Moulthun Ly
Number of games in database: 98
Years covered: 2005 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2428
Overall record: +44 -29 =25 (57.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:  Sicilian (21)      B90 B30 B22 B92 B42  French Defense (7)      C07 C05 C00 C04 C15  Ruy Lopez (6)      C69 C63 C77 C84 C80  Sicilian Najdorf (6)      B90 B92 B93  French Tarrasch (4)      C07 C05 C04	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (14)      B90 B40 B43 B23 B80  French Defense (12)      C11 C12 C07 C05 C14  King's Indian (11)      E63 E62 E76 E94 E60  French (7)      C11 C12

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MOULTHUN LY (born Nov-20-1991) Australia [what is this?] International Master. Ly won the 2004 Australian Junior masters in 2004, scored 5.5/9 in the World U14 World Championship in Greece in 2004 and became Australian Junior champion in 2005. He was =1st in the 2011 Australian Open with 8.5/11 and =3rd at the 2011 Oceania Zonal in Rotorua, the latter earning him his FM title. Ly's three IM norms came at the 34th World Open in Philadelphia in 2006, the Essent Open in 2006 and the Doeberl Cup in early 2010. Ly started 2012 auspiciously with strong showings in the Australian Championship (6.5/11) and in the Queenstown Chess Classic (2012) (6/9), raising his rating to 2402, his highest to that date. In June 2012, he came =2nd at the 2012 Gold Coast Open with 5/6 and then in August and September he put in a very strong performance as Australia's board 2 in the Chess Olympiad (2012), scoring 7/10 for a TPR of 2541, and helping Australia to a comparatively excellent placing of 32nd, 29 places higher than its seeding. 2013 has so far seen him place =2nd at the Australian Open, scoring 8.5/11, and =4th at the annual Doeberl Cup in Canberra, scoring 6.5/9. Ly's rating as of 1 May 2013 was 2428, ranking him number 5 in Australia. His blitz rating is also 2428. Photo: http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=M...

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 98  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C Wei vs M Ly   0-1 42 2005 BELFORT YWCC BU14 B40 Sicilian 2. S Bogner vs M Ly   ½-½ 52 2005 BELFORT YWCC BU14 C11 French 3. I Chirila vs M Ly   1-0 39 2005 BELFORT YWCC BU14 B01 Scandinavian 4. M Ly vs G Pap   0-1 36 2005 BELFORT YWCC BU14 C07 French, Tarrasch 5. M Geveke vs M Ly   ½-½ 64 2006 Queenstown Classic E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 6. M Hoekstra vs M Ly   0-1 41 2006 34th World Open A45 Queen's Pawn Game 7. M Ly vs B Nijman   1-0 50 2006 Queenstown Classic C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 8. P M Collier vs M Ly   0-1 33 2006 34th World Open E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 9. A Susilodinata vs M Ly   1-0 44 2006 Queenstown Classic C12 French, McCutcheon 10. M Ly vs A Caoili 1-0 24 2006 Xstrata ch-AUS B42 Sicilian, Kan 11. M Ly vs G Vescovi 0-1 49 2006 34th World Open B42 Sicilian, Kan 12. H Van Riemsdijk vs M Ly   1-0 36 2006 Queenstown Classic B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 13. M Ly vs A Florean   1-0 57 2006 World Open B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 14. M Ly vs I Rogers   0-1 54 2006 Queenstown Chess Classic A45 Queen's Pawn Game 15. M Ly vs J Bartholomew   1-0 39 2006 34th World Open B01 Scandinavian 16. D Svetushkin vs M Ly   ½-½ 61 2007 Isle of Man International E12 Queen's Indian 17. M Ly vs J G Pettersen   1-0 31 2007 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 18. M Ly vs Y Kuzubov   0-1 51 2007 Isle of Man International B22 Sicilian, Alapin 19. M Ly vs N Dzagnidze   1-0 68 2007 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 20. M Ly vs E Paehtz ½-½ 42 2007 Isle of Man International B07 Pirc 21. P Carlsson vs M Ly   1-0 27 2007 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival C05 French, Tarrasch 22. C Majer vs M Ly 0-1 60 2007 Isle of Man International C02 French, Advance 23. S Sulskis vs M Ly   1-0 25 2007 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival C14 French, Classical 24. S Haslinger vs M Ly   ½-½ 87 2007 Isle of Man International C07 French, Tarrasch 25. M Ly vs S Vijayalakshmi   0-1 23 2007 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival C33 King's Gambit Accepted  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 98

Jul-11-06    Dozy: A GM in the making, Moulthun Ly is something of a phenomenon in Australia. In 2005 he became our youngest ever National Junior Champion and missed out by half a point this year only because he was playing the Junior and Senior Championship simultaneously--juniors each morning, followed by the senior event in the afternoon. Last week he competed in the World Open where he finished with 6/9, only one point behind the winner Gata Kamsky. There's a story about him at http://www.rootyhillchess.org/moult... Oct-31-06    Stevens: there is some video of him here, apparently gaining his second IM norm in October 2006 Jan-13-11    twinlark: His third IM norm has been hard to come by. He hasn't played many FIDE rated games since 2007, and now his =1st in the Australian Open won't gain him his third norm as all his opponents were Aussies. Sep-02-11    twinlark: My bad. He gained his 3rd IM norm at the Doeberl in 2010. He just needed to boost his live rating to 2400 to secure his title, which he now seems to have done. Belated congratulation to IM Ly! Sep-02-11    twinlark: <ozmikey> Any idea how Ly secured his title? He doesn't seem to have achieved a live rating of 2400 until the World Junior, a couple of months after FIDE awarded the title. Sep-03-11    ozmikey: <twinlark> Couldn't tell you I'm afraid. I seem to remember someone saying that the rating points he gained from the Oz Open (terrific performance there, BTW) pushed him over the magic mark, but I may be mistaken. In other news on notable Australian players, incidentally, John Purdy passed away last week. RIP. Sep-03-11    ozmikey: Ah, sorry, just noticed that you've updated that on his player page already. Sep-04-12    andyatchess: Nice 2012 Chess Olympiad game aginst Karttunen Moulthun!

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