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Adly-El Gindy

g3 Solid line 5.Qa4

ch-Africa 2018 rd7

After 32.Kg2(Diagram)

White came up with a new way of  developing his knights Nc3-Nge2 instead of the more conventional Nc3-Nf3

Grunfeld players have nothing to fear as White middlegame advantage had nothing to do with the novel knight development

White had a massive advantage for most of the game but what do you recommend for Black here?

The Philidor Defence

Black has a solid and interesting position after the main line 4.Nf3 and must be willing to accept a quick queen trade after 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8 Kxd8 which is not to everyone’s taste.

Let us see a recent example of the endgame.

Vera Siguenas-Almeida Quintana

Philidor Endgame 6.Bg5 Be6

53rd Capablanca Mem Open rd6

The Philidor Endgame arises after a quick queen trade and Black loses castling rights after 5..Kxd8(Diagram)

After 83.Rb4(Diagram)

Black is active but is down a pawn. White has two connected queenside passers in this sharp position. Maybe the self-propelled b,c pawns will do fine without their king.

What do you recommend for Black?

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Sevian-Prohaszka

Berlin Defence Endgame

St Louis Summer A rd1

After 26..Bf8(Diagram)

The opening has gone badly for Black as White has more of everything and the bishop is really not a factor

It is time to seal the deal.

What do you recommend for White now?

 

U2200  Final Ranking after 6 Rounds

Medvedyk Volodymyr clear first

I drew my last game to finish with a modest 4/6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	9		Medvedyk Volodymyr	UKR	2110	6,0	23,0	23,00	21,0	6	6	4,04	1,96	40	78,4
2	4		Juhasz Mark	HUN	2139	5,0	23,0	19,00	18,0	6	5	4,22	0,78	20	15,6
3	6		Forgacs Attila	HUN	2124	5,0	22,0	16,00	18,0	6	5	4,44	0,56	20	11,2
4	1		Kassay Krisztian	HUN	2162	4,5	25,0	18,25	17,5	6	4,5	4,18	0,32	20	6,4
5	10		Pogany Zsombor	HUN	2070	4,5	24,0	15,75	18,5	6	4,5	3,71	0,79	40	31,6
6	34		Deli Kristof	HUN	1777	4,5	18,5	12,50	15,5	6	4,5	1,92	2,58	20	51,6
7	13		Mirza Solyom	HUN	2038	4,5	18,5	12,50	15,0	6	4,5	4,03	0,47	20	9,4
8	2		Piroska Istvan	HUN	2159	4,0	24,0	14,25	16,0	6	4	4,69	-0,69	20	-13,8
9	11	CM	Pasti Aron	HUN	2064	4,0	22,5	14,25	15,5	6	4	4,00	0,00	40	0,0
10	21		Tran David	HUN	1892	4,0	21,5	12,50	15,0	6	4	2,72	1,28	40	51,2
11	5		Kakuk Sandor	HUN	2129	4,0	21,5	12,00	17,0	6	4	4,21	-0,21	20	-4,2
12	7		Kovacs Istvan	HUN	2121	4,0	20,5	12,50	16,5	6	4	4,08	-0,08	20	-1,6
13	8		Vargyas Zoltan	HUN	2112	4,0	20,5	12,50	12,0	6	4	5,41	-1,41	20	-28,2
14	16		Bodrogi Mihaly	HUN	1963	4,0	17,0	11,00	12,5	6	4	4,95	-0,95	20	-19,0
15	31		Baski Barnabas	HUN	1805	4,0	17,0	10,50	13,0	5	3	2,97	0,03	40	1,2
16	18		Yip Michael	CAN	1937	4,0	16,5	9,00	15,0	6	4	4,04	-0,04	20	-0,8
17	30		Bartuszek Andras	HUN	1806	4,0	13,5	9,00	10,0	6	4	4,48	-0,48	20	-9,6
18	44		Fulop Peter Benjamin	HUN	1730	3,5	22,0	10,75	11,5	6	3,5	1,95	1,55	40	62,0
19	15		Diller Denis	HUN	2008	3,5	21,5	11,25	15,0	6	3,5	3,57	-0,07	40	-2,8
20	17		Lehocz Jozsef	HUN	1950	3,5	21,0	10,00	14,5	6	3,5	3,55	-0,05	20	-1,0
21	33		Neszmenyi Zoltan	HUN	1781	3,5	21,0	9,75	12,5	6	3,5	2,95	0,55	20	11,0
22	39		Sulyok Eszter	HUN	1759	3,5	20,5	9,75	12,0	6	3,5	2,42	1,08	40	43,2
23	3		Kovacs Marton	HUN	2144	3,5	20,0	11,00	14,0	6	3,5	4,72	-1,22	20	-24,4
24	23	AIM	Daroczi Donat	HUN	1876	3,5	19,0	8,75	12,5	6	3,5	3,32	0,18	40	7,2
25	12		Leuba Jean-Charles	FRA	2040	3,5	18,5	10,25	11,5	6	3,5	5,05	-1,55	20	-31,0
26	19		Forgacs Attila Jr.	HUN	1936	3,5	18,5	8,25	14,5	6	3,5	3,93	-0,43	40	-17,2
27	20		Frank Jozsef	HUN	1925	3,5	17,0	7,25	12,0	5	3,5	3,35	0,15	20	3,0
28	28		Purak Zoltan	HUN	1822	3,5	16,5	9,50	10,5	6	3,5	4,13	-0,63	20	-12,6
29	46		Dal Bianco Nicola	ITA	1718	3,5	16,0	7,50	8,5	6	3,5	1,95	1,55	20	31,0
30	63		Buri Kata	HUN	1490	3,5	14,5	7,25	8,5	6	3,5	1,14	2,36	40	94,4
31	14		Biro Zsolt	HUN	2030	3,0	20,5	9,75	11,5	5	3	4,17	-1,17	20	-23,4
32	47		Saar Patrik	HUN	1689	3,0	20,5	8,00	11,0	6	3	1,87	1,13	40	45,2
33	52		Kellner Nikolaus	AUT	1629	3,0	19,0	8,00	8,0	6	3	1,71	1,29	20	25,8
34	50		Chowaniec Artur	POL	1639	3,0	19,0	6,50	12,0	6	3	1,02	1,98	20	39,6
35	36		Tolnai Jozsef	HUN	1770	3,0	18,5	6,50	11,0	6	3	3,17	-0,17	20	-3,4
36	49	AFM	Sukhorukov Mykola	FID	1640	3,0	18,0	7,50	10,0	6	3	1,74	1,26	40	50,4
37	48		Szurkos Andras	HUN	1672	3,0	17,5	7,75	9,5	6	3	2,04	0,96	20	19,2
38	32		Gal Janos	HUN	1804	3,0	17,0	6,50	10,5	6	3	3,95	-0,95	20	-19,0
39	42		Salamon Endre	HUN	1742	3,0	17,0	5,50	9,0	5	2	2,07	-0,07	20	-1,4
40	45		Solti Gergely	HUN	1724	3,0	17,0	4,50	9,0	6	3	2,91	0,09	20	1,8
41	70		Deak Zsombor	HUN	1346	3,0	15,0	6,00	6,0	6	3	0,99	2,01	40	80,4
42	35		Kun Balint	HUN	1771	3,0	14,5	4,50	11,0	4	3	2,43	0,57	40	22,8
43	22		Pasti Anna	HUN	1886	2,5	23,0	7,25	12,5	6	2,5	3,38	-0,88	40	-35,2
44	26		Virganc Roland	HUN	1850	2,5	22,0	8,00	11,5	6	2,5	3,07	-0,57	20	-11,4
45	55		Kolimar Kristof Pal	HUN	1568	2,5	19,0	6,25	8,5	5	2,5	0,99	1,51	40	60,4
46	38		Csajbok Levente Tamas	HUN	1763	2,5	18,5	6,00	10,0	5	1,5	1,89	-0,39	40	-15,6
47	40		Szendeff Miklos	HUN	1756	2,5	17,0	4,25	7,5	6	2,5	3,67	-1,17	20	-23,4
48	25		Lakatos Tamas	HUN	1858	2,5	16,5	5,25	9,0	6	2,5	4,21	-1,71	40	-68,4
49	37		Barsi Botond	HUN	1765	2,5	16,5	4,25	8,5	6	2,5	3,59	-1,09	40	-43,6
50	41		Dan Daniel	HUN	1746	2,5	15,0	3,25	8,0	6	2,5	3,74	-1,24	20	-24,8
51	56		Buri Petra	HUN	1529	2,5	13,0	4,25	5,5	6	2,5	1,81	0,69	40	27,6
52	51		Szalay-Ocsak Bank	HUN	1635	2,0	19,0	6,50	9,0	6	2	1,36	0,64	40	25,6
53	58		Sziraki Zoltan	HUN	1518	2,0	18,0	3,50	6,0	6	2	2,11	-0,11	20	-2,2
54	43		Lakat Gyula	HUN	1733	2,0	17,5	3,50	8,0	4	2	2,01	-0,01	20	-0,2
55	72		Szalay Istvan	HUN	0	2,0	16,5	5,00	7,0	6	2
56	27		Monduk Ferenc	HUN	1833	2,0	16,0	5,25	6,5	6	2	4,64	-2,64	40	-105,6
57	53		Pinter Tamas	HUN	1605	2,0	16,0	3,00	5,0	4	2	2,24	-0,24	20	-4,8
58	64		Repiczki Tamas	HUN	1485	2,0	15,5	2,50	7,0	6	2	1,60	0,40	40	16,0
59	24		Illes Attila	HUN	1874	2,0	15,0	3,00	8,0	6	2	4,50	-2,50	20	-50,0
60	59		Szabo Marton Nandor	HUN	1514	2,0	14,5	2,50	7,0	6	2	1,62	0,38	40	15,2
61	61		Moricz Karmen	HUN	1497	2,0	13,0	2,50	5,0	5	1	1,29	-0,29	40	-11,6
62	67		Schlenk Kristof	HUN	1427	1,5	18,0	5,25	8,0	6	1,5	0,92	0,58	40	23,2
63	68		Moricz Nadja	HUN	1414	1,5	17,5	4,75	7,0	6	1,5	0,56	0,94	40	37,6
64	29	CM	Giang Tran Nam	HUN	1808	1,5	16,5	3,25	5,5	5	1,5	4,20	-2,70	40	-108,0
65	62		Simon Milan Gabor	HUN	1494	1,5	16,0	1,75	5,0	6	1,5	1,22	0,28	40	11,2
66	54		Fabian Laszlo	GER	1580	1,5	14,5	1,50	2,0	5	0,5	2,09	-1,59	20	-31,8
67	66		Piskoti Laszlo	HUN	1460	1,0	18,5	3,50	6,0	6	1	0,86	0,14	20	2,8
68	65		Kardos Levente	HUN	1461	1,0	15,0	1,00	4,0	4	1	1,12	-0,12	40	-4,8
69	60		Videki Imre	HUN	1501	1,0	14,5	0,75	1,5	6	1	2,00	-1,00	20	-20,0
70	71		Czipp Janos	HUN	1312	1,0	14,5	0,50	3,0	5	0	0,91	-0,91	20	-18,2
71	69		Rigo Jozsef	HUN	1354	1,0	14,0	0,50	4,0	4	1	0,61	0,39	20	7,8
72	57		Popovics Agnes	HUN	1524	0,5	14,0	0,50	0,5	6	0,5	2,60	-2,10	20	-42,0

U1600 Final Ranking after 6 Rounds

Onodi Tamas was clear first with 5,5/6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	2		Onodi Tamas	HUN	1453	5,5	21,5	19,25	18,0	5	4,5	3,53	0,97	40	38,8
2	6		Deak-Sala Emilia	HUN	1387	5,0	23,0	19,25	18,5	6	5	3,78	1,22	40	48,8
3	8		Broderick Tamas	HUN	1344	4,5	20,5	14,50	16,5	6	4,5	4,55	-0,05	40	-2,0
4	21		Kossela Peter	HUN	1216	4,5	20,0	12,75	15,5	4	2,5	1,50	1,00	40	40,0
5	28		Csaki Akos	HUN	1161	4,5	18,5	12,25	13,0	5	3,5	1,71	1,79	40	71,6
6	35		Kobol Kitti	HUN	1117	4,5	18,0	12,75	13,5	5	3,5	1,06	2,44	40	97,6
7	12		Rado David	HUN	1314	4,5	17,5	12,00	14,0	5	3,5	3,15	0,35	40	14,0
8	3		Topercer Marton	HUN	1445	4,0	25,0	15,25	16,0	6	4	4,26	-0,26	40	-10,4
9	26		Gergely Andras	HUN	1176	4,0	22,0	13,75	15,5	6	4	2,26	1,74	40	69,6
10	51		Toth Kincso	HUN	0	4,0	22,0	12,75	15,0	6	4
11	1		Sulyok Istvan	HUN	1456	4,0	20,5	11,50	14,0	6	4	4,83	-0,83	20	-16,6
12	17		Harkai Szabolcs	HUN	1232	4,0	20,0	11,50	14,5	4	2,5	2,30	0,20	40	8,0
13	14		Korbacska Daniel	HUN	1260	4,0	14,5	9,00	12,0	5	3	3,53	-0,53	40	-21,2
14	4		Kozma Jeno	HUN	1418	3,5	24,0	12,75	15,0	6	3,5	4,42	-0,92	40	-36,8
15	23		Gergely Daniel	HUN	1186	3,5	21,0	10,75	13,5	5	2,5	1,79	0,71	40	28,4
16	22		Biro Daniel	HUN	1195	3,5	20,5	10,25	14,0	5	2,5	1,81	0,69	40	27,6
17	9		Pasti Zsombor	HUN	1338	3,5	20,0	12,00	11,5	5	3	3,77	-0,77	40	-30,8
18	29		Kemeny Benjamin	HUN	1160	3,5	19,0	10,00	10,5	6	3,5	2,06	1,44	40	57,6
19	13		Vancsisin Mark	HUN	1279	3,5	18,0	8,75	14,0	5	3,5	3,03	0,47	40	18,8
20	18		Kovacs Reka	HUN	1231	3,5	18,0	7,00	16,5	4	1,5	1,47	0,03	40	1,2
21	7		Pogany Dorka	HUN	1358	3,5	14,5	7,25	10,0	5	2,5	3,86	-1,36	40	-54,4
22	41		Onodi Miklos	HUN	1051	3,0	21,0	8,50	13,0	6	3	1,48	1,52	40	60,8
23	38		Pakozdi Artur Ferenc	HUN	1086	3,0	20,5	8,75	10,5	6	3	1,88	1,12	40	44,8
24	31		Nagy Bella Blanka	HUN	1134	3,0	20,0	8,25	11,0	5	2	1,23	0,77	40	30,8
25	10		Csernyik Mark	HUN	1336	3,0	19,0	6,50	12,0	5	2	3,71	-1,71	40	-68,4
26	16		Szuhorukov Viktor	HUN	1244	3,0	18,0	5,50	13,5	4	1	2,11	-1,11	40	-44,4
27	32		Rado Peter	HUN	1132	3,0	17,0	4,50	10,0	4	1	1,05	-0,05	40	-2,0
28	25		Lehocz Jozsef Jr.	HUN	1178	3,0	16,5	6,50	8,0	2	1	1,01	-0,01	40	-0,4
29	27		Eros Vivien	HUN	1175	3,0	16,0	5,00	9,0	3	1	1,06	-0,06	40	-2,4
30	48		Kiss Inez	HUN	0	3,0	15,5	5,50	7,0	4	1
31	5		Nagy Daniel	HUN	1402	2,5	21,5	8,50	11,0	4	2,5	3,30	-0,80	40	-32,0
32	33		Apjok Balazs	HUN	1129	2,5	20,5	8,25	11,0	6	2,5	1,65	0,85	40	34,0
33	30		Szuhorukov Marcell	HUN	1157	2,5	20,0	5,75	8,0	4	0,5	1,08	-0,58	40	-23,2
34	19		Bottyan Zsofia	HUN	1223	2,5	17,0	5,25	10,0	4	1,5	2,65	-1,15	40	-46,0
35	34		Deak-Sala Daniel	HUN	1119	2,5	16,0	3,00	6,5	3	0	1,21	-1,21	40	-48,4
36	24		Berla Zoltan Mate	HUN	1184	2,5	14,5	5,25	8,5	5	2	2,83	-0,83	40	-33,2
37	20		Balazs Sztella Anna	HUN	1216	2,5	13,5	4,00	10,0	3	1	1,60	-0,60	40	-24,0
38	15		Barany Mate	HUN	1257	2,0	17,0	4,00	8,0	3	0	2,12	-2,12	40	-84,8
39	36		Racz Bendeguz Mate	HUN	1096	2,0	16,5	3,75	6,0	4	0,5	1,27	-0,77	40	-30,8
40	45		Dan Abraham	HUN	0	2,0	16,0	4,00	7,0	5	1
41	47		Horvath Greta	HUN	0	2,0	16,0	3,50	5,0	5	1
42	11		Monduk Laszlo	HUN	1324	2,0	15,5	3,00	7,0	2	1	1,49	-0,49	40	-19,6
43	37		Suli Henrietta	HUN	1089	2,0	15,5	2,00	6,0	4	0	0,88	-0,88	40	-35,2
44	43		Balazs Szabina	HUN	0	2,0	15,0	3,50	5,0	5	1
45	39		Nagy Levente	HUN	1072	2,0	12,5	1,50	5,0	3	0	0,69	-0,69	40	-27,6
46	49		Nagy Botond	HUN	0	2,0	12,0	2,75	5,0	4	1
47	52		Veres-Pataky Marton	HUN	0	1,5	19,0	2,25	8,0	5	0,5
48	40		Nagy Jacint	HUN	1061	1,5	17,5	5,25	8,0	4	1,5	1,03	0,47	20	9,4
49	46		Dan Manuel	HUN	0	1,0	16,5	2,50	6,0	6	1
50	42		Arvai Tamas	HUN	0	1,0	15,0	2,00	3,0	4	0
51	50		Nemeth Balint Levente	HUN	0	1,0	15,0	1,50	3,5	4	0,5
52	44		Bottyan Marcell	HUN	0	0,5	14,0	0,50	0,5	3	0

Games later. Now i need a rest

TWIC 1227 is now available

Here is a nice endgame

Moussard-Pavlidis

King’s Indian Defence

ch-FRA Rapid 2018 rd8

The position after 19..Bf5(Diagram)

Suggest a plan for White.

After 23..f5(Diagram)

White is up a pawn already but Black can harass the queenside pawns with ..Bb1 ideas and has just made a bid for some activity in the centre.

What do you recommend for White?

Here is a creative game

Skatchkov-Matlakov

Bogo-Catalan 5..Be7

TCh-RUS Premier 2018 rd7

After 25.Rc5(Diagram)

The Nd6 is not inferior to the passive Bg2

Suggest a plan for Black

The Grunfeld Defence

Schreiner-Kozul

48th Bosna Open 2018 rd5

The g3 Grunfeld is a solid line for Black. Avrukh now is recommending 5.Qa4 in GM2A. Kozul played

8..Qb6(Diagram)

which is not considered by Avrukh

The queen endgame was of interest:

After 39.Kh2(Diagram)

Black managed to make something out of pretty well nothing from this queen ending position.

After many little adventures, the following position was reached.

After 84.Qb3+(Diagram)

How should Black get out of check?

Persistence and Making Something From Nothing

Faizrakhmanov-Lysyj

QGA

TCh-RUS Premier 2018 rd7

After 22.h3(Diagram)

Black got a solid position and White made luft with his last move and the struggle continued. One might ask what Black has accomplished so far.

The knight has made a small incursion and is making good use of the b4 outpost, but it is hard to imagine how Black can win from here.

And yet he did.

By trying and trying.

After 40.Ne2(Diagram)

The game had been equal for a long time but now pawns have made contact. The pawn structure is symmetrical there does not seem to be much happening in the position.

What do you suggest for Black?

More chess coming soon!

U2200 Starting rank

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1		Markos Adam	752991	HUN	2188
2		Dibusz Ferenc	722430	HUN	2177
3		Piroska Istvan	702773	HUN	2159
4		Kakuk Sandor	705446	HUN	2129
5		Forgacs Attila	715387	HUN	2124
6		Kovacs Istvan	701890	HUN	2121
7		Csordas David	752380	HUN	2085
8		Pogany Zsombor	785369	HUN	2070
9	CM	Pasti Aron	785857	HUN	2064
10		Leuba Jean-Charles	668427	FRA	2040
11		Dibusz Domonkos	771031	HUN	2033
12		Biro Zsolt	725404	HUN	2030
13		Diller Denis	767409	HUN	2008
14	WCM	Szucs Edina	763985	HUN	2007
15		Molnar Laszlo	707473	HUN	2006
16		Bodrogi Mihaly	707040	HUN	1963
17		Lehocz Jozsef	4648013	HUN	1950
18		Yip Michael	2601303	CAN	1937
19		Forgacs Attila Jr.	773654	HUN	1936
20		Tran David	790630	HUN	1892
21		Pasti Anna	790834	HUN	1886
22	AIM	Daroczi Donat	788376	HUN	1876
23		Illes Attila	761559	HUN	1874
24		Lakatos Tamas	766437	HUN	1858
25		Virganc Roland	733024	HUN	1850
26		Monduk Ferenc	761338	HUN	1833
27		Mihaly Imre	793930	HUN	1824
28		Purak Zoltan	793493	HUN	1822
29	CM	Giang Tran Nam	791903	HUN	1808
30		Bartuszek Andras	759198	HUN	1806
31		Baski Barnabas	787060	HUN	1805
32		Neszmenyi Zoltan	744239	HUN	1781
33		Kun Balint	781746	HUN	1771
34		Tolnai Jozsef	792233	HUN	1770
35		Barsi Botond	775304	HUN	1765
36		Csajbok Levente Tamas	773980	HUN	1763
37		Bernath Bence	781789	HUN	1758
38		Szendeff Miklos	753068	HUN	1756
39		Dan Daniel	767247	HUN	1746
40		Lakat Gyula	705918	HUN	1733
41		Solti Gergely	741370	HUN	1724
42		Dal Bianco Nicola	848921	ITA	1718
43		Olah Laszlo Istvan	752266	HUN	1690
44		Saar Patrik	793892	HUN	1689
45		Szurkos Andras	769185	HUN	1672
46		Chowaniec Artur	1190091	POL	1639
47		Szalay-Ocsak Bank	784923	HUN	1635
48		Kellner Nikolaus	1642065	AUT	1629
49		Fabian Laszlo	4689003	GER	1580
50		Kolimar Kristof Pal	798410	HUN	1568
51		Szabo Marton Nandor	795178	HUN	1514
52		Videki Imre	775100	HUN	1501
53		Moricz Karmen	787507	HUN	1497
54		Repiczki Tamas	760064	HUN	1485
55		Magyar Erik Ferenc	790192	HUN	1483
56		Onodi Tamas	784915	HUN	1453
57		Farkas Imre	799181	HUN	1443
58		Schlenk Kristof	785814	HUN	1427
59		Moricz Nadja	784060	HUN	1414
60		Nagy Daniel	784974	HUN	1402
61		Szalay Istvan	17002885	HUN	0

U1600 Starting rank

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1		Bolyki Istvan	777692	HUN	1593
2		Topercer Marton	782998	HUN	1445
3		Kozma Jeno	17004128	HUN	1418
4		Pogany Dorka	791580	HUN	1358
5		Balint Peter	1660713	AUT	1357
6		Broderick Tamas	793418	HUN	1344
7		Pasti Zsombor	799173	HUN	1338
8		Csernyik Mark	797030	HUN	1336
9		Rado David	787043	HUN	1314
10		Vancsisin Mark	793949	HUN	1279
11		Korbacska Daniel	778753	HUN	1260
12		Barany Mate	783650	HUN	1257
13		Szuhorukov Viktor	66400023	HUN	1244
14		Harkai Szabolcs	792438	HUN	1232
15		Kovacs Reka	790702	HUN	1231
16		Majorits Gyula	794872	HUN	1220
17		Majorits Jazmin	796107	HUN	1220
18		Balazs Sztella Anna	799645	HUN	1216
19		Kossela Peter	797707	HUN	1216
20		Biro Daniel	795968	HUN	1195
21		Gergely Daniel	17002281	HUN	1186
22		Berla Zoltan Mate	17003318	HUN	1184
23		Lehocz Jozsef Jr.	799270	HUN	1178
24		Gergely Andras	17002605	HUN	1176
25		Kemeny Benjamin	789593	HUN	1160
26		Szuhorukov Marcell	66400031	HUN	1157
27		Rado Peter	797782	HUN	1132
28		Apjok Balazs	799904	HUN	1129
29		Kobol Kitti	797936	HUN	1117
30		Suli Henrietta	796530	HUN	1089
31		Pakozdi Artur Ferenc	790222	HUN	1086
32		Nagy Jacint	793531	HUN	1061
33		Onodi Miklos	795739	HUN	1051
34		Balazs Szabina	17003490	HUN	0
35		Dan Abraham	17002850	HUN	0
36		Dan Manuel	17003830	HUN	0
37		Horvath Greta	17001170	HUN	0
38		Toth Kincso	17003857	HUN	0
39		Veres-Pataky Marton	17003849	HUN	0

Here are a couple of nice endgames

Berkes-Mihok

King’s Indian Classical 9.Bg5

TCh-HUN 2017-18 rd9

After 66..Kg7(Diagram)

The King’s Indian bishop is not passive but is really not doing so much without a target. The Nh2 is no star either, looking a bit boxed in on h2. f3 is secure so Black is not going to make progress on the f-file and is rather reduced to waiting play

Black has no attackable weakness with g6 and c7 adequately protected.

What do you recommend for White?

Papp,G-Sipos

Petroff 5.Nc3

TCh-HUN 2017-18 rd9

After 26..Rxd5(Diagram)

White is up a clear pawn but Black has some compensation from the bishop pair.

The task is now to convert the P+

What do you recommend for White? (It is more to do with the pace of play and what exchanges to make)

 

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Selected games

Volokitin-Kallai

Sicilian Kan

TCh-HUN 2017-18 rd9

After 17..Nc8(Diagram)

White has more space from a bind structure and controls the queenside dark squares

What do you recommend for White?

Balog,I-Ivanisevic

English Opening

TCh-HUN 2017-18 rd8

After 41.Kh2(Diagram)

Black has a nice buildup on the kingside

Evaluate 41..Nxg3 with the idea 42.Kxg3 h5 crashing through

So should Black go ahead with or find another move?

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Gonda-Papp,G

Reti Opening

Budapest Spring Open 2018 rd8

After 21..Nd5(Diagram)

White has broken queenside pawns but the Bd6 is deep in enemy territory on a firm outpost

The Nd5 is also solid in the centre

What do you recommend for White?

Banusz-Abdumalik

Grunfeld Defence 4.e3

Budapest Spring Open 2018 rd7

After 23..Kg7(Diagram)

The d-pawn is securely blockaded and the position is equal

White did not find a good plan in the game.

Can you do better?

Nguyen,Thai Dai Van-Galyas,M

Scandinavian 3..Qd6

Budapest Spring Open 2018 rd7

After 28.Bg3(Diagram)

Black perhaps wants to push the d-pawn but White has just setup an xray on Qc7

What do you recommend for Black?