27: 1-on-1 Chess @ Thomson Gdn - Thu 29 May 2014

A Ong and LS Woo played their monthly match which ended in a 1-1 draw after almost 3 hours of play.

This was the middle game of a Sicilian Defence. Ong, playing Black, won the game.

This was the 2nd game. Woo (Black) played the French Defence and won.

26: Chess @ PMC GYM - Wed 14 May 2014

It was a deliberate slow game between A Ong (White)& S Yeo (Black).

The game was stable at this point in the middle game.

But in the end game, with White on the attack, a miscalculated combination allowed Black to be a Rook up, thus winning the game.

25: Chess @ PMC GYM - Wed 7 May 2014

Albert Ong (White) played P-K4 against Steve Yeo (Black) who defended with a double fiancetto.

Black was 1 pawn up in the middle game.

However, the double fiancetto led to a positional weakness in the end game in which White aggresively attacked Black's position with a threat of mate.

This was the final position (White to move) in which White forced Black to resign.

24: A past event @ Waikiki, Hawaii.

Once, I was watching a chess game by the beach in Hawaii when someone offered to play a game with me for US$5.00. I declined.

How about for a coke, I said. He declined.

23: Chess Quadrangle @ Thomson Garden - Fri 25 Apr 2014

It was a great session of chess that we had, beginning from 10am.

Donald Koh played with Woo Lam Sang, and Albert Ong played with William Lim.

Coffee break was 11.30am.

An interesting position is shown below in which William Lim and Albert Ong tried to out- strategize each other.

See how you would play that position in which William is White and Albert Black. It's Black's turn to move.

The session ended almost an hour after the scheduled 1pm.

22: Chess 1-on-1 @ Island Gdn Walk - Thu 17 Apr 2014

2 QP games were played between Woo Lam Sang and Albert Ong. The first game ended in a draw. Woo won the second game.

21: Chess @ PMC GYM - Wed 16 Apr 2014

Albert Ong & Steven Yeo played a closed game of chess that afternoon. The result: Steven won.

Thus Steven avenged his loss to Albert on 5 Mar. (See posting #11 here.)