Monthly Archives: October 2012
Sicilian Kan 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6-April 2012
Here is an interesting game by Akopian.
Khukhashvili,S (2408) – Akopian,Vl (2684)
Sicilian Kan[B42]
14th Dubai Open 2012 Dubai UAE (2.3), 16.04.2012
Position 1
White gambited a pawn for kingside chances and gets nowhere. Slowly black consolidates taking a strangle hold on the dark squares leaving white no chance.
White to play
Black just played 28..Rd6 preparing to double rooks on the d-file.
First Saturday FMA2 Koczo wins 8/9
Here is an interesting game from the recently completed FS FMA2 tournament. Usually non-norm tournament games do not get much attention. Here is an effort by one of the visiting Kuwait team members.
Al Hageri,B (KUW-1978) – Koczo,K (HUN-2221)
Sicilian 4.Qxd4[B53]
FSFMA2 October 2012 Budapest HUN (7.3), 13.10.2012
Position 1
Mutual attacks are underway and black is further ahead in the race. How should the attack continue?
Black to play
Koczo completelydominated the tournament but the Kuwait player was the only one to take a point from him.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 Koczo,K 2221 +139 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0/9
2 Al Hageri,B(KUW) 1978 +327 1 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7.5/9
3 Farkas,R 2112 +19 0 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6.0/9
4 Neuer,T 2098 -46 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 5.0/9
5 Havaskori,L 1933 +97 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 1 ½ 4.5/9
6 Kaufmann,Attila 1941 +50 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 4.0/9 16.00
7 Jensen,Le1 2050 -70 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 4.0/9 13.00
8 Laza,S 2005 -60 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 3.5/9
9 Simkin,A 1871 -112 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * ½ 1.5/9
10 Molnar,Ti2 2002 -340 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1.0/9
Josef Varosi Open Final Standings
Mester,A won with a perfect 6-0 score. I took =2nd with Mezei, Dombai and Nogrady. In the last round, Juhasz was in control againt Mester but blundered a piece.
The weather was beautiful for three days so all in all this was another Budapest bargain weekend of chess.
The entry fee(net of 10% discount from the Budapest Discount Card-from the Hungarian Chess Federation) was 9.6EUR/12.6/USD/12.5CAD.
The discount card costs 1000HUF(3.6EUR/4.7USD/4.6CAD). The only catch is waiting for the card. Participating tournament organisers download a cardholder list before every tournament to give eligible players their discounts.
The sad part of this and similar tournaments is that the games will go unpublished and unentered into any databases and just vanish.
Final Standings
Ranking after round 6
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
1. 7 Mester, Attila 6.0 21.5 21.50 21.0 2095 2686 +2.00
2. 6 Mezei, Csaba 5.0 24.0 18.00 19.0 2105 2213 +0.85
2 Dombai, Istvan 5.0 22.5 17.50 17.0 2181 2189 +0.17
9 Yip, Michael 5.0 22.0 17.00 18.0 2085 2185 +0.82
1 Nogrady, Vilmos 5.0 22.0 18.00 17.0 2188 2181 +0.05
6. 3 Juhasz, Mark 4.5 25.0 14.75 18.5 2155 2127 -0.06
8 Nemeth, Miklos 4.5 23.0 16.00 18.5 2086 2139 +0.62
5 Egri, Laszlo Jr. 4.5 22.5 16.00 17.0 2122 2089 -0.09
9. 14 Bege, Aron 4.0 23.5 13.75 16.5 1928 2036 +0.91
4 Mihok, Laszlo 4.0 23.5 17.25 15.0 2139 2083 -0.17
11 Valis, Janos 4.0 22.5 11.50 17.0 2059 2042 +0.08
10 Markos, Adam 4.0 22.0 13.00 16.0 2071 2013 -0.20
19 Gruz, Janos 4.0 21.0 12.00 14.5 1845 1997 +1.14
13 Bubenko, Jozsef 4.0 19.5 11.75 14.5 2011 1897 -0.64
23 Abraham, Lajos 4.0 19.5 10.00 14.0 1807 1888 +0.64
24 Szurkos, Andras 4.0 19.5 11.00 14.0 1773 1807 +0.34
22 Polyik, Peter 4.0 19.0 10.00 14.0 1816 1910 +0.73
15 Bartuszek, Andras 4.0 18.5 11.50 13.0 1918 1842 -0.45
28 Kocsis, Zsolt Gyula 4.0 18.0 9.00 13.0 1740 1872 +1.02
20. 32 Mate, Levente 3.5 21.0 10.75 13.5 1725 1917 +0.79
35 Pasztor, Flora Katinka 3.5 21.0 9.50 13.0 1693 1878 +1.06
21 Csetneki, Mark 3.5 20.0 11.00 13.0 1835 1819 -0.06
38 Bege, Mate 3.5 19.5 10.00 10.0 1646 1669 +0.18
31 Szlenka, Attila 3.5 17.5 8.00 12.0 1731 1805 +0.46
12 Andriska, Zsolt 3.5 17.5 10.25 11.5 2035 1856 -0.86
26 Bege, Vencel 3.5 17.5 7.50 11.5 1757 1750 +0.01
17 Nguyen, Thanh Do 3.5 16.5 6.50 13.0 1890 1708 -1.05
50 Pasztor, Daniel 3.5 16.0 8.50 12.5 1460 1793 +2.46
29. 25 Czimer, Jozsef 3.0 23.0 8.00 13.0 1771 1771 +0.00
18 Krizsany, Laszlo Sr. 3.0 21.5 9.50 12.5 1871 1690 -1.28
16 Sulcz, Istvan 3.0 21.5 9.00 12.0 1910 1740 -1.21
47 Jancso, Geza 3.0 20.0 9.00 10.0 1539 1609 +0.37
30 Bege, Levente 3.0 19.5 8.50 12.0 1731 1677 -0.37
46 Gyombolai, Balint 3.0 19.5 7.50 11.0 1540 1721 +1.03
33 Schatzer, Andras 3.0 19.0 6.00 12.5 1721 1751 +0.14
39 Pap, Karoly 3.0 19.0 6.50 11.0 1641 1672 +0.16
37 Pinter, Tamas 3.0 18.5 8.00 9.5 1661 1662 +0.01
27 Kokeny, Norbert Adrian 3.0 18.0 6.00 11.0 1754 1656 -0.68
34 Truong, Duc Huong 3.0 17.0 5.00 13.0 1717 1723 -0.02
67 Revesz, Mariusz 3.0 17.0 8.75 8.0 0000 1605 +0.50
58 Kelemen, Szabolcs 3.0 16.0 5.50 8.0 1254 1528 +1.44
56 Palocz, Katalin 3.0 14.5 3.50 6.0 1346 1539 +0.85
52 Kovacs, Gabor Etele 3.0 13.5 3.50 7.0 1429 1593 +0.80
44. 41 Olah, Laszlo Istvan 2.5 20.0 5.25 8.5 1621 1495 -0.85
49 Karacsonyi, Gellert 2.5 19.0 6.00 10.0 1508 1623 +0.51
44 Horvath, Zoltan 2.5 15.5 3.25 8.5 1551 1452 -0.68
65 Horvath, Zoltan 2.5 15.0 4.50 7.5 0000 1443 1443
54 Bolgar, Janka 2.5 15.0 3.75 6.5 1404 1479 +0.38
55 Revesz, Hunor 2.5 12.5 4.25 6.5 1390 1353 -0.13
50. 36 Csermely, Zoltan 2.0 20.0 3.25 9.0 1667 1477 -1.22
20 Palczert, Miklos Dr. 2.0 20.0 12.00 8.0 1839 2224 +0.22
45 Csatari, Dominik 2.0 18.0 2.50 7.0 1540 1116 -0.43
40 Papp, Andrea 2.0 18.0 4.25 6.0 1623 1302 -1.61
43 Bakos, Viktor 2.0 17.0 3.75 7.0 1553 1367 -1.22
29 Szoukup, Istvan 2.0 16.5 3.00 9.0 1739 1335 -2.48
42 Nagy, Gabor Laszlo 2.0 16.0 1.50 8.0 1583 1360 -1.36
51 Kidd, Balint 2.0 15.0 2.00 6.0 1452 1311 -0.98
48 Toth, Abel Levente 2.0 15.0 2.25 5.0 1517 1444 -0.29
70 Vincze, Noemi 2.0 14.5 1.75 6.0 0000 1267 1267
63 Jakus, Adam 2.0 14.5 1.75 4.0 1145 1192 +0.19
66 Pasztor, Peter 2.0 13.5 4.25 6.5 0000 1351 1351
59 Terjek, Agota 2.0 13.5 3.00 5.0 1253 1411 +0.99
57 Karacsonyi, Kata 2.0 11.5 1.00 3.0 1260 755 -0.73
64. 62 Lendvai, Oliver 1.5 14.0 2.50 6.5 1201 1204 -0.02
68 Rona, Andras 1.5 10.5 1.50 3.5 0000 1143 1143
66. 53 Nogrady, Izsak 1.0 15.5 1.50 2.0 1418 702 -2.49
60 Sulyok, Eszter 1.0 14.5 2.00 3.0 1251 1215 -0.29
71 Viola, Gellert 1.0 13.5 0.25 6.0 0000 852 852
61 Palczert, Botond 1.0 13.0 4.75 4.0 1249 1414 +0.50
69 Szoukup, Istvan Jr. 1.0 12.0 0.25 4.0 0000 811 811
64 Bolgar, Katica 1.0 12.0 0.25 1.0 0000 720 720
Round 5 King’s Indian Yip-Czimer,J
I had some trouble after getting a nice position in the opening. Finally the game reached an ending and I managed to squeeze out a long win.
White to play
The c7 pawn is the only reasonably attackable weakness. How do you proceed?
Round 6 London System vs King’s Indian Bege,A-Yip
I was again confronted with the London System but this time I had a better idea of what to do. After some unusual play from white, this position was reached. I sank into thought to think of the correct plan.
Black to Play
Josef Varosi Open Day 2-Rounds 3-4
The second day of action saw Mester,A and Mezei,C emerge with 4-0 scores. Three players follow with 3.5/4 followed by a large group with 3/4,
I won my third game against the #2 player Domabi(2181),I but lost the fourth game against Mezei,C(2105).
In my round 3 game I was white against Dombai. Play was sharp and white went over for a direct attack on the king. After 21…h6 here is the position
White to play
Pairing of round 5 of V. Jozsefvarosi Open
1 Mester, Attila ( 4 ) – Mezei, Csaba ( 4 ) 7- 6
2 Egri, Laszlo Jr. ( 3.5) – Nemeth, Miklos ( 3.5) 5- 8
3 Juhasz, Mark ( 3.5) – Mihok, Laszlo ( 3 ) 3- 4
4 Nogrady, Vilmos ( 3 ) – Sulcz, Istvan ( 3 ) 1- 16
5 Abraham, Lajos ( 3 ) – Dombai, Istvan ( 3 ) 23- 2
6 Yip, Michael ( 3 ) – Czimer, Jozsef ( 3 ) 9- 25
7 Polyik, Peter ( 3 ) – Markos, Adam ( 3 ) 22- 10
8 Truong, Duc Huong ( 3 ) – Valis, Janos ( 3 ) 34- 11
9 Szurkos, Andras ( 3 ) – Bege, Aron ( 3 ) 24- 14
10 Pasztor, Flora Katinka ( 3 ) – Bubenko, Jozsef ( 2.5) 35- 13
11 Bartuszek, Andras ( 2.5) – Csetneki, Mark ( 2.5) 15- 21
12 Gruz, Janos ( 2.5) – Schatzer, Andras ( 2.5) 19- 33
13 Pap, Karoly ( 2.5) – Szlenka, Attila ( 2.5) 39- 31
14 Andriska, Zsolt ( 2 ) – Csermely, Zoltan ( 2 ) 12- 36
15 Nguyen, Thanh Do ( 2 ) – Pinter, Tamas ( 2 ) 17- 37
16 Bege, Mate ( 2 ) – Krizsany, Laszlo Sr. ( 2 ) 38- 18
17 Bege, Vencel ( 2 ) – Olah, Laszlo Istvan ( 2 ) 26- 41
18 Nagy, Gabor Laszlo ( 2 ) – Kokeny, Norbert Adrian ( 2 ) 42- 27
19 Kocsis, Zsolt Gyula ( 2 ) – Horvath, Zoltan ( 2 ) 28- 44
20 Gyombolai, Balint ( 2 ) – Szoukup, Istvan ( 2 ) 46- 29
21 Bege, Levente ( 2 ) – Jancso, Geza ( 2 ) 30- 47
22 Mate, Levente ( 2 ) – Revesz, Mariusz ( 2 ) 32- 67
23 Pasztor, Daniel ( 2 ) – Papp, Andrea ( 1.5) 50- 40
24 Karacsonyi, Gellert ( 1.5) – Bakos, Viktor ( 1.5) 49- 43
25 Lendvai, Oliver ( 1.5) – Horvath, Zoltan ( 1.5) 62- 65
26 Pasztor, Peter ( 1.5) – Csatari, Dominik ( 1 ) 66- 45
27 Terjek, Agota ( 1 ) – Kidd, Balint ( 1 ) 59- 51
28 Kovacs, Gabor Etele ( 1 ) – Szoukup, Istvan Jr. ( 1 ) 52- 69
29 Bolgar, Janka ( 1 ) – Sulyok, Eszter ( 1 ) 54- 60
30 Palczert, Botond ( 1 ) – Revesz, Hunor ( 1 ) 61- 55
31 Jakus, Adam ( 1 ) – Palocz, Katalin ( 1 ) 63- 56
32 Vincze, Noemi ( 1 ) – Kelemen, Szabolcs ( 1 ) 70- 58
33 Toth, Abel Levente ( 0.5) – Viola, Gellert ( 1 ) 48- 71
34 Nogrady, Izsak ( 0 ) – Rona, Andras ( 0.5) 53- 68
35 Karacsonyi, Kata ( 0 ) – Bolgar, Katica ( 0 ) 57- 64
Absent : 20 Palczert, Miklos Dr.
Jozsefvarosi Open Rd3 Pairings
All the top seeds did as expected in Rds 1-2
Pairing of round 3 of V. Jozsefvarosi Open
Table White – Black Results
1 Yip, Michael ( 2 ) – Dombai, Istvan ( 2 ) 9- 2
2 Juhasz, Mark ( 2 ) – Markos, Adam ( 2 ) 3- 10
3 Valis, Janos ( 2 ) – Mihok, Laszlo ( 2 ) 11- 4
4 Egri, Laszlo Jr. ( 2 ) – Bege, Aron ( 2 ) 5- 14
5 Nguyen, Thanh Do ( 2 ) – Mezei, Csaba ( 2 ) 17- 6
6 Mester, Attila ( 2 ) – Krizsany, Laszlo Sr. ( 2 ) 7- 18
7 Mate, Levente ( 2 ) – Nemeth, Miklos ( 2 ) 32- 8
8 Nogrady, Vilmos ( 1.5) – Schatzer, Andras ( 1.5) 1- 33
9 Bubenko, Jozsef ( 1.5) – Karacsonyi, Gellert ( 1.5) 13- 49
10 Bartuszek, Andras ( 1.5) – Gruz, Janos ( 1.5) 15- 19
11 Csermely, Zoltan ( 1 ) – Andriska, Zsolt ( 1 ) 36- 12
12 Pinter, Tamas ( 1 ) – Sulcz, Istvan ( 1 ) 37- 16
13 Palczert, Miklos Dr. ( 1 ) – Pap, Karoly ( 1 ) 20- 39
14 Bege, Mate ( 1 ) – Csetneki, Mark ( 1 ) 38- 21
15 Polyik, Peter ( 1 ) – Olah, Laszlo Istvan ( 1 ) 22- 41
16 Nagy, Gabor Laszlo ( 1 ) – Abraham, Lajos ( 1 ) 42- 23
17 Szurkos, Andras ( 1 ) – Csatari, Dominik ( 1 ) 24- 45
18 Horvath, Zoltan ( 1 ) – Czimer, Jozsef ( 1 ) 44- 25
19 Bege, Vencel ( 1 ) – Jancso, Geza ( 1 ) 26- 47
20 Gyombolai, Balint ( 1 ) – Kokeny, Norbert Adrian ( 1 ) 46- 27
21 Kocsis, Zsolt Gyula ( 1 ) – Kidd, Balint ( 1 ) 28- 51
22 Pasztor, Daniel ( 1 ) – Szoukup, Istvan ( 1 ) 50- 29
23 Bege, Levente ( 1 ) – Kelemen, Szabolcs ( 1 ) 30- 58
24 Truong, Duc Huong ( 1 ) – Viola, Gellert ( 1 ) 34- 71
25 Vincze, Noemi ( 1 ) – Pasztor, Flora Katinka ( 1 ) 70- 35
26 Toth, Abel Levente ( 0.5) – Szlenka, Attila ( 0.5) 48- 31
27 Pasztor, Peter ( 0.5) – Bakos, Viktor ( 0.5) 66- 43
28 Lendvai, Oliver ( 0.5) – Rona, Andras ( 0.5) 62- 68
29 Papp, Andrea ( 0 ) – Terjek, Agota ( 0 ) 40- 59
30 Kovacs, Gabor Etele ( 0 ) – Sulyok, Eszter ( 0 ) 52- 60
31 Palczert, Botond ( 0 ) – Nogrady, Izsak ( 0 ) 61- 53
32 Bolgar, Janka ( 0 ) – Jakus, Adam ( 0 ) 54- 63
33 Bolgar, Katica ( 0 ) – Revesz, Hunor ( 0 ) 64- 55
34 Revesz, Mariusz ( 0 ) – Palocz, Katalin ( 0 ) 67- 56
35 Karacsonyi, Kata ( 0 ) – Horvath, Zoltan ( 0 ) 57- 65
Bye : 69 Szoukup, Istvan Jr.
Here is my round 2 game.
Kokeny,N (1773) – Yip,M (2085) [A41]
Josef Varosi Open (2), 20.10.2012
I offered a queenless game early which was accepted and the key positions were as follows.
Black to play
I played 23…a4 but there was something better.
Be Careful Until the End!
Here is an example on the theme of being careful until the end of a game. One careless slip can be the end.
Black had a crushing position and played
20…Qd5??
Sicilan Brazilian Taimanov 11…Nh5(B48)-Sept 2012
This is a followup to the NIC YB100 article ‘The Brazilian Taimanov’ by Mekhitarian
Kryvoruchko,Y (2676) – Gajewski,G (2622)
Sicilian 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0–0–0 Be7 9.f3 0–0 10.g4 b5 11.g5[B48]
TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2012 Katowice POL (7.1), 28.09.2012
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0–0–0 Be7 9.f3 0–0 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nh5 12.Kb1
This is not considered by Emms in The Sicilian Taimanov(Everyman 2012).[Yip] [12.Nce2 Rd8 This is considered the main line in NIC YB100 The Brazilian Taimanov by Mekhitarian.[Yip] 13.Ng3 Nxd4 14.Nxh5 Nxf3 15.Qf2 Ne5 16.Bb6 Qb8 17.Rg1 Ng6 18.Bd3 Rf8 19.e5 Qxe5 20.Bd4 Bxg5+ 21.Kb1 Be3 22.Qxe3 Qxh5 23.Be2 Qh4 24.Rg4 Qd8 25.Bb6 Qf6 ½–½ Deepan,C (2523)-Vidit,S (2501)/Kolkata IND 2012/The Week in Chess 935]
12…Ne5
- 12…Nxd4 13.Qxd4 g6 14.Qd2 Rd8 15.Qf2 Rb8 16.Bd3 d5 17.exd5 b4 18.d6 Rxd6 19.Ne4 Rd7 20.Rhe1 Bb7 21.Bb6 Qf4 22.h4 Rc8 23.b3 Bf8 24.Bd4 Rcd8 25.Bf6 Be7 26.Bxe7 Rxe7 27.Qb6 Red7 28.Nc5 Bxf3 29.Nxd7 Rxd7 30.Rf1 Qg3 31.Rd2 e5 32.Qxb4 Bg4 33.Bc4 1–0 Caruana,F (2770)-Macieja,B (2614)/Achaea GRE 2012/The Week in Chess 922;
- 12…Rb8 13.Nce2 Ne5 14.Ng3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 bxc4 16.c3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Ba3 18.b4 cxb3 19.axb3 f6 20.Qh2 Qxc3 21.Ka2 e5 22.Rd3 Qxd3 23.Qxh7+ Kf7 24.gxf6 exd4 25.Qh5+ g6 26.Qd5+ Ke8 27.Qe5+ Kd8 28.Qa5+ Ke8 29.Qe5+ Kf7 30.Qd5+ Ke8 31.Qe5+ ½–½ Geller,J (2555)-Predke,A (2464)/Samara RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 922
13.f4 Ng4 14.e5 Bb7
[14…b4 15.Ne4 Bb7 16.Bg2 d6 17.Nf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.exf6 g6 20.Qe2 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Rfc8 22.Rhe1 a5 23.Ne2 d5 24.Rd4 a4 25.b3 h6 26.Qd2 hxg5 27.fxg5 Qc7 28.Ng3 Qc3 29.Qxc3 bxc3 30.Ne2 Ra5 31.Nc1 Kf8 32.Nd3 Ke8 33.Ne5 axb3 34.cxb3 c2+ 35.Kb2 Rac5 36.Rc1 Rc3 37.Nc4 1–0 Quesada Perez,Y (2625)-Laznicka,V (2693)/Havana CUB 2012/The Week in Chess 914]
15.Rg1 Diagram
15…Nxe3
[15…b4!? Is an early candidate for an improvment suggested by Houdini2.0.[Yip] 16.Nce2 (16.Rxg4 bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxc3 18.bxc3 Rfc8= [Yip]) 16…Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Rac8 18.Rd2 Bc5= Black is at least equal with a promising position. There is no immediate way for white to crack the kingside open and black’s bishops are very active while white’s minor pieces have passive roles.[Yip]]
16.Qxe3 b4 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 g6 Diagram
[19.f5!? Is the critical line.[Yip] 19…Bc5 20.f6 d6 21.exd6 Bxd6 22.Be2 Nf4 23.h4 (23.Bf3!? Needs further scrutiny.[Yip]) 23…Bc5= [Yip] 24.h5 e5 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.Bc4+ Kh8 27.f7 exd4 28.Rh1 Bd6 29.Rxd4 h5 30.gxh6 Kh7 31.Rhd1 Rad8 32.a4 bxa3 33.bxa3 a5 34.a4 Qe7 35.Ka2 Qxe4 36.Rxe4 Kxh6 37.Rxd6 Rxd6 38.Rxf4 g5 39.Re4 Rg6 40.Be6 Kg7 41.c4 Rxf7 42.Bxf7 ½–½ Kurnosov,I (2663)-Panarin,M (2538)/Tyumen RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 921]
19…Ng7=
The knight fianchetto is a key defensive resource.[Yip]
20.h4 d6
[20…d5 Equalizes immediately.[Yip] 21.exd6 Bxd6= [Yip]]
21.h5
[21.Qc6! Is a serious improvement.[Yip] 21…Rac8 (21…Qxc6? 22.Nxc6 Nf5 23.Bg4 Rac8 (23…dxe5 24.Bxf5 Bc5 25.Be4 Bxg1 26.Rxg1 exf4 27.Ne7+ Kg7 28.Bxa8 Rxa8 29.Rf1 e5 30.Nc6± [Yip]) 24.Nxe7+ Nxe7 25.exd6± [Yip]) 22.Qxc7 Rxc7 23.exd6 Bxd6 24.Nxe6! fxe6 25.Rxd6 Rxf4 26.Bxa6 Rxh4 27.b3 Re7 28.Bc4 Nf5 29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Bxe6+ Kg7 31.Rf1² [Yip]]
21…dxe5 22.fxe5 Rad8 23.Rh1 Bxg5 24.Rdg1 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 Nf5 26.Qe4 Be3 27.Rf1 Bg5 28.Rh3 Bh6 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Bxa6 Bg7 31.Re1 Qa5 32.Bb7 Rb8 33.Rb3 Bf8 34.Rd1 Qc7 35.Ba6 Qa5 36.Bb7 Qc7 37.Bc6 Rb6 38.Be8 Qc8 39.Bc6 Qc7 40.Bd7 Ra6 41.Rbd3 Ra5 42.Be8 Rxe5 Diagram
43.Bxf7+!?
This should be good enough for equality but white misplays the resulting position.[Yip] [43.Qf4² Keeps an edge.[Yip]]
43…Kxf7 44.Rd7+ Be7
[44…Kf6 45.Qxf5+ exf5 46.Rxc7 f4= [Yip]]
45.Qh1?
Now white goes astray and black takes over.[Yip] [45.Qxf5+ exf5 46.Rxc7 f4= [Yip]]
45…Qc5 46.Qh7+ Ng7! Diagram
The knight retreat effectively secures the king and now the B+N prove to be more effective than the R.[Yip]
47.b3 Rh5 48.Rf1+ Rf5 49.Rc1 Qe5
[49…e5! 50.Rb7 e4–+ The e-pawn will carry the day.[Yip]]
50.Qh4 Qd6 51.Rb7 Rh5 52.Qg4 Nf5 53.Rg1 Rh6 54.Rd1 Qc5 55.Rf1?
[55.Qe4 Kf6 56.Rbd7 Bd6 57.Qa8 Rh2µ Slowly black takes over the board.[Yip]]
55…Rh2!
Now black has a decisive attack.[Yip]
56.Qe4 Qd6
With a clear advantage to black.
[56…Kf6! 57.Qd3 Qd5 58.Qxd5 exd5 White is helpless in the RR-RBN ending.[Yip] 59.Rb5 d4 60.Rb6+ Kf7 61.Ra6 Rg2 62.Rb6 Kg7 63.Re6 Bf8–+ [Yip]]
57.Re1 Rd2 58.Kc1 Rd4 59.Qe2 Qc6 60.Ra7 Rd6–+ [Yip] 61.Kb1 Qb6 62.Ra8 Qd4
The threat is ..Bf6 and death on the dark squares.[Yip]
63.Qb5 Qd1+ 0–1
Budapest Tournament Prices to October 2012
| Budapest Tournament Prices to October 2012 | |||||||
| Rounds | Prizes | Entry Fee(>FIDE 2000) | |||||
| HUF | EUR | USD | CAN | ||||
| Round Robin | |||||||
| First Saturday FM groups(FS) | 9-11 | No | 40,800 | 140 | 180.35 | 180.9 | |
| FS Price for Hungarians | No | 12,000 | 41.2 | 53.07 | 53.23 | ||
| Torokves A RR | 9 | Yes | 5,500 | 19.4 | 25 | 25 | April |
| Frech Karolyi | 9 | Yes | 4,000 | 14 | 17.67 | 18 | June |
| Torokves A RR | 9 | Yes | 5,500 | 19.4 | 25 | 25 | |
| Open | |||||||
| Perenyi Memorial | 9 | Yes | 5,500 | 18.9 | 24.3 | 24.4 | |
| Rakosmete Open | 7 | Yes | 1,600 | 5.5 | 7 | 7.1 | |
| Josef Varosi Open | 7 | Yes | 3,000 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | |
| Siralyi Open | 7 | Yes | 5,500 | 18.9 | 24.3 | 24.4 | |
| Kobanya Open | 6 | Yes | 3,000 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | June |
| Lila Futo Open | 6 | Yes | 3,000 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | June |
| Rakosmete Open | 7 | Yes | 1,600 | 5.5 | 7 | 7.1 | July |
| Budapest Open | 9 | Yes | 7,000 | 24.6 | 30.9 | 30.5 | August |
| Lila Futo Open | 6 | Yes | 3,000 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | Aug-Sept |
| Kobanya Open | 6 | Yes | 3,000 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | Sept |
| Comments | |||||||
| FS has a two-tier pricing system. Hungarians are charged a much lower price. Free snacks provided | |||||||
| Budapest discount card gives 10% off all entry fees-cost 1000HUF | |||||||
2012-10 Issue
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Contents
This issue has 77 games from various events. I was quite active playing in 2 small opens, a RR and the season opening round of the Budapest Team Championship.
Game(s) of the Month
Two endings(Almasi,Z and Erdos,V) and a slow squeeze(Horvath,J) are the featured games.
Almasi,Z (2713) – Aagaard,J (2517) 6.Bg5 e6[B98] 40th Olympiad Open
Erdos,V (2645) – Atalik,E (2453) [A29] Husek Vienna Open A
Horvath,J- Schwabeneder,F(2266) Old Indian [A55] Husek Vienna Open A
Readers’ Submissions
Thanks to IM Erik Kislik(USA) for analyzing 4 games from the Sarkany-Aranytiz GM tournament in Budapest.
Hungarian Tournament Price Summary 2012
For players planning trips to Budapest for chess, the entry fees for September’s action were as follows.
Rounds Prizes*** Entry Fee(>FIDE 2000)
HUF EUR USD CAN
First Saturday FM group(FS) 9-11 No 40,800 140 180.35 180.90
FS Price for Hungarians* 12,000 41.2 53.07 53.23
September 2012
Torokves A RR 9 Yes 5,500 19.4 25 25
Lila Futo Open** 6 Yes 3,000 10.3 13.3 13.4
Kobanya Open 6 Yes 3,000 10.3 13.3 13.4
Notes
*Unadvertised. I learned this the hard way after paying the tourist prices for a year.
** Still using mechanical clocks many of which are unreliable.
***Prizes are modest in all the tournaments.
First Saturday-FM group
This monthly RR series offers no prizes and is by far the most expensive(about 8-10X the local competition) tournament option in Budapest. All Budapest tournaments normally have prizes. Note the two-tier pricing system used where Hungarian players get the standard price of 12,000HUF(42EUR; 56CAN; 56USD) which can be negotiated lower while foreign players get the ‘tourist’ prices.
Note FS has concurrent GM and IM groups and serves free snacks.
Hungarian Tournaments
I played in 2 small opens, a RR event and the season opening round of the Budapest Team Championship.
Budapest Team Championship Round 1
This year I am again playing for Rakosliget. This season we have been promoted to Division 1. Our team also has a second team playing in Division 3 as we have a much larger lineup than last year due to a big recruiting effort by our Captain, Balla,Atilla.
Division I. Lilienthal Group
HASE – RAC I 7:5
Our top team lost a tough match against a strong team.HASE – RAC 7:5 I I was originally scheduled to play for the top team but was switched to team 2 at the last moment.
Division III. Szén Group
MLTC IV – RAC II 2,5:9,5 MLTC IV – RAC II 2,5:9,5
I won my individual game and our team won despite fielding only 10 of the required 12 players.
Lila Futo(<2200 G/90min)
Mester,A(2078) won the tournament. This small open was on the weekend immediately after the Budapest Open so I was feeling a bit tired but I also had the feeling that no tournament should be passed up, since my reason for moving to Hungary was to play as much as possible. 41 players showed up in this edition of the open(usually twice per year).
Kobanya Open(
Koczo(2199) had a smashing 6-0 score and took clear first. I was =2nd on tiebreak with Nagy,A(NOT Mr. First Saturday) with 4.5/6 so Nagy got 3rd on tiebreak. This was one of two opens in September that came right after the grueling Budapest Open. If I had had any sense, I would not have played but there is so much cheap FIDE rated chess in Budapest that it is impossible to decline any tournament.
Torokves A RR(<2200; g/120min)
Juniors did well at Torokves in the RR A group. Szatmari,D took clear first with 7/9 and was never really challenged. I finished with 5/9 for 4th place. Juniors also took the next 2 places before the middle-aged players could make any impression. Orfei,R had bad luck in several games as time pressure spoiled many promising positions. Csillag,J played some aggressive and creative chess for a good result.
My score was nothing special but the tournament was a great time as usual for the bargain price of 5,500HUF(19.4EUR; 25USD; 24.54CAN). Now I am patiently waiting for the Budapest Discount Card which gives the holder 10% off the entry fee for all Budapest tournaments. In the Open section Furedi,E(Junior) had a massive 8/9 score beating the top seed in the last round.
Final Round 9 Standings
Rating Pts
Szatmari,D 2056 7
Ruck,R 1985 5.5
Farkas,R 2117 5.5
Yip,M(CAN) 2087 5
Palla,A 1974 4.5
Csillag,J 1925 4.5
Takacs,K 1897 4
Bartuszek,A 1924 4
Nagy L 1968 3.5
Orfei,R(ITA) 1973 1.5
International Tournaments
Olympiad
- Olympiad Open Istanbul 2012-Fourth seeded Hungary finished 9th.
- Olympiad Women Istanbul 2012-12th seeded Hungary finished 17th.
Other
- Athens GRE Aug 2012-Rapport,R(2605) =1st 10/13 but lost out on the tiebreak. Varga,K finished with 7.5 in the women’s group.
- 40th GM Dortmund GER 2012-Caruana,F and Karjakin,Sergey shared first with 6/9. Leko got shared 2nd with 5.5/9.
- Husek Vienna Open 2012-Markus Ragger took first place on tie-break from Tamas Banusz and Czaba Horvath who all scored 6/7.
Available here
www.sarkanydse.hu/index.php/cikkek/budapest-chess-news
GM Spraggett’s blog
http://kevinspraggett.blogspot.hu/
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