Monthly Archives: March 2013

TWIC 957(HUN) INDEX 2013-Mar 12

Mar 12

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Introduction theweekinchess
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther

TCh-HUN 2012-13 Rd8
Many GMs in action.

TCh-AUT 2 East/West 2012-13
Papp,Ga 1.5/2
Videki,S 1/2
Steiner,Ad 1.5/2
Bokros,A 1.5/2
Szabo,Kr 1.5/2
Varga,Z 1/2
Molnar,At 0.5/2
Medvegy,Z 2.5/5
Konnyu,J 2/3
Banusz,T 1.5/2

U of Texas Dallas Turner Open 2013
See CanadaChessNews dallas-fide-open-2013-rd6
Standings after rd 6: 

Berczes D(HUN) 4/6
Hambleton A(CAN) 2.5/6

Karpos Open 2013 Skopje-2013.chessmix
fter 4 rounds chess-results Karpos

Berkes F(HUN) 3.5/4
Rudolf A(HUN)
Hansen,E(CAN) 3.5/4

First Saturday Chess-results FS
GM
Duda Jan-Krzysztof won with 8/9.
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Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 IM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2468 POL * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
2 FM Hujbert Florian 2429 HUN ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7
3 GM Gonda Laszlo 2538 HUN 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6
4 GM Czebe Attila 2492 HUN ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 5
5 GM Varga Zoltan 2446 HUN 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5
6 IM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2483 IND 0 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 0 1 3.5
7 IM Kalegin Evgenij 2462 RUS 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 3.5
8 IM Manca Federico 2411 ITA 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 3
9 CM Arjun Bharat 2294 IND 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ * 0 2
10 Grimm Daniel 2221 HUN 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 2


IM
IM To Nhat Minh and Bai, Jinshi shared first with 6.5/9.

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Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 IM To Nhat Minh 2272 HUN * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 + 6.5
2 Bai Jinshi 2236 CHN ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6.5
3 IM Szeberenyi Adam 2319 HUN 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 + 6
4 IM Szalanczy Emil 2237 HUN ½ 1 0 * 1 0 1 ½ ½ + 5.5
5 IM Petran Pal 2320 HUN ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 1 1 + 5.5
6 Zhou Guijue 2194 CHN ½ 0 ½ 1 1 * 1 0 0 ½ 4.5
7 IM Wittmann Walter 2240 AUT ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 1 + 4
8 FM Keschitz Gyorgy 2223 HUN 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 ½ 3
9 Balint Vilmos 2240 HUN 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 * 1 2.5
10 Dolgener Tobias 2220 GER – 0 – – – ½ – ½ 0 * 1


FM

Juracsik Jozsef won with 7/9.Young Krstulovic, Alex(age 9) did well to get 5/9.

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Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 Juracsik Jozsef 2136 HUN * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7
2 Farkas Richard 2121 HUN ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ + ½ 1 1 6.5
3 FM Bartha Sandor 2169 HUN ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ + 1 ½ 1 6
4 FM Krstulovic Alex 1893 HUN 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
5 FM Mayer Istvan 2027 HUN 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5
6 Darazs Zoltan 2109 HUN ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ 4.5
7 Kassel Walter 1882 AUT 0 – – ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 3.5
8 Lukacs Albert 1872 HUN 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 3
9 Bohus Adam 1888 HUN ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 3
10 Marcu Simon 1910 SVK 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1.5

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Budapest TCh 2012-13 Rd9 Results

Mar 11

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Results Rd9 March 10 2013 bssz Budapest Chess Federation
My team RAC lost both matches.

Division I. osztály Lilienthal csoport
Barcza GSC I – Újpesti KSE 8:4
HASE – SENSE I 6:6
RAC I – Tabáni Spartacus II 4,5:7,5
BEAC III – REAC SISE 8,5:3,5
Vasas SC II – Sárkány DSE II 3,5:8,5
Pénzügyőr SE III – Fabulon 3,5:8,5

Division II. osztály Bilek csoport
Barcza GSC II – Törekvés SE 3,5:8,5
MLTC III – Siketek SC 6:6
Sirály I – Pestszentlőrinc II 7:5
BEAC IV – Rákosliget 9,5:2,5
HÜSI SC II – Sárkány DSE III 9:3
A. Láng MKKE – Csepeli TK 4,5:7,5

Division III. osztály Szén csoport
Barcza GSC III – Sirály II 7:5
MLTC IV – ATTE-ARIS 4:8
RAC II – Kőbánya SC II 5:7
BEAC V – Pestszentimre 3,5:8,5
HÜSI SC III – Sárkány DSE IV 8,5:3,5
SENSE II szabad


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e4ChessNews and d4ChessNews March 11 2013

Mar 11

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TWIC 956
Even a strong player can lose his way in a complex opening like the Sicilian Scheveningen. Here is a recent example.

Noroozi,O (2347) – Ghaem Maghami,E (2568) 
Sicilian Scheveningen 6.Be2 w/Qe1-g3[B85]
21st Fajr Open Mashhad IRI (6.1), 23.02.2013

White to Play



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TWIC 944
Schandorff proposes 5.a3 against the Albin Counter-Gambit and this line continues to be popular and successful. White won with a thematic attack in the feature game.

Mirzoev,A (2553) – Bentivegna,F (2335)
Albin Counter-Gambit 5.a3 Bg4[D08] 
33rd Crespi Memorial Milan ITA (6.5), 06.12.2012

White to Play


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Adriatico Open 2013-GM Horvath, Cs(HUN)

Mar 11

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TWIC 956
Black has a wide array of aggressive yet non-main line defences to choose from. The Blumenfeld Gambit is one of them. GM Horvath takes the offered pawn and calls the bluff after which black’s position collapses quickly after choosing a faulty over aggressive plan.

Horvath,Cs1 (2514) – Lantini,M (2128) 
Blumenfeld Gambit 7.e3[E10]
2nd Adriatico Open A Montesilvano ITA (2.1), 02.03.2013


Position 1
Black’s center is the compensation for the pawn while white has a passed-a-pawn and two menacing looking bishops. What do you suggest for white now?

White to Play

15…Nd7

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Cappelle La Grande 2013 Rd9-Papp,P(HUN)

Mar 11

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Here is Petra Papp’s tough rd9 game.
Papp held her own in the early part of the game playing aggressive and creative defence. In the ending, small inaccuracies cost the game.

Grigoryan,K2 (2531) – Papp,Petra (2280) 
Italian 9.h3 Ne7[C54]
29th Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (9.29), 02.03.2013


Position 1
White has just infiltrated with 38.Rh7 and it is up to black to find an accurate defence. How should black defend?

Black to Play

38.Rh7

Position 2
The pawn structure says it all. How should white proceed?

White to Play

43…Kxe7

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CanadaChessNews Posts March 10 2013

Mar 11

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2 games from IM Hambleton(CAN) who is playing in Texas in the same tournament as GM Berczes(HUN)

Hambleton’s Rd4 Game

Hambleton,Aman (2463) – Negi,Parimarjan (2639)
Grunfeld 5.Bd2 Bg7[D85] 
UT Dallas Turner GM Invitational 2013(4), 10.03.2013

Black to Play

23.ed


Hambleton’s Rd2 Game 
Thanks to Hugh Brodie for timely posting of PGNs on the Chesstalk message board Chesstalk Dallas 2013, for this and all other Canadian Tournaments.

Brodie also maintains CanBase and other valuable Canadian chess data-See Canbase

Yotov,Valentin (2578) – Hambleton,Aman (2463)
Benko Gambit 4.Nf3[A57]
UTD Turner GM Invitational 2013 Richardson (2), 09.03.2013

Black to Play

15.Ne6


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Budapest TCh 2012-13 Rd9-IM Halasz,Tamas(HUN)

Mar 10

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Budapest TCh 2012-13 Rd9 Board 1
IM Halasz,Tamas won a tough RR vs Q battle as the RAC top two boards came through with key wins. Unfortunately RAC I lost the match to Spartcus II 7.5-4.5.

Metaxasz,Vaszilisz (2151) – Halasz,Tamas (2364) 
QGD Exchange[D35] 
BUD tch Lilienthal 12/13 (9.1), 10.03.2013


Position 1
An interesting Q vs, RR battle is taking place. What do you suggest for white?

White to Play

28..Kb8

Position 2
The lineup of the king and queen is a big tactical hint. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

26.Qe1

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Budapest TCh 2012-13 Rd9-Szepes,Tamas(HUN)

Mar 10

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Budapest TCh 2012-13 Rd9 Board 2
My RAC teammate Szepes,Tamas also faced a Benko Gambit but played a much nicer game than me and won in style. 


Szepes,Tamas (2228) – Lisznyai,Sandor (2192) 
Benko Gambit[A58]
BUD tch Lilienthal 12/13 (9.2), 10.03.2013


Position 1
Black has released white’s a,b pawns in return for having a strong Nd3 in the heart of white’s position. What do you suggest for white?

White to Play

19…Bc8

Position 2
The game has gone well for white as the b-pawn has made a winning charge down the queenside. It only remains to find a suitable finishing plan. What do you suggest for white?(More than one solution-find the most convincing move)

White to Play

28…Rf7

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BTCH Div I Rd9 2012-13

Mar 10

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Division I-Tabanyi Spartacus II 7.5-RAC I 4.5
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Board RAC I Spartacus II
1 Halasz,Tamas 1 Metaxasz,Vaszilisz 0
2 Szepes,Tamas 1 Lisznyai,Sandor 0
3 Suranyi,Pal 0 Borda,Lajos 1
4 Yip,Michael 0.5 Szentmihalyi,T 0.5
5 Makai,Matyas 0 Pal,Mihaly 1
6 Kun,Sandor 0 Vitalyos,Marton 1
7 Gaspar,Laszlo 1 Csillag,Janos 0
8 Rajcsanyi,Peter 0.5 Gerendai,L 0.5
9 Nemeth,Otto 0 Meszaros,Attila 1
10 Shan,He Jia Rita 0.5 Katona,G 0.5
11 Csizmadia,F 0 Balazs-Piri,Robert 1
12 Aranyi,Jozsef 0 Felmery,Tamas 1
4.5 7.5


I forgot my scoresheet at the tournament site so the game was reconstructed. Hopefully I got the moves right. My opponent had a hard to spell name which I don’t remember.

RAC I lost the match 7.5-4.5

  • Board 1 IM Halasz,T won(black with RRB which overcame QB)
  • Board 2 Szepes,T won(white against a Benko. Szepes was down an exchange for 2 strong queenside passed pawns won nicely as black had  a weak king)
  • Board 3 Lost (Suranyi,P lost to Borda,L. Suranyi fell behind in development and then exposed his pieces)
  • Board 4 (me)
The Team Captain brought his camera but there was only enough charge to take a couple of pictures.

Here’s the game.(Better analysis coming soon) 

Yip,Michael (2087) – Szentmihalyi,Tamas (2051)
Benko Gambit 8.g3[A58]
BUD tch Lilienthal 12/13 (9.4), 10.03.2013


I stumbled into a won position with some non-special play and then noticed the winning move quickly. Then, I looked for an even better one. 

Sadly my improved ‘win’ had an obvious hole in the idea and after, I struggled to make a draw.

Position 1
The critical position arises after black took the b-pawn with 29…Qxb5. The queen is now unprotected if only Bb4 could find a way to move to make a discovered attack.

White to Play

29…Qxb5

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e4ChessNews March 9 Posts-French Defence

Mar 9

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The French was my primary defence to 1.e4 at one point so now I’m preparing to use it again.

TWIC 956
3 games in the French examined.

Game 1
Georgiadis,N (2380) – Rodshtein,M (2616)
French Winawer 6…Qc7 7.Nf3 [C18]
29th Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (1.9), 23.02.2013

Black to Play

Game 2
O’Connor,Jon (2124) – Short,N (2697)
French Winawer 6..Qc7 7.Qg4[C18]
20th Bunratty Masters, IRL (1.2), 01.03.2013

Game 3
Valuet,B (2290) – Ulibin,M (2521)
French Tarrasch 3…Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 [C05]
29th Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (3.53), 25.02.2013

Black to Play

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