Monthly Archives: May 2013

EICC 2013 Rd6-Papp Ga(HUN)

May 20

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TWIC 966
GM Papp,Gabor won a nice ending in rd6 of the recent European Individual CC.


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Here is the feature game.

GM Papp massaged black down based on better pawn structure in a RB-RN ending.

Papp,Ga (2570) – Tomashevsky,E (2719) 
Caro-Kann Two Knights [B11]
14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (6.36), 10.05.2013

Position 1

White has the better pawn structure. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

31…Kb5

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EICC 2013 Rd8-GM Berkes(HUN)

May 19

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More on Hungarian Chess
The 62nd Hungarian Ch(Hungarian language).




TWIC 966
GM Berkes gains the bishop pair and an extra P and converts with no problems.

Berkes,F (2688) – Svetushkin,D (2588)
Nimzo-Indian 4.e3 0–0 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 b6 7.0–0 Bb7 8.Na4 [E47]
14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (8.26), 13.05.2013


Position 1
White has a clear extra pawn and the bishop pair. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

27…Ba8

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FSGM May 2013 Rd4-GM Berczes,D(HUN)

May 18

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The Blumenfeld Gambit Declined
GM Berczes was on the white side of the Blumenfeld in the feature game. Here is some background on this sharp defence.




TWIC 966
GM Berczes eventually prevailed in a sharp game where black did not manage to complete development.

Berczes,D (2532) – Annageldyev,O (2397)
Blumenfeld Gambit 5.Bf4[E10]
FSGM May 2013 Budapest HUN (4.2), 07.05.2013

Position 1
Material is even but white is more active. What do you suggest for white?

White to Play

35…Rd8

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European Individual Chess Ch 2013 Rd11 Standings

May 17

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Hungarian Results
GMs Ruck, Berkes and Papp,G finished with  7/11.
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SNo Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
15 GM ALMASI Zoltan 2695 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 6.5
18 GM BERKES Ferenc 2688 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7
45 GM BALOGH Csaba 2644 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 7
101 GM PAPP Gabor 2570 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6.5
103 GM RUCK Robert 2570 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 7
125 GM PAP Gyula 2539 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 6
160 GM FODOR T Jr. 2475 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 5.5
218 FM ANTAL Tibor 2349 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 2.5
285 SZONYI Bence 1651 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.5

Overall Standings–Tournament site
MOISEENKO took first on tiebreaks after a 10-way tie for first with 8/11.

More on the tournament.

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Rk. Name FED FIDE Pts.
1 GM MOISEENKO Alexander UKR 2698 8
2 GM ALEKSEEV Evgeny RUS 2700 8
3 GM ROMANOV Evgeny RUS 2640 8
4 GM BELIAVSKY Alexander G SLO 2628 8
5 GM LUPULESCU Constantin ROU 2634 8
6 GM VALLEJO PONS Francisco ESP 2695 8
7 GM MOVSESIAN Sergei ARM 2693 8
8 GM NEPOMNIACHTCHI Ian RUS 2710 8
9 GM DREEV Aleksey RUS 2654 8
10 GM MELKUMYAN Hrant ARM 2622 8
11 GM KOROBOV Anton UKR 2705 7.5
12 GM LYSYJ Igor RUS 2641 7.5
13 GM SHIMANOV Aleksandr RUS 2639 7.5
14 GM ARESHCHENKO Alexander UKR 2709 7.5
15 GM ELJANOV Pavel UKR 2702 7.5
16 GM KRAVTSIV Martyn UKR 2595 7.5
17 GM DUBOV Daniil RUS 2622 7.5
18 GM RAGGER Markus AUT 2666 7.5
19 GM HRACEK Zbynek CZE 2628 7.5
20 GM POPOV Ivan RUS 2620 7.5
21 GM BRUNELLO Sabino ITA 2580 7.5
22 GM FEDORCHUK Sergey A. UKR 2660 7.5
23 GM POSTNY Evgeny ISR 2637 7.5
24 GM ZVJAGINSEV Vadim RUS 2655 7.5
25 GM ISTRATESCU Andrei FRA 2651 7.5
26 GM SAFARLI Eltaj AZE 2651 7.5

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First Saturday 2013-05

May 16

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GM
GM Berczes and IM Atabayev(TKM) shared first with 9/12.

GM Berczes(HUN)

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Rk. Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts.
1 GM Berczes David 2532 HUN *** ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ + 1 1 9
2 IM Atabayev Yusup 2407 TKM ½ ½ *** ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9
3 IM Atabayev Maksat 2452 TKM ½ 0 ½ ½ *** ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7.5
4 GM Chernyshov Konstantin 2518 RUS ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ *** 1 0 1 + 1 1 7.5
5 GM Annageldyev Orazly 2397 TKM 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 *** 1 1 ½ ½ 5
6 IM Kalegin Evgenij 2447 RUS ½ – 0 0 0 ½ 0 – 0 0 *** 1 0 2
7 WGM Papp Petra 2307 HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 *** 2


FMA
Farkas(HUN) and Haitbaev(TKM) shared first with 7/11.
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Rk. Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 Farkas Richard 2171 HUN * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 7
2 Haitbaev Hayrulla 2082 TKM 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
3 FM Juhasz Bela 2173 HUN 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6
4 Amangeldiyev Gurbangeldi 1989 TKM ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6
5 Darazs Zoltan 2165 HUN ½ 1 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 5.5
6 Juracsik Jozsef 2170 HUN ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 1 ½ ½ 5.5
7 Bohus Adam 1869 HUN 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 5
8 FM Mayer Istvan 2037 HUN 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 4.5
9 Posa Norbert 2100 HUN ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 4
10 FM Krstulovic Alex 1945 HUN 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ 3
11 Steer Jozsef 2025 HUN 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1.5

FMB
Lukacs(HUN) and Marcu(SVK) shared first with 7/10.
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Rk. Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 Lukacs Albert 1903 HUN *** 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7
2 Marcu Simon 1874 SVK 0 ½ *** 1 1 1 + 1 1 ½ 0 7
3 Rekasi Tibor 1633 HUN 0 ½ 0 0 *** 0 1 1 0 + + 4.5
4 Brassoi-Tarnovszki Aurel 1594 HUN ½ 0 0 – 1 0 *** 0 1 ½ 1 4
5 Nemeth Otto 1754 HUN ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 *** ½ ½ 4
6 Gruz Janos 1869 HUN 0 ½ ½ 1 – – ½ 0 ½ ½ *** 3.5

Tournament Info
First Saturday Prices / FS Contact
(Note-for FM groups Hungarian player fee is 12,000 HUF, foreigners see website list; everything negotiable; No prizes)

Hungarian Chess Federation Tournament Listing(Hungarian Language)
Budapest Entry Fees 2012(Know the market rates! Budapest tournaments are usually very cheap)

Interesting Tournament Coming in August 2013
There will be a nice Open with corresponding GM RR and IM RR at the same site in the heart of downtown Budapest.

Budapest Open Background
Official Site

IM group action Teglas,L(red shirt)
Photo from nice Gallery

More on Budapest

Here is Berczes’s rd2 game.

Berczes,D (2532) – Papp,Petra (2307)
Anti-Grunfeld 3.f3 Nc6[E60]
FSGM May 2013 Budapest HUN (2.3), 05.05.2013

Position 1
White has a massive attack going but must first answer the threat to Be3. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

19…f4

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Andornaktálya SE Sakkcsapata

May 15

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More Hungarian chess life.

Andornaktálya SE Sakkcsapata-FB
FB Gallery

Tournament action

 Thinking!

Another master? 

 Having fun

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Hungarian Language

May 15

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The Basics
I should have thought of this before! I was doing my tactical work for the day and stumbled on these.

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Budapest Open; Sárkány-Aranytíz GM-IM Norm Tournament August 17-25, 2013

May 14

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Official Site 2013
It’s time to get ready for this year’s Budapest Open and the GM-IM group tournaments.

Here is some of last year’s action.

The open section with IM To(front left)

The open section -Ready for action

The open section-Thinking hard 

IM Galyas(left) playing in the IM group


The IM Group
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Rk.   Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 IM Galyas Miklós 2412 HUN * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7
2 IM Bérczes Csaba 2378 HUN ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6.5
    Fehér Ádám 2346 HUN ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6.5
4 FM Kojima Shinya 2282 JPN 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 5.5
5 FM Brustkern Juergen 2235 GER ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 + 1 ½ 5
6   Szekeres Róbert 2337 HUN 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 4.5
7 FM Lyell Mark 2225 ENG ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 1 4
8   Radnai Ádám 2300 HUN 0 0 ½ 0 – ½ ½ * 0 1 2.5
9   Téglás Balázs 2247 HUN 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ 2
10 IM Roos Jean-Luc 2270 FRA 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1.5

The GM Group
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Rk.   Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 GM Medvegy Zoltán 2555 HUN * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 7
2 GM Bérczes Dávid 2530 HUN ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5.5
3 IM Kislik Erik Andrew 2409 USA ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ – 1 ½ 1 5
4 GM Gonda László 2547 HUN ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5
5 FM Petényi Tamás 2445 SVK 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5
6 FM Fodor Tamás Jr. 2503 HUN 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4.5
7 FM Illner Achim Dr. 2463 GER 0 ½ + ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 4.5
8 FM Tésik Csaba 2347 HUN ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 4
9 IM Gonzalez Bernal 2413 CRC 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 3
10 IM Jakab Attila 2405 HUN 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1.5

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TWIC 966(HUN) INDEX 2013 May 14-2013

May 14

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Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther.

 EICC 2013
BALOGH,Csaba is the top Hungarian with 6/8.

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SNo Name FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts.
45 GM BALOGH Csaba 2644 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6
18 GM BERKES Ferenc 2688 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5.5
15 GM ALMASI Zoltan 2695 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 5
103 GM RUCK Robert 2570 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5
101 GM PAPP Gabor 2570 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 4.5
160 GM FODOR Tamas Jr. 2475 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
125 GM PAP Gyula 2539 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 3.5
218 FM ANTAL Tibor Kende 2349 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 2.5
285 SZONYI Bence 1651 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1.5

Event Video from Official Site



Overall Standings-From Chess Results
MOISEENKO Alexander is in clear first with 7/8. Balogh is one point back in a group with 6/8.

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Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 GM MOISEENKO Alexander UKR 2698 7
2 GM LUPULESCU Constantin ROU 2634 6.5
3 GM ALEKSEEV Evgeny RUS 2700 6
4 GM VALLEJO PONS Francisco ESP 2695 6
5 GM LYSYJ Igor RUS 2641 6
6 GM BELIAVSKY Alexander G SLO 2628 6
7 GM ARESHCHENKO Alexander UKR 2709 6
8 GM BALOGH Csaba HUN 2644 6
9 GM NAVARA David CZE 2697 6
10 IM KOVALEV Vladislav BLR 2523 6
11 GM HRACEK Zbynek CZE 2628 6
12 GM LAZNICKA Viktor CZE 2679 6
13 GM RODSHTEIN Maxim ISR 2638 6
14 GM MELKUMYAN Hrant ARM 2622 6

First Saturday
The GM and FM-A groups are not finished yet.

IM-A
IM Radlovacki won with 7/9.

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Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 IM Radlovacki Jovan 2423 SRB * 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 7
2 Bouzidi Ahmed 2161 TUN 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6
3 FM Kantor Gergely 2341 HUN 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6
4 FM Amdouni Zoubaier 2249 TUN 1 ½ ½ * 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 5
5 IM Krumpacnik Domen 2327 SLO ½ 0 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4.5
6 IM Petran Pal 2317 HUN 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 4
7 Bayramgeldiyev Yusup 2250 TKM 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 4
8 FM Lyell Mark 2227 ENG ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 3.5
9 FM Silapov Azat 2307 TKM 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 * ½ 3
10 Aryan Chopra 2120 IND 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 2

IM-B

Li Bo won with 7/9.

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Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 Li Bo 2252 CHN *** 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7
2 Atabayev Saparmyrat 2134 TKM 0 0 *** 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.5
3 IM Battey Alexander 2306 USA ½ 1 0 ½ *** ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 5.5
4 IM Szeberenyi Adam 2325 HUN ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ *** ½ 0 1 0 4.5
5 IM Szalanczy Emil 2262 HUN 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 *** ½ ½ 3.5
6 CM Zaibi Amir 2285 TUN ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ *** 3

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Italian Teams 2013 Bratto ITA (6) 2013-GM Horvath,CS(HUN)

May 14

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More Bratto Chess
The feature game was won by Hungarian GM Csaba Horvath and was played in Bratto as part of the Italian TCh.

More about Horvath
Hungarian Grandmaster (1993). International Arbiter. 
Hungary Champion 1997. 

GM Horvath,Csaba

Winner of Budapest 1990, St Ingbert 1991, Budapest 1992, Forli Open 1997, Ambassador Open and Helsinki 2001, First Saturday 2002, Cvitanovic Memorial and Zalakaros Open (joint) in 2004, Val Thorens and Chamberry GM in 2005 and Capablanca Open in 2007. 
A participant in 2 Olympiads in 1990 and 1998.

TWIC 965
Here is the feature game. GM Horvath meticulously consolidated an extra P in a technical ending.

Djuric,S (2471) – Horvath,Cs (2515)
Sicilian 2…e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 [B40]
45th Italian Teams 2013 Bratto ITA (6), 30.04.2013

Position 1
Black has a P+ and in the process of consolidating the advantage. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

44.Nc4

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