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The season is over and MTK had the usual lecture from GM Kallai, lots of food and a blitz tournament

I got another medal but sadly I lost the only game I played for the National League Team

 

 

The latest issue of TWIC is now available

selected games

 

Gledura-Solodovnichenko

Catalan 

TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 rd1

After 19..b5(Diagram)

Black is actively challenging the c4/d4 pawn centre but White seems well coordinated

What do you recommend for White?

 

 

Final Ranking after 5 Rounds

I lost to Gubics in the last round to fall to 4th place and give Gubics a nice first placed finish

Rk.	SNo			Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	5			Gubics Peter		HUN	2026	4,5	14,5	14,0	2230	2230	5	4,5	3,45	1,05	20	21,0
2	1			Felmery Mate		HUN	2143	4,5	14,0	13,5	2276	2276	5	4,5	3,88	0,62	20	12,4
3	3			Kis Bela		HUN	2053	4,0	13,5	11,5	2122	2122	5	4	3,55	0,45	20	9,0
4	9			Yip Michael		CAN	1924	3,5	16,5	12,5	2050	2050	5	3,5	2,58	0,92	20	18,4
5	4			Marjanovic Gyorgy		HUN	2035	3,5	15,5	12,0	1995	1995	5	3,5	3,57	-0,07	20	-1,4
6	21			Vereb Andras		HUN	1736	3,5	12,0	10,0	1877	1877	5	3,5	2,62	0,88	20	17,6
7	10			Havaskori Laszlo		HUN	1900	3,5	10,5	10,0	1771	1771	4	2,5	2,59	-0,09	20	-1,8
8	2			Szabo Kristof		HUN	2095	3,0	17,0	10,0	1829	1829	4	2	2,69	-0,69	20	-13,8
9	7		FM	Orso Janos		HUN	1970	3,0	15,5	11,0	1921	1921	5	3	3,20	-0,20	20	-4,0
10	12			Schreuder Peters Misja		NED	1890	3,0	15,0	10,0	1856	1856	5	3	3,07	-0,07	20	-1,4
11	13			Berkes Bence		HUN	1889	3,0	15,0	10,0	1763	1763	4	2,5	2,05	0,45	20	9,0
12	17			Bolyki Istvan		HUN	1823	3,0	12,5	9,0	1776	1776	5	3	3,12	-0,12	40	-4,8
13	14			Sulyok Eszter	w	HUN	1882	3,0	12,0	8,0	1752	1752	5	3	3,63	-0,63	40	-25,2
14	6		CM	Giang Tran Nam		HUN	1995	3,0	11,5	8,0	0	0	2	2	1,68	0,32	40	12,8
15	8			Szabo A. Martin		HUN	1933	3,0	10,5	7,0	1847	1847	4	3	3,28	-0,28	40	-11,2
16	11			Csalami Gabor		HUN	1898	2,5	15,0	9,5	1804	1804	5	2,5	2,96	-0,46	20	-9,2
17	37			Vilagi Ferenc		HUN	0	2,5	14,0	9,0	1884	1884	5	2,5
18	18			Kun Balint		HUN	1808	2,5	13,5	8,0	1742	1742	5	2,5	2,80	-0,30	40	-12,0
19	19			Neszmenyi Zoltan		HUN	1797	2,5	13,5	8,0	1590	1590	4	2,5	2,25	0,25	20	5,0
20	26			Repiczki Tamas		HUN	1574	2,5	13,0	7,5	1812	1812	5	2,5	1,16	1,34	20	26,8
21	32			Vadkerti Vince		HUN	1509	2,5	12,0	6,5	1717	1717	5	2,5	1,27	1,23	40	49,2
22	16			Lakatos Tamas		HUN	1854	2,5	11,5	8,5	1749	1749	5	2,5	3,06	-0,56	40	-22,4
23	24			Marjanovic Alex		HUN	1608	2,5	10,5	6,0	1714	1714	5	2,5	1,97	0,53	40	21,2
24	20			Szendeff Miklos		HUN	1741	2,0	13,5	6,0	1547	1547	4	2	1,92	0,08	20	1,6
25	27			Kozma Jeno		HUN	1556	2,0	12,5	5,0	1641	1641	5	2	1,66	0,34	20	6,8
26	31			Sztruhar Noemi	w	HUN	1530	2,0	10,5	5,0	1679	1679	5	2	1,16	0,84	40	33,6
27	33			Deak Zsombor		HUN	1500	2,0	10,0	7,0	1723	1723	5	2	0,84	1,16	40	46,4
28	35			Moricz Nadja	w	HUN	1466	2,0	9,5	3,0	1434	1434	4	1	1,22	-0,22	40	-8,8
29	30			Papp Andrea	w	HUN	1541	1,5	13,0	4,5	1562	1562	5	1,5	1,54	-0,04	20	-0,8
30	36			Farkas Imre		HUN	1446	1,5	10,5	4,5	1497	1497	5	1,5	1,29	0,21	20	4,2
31	22			Uzsonyik Istvan		HUN	1712	1,5	10,5	2,0	1627	1627	5	1,5	2,15	-0,65	20	-13,0
32	29			Javorek Janka	w	HUN	1541	1,5	10,0	3,5	1618	1618	5	1,5	1,22	0,28	40	11,2
33	23			Domonkos Jozsef		HUN	1617	1,5	10,0	3,5	1489	1489	5	1,5	2,50	-1,00	20	-20,0
34	15			Kosa Andras Jozsef		HUN	1870	1,5	9,0	2,0	1341	1341	4	0,5	2,95	-2,45	40	-98,0
35	28			Magyar Erik Ferenc		HUN	1553	1,0	13,5	4,5	1546	1546	4	1	1,14	-0,14	40	-5,6
36	25			Piskoti Laszlo		HUN	1588	1,0	9,0	3,0	1353	1353	5	1	2,60	-1,60	20	-32,0
37	34			Szalay Istvan		HUN	1496	0,0	9,0	0,0	876	876	5	0	1,38	-1,38	20	-27,6

 

Final Ranking after 6 Rounds

Rk.	SNo			Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	9			Gergely Daniel		HUN	1304	5,0	22,0	17,5	1558	1558	6	5	3,14	1,86	40	74,4
2	6			Harkai Szabolcs		HUN	1380	4,5	21,5	15,5	1498	1498	6	4,5	3,58	0,92	40	36,8
3	8			Lehocz Jozsef Jr.		HUN	1319	4,5	16,5	13,0	1440	1440	6	4,5	3,55	0,95	40	38,0
4	1			Gruz Janos		HUN	1564	4,0	25,0	17,0	1445	1445	6	4	4,72	-0,72	20	-14,4
5	2			Szoukup Istvan		HUN	1521	4,0	19,0	17,0	1399	1399	6	4	4,68	-0,68	20	-13,6
6	22			Toth Rafael		HUN	1113	4,0	18,0	12,0	1362	1362	5	3	1,37	1,63	40	65,2
7	13			Berkes Bori	w	HUN	1200	4,0	16,5	13,0	1323	1323	5	3	2,25	0,75	40	30,0
8	23			Harkai Emma	w	HUN	1109	3,5	22,5	14,5	1336	1336	5	2,5	1,14	1,36	40	54,4
9	12			Nagy Levente		HUN	1225	3,5	18,0	14,0	1212	1212	4	1,5	1,96	-0,46	40	-18,4
10	7			Moricz Karmen	w	HUN	1326	3,5	18,0	12,0	1312	1312	5	3,5	3,57	-0,07	40	-2,8
11	15			Pakozdi Artur Ferenc		HUN	1195	3,5	15,0	8,0	1323	1323	6	3,5	2,53	0,97	40	38,8
12	10			Szarvas Nora	w	HUN	1304	3,0	19,5	12,0	1219	1219	6	3	3,68	-0,68	40	-27,2
13	24			Toth-Magyar Andras Csaba		HUN	1025	3,0	17,5	11,0	1209	1209	5	2	1,08	0,92	40	36,8
14	20			Toth Balazs Norbert		HUN	1158	3,0	17,5	8,5	1343	1343	4	2	1,08	0,92	40	36,8
15	5			Molnar Daniel Zsolt		HUN	1400	3,0	16,5	10,0	1214	1214	5	2	3,42	-1,42	40	-56,8
16	4			Csomor Gabor		HUN	1419	3,0	15,0	9,5	1138	1138	5	2	4,06	-2,06	20	-41,2
17	16			Csontos Aron		HUN	1181	2,5	19,5	10,5	1259	1259	6	2,5	2,01	0,49	40	19,6
18	18			Nagy Bella Blanka	w	HUN	1179	2,5	18,5	10,0	1250	1250	6	2,5	2,02	0,48	40	19,2
19	21			Nagy Botond		HUN	1140	2,5	17,0	6,0	1055	1055	4	0,5	1,40	-0,90	40	-36,0
20	11			Gergely Andras		HUN	1232	2,0	17,0	6,0	952	952	5	1	2,77	-1,77	20	-35,4
21	17			Horvath Andras		HUN	1181	2,0	16,0	7,0	975	975	4	1	1,60	-0,60	40	-24,0
22	27			Suli Andras		HUN	0	2,0	15,5	7,0	961	961	5	1
23	14			Horvath Peter Gy		HUN	1197	2,0	14,5	8,0	871	871	3	0	1,57	-1,57	40	-62,8
24	25			Biro David Benedek		HUN	0	2,0	13,0	6,0	992	992	5	1
25	19			Toth Norbert		HUN	1175	1,5	19,0	8,0	1131	1131	5	1,5	1,82	-0,32	40	-12,8
26	3			Szalay Istvan		HUN	1496	0,0	13,5	0,0	0	0	0	0	0,00	0,00	20	0,0
	26			Kun Balazs		HUN	0	0,0	13,5	0,0	0	0	0	0

A great job by the organizers and arbiter crew

As bonus I was awarded a nice bottle of wine for the best Senior Prize-Thank you!

selected games

 

Fekmery-Yip

Caro-Kann King’s Indian Attack

rd3

This was the third game on Saturday

 

After 27.g4(Diagram)

White had just advanced aggressively and than offered a draw

Evaluate the position and make a recommendation

Take the draw or play one with your variation

 

This was the board one game to decide first place in the last round

Gubics,P-Yip,M

Closed Catalan

rd5

After 14.Rb1(Diagram)

The Bb7 is attacked

What do you recommend for Black?

 

 

The latest issue of TWIC is now available

selected games

The Caro-Kann did very well this week. Here are a couple of interesting positions:

 

Raja-Kovalenko

Two Knights Variation 3..Bg4

1st Archibald Open 2019 rd2

The Two Knights is a fashionable way to avoid massive main line theory. Bologan recommends 3..Bg4 in Bologan’s Caro-Kann(New in Chess 2018) while Fernandez recommends 3..Nf6 in The Modernized Caro-Kann(Thinkers Publishing 2018)

 

After 34.Bd7(Diagram)

Black is pushing with two pawns for the exchange in a sharp unbalanced endgame

What do you recommend for Black?

 

Lobanov-Motylev

Advance Variation 3..c5

TCh-RUS Premier 2019 rd6

3..Bf5 is the traditional main line but 3..c5 is a fully viable alternative. Fernandez recommends both in The Modernized Caro-Kann(Thinkers Publishing 2018)

 

After 26.Kf1(Diagram)

The position looks quite chaotic with the Ba1 about to be trapped or effectively attacking the c-pawn

What do you recommend for Black?

 

 

 

 

Selected endings

The Modern Endgame Manual is an 8-volume series with three volumes devoted to rook endings.

One of them is Mastering Essential Rook Endings

Ch12 has 108 test positions for rook endings

 

 

Wrong Diagrams

I slogged my way to position 50 over the last few days and noticed a couple of diagram errors in the book(positions 39,45) that did not make my task any easier.

Here are the correct positions. In general the solutions did not have much text explanations and consisted of variations of varying lengths.

The three volumes on rooks have many examples but apart from that is are nothing special.

 

Test Position 39

Mortensen-Hillarp Persson

Koge op rd8

How does Black secure a draw?

 

Test Position 45

Swapnil-Edouard

Gibraltar Masters 2018 rd3

What is the complicated route to victory for White?

 

Duplicate Positions

Also note that Test Positions 2 and 107; 64 and 88; 66 and 86; are duplicates.

 

 

Selected games/combinations

Greatest 525 Puzzles from 2018-Balogh,Cs

 

 

Here are a couple of positions from Ch3 Hard

Position 1

After 31dxe5(Diagram)

Position 2

After 18..Qf6(Diagram)

 

The title of the book gives away the requirements and the reader is alerted for what to look for. However, one is left wondering how the positions came about in the buildup up phase for the combination

 

Position 1 Buildup

Grandelius-Antipov

47th Rilton Cup 2017-18

 

After 27.Bb2(Diagram)

Black has managed to point all his pieces at the kingside but the Bc6 does not do anything particularly special

What do you recommend for Black?

 

Position 2 Buildup

Jobava-Heberla

TCh-AUT 2017-18

 

After 15..Be6(Diagram)

Black lags in development and his king is asking for trouble

What do you recommend for White?

 

 

 

selected games

Keeping up with the The Modenized Caro-Kann

 

Tan-Hawkins

4..Nd7 Karpov Variation 10..Qc7 11.a4

4NCL Div 1c 2018-19 rd11

Black won the game but White was definitely better in the early middlegame

 

After 14..Bd7(Diagram)

Black has a nice d5 outpost and the standard Qc7/Bd6 battery for counterplay

What do you recommend for White?

 

Neiksans-Starostits

Exchange Variation 5..Qc7

ch-LAT 2019 rd4

After 18..g6(Diagram)

Black clearly wants to attack on the kingside using the h-file while White has still to complete development let alone start a counterattack

What do you recommend for White?

 

Esipenko-Pershin

Advance Variation  4.Nd2

TCh-RUS Premier 2019 rd1

After 18..Rde8(Diagram)

Black is pressing in the centre and on the kingside but the Nf5/Bf6 are unprotected

What do you recommend for White? Choose between 19.Qf3 and 19.Qc2

 

Yuffa-Faizrakhmanov

Advance Variation  4.Nd2

TCh-RUS Premier 2019 rd5

After 24..Re8(Diagram)

White has two sets of doubled pawns while Black has a suspicious structure overall with a loose kingside, weak e6-pawn and a big hole on e5

What do you recommend for White?

 

The latest issue of TWIC is now available

selected games

 

Here is a nice positional game

Bacrot-Fodor

Exchange French

4NCL Div 1c 2018-19 Rd10

 

After 33..Rxd6(Diagram)

Every white piece is better than its counterpart  except for perhaps the Ne6, which attacks the d4-pawn.

What do you recommend for White?

 

I contributed a win today on board 10

 

Class I, Lilienthal Group

Vasas SC II – HÜSI SC II 7: 5
Seagull SE I – SENSE I 8: 4
MTK Budapest III – Barcza GSC I 6: 6
Aquarena KSC III – Mattolda SSC I 10: 2
BEAC II – Tabán Spartacus II 8.5: 3 , 5
Lombik-Fabulon – Treasurer SE III 7: 5

II. class, Bilek Group

Purpose – Csepel TK I 6,5: 5,5
Seagull SE II – SENSE II 9: 3
MTK Budapest IV – Barcza GSC II 3: 9
Pestszentlőrinc II – Láng MKKE 6: 6
KSE I – Dragon DSE II 8: 4
Palace Chess I – Treasurer SE IV 7.5: 4.5

III. class, Szén csoport

ART 3F SE – HASE III 2:10
MTK Budapest V – TF SE 5,5: 6,5
Aquarena KSC IV – New York KSE II 7: 5

Pestszentimre – Dragon DSE III 5: 7
ATTE-ARISZ – Mattold SSC II 7: 5
BEAC III – Barcza GSC III 9: 3

Csepel TK II – Seagull SE III 4,5: 7,5
Rákosliget – HÜSI SC III 5: 7
Palace Chess II Holiday

 

Yip-Kelemen,S

Grunfeld

Board 10

After 17..b6(Diagram)

White has a passed d-pawn but Black has the bishop pair

What do you recommend for White?