Monthly Archives: January 2013

Tata Steel 2013-IM Hambleton Commentator

Jan 11

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IM Hambleton is spreading the word.

Tata Steel 2013 Chessdom Tata-steel-chess-2013
‘Jan 11, 2013 Tata Steel Chess 2013 is taking place in Wijk Aan Zee 12-27 January, 2013. One more time the A group of the first top chess tournament of the year will collect some of the best players in the world. Games will be daily live with analysis on Chessdom.com, with additional expert commentary by GM Christian Bauer, GM Damian Lemos, IM Miodrag Perunovic, and IM Aman Hambleton(CAN)’


IM Hambleton
Photo amanhambleton
Big feature article on Hambleton!
See Chessdom Aman-hambleton-joins-the-chessdom-commentators-team

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Trends 10.e5 Semi-Slav(D49) 2012

Jan 11

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Here is a recent game in the 10.e5 Meran which was hotly debated in the Kramnik-Anand WC match in 2008. White continues to get nothing in this line.

GM Popov,Iv
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Mozharov,M (2474) – Popov,Iv RUS (2605)
10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 gxf6 [D49]
ch-Moscow Final 2012 Moscow RUS (7), 16.03.2012

Position 1
The unbalanced ending needs a delicate touch. How should black proceed?

White to Play

33.Bxd4




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Art Pub Cup 2013-01(Budapest)

Jan 11

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Here is a nice positional game from the recent Art Pub Cup Open. Kiss, Peter is one of the rising young talents in Budapest having just one the Kobanya Open with 5.5/6.

Gubics was relentless with a powerful queenside attack with pressure on the isolated b-pawn.

Gubics,Peter (2127) – Kiss,Peter (2036)
English Symetrical[A37]
I. Art Pub Kupa (3.4), 04.01.2013

Position 1
White is up a pawn but black is mounting some counterplay with 22…Ra3. How should white respond?

White to Play

22…Ra3


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BATTLE OF TORONTO II(Ad)

Jan 11

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Chess players needed!


BATTLE OF TORONTO II 

An 8-player FIDE Rating Round Robin Chess Tournament

  • Organizer: Canadian Chess Consulting Service ( CCCS ) ( Bob Armstrong )
  • Arbiter: Alex Ferreira

Bob Armstrong

Goal: to allow non-FIDE rated players an opportunity to get started on the path to getting a published FIDE rating; for FIDE-rated players, an opportunity to play for Elo points; for both, 3 modest cash prizes ( will also be CFC-rated ).

Day/Dates: Mondays – – February 25;
– March 4, 11, 18, 25; 
– April ( the 1st – no game; Easter Mon. holiday ) 8, 15 
– Make-Up Dates: April 22, 29

Prize Fund: 

1st – $ 150 ( + trophy/plaque );
2nd – $ 80; 
3rd – $ 60.

Registration Deadline: Jan. 25 ( registration closes )

Registration Fee: 

$ 80 ( payable by Jan. 25 – have to register with FIDE month in advance; refunds to Feb. 11 )

Breakdown: 

Prize Fund + Trophy $ 38Annex Site/Equipment Fee $ 25
FIDE/CFC Rating Fees ( + tax ) $ 13
Arbiter $ 4
Tournament organizer ( TO ) $ 0

Annex Chess Club Member Registration Fee Discount: 

We are able to offer a $ 10 discount to all ACC members who register, thanks to a subsidy from Annex CC, who will charge us only $ 15 site/equipment fee for their own members.

Registration: 
contact 
Canadian Chess Consulting Service ( CCCS ) – canadianchessconsultingservice@gmail.com; or
Bob Armstrong – bobarm@sympatico.ca

Location: Annex CC, 918 Bathurst St. ( north of the Bathurst Subway Station )

Round Time: 7:30 p.m.

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Blog Data for the week

Jan 10

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Audience Breakdown for the Week
Somewhat shockingly, Japan was the #4 audience last week.

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Country Pageviews
Canada 468
United States 348
Hungary 328
Japan 142
Germany 79
France 51
Poland 48
Russia 45
United Kingdom 44
Spain 13

Popular Posts for the Week
Sumo wrestling beats chess!? After that any news on GM-elect Hansen is the big draw.

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Entry Pageviews
Sumo(Non-Chess) 43
7-Jan-13
London Open 2012 Standings Rd5 Standings 39
5-Dec-12
Pan-Am Intercollegiate Ch 2012 27
1-Jan-13
Art Pub Cup 2013-01 Final Standings 27
6-Jan-13
Basel 2013 Rd5,.GM Hansen,E(CAN) 26
Jan 4, 2013, 1 comment
Basel Rapid 2013-Hansen,E(CAN) 26
9-Jan-13
Hart House Open Toronto 2013 Final Standings 23
8-Jan-13
Basel 2013 Rd7 Standings, GM Hansen,E(CAN) 17
6-Jan-13
TWIC 948(HUN-CAN) INDEX 2013-01-08 16
8-Jan-13
Toronto Chess News-Issue 1-9, Jan 1 2013 16
3-Jan-13

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Chess Federation of Canada Blog

Jan 10

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Chess Federation of Canada Chesscanada News Blog
Here is the official Canadian chess news blog(NEW!).

Other places to keep up to date on Canadian chess new

Chesstalk Message Board Chesstalk

GM Spraggett’s Blog kevinspraggett

and here!

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Budapest Chess News 2013-01 Now Available

Jan 10

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Budapest Chess News 2013-01 pdf and CBV(Chessbase) files are now available for download from 

These files contain the games and annotations of the 2012-12 blog entries. 

 

Contents
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Page
Introduction 1
Budapest Tournament Price Summary 2012 4
Budapest Team Championship 5
Budapest Tournaments 42
Hungarian Tournaments 64
International News 76
Canadian Corner 111
GM Master Class 156
Theory 168
King’s Indian Saemisch 169
Dutch Defence 181
Sicilian Defence 185
1.d4 d5 Noteboom(D31) 206
Nimzo-Indian 209
Grunfeld Defence 214
Benko Gambit 233
Maroczy Bind via King’s Indian Saemisch 241
Hungarian Tournament Information 246
File Download Sites 246
New Blog 246
Contact 246

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Perenyi Memorial 2013-01

Jan 10

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Here are the participants so far. I have entered so I’m not sure why I don’t appear on the list.

See also this interesting Japanese language blog of Mr. Kojima, Shinya Shinyakojima-blog, who is seeded #4.

Kojima, Shinya

There is are several foreign players entered included a large group from Kuwait.

If you are planning a trip to Budapest here is an entry fee summary Budapest-entry-fee-summary-2012 broken down by tournament category. There are some real bargains waiting to be found here.

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Name Fed T Rating
1 Aczel, Gergely HUN 2448
2 Hujbert, Florian HUN FM 2419
3 Horvath, David HUN IM 2396
4 Kojima, Shinya JPN FM 2349
5 Gochev, Mladen BUL 2294
6 Haszon, David HUN 2282
7 To, Nhat Minh HUN IM 2279
8 Radnai, Adam HUN 2253
9 Balint, Vilmos HUN 2252
10 Szalanczy, Emil HUN IM 2240
11 Ortel, Endre HUN FM 2226
12 Jacso, Adam HUN 2226
13 Grimm, Daniel HUN 2212
14 Kormos, Adam HUN 2212
15 Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij HUN IM 2201
16 Juhasz, Armin HUN 2201
17 Juhasz, Bela HUN FM 2178
18 Manfay, Mate HUN 2145
19 Varga, Vilmos HUN 2140
20 Mester, Attila HUN 2128
21 Egri, Laszlo Jr. HUN 2121
22 Mezei, Csaba HUN 2117
23 Farkas, Richard HUN 2115
24 Borda, Lajos HUN 2113
25 Palvolgyi, Istvan HUN 2091
26 Piroska, Istvan HUN 2086
27 Torok, Tamas Titusz HUN 2082
28 Csapo, Zoltan HUN FM 2081
29 Yip, Michael CAN 2062
30 Bodrogi, Mihaly HUN 2059
31 Czibulka, Zoltan Dr. HUN 2053
32 Horvath, Jeno Kalman HUN 2049
33 Grimm, Gyorgy HUN 2048
34 Al-Hajiri, Bader KUW 2031
35 Kozak, Adam HUN 2017
36 Gombocz, Ferenc HUN 1983
37 Letay, Gyula HUN FM 1981
38 Medve, Mark HUN 1972
39 Alkhalldi, Bader KUW 1971
40 Palla, Akos Botond HUN 1966
41 Zilahi, Gabor HUN 1958
42 Lovas, Miklos HUN 1942
43 Csillag, Janos HUN 1938
44 Nagy, Laszlo HUN 1935
45 Csati, Oliver HUN 1929
46 Terbe, Julianna HUN 1928
47 Szoke, Gabor HUN 1922
48 Szlabey, Geza HUN 1914
49 Takacs, Kevin HUN 1913
50 Simon, Lili HUN 1908
51 Czegledi, Barna Jr. HUN 1880
52 Bartuszek, Andras HUN 1879
53 Ablonczy, Kalman HUN 1871
54 Lakat, Gyula HUN 1867
55 Krstulovic, Alex HUN FM 1845
56 Polyanszky-Tamasi, Zoltan HUN 1829
76 Szalay, Janos Dr. HUN 1817
57 Furedi, Erik HUN 1814
58 Terbe, Zsuzsanna HUN 1807
59 Mihaly, Zoltan HUN 1788
60 Alshourfaa, Hazaa KUW 1769
61 Birk, Balazs Dr. HUN 1767
62 Szendeff, Miklos HUN 1761
63 Szakacs, Eniko HUN 1750
64 Burgisser, Claude FRA 1720
65 Szonyi, Bence HUN 1647
66 Engelbrecht, Imre Dr. HUN 1645
67 Fabian, Laszlo GER 1580
68 Mihajlova, Diana ENG 1514
69 Kelemen, Lajos Dr. HUN 1439
70 Hashem, Khaled KUW CM 0
71 Al Amer, Amer KUW 0
72 Al Azmi, Khalaf KUW 0
73 Al Mousawi, Omran KUW 0
74 Alkhatub, Faur KUW 0
75 Martonosi, Adam HUN 0

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Aikido(Non-Chess)

Jan 10

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Careful of the lady in blue.

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Trends 3.e4 c5 QGA 2012

Jan 10

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Here is a 2011 game in the QGA 3.e4 which is Schandorff’s aggressive repertoire in Playing 1.d4 The Queen’s Gambit(Quality Chess 2012).

GM Akobian,V wins but why is a mystery as white is only slightly better in the final position. Black defends with 3…c5 which is not so popular now.

Video of Akobian,V

Bio
See his nice website Akobian for bio, pics, career information and more
‘…In 2011, GM Akobian won the Las Vegas Chess Festival defeating GM Kacheishvili in the final round with the black pieces. He also accepted the invitation to coach the US Team at the World Team Chess Championship held in China. 

At the Southern California Open tournament held during the Labor Day holiday, GM Akobian took clear first place with 5.5 points of 6. At the 2011 American Open, GM Akobian was again champion garnering a clear 1st place with 7 points out of 8 . He ended the year with a 2nd place finish at the North American Open in Las Vegas, increasing his USCF rating to an all-time personal high of 2721.(more)’

Akobian,V (2613)-Altounian,L (2431)
3.e4 c5[D20]
1st Metropolitan International Los Angeles USA (3), 18.08.2011

Position 1
Early in the game nothing special seems to be happening. What do you suggest for white?

  • 8.Nf3(normal development)
  • 8.Nge2(develop with out worrying about …Bg4 pins)
  • 8.Bg5(aggressive development to induce …Nbd7)
  • Something else

White to Play

7…Bd6

Position 2
Black has a pawn for the exchange and is playing energetically. After 18…Nd4, white has to deal with the threat to Nf3. What do you suggest for white?

White to Play

18…Nd4


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