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Kozak got 5.5/9

Rk.	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	1		GM	Esipenko Andrey	RUS	2634	7,5	0,5	46,0	50,0	5	6	2529	20	-10,8
2	15		FM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik	UZB	2217	7,5	0,5	45,0	48,0	4	6	2537	20	72,2
3	9		FM	Gavrilescu David	ROU	2315	7,0	0,0	44,0	48,0	5	6	2494	20	39,6
4	5		IM	Yakubboev Nodirbek	UZB	2354	6,0	0,0	42,5	44,0	4	5	2352	20	2,6
5	7		IM	Blohberger Felix	AUT	2330	6,0	0,0	39,5	42,0	4	5	2330	20	7,2
6	4		FM	Shubin Kirill	RUS	2375	5,5	0,0	44,5	48,5	4	4	2313	20	-13,2
7	2		IM	Matviishen Viktor	UKR	2405	5,5	0,0	40,5	43,0	4	5	2275	20	-26,0
8	3		IM	Kozak Adam	HUN	2390	5,5	0,0	37,0	39,5	4	5	2235	20	-25,0
9	19		FM	Petriashvili Nikoloz	GEO	2157	5,0	0,0	47,5	51,5	5	4	2377	20	47,2
10	16		FM	Semjonovs Ilja	LAT	2197	5,0	0,0	46,0	49,0	5	4	2306	20	26,4
11	8		FM	Chukavin Kirill	EST	2316	5,0	0,0	43,5	46,5	5	5	2253	20	-12,8
12	21		Alexakis Dimitris	GRE	2100	5,0	0,0	40,0	43,0	4	4	2300	20	45,2
13	20		FM	Stoleriu George	ROU	2146	5,0	0,0	36,5	39,5	4	4	2238	20	20,8

This year’s venue was the National Art Gallery.

 

There was a usual number of speeches, some dancing and some singing

Zsofi and Judit game simuls and one of the interviewers in a nice blue dress was IM Anna Rudolf

There was a well dressed guy playing a classical piano piece and the was the odd long distance video shown on the big screen.

Kids had lots to do.

I mostly just watched and bought an expensive bottle of water

 

 

 

 

I contributed a draw with Black defending a Caro-Kann

Three MTK teams were in action at the Lauder School, with two of the three winning

I. osztály, Lilienthal csoport

HÜSI SC II – Sirály SE I 4,5:7,5
MTK Budapest III – Vasas SC II 7:5
Aquaréna KSC III – SENSE I 8:4
BEAC II – Barcza GSC I 7:5
Lombik-Fabulon – Mattolda SSC I 6,5:5,5
Pénzügyőr SE III – Tabáni Spartacus II 5:7

II. osztály, Bilek csoport

Csepeli TK I – Sirály SE II 7,5:4,5
MTK Budapest IV – Törekvés SE 7:5
Pestszentlőrinc II – SENSE II 8,5:3,5
Újpesti KSE I – Barcza GSC II 4:8
Palota Sakk I – A. Láng MKKE 6:6
Pénzügyőr SE IV – Sárkány DSE II 4:8

III. osztály, Szén csoport

BEAC III – ART 3F SE 4:8
MTK Budapest V – Csepeli TK II 5,5:6,5
Aquaréna KSC IV – ATTE-ARISZ 3,5:8,5
Pestszentimre – Rákosliget 7,5:4,5
HÜSI SC III – TF SE 4,5:7,5
HASE III – Barcza GSC III 11:1
Újpesti KSE II – Mattolda SSC II 6:6
Sirály SE III – Sárkány DSE III 3,5:8,5

Pdouchy-Yip

Exchange Caro-Kann

After 22.Nb3(Diagram)

White offered a draw which was accepted.

 

 

 

 

Selected games features the Olympiad

Here is a nice positional game by Almasi

Almasi-Gonzalez

Reti vs Slav

Hungary-Costa Rica Rd11

After 24..Na4(Diagram)

The Qb2 is under attack

What do you recommend for White?

 

Sipila-Berkes

King’s Indian Defence

Finland-Hungary Rd8

White walked his king into the middle of the board early in the game.

 

After 21.Kd3(Diagram)

The Kd3 is looking very majestic in the middle of the board

What do you recommend for Black?

 

Leko-Nyback

Spanish Anti-Marshall 8.a4

Hungary-Finland Rd8

Queen endings are very complicated due to the many checking possibilities.

 

After 26.Qxa6+(Diagram)

White just took a pawn with check. Here is a case of two passers vs one in a queen ending

What do you recommend for Black?

 

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds – Open

Hungary had a slightly disappointing result.

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	3		China	CHN	11	8	2	1	18	372,5	28,5	149
2	1		United States of America	USA	11	8	2	1	18	360,5	29,0	147
3	2		Russia	RUS	11	8	2	1	18	354,5	29,0	144
4	11		Poland	POL	11	7	3	1	17	390,0	28,0	158
5	9		England	ENG	11	8	1	2	17	340,0	27,5	142
6	5		India	IND	11	7	2	2	16	388,0	29,0	156
7	27		Vietnam	VIE	11	6	4	1	16	379,5	30,5	138
8	8		Armenia	ARM	11	7	2	2	16	371,0	27,5	152
9	7		France	FRA	11	7	2	2	16	366,0	28,5	153
10	6		Ukraine	UKR	11	7	2	2	16	337,0	26,0	152
11	32		Sweden	SWE	11	8	0	3	16	333,0	29,0	135
12	15		Czech Republic	CZE	11	7	2	2	16	331,5	27,5	143
13	16		Germany	GER	11	5	6	0	16	317,5	27,0	139
14	35		Austria	AUT	11	8	0	3	16	300,5	27,0	133
15	4		Azerbaijan	AZE	11	7	1	3	15	402,5	29,5	159
16	36		Uzbekistan	UZB	11	6	3	2	15	341,0	30,5	135
17	23		Iran	IRI	11	7	1	3	15	337,0	28,5	138
18	12		Hungary	HUN	11	7	1	3	15	321,0	26,5	139
19	40		Egypt	EGY	11	6	3	2	15	298,5	26,0	135
20	25		Greece	GRE	11	7	1	3	15	295,0	26,5	134
21	37		Kazakhstan	KAZ	11	7	1	3	15	289,0	26,0	137
22	46		Mongolia	MGL	11	6	3	2	15	279,0	27,0	126
23	28		Canada	CAN	11	6	3	2	15	277,0	25,0	133
24	50		Lithuania	LTU	11	6	3	2	15	272,5	23,5	136
25	24		Spain	ESP	11	6	2	3	14	336,5	29,0	138

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Selected games

GM Hoang had an amazing Olympiad scoring a massive 8.5/10 on board one

Hoang Thanh Trang GM 2423 HUN Rp:2636
Rd.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Rp	Pts.	Res.	Bo.
2	269		Bejatovic Bojana	2057	MKD	2046	5,0	w 1	1
3	70	IM	Lujan Carolina	2350	ARG	2385	5,0	s ½	1
4	48	IM	Melia Salome	2391	GEO	2382	4,5	w 1	1
5	54	IM	Shvayger Yuliya	2375	ISR	2368	6,0	s 1	1
6	94	WIM	Khomeriki Nino	2313	GEO	2358	7,0	w 1	1
7	127	WGM	Eric Jovana	2261	SRB	2284	4,5	s 1	1
8	3	GM	Koneru Humpy	2557	IND	2466	5,5	w 1	1
9	28	IM	Zatonskih Anna	2431	USA	2421	6,0	s ½	1
10	61	WGM	Vo Thi Kim Phung	2368	VIE	2232	4,5	s 1	1
11	101	WIM	Unuk Laura	2299	SLO	2206	4,0	w ½	1

 

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds – Women

The ladies team did well finishing 5th on tiebreaks

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	3		China	CHN	11	7	4	0	18	407,0	30,5	153
2	2		Ukraine	UKR	11	7	4	0	18	395,5	30,0	154
3	4		Georgia 1	GEO1	11	7	3	1	17	375,0	28,0	153
4	1		Russia	RUS	11	7	2	2	16	379,5	30,5	146
5	13		Hungary	HUN	11	7	2	2	16	372,0	29,5	141
6	12		Armenia	ARM	11	7	2	2	16	366,0	27,0	155
7	10		United States of America	USA	11	7	2	2	16	359,5	27,5	152

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GM Hoang Thanh Trang(2423)-GM Koneru(2557)

Zukertort System

Hungary-India Rd8

After 28..Kf7(Diagram)

White is very active and well centralized

What do you recommend for White?

 

Eric-Hoang Thanh Trang

French Defence Classical 5.Nce2

Serbia-Hungary Rd7

After 33.Kg3(Diagram)

Photo IM Gara,A FB

MTK-Honved

I think MTK lost the match but I contributed a win. Boards 1 and 3 drew quite quickly while I declined my opponent’s early draw offer feeling that my chances were good in a symmetrical structure.

My opponent was a bit late, I my guess is he was coming from work.

The time control was G/90 no increments so my extra few minutes turned out to be quite useful. I tried the Caro-Kann at the Budapest Open and lost. Today I decided to give it another try.

Demjen-Yip

Caro-Kann Panov Attack

Board 2

After 20.Rad1(Diagram)

Black is a pawn up, has two nice bishops in the centre and White’s kingside pawn shelter is looking quite loose. Everything points to something good about to happen but there are possible complications with the Be4 under attack and the x-ray attack on Qd8 from the Rad1

What do you recommend for Black?

 

I took a guess at my opponents rating.

We played at the nice Cultural Center

 

 

 

Minority Attack

It is generally accepted wisdom to study classical games to see typical plans. Here is a nice game by Geller,E one of the best players not to become World Champion.

Geller-Bannik

Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Variation

URS-ch25 1958

After 29..f6(Diagram)

After some fancy jiggling around Geller reached this position. The Qb2 was making Xray eyes at Kg7 on the a1-h8 diagonal so Black put a stop to any tricks with his last move

What do you recommend for White now?

Here is a nice game by my MTK teammate Marosi,L

Marosi,L-Nemeth,Z

c3 Sicilian

NB I/B. Maroczy csoport

MTK I-Magyar Sakkvilag-TSE

After 14..Nb4(Diagram)

Black wants to chop off the dangerous Bd3 or force it move and trade queens perhaps

What do you recommend for White?

 

Women

Bo.	13	Hungary (HUN)	Rtg	–	35	Slovenia (SLO)	Rtg	3½: ½
4.1	GM	Hoang, Thanh Trang	2423	–	WIM	Unuk, Laura	2299	½ – ½
4.2	IM	Gara, Anita	2370	–	WFM	Janzelj, Lara	2254	1 – 0
4.3	WGM	Gara, Ticia	2321	–	WGM	Krivec, Jana	2185	1 – 0
4.4	WIM	Terbe, Julianna	2260	–	WFM	Vidic, Teja	2116	1 – 0

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds – Women

A very respectable final showing for the team

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	3		China	CHN	11	7	4	0	18	407,0	30,5	153
2	2		Ukraine	UKR	11	7	4	0	18	395,5	30,0	154
3	4		Georgia 1	GEO1	11	7	3	1	17	375,0	28,0	153
4	1		Russia	RUS	11	7	2	2	16	379,5	30,5	146
5	13		Hungary	HUN	11	7	2	2	16	372,0	29,5	141
6	12		Armenia	ARM	11	7	2	2	16	366,0	27,0	155
7	10		United States of America	USA	11	7	2	2	16	359,5	27,5	152
8	5		India	IND	11	6	4	1	16	352,5	29,5	142
9	14		Georgia 2	GEO2	11	7	2	2	16	351,5	28,5	142
10	11		Azerbaijan	AZE	11	6	4	1	16	347,5	28,5	145
11	8		Kazakhstan	KAZ	11	6	4	1	16	346,5	28,5	144
12	6		France	FRA	11	7	2	2	16	315,5	29,0	130
13	15		Spain	ESP	11	6	3	2	15	343,5	27,5	133
14	28		Iran	IRI	11	7	1	3	15	340,0	28,0	145
15	19		Vietnam	VIE	11	6	3	2	15	338,5	30,5	136
16	7		Poland	POL	11	6	3	2	15	324,5	29,0	134
17	31		Uzbekistan	UZB	11	6	3	2	15	316,5	26,5	144
18	36		Belarus	BLR	11	7	1	3	15	308,0	28,5	128
19	29		Slovakia	SVK	11	7	1	3	15	283,0	28,0	121
20	17		Mongolia	MGL	11	7	0	4	14	332,0	27,0	145

Board-prizes (Final Ranking after 11 Rounds) – Women

(Important: Minimum 8 games)

An incredible performance by GM Hoang

Board 1
Rk.			Name	Rtg	Team	Rp	Games	Pts.	%	RtgAvg
1		GM	Ju, Wenjun	2561	China	2661	9	7,0	77,8	2441
2		GM	Hoang, Thanh Trang	2423	Hungary	2636	10	8,5	85,0	2340
3		GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	2509	Georgia 1	2600	10	7,5	75,0	2401
4		GM	Muzychuk, Anna	2555	Ukraine	2568	10	7,0	70,0	2417
5		IM	Houska, Jovanka	2402	England	2556	9	7,5	83,3	2218
6		GM	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	2345	Scotland	2549	11	10,5	95,5	1918
7		GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2559	Russia	2542	10	7,0	70,0	2383
8		IM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	2431	Iran	2541	11	8,5	77,3	2330
9		WGM	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	2369	Uzbekistan	2538	11	8,5	77,3	2316
10		GM	Danielian, Elina	2409	Armenia	2528	10	6,5	65,0	2418
11		IM	Saduakassova, Dinara	2474	Kazakhstan	2495	10	6,5	65,0	2385
12		WGM	Cori T., Deysi	2391	Peru	2492	10	7,0	70,0	2316
13		GM	Socko, Monika	2446	Poland	2467	9	6,5	72,2	2291
14		GM	Koneru, Humpy	2557	India	2466	9	5,5	61,1	2362
15		IM	Cornette, Deimante	2462	Lithuania	2462	10	7,5	75,0	2266
16		IM	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	2422	Mongolia	2456	9	5,5	61,1	2352
17		IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	2447	Turkey	2432	10	7,0	70,0	2283
18		GM	Sebag, Marie	2480	France	2432	9	6,0	66,7	2264
19		WGM	Rapport, Jovana	2348	Serbia	2427	8	5,5	68,8	2279
20		IM	Zatonskih, Anna	2431	United States of America	2421	11	6,0	54,5	2375

Open

A convincing but expected win

Bo.	12	Hungary (HUN)	Rtg	–	68	Costa Rica (CRC)	Rtg	3½: ½
17.1	GM	Leko, Peter	2690	–	IM	Duran Vega, Sergio	2401	1 – 0
17.2	GM	Gledura, Benjamin	2621	–	IM	Valdes Romero, Leonardo	2398	½ – ½
17.3	GM	Almasi, Zoltan	2702	–	GM	Gonzalez Acosta, Bernal	2452	1 – 0
17.4	GM	Berkes, Ferenc	2678	–	FM	Chinchilla Miranda, Eugenio	2206	1 – 0

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds – Open

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	3		China	CHN	11	8	2	1	18	372,5	28,5	149
2	1		United States of America	USA	11	8	2	1	18	360,5	29,0	147
3	2		Russia	RUS	11	8	2	1	18	354,5	29,0	144
4	11		Poland	POL	11	7	3	1	17	390,0	28,0	158
5	9		England	ENG	11	8	1	2	17	340,0	27,5	142
6	5		India	IND	11	7	2	2	16	388,0	29,0	156
7	27		Vietnam	VIE	11	6	4	1	16	379,5	30,5	138
8	8		Armenia	ARM	11	7	2	2	16	371,0	27,5	152
9	7		France	FRA	11	7	2	2	16	366,0	28,5	153
10	6		Ukraine	UKR	11	7	2	2	16	337,0	26,0	152
11	32		Sweden	SWE	11	8	0	3	16	333,0	29,0	135
12	15		Czech Republic	CZE	11	7	2	2	16	331,5	27,5	143
13	16		Germany	GER	11	5	6	0	16	317,5	27,0	139
14	35		Austria	AUT	11	8	0	3	16	300,5	27,0	133
15	4		Azerbaijan	AZE	11	7	1	3	15	402,5	29,5	159
16	36		Uzbekistan	UZB	11	6	3	2	15	341,0	30,5	135
17	23		Iran	IRI	11	7	1	3	15	337,0	28,5	138
18	12		Hungary	HUN	11	7	1	3	15	321,0	26,5	139
19	40		Egypt	EGY	11	6	3	2	15	298,5	26,0	135
20	25		Greece	GRE	11	7	1	3	15	295,0	26,5	134
21	37		Kazakhstan	KAZ	11	7	1	3	15	289,0	26,0	137
22	46		Mongolia	MGL	11	6	3	2	15	279,0	27,0	126
23	28		Canada	CAN	11	6	3	2	15	277,0	25,0	133
24	50		Lithuania	LTU	11	6	3	2	15	272,5	23,5	136
25	24		Spain	ESP	11	6	2	3	14	336,5	29,0	138
26	18		Croatia	CRO	11	7	0	4	14	320,5	26,0	153
27	21		Romania	ROU	11	6	2	3	14	320,0	30,5	127
28	14		Georgia 1	GEO1	11	5	4	2	14	320,0	26,5	141
29	38		Norway	NOR	11	6	2	3	14	316,5	28,0	139

Women

GM Hoang keeps winning

Bo.	19	Vietnam (VIE)	Rtg	–	13	Hungary (HUN)	Rtg	2 : 2
4.1	WGM	Vo, Thi Kim Phung	2368	–	GM	Hoang, Thanh Trang	2423	0 – 1
4.2	IM	Pham, Le Thao Nguyen	2347	–	IM	Gara, Anita	2370	1 – 0
4.3	WGM	Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung	2244	–	WGM	Gara, Ticia	2321	½ – ½
4.4	WFM	Bach, Ngoc Thuy Duong	2161	–	WGM	Lakos, Nikoletta	2258	½ – ½

 

Open

Bo.	62	Turkmenistan (TKM)	Rtg	–	12	Hungary (HUN)	Rtg	1 : 3
24.1	GM	Atabayev, Maksat	2505	–	GM	Leko, Peter	2690	½ – ½
24.2	IM	Atabayev, Saparmyrat	2443	–	GM	Erdos, Viktor	2609	0 – 1
24.3	IM	Atabayev, Yusup	2411	–	GM	Gledura, Benjamin	2621	½ – ½
24.4		Turayev, Shahruh	2156	–	GM	Berkes, Ferenc	2678	0 – 1