BudapestChessNews

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Here is a recent game(TWIC 944) featuring mutual IQPs.

Pavasovic,D(2555)-Horvath,Ad(2495)
2.c3 Nf6[B22]
22nd TCh-SLO 2012 Slovenia(3),25.11.2012

Position 1
Black has the bishop pair and is harassing Nc7. What should white do now?

White to Play

22…Rc8

Posted in Pavasovic, Sicilian 2.c3

Groningen 2012 Rd2 Hansen,E(CAN)

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Here is Hansen’s rd2 game against Kuling,Lody(2246).

Kuling,Lody(NED)

Photo-Chessdb

White avoided premature simplification but soon ended up in difficulties.

Hansen,Eric(2539)-Kuling,Lody(2246)
Sicilian 3.Bb5+ Bd7[B52]
SFG 2012 Groningen (2), 12.05.2012

Position 1
The misplaced Na7 leaves white in big trouble. How should black exploit this factor?

Black to Play

22.Qb6

Posted in Groningen 2012, Hansen, Sicilan Bb5

Solon Ohio Chess Powerhouse

Posted by myip2z2

Solon Ohio
Complete Story by Kyla Price Sun News–cleveland solon_students_earn_titles

From elementary to high school, numerous Solon students brought home trophies from the Ohio State Grade Level Chess Championships.

Students in grades 11-12 who earned trophies included, from left, Tony Zhang, Joey Simone, Joel Jaffe, Lawrence Liu, Reid Fu, Shara Subramanian, Coach Tony Dunlap, Tony Xiang and Daniel Guo.
Photo-Tamara Strom of Solon Schools

Grade 9 Champions

The ninth-grade state champions are, from left, Joel Jaffe, Alan Stepanski,

John Xiang, Lawrence Liu, Daniel Guo and Antony Styrt.

Photo-Tamara Strom of Solon Schools

Coach Tony Dunlap leads chess groups at all grade levels in Solon and said no other school district won more team trophies, individual trophies or team championships than Solon.

The high school’s freshman division team took strategy to the highest level possible, winning the title of Ninth Grade State Champions.

Even some of the youngest students in the district participated in the tournament. Roxbury Elementary School walked away with the title of First Grade State Champions. Students on the championship team include Alicia Harper and Puran Manikantah.

A team of five Orchard Middle School students was crowned Sixth Grade State Champions: Alexander Barto, Zachary Barto, Alan Liu, Malcolm Golias and Roger Poduska. Individually, Liu finished in second place.

Solon Middle School’s team finished third in the eighth-grade division. Students on the eighth-grade team include Ian Golias, Joey Simone and Colin Rizer.

Dunlap explained that Solon students often do well at chess tournaments because of their early involvement with the game. While garnering championship titles is exciting, he said that chess results in the larger benefits of building youths’ confidence and enhancing their concentration and analytical skills.

Posted in Solon Ohio(USA)

Canadian Active TDs

Posted by myip2z2

Micah Hughey is one of Canada’s most active Tournament Directors. He belongs to the Edmonton Chess Club where he is also an active player. Edmontonchessclub.org

Hughey,M(l)

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Canada’a Most Active TDs
Posted by Roger Patterson chesstalk Canada’s Message Board.
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TD #	First Name	Last Name	Province	# Tournaments
133671	David (Yu)	Peng	ON	70
109477	Steve	Demmery	ON	66
109502	Micah	Hughey	AB	47
110253	Predrag	Putic	ON	45
101768	Frank	Kluytmans	AB	44
140163	Denton	Cockburn	ON	44
101126	Anthony	Boron	MB	31
147889	Alexandru	Oprea	BC	31
149970	Mario	Piccinin	ON	31
106868	Ed G.	Thompson	ON	30
104137	Tony	Ficzere	AB	26
125681	Iuri (Yuri)	Lebedev	ON	23
108202	Robert	Gillanders	ON	21
135013	Aaron	Cosenza	BC	21
100145	Fred	McKim	PE	20
102330	Eugenio Alonso	Campos	BC	19
102646	Garvin	Nunes	ON	18
102718	Ken	Duff	NB	18
103802	Alick	Tsui	NL	18
100253	Jacques	Brun	NB	17
120619	Hugh	Siddeley	ON	17
106856	Halldor Peter	Palsson	ON	16
111830	Hal	Bond	ON	16
106974	Bryan	Lamb	ON	15
108715	Stephen	Wright	BC	15
102011	Stijn	De Kerpel	ON	14
103179	Sean (Ken)	Cashin	NS	14
107391	Aris	Marghetis	ON	14
127516	Alex T.	Ferreira	ON	14
144016	Simon	Ong	AB	14
110646	Brian	Davidson	BC	13
102882	John R.	Brown	ON	12
108387	Roman	Pelts	ON	11
101588	Tim	Pradzinski	AB	10
127489	Patrick	McDonald	ON	10
134704	Joel R.	Boucher	ON	10
151151	Preston Reed	McInnis	ON	10
151773	Brandon	Labonte	ON	10

Posted in Canadian Active TDs, Micah Hughey(CAN)

Online Registration-CAN Tournamants

Posted by myip2z2

Canadian Tournaments to consider with pre-registration available.

GM Nakamura(!) getting prize at 2011 GPO

WGM Nino Maisuradze at GPO

2013 BC Open-Victoriachessclub BCOpen
A five round CFC rated Swiss, Feb. 9-11, 2013

7th Annual Grand Pacific Open Easter 2013 Grandpacificopen
March 29-April 1
A 6 round FIDE & CFC rated Swiss
$5000 Guaranteed Prize Fund

The main event is a 6 round FIDE and CFC rated Swiss with $5000 in prizes. There are also a number of side events which are free if you play in the main event and include an active tournament, Midnight Blitz with $100 in prizes, and a Bughouse tournament to finish off the weekend.

38th Annual Paul Keres Memorial Keresmemorial
May 18-20, 2013
A 6 round FIDE and CFC rated Swiss
$4000 in prizes guaranteed

Posted in BC Open, Canadian Tournaments, GPO, Keres Memorial, Nakamura

Groningen 2012 Rd1 GM Hansen,E(CAN)

Posted by myip2z2

Here is GM Hansen’s tough rd1 draw.

GM Hansen,Eric(CAN) playing in Panama Open II 2012

Kerigan,Demre (2233) – Hansen,Eric (2539)
Sicilian Kan 5.c4 [B41]
SFG 2012 Groningen (1), 21.12.2012

Position 1
The ending is tense. How should black proceed?

47..Bxd5 dumping off the passive bishop for the active knight
47…Rf8 and trade off the passive rook for white’s active rook
47…h4 fix the kingside pawns on light squares for the bishop
Something else

Black to Play

47.Kf1

Position 2
Deep into the ending black has a dangerous looking passed pawn well supported by the rook from behind. What should white do?

White to Play

58…Kh6

Posted in Groningen 2012, Hansen, Sicilian Kan

Groningen 2012 Rd3 Standings(Partial)

Photo-Raymorris-hill.smugmug Chess 2nd-Big-Slick-International

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Standings Rd3
Three players have 3/3-GMs Gormally,D; GM Michalik,Peter and IM Burg,Twan. GM Hansen,E(CAN) and IM Piasetski,L(CAN) both won and have 2/3.

GM Gormally, Daniel

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Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	1	2	3
1	GM Michalik, Peter	3	SVK	M	2508	3133	0.84	1	1	1
2	IM Burg, Twan	3	NED	M	2498	3107	0.79	1	1	1
3	GM Gormally, Daniel W	3	ENG	M	2495	2992	0.47	1	1	1
4	GM Andriasian, Zaven	2.5	ARM	M	2605	2645	0.16	1	1	½
5	GM Kovchan, Alexander	2.5	UKR	M	2579	2638	0.22	1	1	½
6	GM Kampen van, Robin	2.5	NED	M	2570	2547	-0.01	½	1	1
7	GM Deviatkin, Andrei	2.5	RUS	M	2569	2468	-0.21	½	1	1
8	GM Ernst, Sipke	2.5	NED	M	2562	2637	0.27	1	1	½
9	IM Bok, Benjamin	2.5	NED	M	2522	2628	0.38	1	1	½
10	IM Pancevski, Filip	2.5	MKD	M	2512	2613	0.35	1	1	½
11	IM Hausrath, Daniel	2.5	GER	M	2483	2616	0.51	1	1	½
12	IM Naroditsky, Daniel	2.5	USA	M	2483	2629	0.56	1	1	½
13	IM Hovhanisian, Mher	2.5	ARM	M	2477	2610	0.51	1	1	½
14	IM Das, Arghyadip	2.5	IND	M	2476	2557	0.34	1	1	½
15	IM Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	2.5	IND	M	2441	2583	0.52	1	1	½
16	GM Barua, Dibyendu	2.5	IND	M	2410	2530	0.42	½	1	1
17	IM Wallace, John Paul	2.5	AUS	M	2398	2453	0.28	1	½	1
18	GM Brunello, Sabino	2	ITA	M	2583	2400	-0.54	0	1	1
19	IM Hansen, Eric	2	CAN	M	2539	2370	-0.55	½	½	1
20	IM Nestorovic, Nikola	2	SRB	M	2429	2400	-0.05	1	1	0
21	FM Drozdowski, Kacper	2	POL	M	2426	2341	-0.3	½	½	1
22	IM Matnadze, Ana	2	ESP	M	2401	2329	-0.13	1	1	0
23	IM Baghdasaryan, Vahe	2	ARM	M	2388	2293	-0.23	1	1	0
24	WGM Mammadova, Gulnar	2	AZE	M	2363	2380	0.12	1	0	1
25	Pijpers, Arthur	2	NED	M	2351	2364	0.1	1	0	1
26	IM Afek, Yochanan	2	ISR	M	2311	2339	0.14	1	0	1
27	IM Piasetski, Leon	2	CAN	M	2310	2329	0.12	1	0	1
28	FM Schiffer, Kai Uwe	2	GER	M	2300	2323	0.13	1	0	1
29	Ben Artzi, Ido	2	ISR	M	2297	2291	0.06	1	0	1
30	Overdam van, Julian	2	NED	M	2268	2239	0.02	1	0	1
31	FM Beukema, Stefan	2	BEL	M	2262	2363	0.35	0	1	1
32	Bosker, Peter	2	NED	M	2170	2430	0.96	0	1	1
33	Maatman, Nick	2	NED	M	2167	2416	0.94	0	1	1
34	Maris, Ivo	2	NED	M	2086	2544	1.63	1	1	0
35	IM Plat, Vojtech	1.5	CZE	M	2483	2166	-1.08	0	1	½
36	IM Breder, Dennis	1.5	GER	M	2438	2158	-1	0	½	1
37	IM Pacher, Milan	1.5	SVK	M	2436	2237	-0.73	½	1	0
38	IM Assendelft van, Floris	1.5	NED	M	2403	2144	-0.94	1	0	½
39	IM Donchenko, Alexander	1.5	GER	M	2401	2278	-0.43	½	1	0
40	IM Arslanov, Shamil	1.5	RUS	M	2386	2263	-0.43	½	1	0
41	IM Estremera Panos, Sergio	1.5	ESP	M	2367	2163	-0.77	0	1	½
42	FM Schoorl, Rob	1.5	NED	M	2366	2288	-0.28	1	0	½
43	IM Berkovich, Mark	1.5	ISR	M	2359	2106	-0.93	½	½	½
44	FM Eggleston, David	1.5	ENG	M	2352	2245	-0.38	1	0	½
45	FM Pel, Bonno	1.5	NED	M	2288	2069	-0.81	0	½	1
46	WGM Mamedjarova, Turkan	1.5	AZE	F	2277	1990	-1	0	1	½
47	Mostertman, Milan	1.5	NED	M	2250	2493	0.89	½	½	½
48	Kuling, Lody	1.5	NED	M	2246	2492	0.88	½	½	½
49	Kerigan, Demre	1.5	TUR	M	2233	2305	0.27	½	0	1
50	Ruiter de, Danny	1.5	NED	M	2226	2318	0.33	0	1	½
51	WIM Umudova, Nargiz	1.5	AZE	M	2220	2323	0.37	0	1	½
52	FM Vogel, Jaap	1.5	NED	M	2166	2439	0.98	1	0	½
53	Lee, Kai Jie Edward	1.5	SIN	M	2165	2271	0.36	0	1	½
54	Overdam van, Jan	1.5	NED	M	2157	2352	0.63	½	0	1
55	Meijenfeldt von, Bart	1.5	NED	M	2155	2342	0.68	½	0	1
56	Auweraert van der, Elwin	1.5	NED	M	2126	2306	0.68	0	½	1
57	Senders, Mischa	1.5	NED	M	1967	2341	1.21	1	½	0
58	Gerlagh, Joris	1.5	NED	M	1925	2080	0.27	0	+	½
59	IM Jong de, Migchiel	1	NED	M	2372	2163	-0.81	1	0	0
60	FM Goudriaan, Etienne	1	NED	M	2366	2149	-0.83	1	0	0
61	WIM Brunello, Marina	1	ITA	M	2257	2396	0.45	1	0	0
62	FM Heemskerk, Wim	1	NED	M	2253	2123	-0.58	0	0	1
63	FM Duijker, Rick	1	NED	M	2242	2230	-0.11	0	1	0
64	Go, Benjamin	1	NED	M	2168	2164	-0.09	0	1	0
65	Knol, Geon	1	NED	M	2160	2228	0.12	0	0	1
66	Schoehuijs, Erik	1	NED	M	2160	2281	0.41	1	0	0
67	Ypma, Peter	1	NED	M	2157	2156	-0.05	0	0	1
68	Basencyan, Mark	1	ARM	M	2112	2208	0.33	0	1	0
69	CM Theulings, Paul-Peter	1	NED	M	2105	2107	-0.04	0	0	1
70	Dehn, Marcus	1	GER	M	2105	2100	-0.06	0	0	1
71	WIM Dhar-Barua, Saheli	1	IND	F	2091	2227	0.46	½	½	0
72	Osch van, Mees	1	NED	M	2090	2183	0.33	0	1	0
73	Henseler, Jorgen	1	NED	M	2076	2168	0.31	0	½	½
74	Richters, Marc	1	GER	M	2075	2141	0.22	0	0	1
75	Ratsma, Midas	1	NED	M	2031	2147	0.39	0	1	0
76	Foreest van, Lucas	1	NED	M	2003	1532	-0.26	+	0	0
77	Majhi, Ankit	1	NED	M	1984	1431	-0.4	0	0	+
78	IJzermans, Gijs	1	NED	M	1966	2170	0.61	1	0	0
79	Kevlishvili, Robby	1	NED	M	1941	2170	0.67	1	0	0

Posted in Groningen 2012, Hansen, Piasetski

Houdini vs Fritz? No!(Non-Chess)

Posted by myip2z2

Robot Wars

Warhead vs. Overkill

Posted in Non-Chess

Groningen 2012 Rd2-Piasetski(CAN)

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Here is an action packed game from Piasetski(CAN) from Rd2.

IM Piasetski,Leon

White invites a non-theory game with 1.f4 and black responds with 1…e5 inviting a tactical duel.

Piasetski,Leon(2310)-Gormally,Daniel W(2495)
From’s Gambit[A02]
SFG 2012 Groningen(2),12.05.2013

Position 1
This situation is a bit murky. If white is not careful, his uncastled king will be the cause of problems. What should white do now?

White to Play

13…Qf5

Position 2
White is insome difficulty with his king caught in the center. How should black continue?

Black to Play

19.Na3

Posted in Bird Opening, Groningen 2012, Piasetski

Verifying Schandorff-Grunfeld:Playing 1.d4 The Indian Defences

Posted by myip2z2

Here is Game #33 from Playing 1.d4 The Indian Defences(Quality Chess 2012).

Brunsteins- Neven
Grunfeld Russian System 7…Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7 9.0–0–0 c6 [D98]
Corr email 2009

Position 1
There is an attack in the air on the kingside. How should white proceed?

White to Play

21..Nd5

Posted in Grunfeld, Neven K, Playing 1.d4 The Queen's Gambit The Indian Defences