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Chess
4 Life!
By Candidate
Master Collin Madhavan
Chess Champ reappears after 25 years!!
After an absence of more than 25 years (!!), Tony Tay Chong Thai reappears on the Malaysian Chess scene by playing in the Russian Embassy Chess Open in June 2007. What a long break!! But still, it becomes apparent when you speak to him, that his passion for the game has not diminished one bit. So apart for his residing hairline ):, he has not changed very much - he is still soft spoken, generous with his smiles and still a Chess power!!
For the record, Tony represented the country at a number of international tournaments which included the 1974 World Junior Championships in Manila, and a number of Asian Team and Asian Cities Chess Championships.
And for now, the
1979 Malaysian Chess Champion plans to gradually begin playing more
Chess, if not, competitively, at least, some weekend Chess with a
couple of old friends. If all works out well, you can catch him
playing at this year's Merdeka Team Chess Tournament. Below is a nice
game from the 80's between Tony and Woo Beng Keong, one of strongest
players of that period.
Tony Tay – Woo Beng Keong
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4
dxe4 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nxe4 Qd8 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3
Be7 9.0–0 0–0 10.c3 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5
c5 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Nf6+ Bxf6 16.exf6 g6 17.Qe3 Kh8 18.Qh6 Rg8 19.Rfe1
Qd8 20.Be4 Bd5
[20...Bxe4 21.Rxd8
Raxd8 22.Qf4 Bd5 23.Qc7 Rb8 24.Qxa7 Rb7 and White has a big
advantage.]
21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Re7 Qf8 23.Qg5 h6
Position after Black's 23rd move.
24.Rd3! Kh7 25.Rh3 h5 26.Rxh5! gxh5 27.Qxh5+
Qh6 28.Rxf7 Rg7 29.Rxg7 1 – 0
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