Monthly Archives: May 2013

TWIC 965(HUN) INDEX 2013-May 7

May 7

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Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther.

 Euro ICC 2013(In Progress) Chess Results Legnica, Poland May 4-May 17
9 Hungarians playing led by Almasi,Z.

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SNo Name Rtg FED 1 2 Pts.
15 GM ALMASI Zoltan 2695 HUN 1 1 2
18 GM BERKES Ferenc 2688 HUN ½ 1 1.5
45 GM BALOGH Csaba 2644 HUN 1 ½ 1.5
101 GM PAPP Gabor 2570 HUN 1 ½ 1.5
103 GM RUCK Robert 2570 HUN 1 0 1
125 GM PAP Gyula 2539 HUN 1 0 1
160 GM FODOR Tamas Jr. 2475 HUN ½ ½ 1
218 FM ANTAL Tibor Kende 2349 HUN 0 0 0
285 SZONYI Bence 1651 HUN 0 0 0


TCh-ITA 2013 Rds 4-7

Erdos 3/4
Horvath Cs 1/2

48th Capablanca Mem Elite  2013
Almasi took clear first with 6.5/11.

Player FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
1 Almasi,Z 2689 ** ½0 ½½ ½½ 11 11 6.5/10
2 Quesada Perez,Yu 2608 ½1 ** ½½ 1½ ½0 ½1 6.0/10
3 Dominguez Perez,L 2723 ½½ ½½ ** ½1 ½½ ½1 6.0/10
4 Andreikin,D 2727 ½½ 0½ ½0 ** ½1 ½½ 4.5/10
5 Inarkiev,E 2688 0 ½1 ½½ ½0 ** ½½ 4.0/10
6 Harikrishna,P 2705 0 ½0 ½0 ½½ ½½ ** 3.0/10


ChessBase Report
‘For the first time since 2010 the Capablanca Memorial Elite group did not include GM Vassily Ivanchuk among its participants. In his six trips to Havana, the Ukrainian has only lost two games and only once was his ultimate triumph in danger.

His unfortunate absence led to a variety of predictions and more than a few hoped GM Leinier Dominguez would win his third title in this event. As it was, the best chess player in Latin America, with 2723 Elo, finished in third place.

GM Almasi
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In the Elite there were several unexpected results. In his first trip to Havana, the Hungarian Zoltan Almasi (2689) left a very good impression, and dominated the group with 6.5/10, thanks to four wins, five draws and a lone setback.

The veteran player, aged 37, added fifteen Elo points and will now return to the ever expanding list of players rated over 2700. (more)’

 Zug Grand Prix 2013
Leko finished with 5/11.

Place Player FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Topalov,V 2771 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 8.0/11
2 Nakamura,Hi 2767 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6.5/11
3 Ponomariov,R 2733 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 6.0/11
4 Caruana,F 2772 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6.0/11
5 Kamsky,G 2741 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 5.5/11
6 Morozevich,A 2758 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5.5/11
7 Giri,A 2727 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.0/11
8 Leko,P 2744 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.0/11
9 Karjakin,Sergey 2786 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 5.0/11
10 Radjabov,T 2793 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4.5/11
11 Mamedyarov,S 2766 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 4.5/11
12 Kasimdzhanov,R 2709 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 4.5/11

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Torokves Open 2013-04 Rd8

May 6

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Rd8
I lost in rather tragic fashion after getting a good position quite early in the game. Both players made made mistakes but in the end I made more and it cost me the game.

The playing hall getting ready before the round

 A beautiful day outside

Players of all ages


Losing is bad enough but it’s part of the game. Today I took a closer look and was quite surprised to see clearly the large number and variety of mistakes I made.

Here is the game.

Zsatkovics,E (1695) – Yip,M (1999)
Sicilian Najdorf Poisoned Pawn
9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 h5 [B97]
Torokves Open (8.6), 01.05.2013

Position 1
Black is a pawn up with a very strong position. What do you recommend for black?


Black to Play

32.Qh7

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Torokves 2013-04 Final Standings

May 5

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This time for Torokves I played in the Open whereas before I usually played in the RR. The atmosphere was more casual but I played like a lame duck, making mistake after mistake in many games until I lost in round 8 to bring me down to earth.

I took a couple of zero point byes to play in another 6-round open sponsored by club, RAC and managed to win on tiebreaks but this tournament was a competitive failure.

I’ll have to take a day or two to check over the round 8 game but in the mean time May will be an off month for some serious repair work.

Group A
Palla won with a fantastic 8/9 and confirmed his arrival as an up and coming young star.
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No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS FIDE TPR W-We
1. 5 Palla, Akos Botond 8.0 37.0 31.50 44.0 1972 2360 +3.95
2. 8 Honsch, Pal 6.0 39.0 23.00 27.0 2060 2125 +0.78
3. 10 Bodrogi, Mihaly 5.5 39.5 20.25 28.5 2073 2078 +0.09
4 Suranyi, Pal 5.5 39.5 19.00 25.5 2152 2069 -0.91
3 Szatmari, David 5.5 39.5 18.50 26.0 2080 2077 +0.00
6. 7 Cuibus, Janos 5.0 40.0 19.25 23.5 1930 2057 +1.51
7. 6 Laza, Szabolcs 3.0 42.0 14.00 16.0 1977 1884 -1.14
2 Barabas, Attila 3.0 42.0 8.75 21.0 1959 1886 -0.87
9. 9 Nagy, Laszlo 2.5 42.5 6.75 9.5 1915 1850 -0.80
10. 1 Ladanyi, Gyula 1.0 44.0 3.00 4.0 1939 1662 -2.61

Group B
Takacs won with a massive 8/9. Mihaly,Z and Furedi,E also had strong tournaments with 6.5/9.

Furedi,Erik(left) playing Takacs,Kevin(right) 

Mihaly, Zoltan(left)

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No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS FIDE TPR W-We
1. 4 Takacs, Kevin 8.0 37.0 32.00 39.5 1901 2214 +3.04
2. 10 Mihaly, Zoltan 6.5 40.0 24.00 30.5 1771 2019 +2.67
1 Furedi, Erik 6.5 38.5 22.75 30.5 1818 2039 +2.67
4. 7 Sarkozi, Ferenc 5.0 40.0 18.75 22.0 1902 1906 +0.01
5. 5 Lakat, Gyula 4.0 39.5 16.00 24.0 1876 1878 +0.04
8 Meszaros, Attila 4.0 41.0 14.00 22.0 1909 1820 -1.07
6 Szendeff, Miklos 4.0 41.0 13.50 19.5 1772 1835 +0.77
9 Sulcz, Istvan 4.0 41.0 12.00 24.0 1903 1820 -0.99
9. 3 Liptak, Tibor 2.5 42.5 8.00 11.5 1860 1702 -1.89
10. 2 Oberfrank, Istvan 0.5 44.5 2.00 1.5 1960 1413 -5.25

Open
Varga,A took first with 7.5/9. I limped by with 5/9 after taking two zero point byes to play in the Rakosmente Open. Zsatkovics had a strong tournament and beat the #1 and #2 seeded players.

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No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS FIDE TPR W-We
1. 4 Varga, Attila 7.5 49.0 39.25 39.5 1833 1986 +1.60
2. 10 Kocsis, Zsolt Gyula 7.0 44.0 33.00 34.5 1745 1867 +1.55
3. 14 Zsatkovics, Endre 6.0 45.5 26.50 27.0 1695 1839 +1.49
7 Szlenka, Attila 6.0 44.5 25.50 29.5 1779 1734 -0.24
8 Bege, Vencel 6.0 43.5 25.50 29.5 1767 1773 +0.26
6. 3 Velenyak, Janos 5.5 52.5 30.25 31.5 1845 1803 -0.44
16 Toth, Laszlo 5.5 51.0 28.50 34.0 1640 1786 +1.34
9 Klement, Bence 5.5 44.0 26.75 28.5 1762 1773 +0.27
11 Dudas, Zoltan 5.5 37.5 20.25 26.0 1718 1533 -1.34
12 Czimer, Jozsef 5.5 37.0 22.25 26.0 1708 1708 +0.19
11. 6 Bakacs, Janos 5.0 50.5 28.75 32.5 1783 1800 +0.23
13 Peto, Karoly 5.0 41.5 21.50 25.5 1696 1695 +0.23
1 Yip, Michael 5.0 40.5 25.25 23.0 1999 1785 -1.22
2 Bogar, Ferenc Dr. 5.0 37.5 20.50 20.0 1854 1564 -2.37
15. 17 Nemeth, Jozsef 4.5 47.0 20.25 27.5 1634 1649 +0.19
33 Csomor, Gabor 4.5 42.5 19.00 24.0 0000 1698 1698
34 Magos, Mate 4.5 39.0 17.00 18.5 0000 1478 1478
28 Indig, Akos 4.5 38.5 20.00 20.0 1368 1671 +2.60
5 Szurkos, Andras 4.5 37.5 16.00 23.5 1832 1521 -2.98
15 Pollak, Andras 4.5 36.5 16.00 25.0 1666 1516 -1.39
21. 29 Monduk, Eszter 4.0 41.5 15.00 19.5 1330 1641 +2.75
18 Gecse, Lajos 4.0 36.5 11.50 18.0 1611 1531 -0.96
30 Kujbus, Odett 4.0 35.5 11.00 15.5 1276 1384 +0.55
26 Czipp, Janos 4.0 34.0 10.25 12.0 1430 1488 +0.25
21 Jancso, Geza 4.0 32.5 10.25 12.5 1531 1276 -2.03
26. 24 Horvath, Zoltan 3.5 47.0 16.50 21.0 1477 1570 +0.67
27 Monduk, Ferenc 3.5 38.5 9.75 14.5 1369 1564 +1.38
20 Toth, Antal 3.5 36.0 14.50 16.0 1577 1501 -0.68
35 Ruha, Midian 3.5 34.5 10.75 17.0 0000 1541 1541
30. 25 Kelemen, Lajos Dr. 3.0 37.0 9.50 15.0 1442 1482 +0.17
23 Moharos, Viktor 3.0 36.0 10.00 14.0 1482 1417 -0.90
31 Sulyok, Eszter 3.0 34.5 9.25 13.5 1258 1421 +1.01
33. 19 Ronyai, Imre 2.5 37.5 12.00 17.0 1600 1607 +0.01
32 Charaf, Kamel 2.5 34.5 8.50 15.0 0000 1366 1366
35. 22 B. Kiss, Tamas 2.0 36.5 7.50 15.0 1527 1286 -2.19

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Torokves 2013-04 Rd9 Results

May 5

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Group A
Palla had to concede a game-his first loss of the tournament. table.tableizer-table { border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: ; font-size: 12px; } .tableizer-table td { padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc; } .tableizer-table th { background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold; }

Table White Black Results
1 Palla, Akos Botond ( 8 ) Bodrogi, Mihaly ( 4.5) 5- 10 0-1
2 Laza, Szabolcs ( 3 ) Suranyi, Pal ( 4.5) 6- 4 0-1
3 Cuibus, Janos ( 5 ) Szatmari, David ( 4.5) 7- 3 0-1
4 Honsch, Pal ( 5 ) Barabas, Attila ( 3 ) 8- 2 1-0
5 Nagy, Laszlo ( 1.5) Ladanyi, Gyula ( 1 ) 9- 1 1-0

Group B
Takacs won again.

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Table White Black Results
1 Lakat, Gyula ( 4 ) Mihaly, Zoltan ( 5.5) DNP
2 Szendeff, Miklos ( 4 ) Takacs, Kevin ( 7 ) 6- 4 0-1
3 Sarkozi, Ferenc ( 4 ) Liptak, Tibor ( 2.5) 7- 3 1-0
4 Meszaros, Attila ( 3 ) Oberfrank, Istvan ( 0.5) 8- 2 1-0
5 Sulcz, Istvan ( 4 ) Furedi, Erik ( 5.5) 9- 1 0-1

Loss by default: 5 Lakat, Gyula
Win by default: 10 Mihaly, Zoltan

Open
Varga won to claim first place. I won my game with an attack to finish with 5/9(with 2 zero point byes).

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Table White Black Results
1 Szlenka, Attila ( 6 ) Varga, Attila ( 6.5) 7- 4 0-1
2 Kocsis, Zsolt Gyula ( 6 ) Dudas, Zoltan ( 5.5) 10- 11 1-0
3 Toth, Laszlo ( 5.5) Zsatkovics, Endre ( 5 ) 16- 14 0-1
4 Klement, Bence ( 5 ) Velenyak, Janos ( 5 ) 9- 3 1/2
5 Bege, Vencel ( 5 ) Bakacs, Janos ( 5 ) 8- 6 1-0
6 Czimer, Jozsef ( 4.5) Szurkos, Andras ( 4.5) 12- 5 1-0
7 Pollak, Andras ( 4.5) Peto, Karoly ( 4 ) 15- 13 0-1
8 Magos, Mate ( 4 ) Nemeth, Jozsef ( 4 ) 34- 17 1/2
9 Yip, Michael ( 4 ) Kujbus, Odett ( 4 ) 1- 30 1-0
10 Gecse, Lajos ( 4 ) Bogar, Ferenc Dr. ( 4 ) 18- 2 0-1
11 Horvath, Zoltan ( 3.5) Indig, Akos ( 3.5) 24- 28 0-1
12 Csomor, Gabor ( 3.5) Ruha, Midian ( 3.5) 33- 35 1-0
13 Kelemen, Lajos Dr. ( 3 ) Monduk, Eszter ( 3 ) 25- 29 0-1
14 Moharos, Viktor ( 3 ) Jancso, Geza ( 3 ) 23- 21 0-1
15 Czipp, Janos ( 3 ) Charaf, Kamel ( 2.5) 26- 32 1-0
16 Monduk, Ferenc ( 2.5) B. Kiss, Tamas ( 2 ) 27- 22 1-0

Here’s my round 9 game. I got a bit of a shock when I checked the game, as my opponent missed a chance to play a game-turning combination.

Yip,M (1999) – Kujbus,O (1276)
QP 3…Bb4+[D38]
Torokves Open (9.9), 05.05.2013

Black to Play
White has been careless. How should black play now?

22.f3

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Budapest TCh Rd11-The Season End

May 5

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Round 11
Both our teams won today playing at home. RAC II will be promoted to division II for next season.

I. osztály, Lilienthal csoportHonvéd ASE – Újpesti KSE 8,5:3,5
RAC I – Barcza GSC I 8:4
BEAC III – SENSE I 9:3
Vasas SC II – Tabáni Spartacus II 4:8
Pénzügyőr SE III – REAC SISE 7,5:4,5
Fabulon – Sárkány DSE II 7:5

III. osztály, Szén csoportMLTC IV – Sirály II 2,5:9,5
RAC II – Barcza GSC III 10:2
BEAC V – ATTE-ARIS 8:4
HÜSI SC III – Kőbánya SC II 1:11
SENSE II – Pestszentimre 3:9

Division 1 Standings
RAC I finished 6th for a creditable performance in our first season of Division one play.

1. BEAC III 86,5 pont
2. Fabulon – 1st Saturday 83,0 pont
3. Honvéd ASE 75,0 pont
4. Sárkány DSE II 69,5 pont
5. SENSE I 69,0 pont
6. RAC I 68,0 pont
7. Barcza GSC I 65,0 pont
8. Tabáni Spartacus II 58,0 pont (8 meccspont)
9. Pénzügyőr SE III 58,0 pont (6 meccspont)
10. Vasas SC II 57,5 pont11. REAC SISE 55,0 pont
12. Újpesti KSE 46,5 pont

Division 3 Standings
1. Kőbánya SC II 86,5 pont
2. RAC II 82,0 pont3. Pestszentimre 78,5 pont (15 meccspont, egymás elleni eredménnyel 8,5:3,5)
4. BEAC V 78,5 pont (15 meccspont, egymás elleni eredménnyel 3,5:8,5)
5. ATTE-ARIS 60,5 pont
6. SENSE II 50,5 pont
7. Barcza GSC III 49,5 pont
8. MLTC IV 43,0 pont
9. HÜSI SC III 42,0 pont
10. Sirály II 33,0 pont
11. Sárkány DSE IV 16,0 pont

I closed out the RAC season with a quiet draw but a closer examination of the game shows how much of the subtle ending I missed.

RAC I won the match 8-4 and I also managed to get some pictures taken with our Captain’s camera.

Martin,B (2034) – Yip,M (1990) 
Philidor Wall[B07] 
BTCh (11.7), 05.05.2013

Position 1
Black has the better bishop and the more active knight. What do you recommend for black?
Black to Play 
21.h3

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First Saturday 2013-05

May 4

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Turkmenistan Group
Eight players from Turkmenistan are playing this month.
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No.   Name FED Rtg Name
3 IM Atabayev Maksat TKM 2452 GM
4 GM Annageldyev Orazly TKM 2397 GM
5 IM Atabayev Yusup TKM 2407 GM
1 FM Silapov Azat TKM 2307 IM-A
4   Bayramgeldiyev Yusup TKM 2250 IM-A
4   Atabayev Saparmyrat TKM 2134 IM-B
6   Haitbaev Hayrulla TKM 2082 FM-A
9   Amangeldiyev Gurbangeldi TKM 1989 FM-A


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FMA
Promising junior Krstulovic(age 9) returns to action this month. Also playing are two players from Turkmenistan-Amangeldiyev and Haitbaev. Farkas also returns to resume his drive towards 2200.
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Rk.   Name FED Rtg
1   Juracsik Jozsef HUN 2170
2   Posa Norbert HUN 2100
3   Bohus Adam HUN 1869
4 FM Mayer Istvan HUN 2037
5 FM Krstulovic Alex HUN 1945
6   Haitbaev Hayrulla TKM 2082
7   Darazs Zoltan HUN 2165
8 FM Juhasz Bela HUN 2173
9   Amangeldiyev Gurbangeldi TKM 1989
10   Farkas Richard HUN 2171
11   Steer Jozsef HUN 2025

FMA Rd1 Results
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Bo. FIDE   Name Result   Name FIDE
1 2100   Posa Norbert 1-0   Steer Jozsef 2025
2 1869   Bohus Adam 1-0   Farkas Richard 2171
3 2037 FM Mayer Istvan 1-0   Amangeldiyev Gurbangeldi 1989
4 1945 FM Krstulovic Alex ½ – ½ FM Juhasz Bela 2173
5 2082   Haitbaev Hayrulla 0 – 1   Darazs Zoltan 2165
6 2170   Juracsik Jozsef 0   spielfrei 0


FMB
Marcu(SVK) is back in Budapest again.
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Rk. Name FED Rtg
1 Marcu Simon SVK 1874
  Rekasi Tibor HUN 1633
  Brassoi-Tarnovszki Aurel HUN 1594
  Gruz Janos HUN 1869
  Lukacs Albert HUN 1903
  Nemeth Otto HUN 1754

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

Budapest Life
Things to see


For Students

For labor market

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TCh-HUN 2012–13 Rd9-GM Papp G(HUN) and GM Ilincic,Z(SRB)

May 4

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TWIC 964

Sicilian Najdorf 6.Be2 h5!?(Diagram)

GM Ilincic won a titanic defensive struggle with his pet line 6…h5!? The ..h5 restraining idea is now popular against the English Attack(6.Be3/f3 and g4) but here seems odd and out of place.
 
6…h5 flies under the radar and is unique to Ilincic.

6…h5


Here is some background from Youtube on Ilincic.
(Ilincic is on the right.)


Ilincic Giving a Simul

Bio-Ilincic
Serbian Grandmaster (1994). 

Champion of Yugoslavia in 1992 (co), 1994 and 2000. National U15 Youth Champion. Won or shared first at Barcelona 1989, Oberwart 1990, Jagodina, Pale and Nis 1993, Belgrade and 1996, Novisad 2002. First Saturday 10/2004 and three more tournaments in Budapest in 2005 and in 2007, Ared Open in 2008, Kecskemet GM 2010, Suboticka GM 2010. 

A member of the Yugoslavian- Serbian team in the Olympiads from 1994 until 2002. Best ELO: 2577 in 1999.

GM Ilincic,Z
 
Here is the feature game.
 
Papp,Ga (2571) – Ilincic,Z (2450)
Sicilian Najdorf 6.Be2 h5!?[B92]
TCh-HUN 2012–13 Budapest HUN (9), 21.04.2013

Position 1

Black will win the exchange but white has strong light square control and well placed minor pieces. What do you recommend for white now?
 
Black to Play

22…Bb5

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Capablanca Memorial 2013-GM Almasi,Z(HUN) Clear First

May 3

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ChessBase Report
‘For the first time since 2010 the Capablanca Memorial Elite group did not include GM Vassily Ivanchuk among its participants. In his six trips to Havana, the Ukrainian has only lost two games and only once was his ultimate triumph in danger.

His unfortunate absence led to a variety of predictions and more than a few hoped GM Leinier Dominguez would win his third title in this event. As it was, the best chess player in Latin America, with 2723 Elo, finished in third place.

GM Almasi
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In the Elite there were several unexpected results. In his first trip to Havana, the Hungarian Zoltan Almasi (2689) left a very good impression, and dominated the group with 6.5/10, thanks to four wins, five draws and a lone setback.

The veteran player, aged 37, added fifteen Elo points and will now return to the ever expanding list of players rated over 2700. (more)’

Final Standings
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Player FED Total
1 Zoltan Almasi HUN  6.5
2 Yuniesky Quesada Perez CUB 6
  Leinier Dominguez Perez CUB 6
4 Dmitry Andreikin RUS 4.5
5 Ernesto Inarkiev RUS 4
6 P. Harikrishna IND 3
 
 
Here is an Almasi Game From the Tournament 
Comments by IM Andrew Martin from his Youtube chanel.
 

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Torokves 2013-04 Rd8 Standings

May 3

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Group A
Palla had a big smile on his face when I saw him after the tournament. No wonder with a massive 8-0 score! 

Of particular note is the performance of Janos Cuibus with 5/8. He is one of the world’s oldest active players. He will be 90 this autumn. table.tableizer-table { border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: ; font-size: 12px; } .tableizer-table td { padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc; } .tableizer-table th { background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold; }

No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS FIDE TPR W-We
1. 5 Palla, Akos Botond 8.0 27.5 27.50 36.0 1972 2737 +4.31
2. 8 Honsch, Pal 5.0 32.0 16.00 21.0 2060 2100 +0.42
7 Cuibus, Janos 5.0 30.5 15.75 18.5 1930 2101 +1.81
4. 4 Suranyi, Pal 4.5 32.5 14.00 20.0 2152 2034 -1.18
3 Szatmari, David 4.5 30.5 11.50 20.5 2080 2049 -0.30
10 Bodrogi, Mihaly 4.5 27.5 10.75 23.0 2073 2045 -0.27
7. 6 Laza, Szabolcs 3.0 32.5 13.00 13.0 1977 1904 -0.87
2 Barabas, Attila 3.0 32.0 7.25 18.0 1959 1918 -0.51
9. 9 Nagy, Laszlo 1.5 37.5 5.25 7.0 1915 1774 -1.33
10. 1 Ladanyi, Gyula 1.0 37.5 3.00 3.0 1939 1703 -2.08

Group B
Takacs is also having a fantastic tournament. Not to be forgotten is young Furedi who has a strong 5.5/8.

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No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS FIDE TPR W-We
1. 4 Takacs, Kevin 7.0 29.0 24.75 31.5 1901 2211 +2.71
2. 10 Mihaly, Zoltan 5.5 30.5 19.00 24.0 1771 2019 +2.67
1 Furedi, Erik 5.5 30.5 16.75 24.0 1818 2010 +2.05
4. 7 Sarkozi, Ferenc 4.0 33.5 14.75 17.0 1902 1864 -0.43
5 Lakat, Gyula 4.0 30.5 12.25 20.0 1876 1878 +0.04
6 Szendeff, Miklos 4.0 29.0 12.25 15.5 1772 1875 +1.10
9 Sulcz, Istvan 4.0 30.5 10.00 20.0 1903 1869 -0.37
8. 8 Meszaros, Attila 3.0 36.5 12.00 18.0 1909 1763 -1.64
9. 3 Liptak, Tibor 2.5 33.5 7.25 9.0 1860 1723 -1.45
10. 2 Oberfrank, Istvan 0.5 36.5 2.00 1.0 1960 1406 -4.68

Open
Varga, Attila is back in front with 6.5/8. Toth, Laszlo is also having a good tournament with 5.5/8.

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No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS FIDE TPR W-We
1. 4 Varga, Attila 6.5 39.0 30.25 32.0 1833 1955 +1.18
2. 10 Kocsis, Zsolt Gyula 6.0 34.5 23.75 27.5 1745 1832 +1.09
7 Szlenka, Attila 6.0 32.5 22.50 23.5 1779 1792 +0.18
4. 16 Toth, Laszlo 5.5 40.0 25.50 28.5 1640 1858 +1.76
11 Dudas, Zoltan 5.5 25.5 17.25 20.5 1718 1565 -0.88
6. 3 Velenyak, Janos 5.0 41.0 24.25 26.0 1845 1814 -0.33
6 Bakacs, Janos 5.0 40.0 25.50 27.5 1783 1854 +0.75
14 Zsatkovics, Endre 5.0 36.5 19.00 21.0 1695 1809 +1.07
8 Bege, Vencel 5.0 34.5 17.75 23.5 1767 1727 -0.26
9 Klement, Bence 5.0 33.5 20.75 23.0 1762 1759 +0.16
11. 12 Czimer, Jozsef 4.5 31.0 17.25 20.5 1708 1626 -0.48
15 Pollak, Andras 4.5 27.0 13.75 20.5 1666 1540 -0.93
5 Szurkos, Andras 4.5 27.0 12.75 19.0 1832 1543 -2.31
14. 17 Nemeth, Jozsef 4.0 38.5 16.00 23.0 1634 1649 +0.19
13 Peto, Karoly 4.0 33.0 15.00 20.5 1696 1641 -0.23
1 Yip, Michael 4.0 32.0 18.25 18.0 1999 1744 -1.30
34 Magos, Mate 4.0 29.5 12.25 14.0 0000 1455 1455
2 Bogar, Ferenc Dr. 4.0 28.5 14.00 15.0 1854 1489 -2.57
18 Gecse, Lajos 4.0 27.0 11.00 14.0 1611 1540 -0.76
30 Kujbus, Odett 4.0 27.0 10.75 11.5 1276 1409 +0.63
21. 24 Horvath, Zoltan 3.5 38.5 16.00 17.5 1477 1658 +1.32
33 Csomor, Gabor 3.5 36.5 14.00 19.5 0000 1698 1698
28 Indig, Akos 3.5 32.5 14.50 15.5 1368 1645 +1.95
20 Toth, Antal 3.5 28.0 10.00 12.5 1577 1501 -0.68
35 Ruha, Midian 3.5 25.0 8.25 13.5 0000 1541 1541
26. 29 Monduk, Eszter 3.0 33.5 11.25 15.5 1330 1619 +2.10
25 Kelemen, Lajos Dr. 3.0 30.0 8.00 12.0 1442 1553 +0.82
23 Moharos, Viktor 3.0 29.0 8.75 11.0 1482 1456 -0.47
26 Czipp, Janos 3.0 27.5 5.75 8.0 1430 1488 +0.25
21 Jancso, Geza 3.0 25.5 6.50 8.5 1531 1100 -2.46
31. 27 Monduk, Ferenc 2.5 33.0 7.25 11.0 1369 1497 +0.67
19 Ronyai, Imre 2.5 30.0 9.00 14.5 1600 1607 +0.01
32 Charaf, Kamel 2.5 27.0 7.75 12.5 0000 1404 1404
34. 22 B. Kiss, Tamas 2.0 32.5 7.50 13.0 1527 1333 -1.48
31 Sulyok, Eszter 2.0 29.0 7.00 10.5 1258 1421 +1.01

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Torokves 2013-04 Rd8 Results

May 3

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Group A
The promising junior Palla continues to win and now has a perfect 8/8!
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Table White Black Results
1 Bodrogi, Mihaly ( 3.5) Nagy, Laszlo ( 1.5) 10- 9 1-0
2 Ladanyi, Gyula ( 1 ) Honsch, Pal ( 4 ) 1- 8 0-1
3 Barabas, Attila ( 2.5) Cuibus, Janos ( 4.5) 2- 7 1/2
4 Szatmari, David ( 3.5) Laza, Szabolcs ( 3 ) 3- 6 1-0
5 Suranyi, Pal ( 4.5) Palla, Akos Botond ( 7 ) 4- 5 0-1

Group B
Takacs(another promising junior) won again and maintains his lead with 7/8.

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Table White Black Results
1 Mihaly, Zoltan ( 4.5) Sulcz, Istvan ( 4 ) 10- 9 1-0
2 Furedi, Erik ( 4.5) Meszaros, Attila ( 3 ) 1- 8 1-0
3 Oberfrank, Istvan ( 0.5) Sarkozi, Ferenc ( 3 ) 2- 7 0-1
4 Liptak, Tibor ( 2.5) Szendeff, Miklos ( 3 ) 3- 6 0-1
5 Takacs, Kevin ( 6 ) Lakat, Gyula ( 4 ) 4- 5 1-0

Open
Varga got back on the winning track. I lost my heartbreaking game in tragic fashion. Game and analysis coming soon. 

My Sicilian Najdorf was met by the main line 6.Bg5 to which I challenged with the Poisoned Pawn variation. Soon I had a clear advantage with a P+ and the bishop pair. Then in the second phase of the game I fell apart and gave back a pawn and then another as I made mistake after mistake until I finally lost.

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Table White Black Results
1 Varga, Attila ( 5.5) Velenyak, Janos ( 5 ) 4- 3 1-0
2 Kocsis, Zsolt Gyula ( 5.5) Toth, Laszlo ( 5 ) 10- 16 1/2
3 Bakacs, Janos ( 5 ) Szlenka, Attila ( 5 ) x-x DNP
4 Dudas, Zoltan ( 4.5) Pollak, Andras ( 4.5) 11- 15 1-0
5 Nemeth, Jozsef ( 4 ) Bege, Vencel ( 4 ) 17- 8 0-1
6 Zsatkovics, Endre ( 4 ) Yip, Michael ( 4 ) 14- 1 1-0
7 Peto, Karoly ( 4 ) Klement, Bence ( 4 ) 13- 9 0-1
8 Csomor, Gabor ( 3.5) Szurkos, Andras ( 3.5) 33- 5 0-1
9 Horvath, Zoltan ( 3.5) Czimer, Jozsef ( 3.5) 24- 12 0-1
10 Ruha, Midian ( 3.5) Bogar, Ferenc Dr. ( 3 ) 35- 2 0-1
11 Monduk, Eszter ( 3 ) Magos, Mate ( 3 ) 29- 34 0-1
12 Indig, Akos ( 3 ) Toth, Antal ( 3 ) 28- 20 1/2
13 Kujbus, Odett ( 3 ) Kelemen, Lajos Dr. ( 3 ) 30- 25 1-0
14 Ronyai, Imre ( 2.5) Gecse, Lajos ( 3 ) 19- 18 0-1
15 Jancso, Geza ( 2 ) Charaf, Kamel ( 2.5) 21- 32 1-0
16 B. Kiss, Tamas ( 2 ) Moharos, Viktor ( 2 ) 22- 23 0-1
17 Sulyok, Eszter ( 2 ) Czipp, Janos ( 2 ) 31- 26 0-1

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