FM Ong Chong Ghee Annotates
National Rapid 2002

Rd 4 Ong - Sadorra 

1.   d4     Nf6 
2.   Nf3    g6 
3.   Nc3!?  Bg7  


I was going to play 3..d5 4.Bf4

4.   e4     d6 
5.   Be3    0-0  

The so-called 150 attack - I was killed by Zhang Zhong once in this line.

6.   Qd2    a6 
7.   Bh6    b5 
8.   Bd3    Bb7? 

Meng Kong will tell you - the bishop belongs on c8 in these positions! Correct is 8..Nc6

9.   Bg7    Kg7 
10.  e5!    Nd5 
11.  h4     h5 
12.  0-0-0  b4?  

White is already clearly better but this brings one more White piece into the attack.

13.  Ne4    Nd7 
14.  g4!    Rh8? 

After this, it is too easy. Black should try 14..hg4. I hadn't decided yet whether to sac with 15.h5 or just play 15.Nfg5

15.  gh5    Rh5 
16.  Ng3    Rh8 
17.  h5     e6  

The rest is carnage.

18.  hg6    fg6 
19.  Rh8    Qh8 
20.  Rh1    Qg8 

21. Rh6! Qf7 21.Qh6+ also wins but it allows him to play 3-4 moves without thinking!

22.  Rg6    Kf8 
23.  Ng5    Qe7 

23..Qf4 24.Ne6 is a small trick

24.  Ne6    Ke8 
25.  Rg8    Kf7 
26.  Rg7    Ke6 
27.  Bf5 # 


Rd 5  Villamayor - Ong 

1.   d4     Nf6 
2.   Nf3    g6 
3.   c4     Bg7 
4.   Nc3    0-0 
5.   Bf4    d6 
6.   h3     Nbd7 

6.. Nc6 is probably more accurate.

7.   e3     b6 
8.   Be2    Bb7 
9.   Qc2!   Re8  


I saw one of his games recently where he played 9.0-0. His opponent replied 9..Ne4 and equalised quite easily.

10.  Rd1    Qc8 
11.  0-0    e5 
12.  de5    de5 
13.  Bg3    e4?!

A little too hasty. 13...a6 was probably better.

14.  Nd4    Ne5 
15.  Nd5!   Nd5 


A move of awesome strength. White is threatening 16.Nf6 Bf6 17.c5! with a huge bind. So, I decided to give an exchange for some play.

16.  cd5    Bd5 
17.  Nb5    c6!?


17...Bc6 is bad because of 18.Be5 Bb5 19.Bb5 Re5 20.Bc6 followed by 21.Be4

18.  Nd6    Qe6 
19.  Ne8    Re8 

I wouldn't like to play this position against Bong in a long game but in 25 min chess, a little speculation doesn't hurt...

20.  b3     b5 
21.  Qc5!   h5!? 

White was threatening 22.Bb5. In turn, I created the threat 22.. Nf3 23.Kh1 h4, making him take my e5 knight. But maybe the simple 21..a6 was stronger.

22.  Be5    Be5 
23.  Bb5    Bd6 
24.  Qd4    Bb8 
25.  Bc4    Qd6 
26.  g3     Re5 

The only try.

26.  Bd5    Rd5! 

If 26.. cd5 27.Rc1 and Black's rook is a little stuck because of Rc8.

27.  Qa1    h4 
28   Rd5    cd5 
29.  Rc1?!  f6   

I thought 30.f4! was stronger. Bong's move is good enough but requires accurate calculation.

30.  Rc8    Kg7 
31.  Qc3    hg3 
32.  Qc5?   gf2  


Later Bong showed the win with 32.Qc6! gf2 33.Kf1 Qg3 34.Qd7 Kh6 35.Rh8 Kg5 36.h4 +-

33.  Kf1    Qa6  

He missed this, capturing a critical pawn.

34.  Kf2    Qa2 
35.  Qc2    Qc2 
36.  Rc2    Kf7 
37.  Rc6    g5   

Black has two pawns for the exchange and manages to defend his pawns just in time. We agreed to a draw in a few more moves.