and a powerful pawn (that promoting seems imminent) !
Game number 2 strongly highlighted Ben's prowness in restraining. He successfully prevented his opponent from developing his knights, bishops, rooks and even (later in the game) succeeded in smashing up his pawn structure (beyond recognition). With a bad pawn structure and a knight and a bishop literally shut out of the game, Ricnesh is in no match for his super-master opponent.
Overall Score
Ben Karpov 24 Ricnesh 10 (with 4 draws)
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Ricnesh - Title may be OUT of my grasp already
Thursday, March 5, 2009
5th March, 2009
Thursday
Premeirship Game
ZM Ben 'Karpov' 4 IM V.Ricnesh 0
Another great performance by our local star, Ben has once again manage to outclass, outshine and outwit his opponent to a hard-fought match, where he humilated him 4 to 0.
Clearly not at his best, IM Ricnesh has to admit defeat to his much stronger counterpart. Said Ben after the match : "It was a great match played with great determination, at the end of the day the stronger man win".
Overall Score
ZM Ben 'Karpov' 20 IM Ricnesh 9 (with three hard-fought draws)
5th March, 2009
Thursday
Premeirship Game
ZM Ben 'Karpov' 4 IM V.Ricnesh 0
Another great performance by our local star, Ben has once again manage to outclass, outshine and outwit his opponent to a hard-fought match, where he humilated him 4 to 0.
Clearly not at his best, IM Ricnesh has to admit defeat to his much stronger counterpart. Said Ben after the match : "It was a great match played with great determination, at the end of the day the stronger man win".
Overall Score
ZM Ben 'Karpov' 20 IM Ricnesh 9 (with three hard-fought draws)
Monday, March 2, 2009
ZM Ben 'Karpov' widens gap
2nd March, 2009
Monday
Premeirship League Game
ZM Ben Karpov 3 IM V Ricnesh 1
Ben once again is at the winning end, but the local-based master is more concerned about his opponent's rise in form than the win itself.
Said Ben at a post-game interview, "Ric had made things really tough for me, he defended well and made some very interesting move, but I had patience and soon caught up that's what seperate the victor from the unfortunate today".
Ben lead by two game to zero before slumming to an unexpected "failed-to-calculate-properly-defeat" at the third game. The colorful master than pounced on a "death-error" by his opponent on the fourth game to claim the game 3-1.
After this game Ben widens the gap to a 7 game lead. (This match would consist of 100 games)
Overall score
Ben 'Karpov' 16 IM V Ricnesh 9 (with three draws) - 28 games
Monday
Premeirship League Game
ZM Ben Karpov 3 IM V Ricnesh 1
Ben once again is at the winning end, but the local-based master is more concerned about his opponent's rise in form than the win itself.
Said Ben at a post-game interview, "Ric had made things really tough for me, he defended well and made some very interesting move, but I had patience and soon caught up that's what seperate the victor from the unfortunate today".
Ben lead by two game to zero before slumming to an unexpected "failed-to-calculate-properly-defeat" at the third game. The colorful master than pounced on a "death-error" by his opponent on the fourth game to claim the game 3-1.
After this game Ben widens the gap to a 7 game lead. (This match would consist of 100 games)
Overall score
Ben 'Karpov' 16 IM V Ricnesh 9 (with three draws) - 28 games
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Stalemate in Northern derby
23th Feb, 2009
Premeirship Games
Yishun Sports Stadium
Ricnesh 2 Ben 2 (with a draw)
Ben might be hammering down on his opponent two days ago, but when these two top-class masters meet anything can happen, Ben has two superb win and two doubious lost and a hard-fought draw.
Ricnesh was trailing till the very last minute, but credit to the Indian master, he fought back well and equalized at the very last game.
Current Overall Score
Ben 13 Ricnesh 8 (with 3 hard-fought draws) - 24 games played
Premeirship Games
Yishun Sports Stadium
Ricnesh 2 Ben 2 (with a draw)
Ben might be hammering down on his opponent two days ago, but when these two top-class masters meet anything can happen, Ben has two superb win and two doubious lost and a hard-fought draw.
Ricnesh was trailing till the very last minute, but credit to the Indian master, he fought back well and equalized at the very last game.
Current Overall Score
Ben 13 Ricnesh 8 (with 3 hard-fought draws) - 24 games played
Complete Demolish !!! 4-0
21st Feb, 2008
Premeirship Game
ZM Ben Karpov 4 IM V.Ricnesh 0
Ben geefully extended his lead over deadly rival Ricnesh last saturday in the Yishun Stadium Sports Complex.
The two locked horns in four highly entertaining games, but it was Ben who preveiled 4 wins to 0, scoring the biggest win over his rival since last year's 7-1 routing.
Twice Ben took black and twice he took white.
Current Overall Score
Ben 11 Ricnesh 6 (with 2 draws)
Premeirship Game
ZM Ben Karpov 4 IM V.Ricnesh 0
Ben geefully extended his lead over deadly rival Ricnesh last saturday in the Yishun Stadium Sports Complex.
The two locked horns in four highly entertaining games, but it was Ben who preveiled 4 wins to 0, scoring the biggest win over his rival since last year's 7-1 routing.
Twice Ben took black and twice he took white.
Current Overall Score
Ben 11 Ricnesh 6 (with 2 draws)
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Nothing, but happy
Once again ZM Ben Karpov has to go home empty-handed, but this time he seems to be in a better mood after the whole tournament.
The local based star grabbed 5 points out of a possible 7. He won 4, drew 2 and lost only once in 7 games.
Out of the 7 games, he played the English Opening and Caro-Kann defence three times each and used the Ponziani (Unusual Line) once in the last game. In all Ben is unbeatable at home (white).
Said Ben at a post tournament interview: "I can be proud of my effort today, I did well, and played sanely, I have no regrets, if they were to give out eight more prizes I would have gotten something, as a whole I am happy about it".
The next tournament featuring Ben would be at March 17, at the national school individuals.
Until then, farewell...
The local based star grabbed 5 points out of a possible 7. He won 4, drew 2 and lost only once in 7 games.
Out of the 7 games, he played the English Opening and Caro-Kann defence three times each and used the Ponziani (Unusual Line) once in the last game. In all Ben is unbeatable at home (white).
Said Ben at a post tournament interview: "I can be proud of my effort today, I did well, and played sanely, I have no regrets, if they were to give out eight more prizes I would have gotten something, as a whole I am happy about it".
The next tournament featuring Ben would be at March 17, at the national school individuals.
Until then, farewell...
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Narrow win !
FIDE Intercontinental U-21 Championship
League Game 2009
Set 4
ZM Ben Karpov 3 IM V.Ricnesh 2
Ben twice came from behind to defeat deadly rival V.Ricnesh 3:2 in the heated encounter league game on 29 January 2009, Thursday.
Just as Ricnesh look set to equalize, Ben's wonder play snatched a two-point lead. Sharp play prevented his opponent from gaining further advantage.
League Game 2009
Set 4
ZM Ben Karpov 3 IM V.Ricnesh 2
Ben twice came from behind to defeat deadly rival V.Ricnesh 3:2 in the heated encounter league game on 29 January 2009, Thursday.
Just as Ricnesh look set to equalize, Ben's wonder play snatched a two-point lead. Sharp play prevented his opponent from gaining further advantage.
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