Four Games of Salahuddin With My Analysis

I got introduced to Salahuddin recently through him email as he found my details from this blog. He is working in Austrlia as a .NET developer and wants his son to learn chess. He sent me 4 of his games for my comments and here I am taking the chance to look into his games.

Game 1: Please check my comments in move 17 where I think White has a better chance.

Game 2: There is nothing much to say about this game because as soon as Black made the mistake of 18..Nb5?, the rest of it is to keep the head cool for White to win with a piece up.

Game 3: Because White made the final blunder and he was short of time, he lost.

Game 4:

These games show me that he plays quite well.

Chess And Wine

Abhinav Chadda, my colleague in Salesforce has forwarded it to me today. Isn't it funny!

Casual Game between Ashik and Wali

Wali Bhai all on a sudden sat down for a casual game of chess with me. So we played the following game in 2 days adjourning in the middle due to late night.


White: Waliul Islam (Unrated)
Black: Ashik Uzzaman (1834)
Game: Casual Date: 10/23/2011 - 10/24/2011
Result: 0 - 1
Opening: Sicillain Closed

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Played US National G60 and G/30 Tournaments in Santa Clara Hyatt

Last weekend I played US National G/60 and G/30 championship at October 1st and 2nd respectively at Santa Clara Hyatt hotel. Bay Area Chess arranged these as usual in different sections. I made 50% scores in both of those at 1800+ (Open) section to my relief. My last month's tournament performance was disappointing (1 win and 3 loss) while this time in G/60 it was 2 loss, 2 win and in G/30 it was 2 loss, 1 draw and 2 win. With this performance now I am a bit relaxed and I think I can still carry on playing competitive tournaments for a few more years even if I don't hit the prize lists.

Here is my G/60 result - https://bayareachess.com/events/11/usg60.php

And here is my G/30 result -https://bayareachess.com/events/11/usg30.php

With this, now I am inspired enough to teach chess to my son and other children from next week.

Nelson vs Ashik, Game 5, US National G/30

White: Terry Nelson (2007)
Black: Ashik Uzzaman (1821)
Tournament: US National G/30 at Santa Clara Hyatt
Date: 10/02/2011
Result: 0 - 1
Opening: Queen Pawn

Ashik vs Kevin L G, Game 4, US National G/30

White: Ashik Uzzaman (1821)
Black: Kevin L Gong (1844)
Tournament: US National G/30 at Santa Clara Hyatt
Date: 10/02/2011
Result: 1 - 0
Opening: Sicillian Early E5
Update: Kevin actually saw this blog post after a couple of weeks and emailed me his blog post where he posted this game as well. I was so happy to get in touch with an on-the-board opponent on-the-web! Here is his post - http://blog.chess.com/kevingong/losing-sucks-my-games-of-the-us-national-g30-championship . You will find this game if you scroll down to the fourth game!