Monthly Archives: June 2013

French Top 12 2013 Rd1-GM Rapport(HUN)

Jun 5

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More on Haguenau, France
Haguenau has a notable army base. Here is a bit more(French language).

‘Rencontre avec les hommes du plus grand centre de renseignement militaire français et présentation de leur activité avec le Lieutenant Colonel André et le Sergent Richer.’ 



TWIC-969
GM Rapport played a fabulous ending giving an exchange for the bishop pair and a pawn.

Rapport,R (2674) – Apicella,M (2532)
FR Advance 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 [C02]
French Top 12 2013 Haguenau FRA (1.1), 30.05.2013

 Position 1
The passed pawn is the key. What do you recommend for white?

White to play

26…Nc6

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Hungary

Jun 4

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Bosna 2013 Rd1-GM Erdos(HUN)

Jun 4

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TWIC 969
GM Erdos applied strong pressure with 8.Bf4 to score a convincing victory. 

Erdos,V (2645) – Kadric,D (2460)
KID g3 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.0–0 a6 8.Bf4 [E63]
43rd Open A Bosna 2013 Sarajevo BIH (1.1), 01.06.2013

Position 1
Black has challenged the strong Nd5. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

25…c6

Posted in Bosna Open 2013, Erdos Viktor, King's Indian g3

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TWIC 969(HUN) INDEX-June 3 2013

Jun 4

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Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther

 Salento Open 2013:Gallery
GM Horvath, Cs took clear first with 7.5/9. WGM Rudolf,Anna finished with 5.5/9.

‘E’ il GM Csaba Horvath il vincitore del 2° Open internazionale del Salento che si è tenuto all’Ecoresort” Le Sirene” di Gallipoli, in Puglia.

GM Csaba Horvath


In avvio il GM di origini russe Oleg Korneev, favorito e top del tabellone, sembrava poter facilmente dominare il torneo, specie dopo aver sconftto il campione del Kuwati Bader Al Hajiri.

Kuwati Champion-Al Hajiri,Bader 


Ma nel giorno del faticoso doppio turno, il campione russo ha subìto una doppia patta, prima contro l’IM di casa Pierluigi Piscopo, poi contro la campionessa indiana WGM Tania Sachdev, così l’ungherese ne ha approfittato conquistando la testa della classifica che non ha più perduto fino alla fine.
Il campione, quindi, è lui.’

WGM Rudolf,Anna(r)


WGM Rudolf,Anna


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Pos Pts NAME Rtg
1 7.5 GM Horvath Csaba 2516
2 7 GM Korneev Oleg 2630
3 6.5 IM Piscopo Pierluigi 2393
4 6.5 IM Sachdev Tania 2408
5 6.5 GM Naumkin Igor 2453
6 5.5 WGM Rudolf Anna 2289
7 5.5 IM Valsecchi Alessio 2429
8 5.5 FM Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel 2346
9 5.5 — Quaranta Cristiano 2172
10 5.5 — Caruso Augusto 2272
11 5.5 — Schmitz Andreas Arnold 2059
12 5 — Messina Roberta 1998
13 5 — Callier Christophe 2102
14 5 — Shehab Ibrahim 1987
15 5 — Ranfagni Stefano 1994
16 5 — Chernukhin Alexander 2091
17 5 — De Giorgi Stefano 2102
18 4.5 — Al-Hajiri Bader 2019
19 4.5 WFM Vargas Gabriela 2057
20 4.5 WFM Gutierrez Leonela 2090
21 4.5 — Al-Hamlan Faisal 1968
22 4.5 — Mastrolonardo Francesco 1912
23 4.5 — Fasiello Andrea 1988
24 4.5 — Agrifoglio Fabio 1965
25 4.5 — Minerba Paolo 1874



French Top 12 2013
GM Rapport overpowered everyone, winning all five games. GM Szabo,K 2.5/5.

43rd Open A Bosna 2013
Papp,Ga 3.5/4
Erdos,V 3/4
Banusz,T 3/4

6th Mayors Cup 2013
Fodor,T jr 5/8
Hoang Thanh Trang 5/8

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Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2645 6.5
2 GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2563 6.5
3 GM Petrosian Davit G. ARM 2436 6
4 GM Babujian Levon ARM 2488 6
5 GM Zubarev Alexander UKR 2559 6
6 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2608 6
7 GM Papin Vasily RUS 2552 6
8 GM Amonatov Farrukh TJK 2616 6
9 Kathmale Sameer IND 2325 6
10 IM Ravichandran Siddharth IND 2361 6
11 IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2435 5.5
12 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2552 5.5
13 IM Rajesh V A V IND 2343 5.5
14 IM Swayams Mishra IND 2406 5.5
15 GM Timoshenko Georgy UKR 2522 5.5
16 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2592 5.5
17  IM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2428 5.5
18 GM Akshayraj Kore IND 2508 5.5
19 GM Laxman R.R. IND 2429 5.5
20 IM Sangma Rahul IND 2382 5
21 IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R IND 2352 5
22 IM Udeshi Aditya IND 2416 5
23  IM Karthikeyan P. IND 2415 5
24 Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2396 5
25 GM Vaibhav Suri IND 2535 5
26 GM Hossain Enamul BAN 2487 5
27  GM Fodor Tamas Jr. HUN 2475 5
28 IM Thejkumar M. S. IND 2406 5
29 GM Ziatdinov Raset USA 2348 5
30 IM Shivananda B.S. IND 2382 5
31 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao IND 2419 5
32 IM Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM 2387 5
33 GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2476 5
34 GM Harutjunyan Gevorg ARM 2455 5
35 GM Kunte Abhijit IND 2507 5
36 Yohan J. IND 2120 5
37 Vignesh Nr IND 2229 5



Mitropa Cup 2013
Horvath,Ad
Horvath,Jo
Varga, Z
Czebe,A
Juhasz, Kr

Mitropa Cup 2013(w)
Varga,Kl
Juhasz Ba

Posted in Al Hajiri B, Horvath Cs, Rudolf A, Salento Open 2013, TWIC summary 2013

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First Saturday 2013-06 Rd3 Standings

Jun 3

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Results
A clear leader has emerged from every group after only three rounds of play.

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GM
GM Gonda leads with 2.5.3.

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Rk. Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 GM Gonda Laszlo 2524 HUN *** ½ 1 1 2.5
2 GM Akesson Ralf 2449 SWE *** ½ ½ 1 2
3 FM Hujbert Florian 2456 HUN ½ *** ½ 1 2
4 IM Franco Alonso Alejandro 2487 ESP ½ ½ ½ *** 1.5
5 GM Andreev Eduard 2498 UKR 0 0 *** 1 1
6 IM Szalanczy Emil 2285 HUN 0 0 0 *** 0


IM

Sean W C(INA) leads with 2.5/3.

Rk. Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 Sean W C 2186 INA * ½ 1 1 2.5
2 Li Bo 2307 CHN ½ * ½ 1 2
3 IM Szeberenyi A 2309 HUN * ½ ½ 1 2
4 IM Farago S 2277 HUN 0 ½ * 1 1.5
FM Kantor G 2352 HUN ½ * 1 1.5
6 FM Torma R 2392 HUN 0 * ½ 1 1.5
7 FM Lyell Mark 2238 ENG ½ 0 * ½ 1
8 Sisatto Olli 2274 FIN 0 ½ ½ * 1
9 IM To N M 2302 HUN 0 0 * 1 1
10 FM Korpa B 2357 HUN 0 0 * 0


FMA
Juhasz leads with 3/3.

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Rk. Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts.
1 FM Juhasz B 2222 HUN * 1 1 1 3
2 Farkas R 2198 HUN * ½ 1 1 2.5
3 Darazs Z 2142 HUN ½ * ½ 1 2
4 Rabovszky G 1913 HUN 0 * 1 1 2
5 Mester Attila 2075 HUN 0 * ½ 1 1.5
6 Juracsik J 2155 HUN ½ * 0 1 1.5
7 Montolio 1972 ESP * ½ ½ ½ 1.5
8 Reh Philipp 2068 GER ½ 0 ½ * 1
9 Jelic Neven 2091 CRO 0 1 * 0 1
10 Burgin Ryan 0 ENG 0 0 1 * 1
11 Szakacs A 1875 HUN 0 0 ½ * 0.5
12 Hocevar N 2005 SLO 0 0 ½ * 0.5


FMB
Takacs leads with 2,5/3.

Rk. Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts.
1 Takacs Z 1830 HUN * 1 1 ½ 2.5
2 Marcu S 1879 SVK 0 * 1 1 2
3 FM Mayer I 2060 HUN 0 * 1 1 2
4 Schmidt Wolfgang 1450 GER 0 * 1 1 2
5 Vasilev S 1521 RUS * 1 ½ ½ 2
6 Steer J 1938 HUN ½ * ½ ½ 1.5
7 Mihaly Z 1798 HUN 0 ½ * 1 1.5
8 Lukacs A 1917 HUN ½ 0 * 1 1.5
9 Szabo M 1322 HUN 0 0 * 1 1
10 Nemeth O 1724 HUN 0 0 * 1 1
11 Brassoi-Tarnovszki Aurel 1642 HUN 0 ½ 0 * 0.5
12 Csiba T 1587 HUN ½ 0 0 * 0.5


Budapest Tournament Information
There are bargain tournaments available, all with prizes and modest entry fees. Check the Hungarian Federation event listing for events. June has some nice events.


Rakosmente Open June 14-16
This event is held at my club Rakosligeti(RAC).

Révész, Máriusz
The friendly president of the Hungarian Chess Federation
Révész, Máriusz(left) and Yip,Michael(CAN-right)
The friendly handshake before the big battle

Some action from the 2013-04 Rakosmente Open


With prizes.
Game/90.
For Fide under 2200.

Entry fee
FIDE 2000+: 3,000HUF(10.3EUR)

Frech Károly Emlékverseny June 22-30 [see Ujpestikse]
This RR at the normal 1 game/day pace is one of my favorite events(a bargain at 15EUR!). There is also a small open running at the same time.

With prizes.
-RR(120 mins +30 sec/move)
-Open tournament (120-120)

Entry fee
FIDE 2000-2199: 4,400HUF(15.2EUR)

Budapest Open-August 17-25 2013
This is a wonderful event on the calender that I played in last year. This should be a great event again.

Mihaly, Zoltan(right)


For More Tournament Information

The secret to Hungarian chess is knowing where to find the tournament information-it’s not so obvious. Then know the market prices to find the bargains. 

Budapest Entry Fees 2012-Useful for entry fee comparisons (Scroll down to bottom of blog too)
First Saturday Prices / FS Contact
(Note-for FM groups Hungarian player fee is 12,000 HUF, foreigners see website list; everything negotiable; No prizes)

Note also there is a Budapest Tournament discount card that gives you 10% off participating tournaments. It’s not really a card, they add you to a list that organizers access at registration time.

Posted in First Saturday 2013-06

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History of SPICE Chess-Susan Polgar(Video)

Jun 3

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SPICE Chess
15 national, 2 state, and 2 regional titles, in addition to the national #1 ranking in College Chess in 4 years.



Now a new chapter at Webster University with GM Georg Meier, GM Wesley So, GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez, GM Ray Robson, GM Manuel Leon Hoyos, GM Anatoly Bykhovsky, GM Denes Boros, GM Andre Diamant, IM Vitaly Neimer, FM Jake Banawa, WIM Inna Agrest, etc.

Past titled players: GM Gergely Antal, GM Gabor Papp, GM Davorin Kuljasevic, GM Elshan Moradiabadi, IM Istvan Sipos, IM-elect Faik Aleskerov, etc.

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TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2013 Rd2-GM Hera(HUN)

Jun 3

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The feature game was played in rd2 TCh-POL Ekstraliga held Wroclaw so here is more on the city.



TWIC 968

The ending was played out and GM Hera makes something from nothing and an equal ending.

Hnydiuk,A (2409) – Hera,I (2555)
CK 4..Bf5 5.Nc5 Qc7 [B18]
TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2013 Wroclaw POL (2), 25.05.2013

Position 1
The e-pawn is under attack.What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play 

37.Rae4

Posted in Caro-Kann, Hera I, TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2013

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Salento Open 2013 Rd1-GM Horvath Cs(HUN)

Jun 3

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More on Salento
The feature game was played in the Salento Open. Here is more on Salento.


TWIC 968
GM Horvath kept improving his position as white lost control of the position early and kept losing time with poor piece placement.

Dedijer,S (2018) – Horvath,Cs (2516)
QP 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 [A46]
2nd Salento Open Gallipoli ITA (1), 25.05.2013

Position 1

The position looks innocuous but white wants to plan a knight on c5. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

12.Ne4

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First Saturday 2013-06 Rd2 Standings

Jun 3

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FS Results
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GM
GM Gonda and FM Hujbert share the lead with 1.5/2.

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Rk. Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 GM Gonda Laszlo 2524 HUN *** ½ 1 1.5
2 FM Hujbert Florian 2456 HUN *** ½ 1 1.5
3 GM Akesson Ralf 2449 SWE ½ *** ½ 1
IM Franco Alonso Alejandro 2487 ESP ½ ½ *** 1
5 GM Andreev Eduard 2498 UKR 0 *** 1 1
6 IM Szalanczy Emil 2285 HUN 0 0 *** 0

IM
Sean(INA) shared the lead with a group at 1.5/2

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Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 Li Bo 2307 CHN * ½ 1 1.5
2 IM Farago Sandor 2277 HUN * ½ 1 1.5
Sean
Winshand Cuhendi		 2186 INA ½ * 1 1.5
4 IM Szeberenyi Adam 2309 HUN ½ * 1 1.5
5 FM Torma Robert 2392 HUN 0 * 1 1
FM Kantor Gergely 2352 HUN * 1 1
7 FM Lyell Mark 2238 ENG 0 * ½ 0.5
Sisatto Olli 2274 FIN 0 ½ * 0.5
9 FM Korpa Bence 2357 HUN 0 * 0
IM To Nhat Minh 2302 HUN 0 0 * 0

FMA
Farkas, Richard and Juhasz, Bela share the lead with 2/2. Burgin, Ryan(ENG); Jelic Neven(CRO) and Montolio, Benedicto Cesar(ESP) are part of a group with 1/2.

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Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts.
1 Farkas R 2198 HUN * 1 1 2
2 FM Juhasz Bela 2222 HUN * 1 1 2
3 Darazs Zoltan 2142 HUN * ½ 1 1.5
4 Burgin Ryan 0 ENG 0 * 1 1
5 Rabovszky G 1913 HUN 0 * 1 1
Jelic Neven 2091 CRO 0 * 1 1
7 Montolio 
Benedicto 
Cesar		 1972 ESP * ½ ½ 1
8 Reh Philipp 2068 GER ½ 0 * 0.5
9 Szakacs Aron 1875 HUN 0 ½ * 0.5
Hocevar N 2005 SLO 0 ½ * 0.5
11 Juracsik J 2155 HUN 0 * ½ 0.5
Mester Attila 2075 HUN 0 ½ * 0.5

FMB
Takacs and Schmidt Wolfgang(GER) share the lead with 2/2. Vasilev Sergey(RUS) has 1.5/2.

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Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts.
1 Takacs Zsolt 1830 HUN * 1 1 2
2 Schmidt W 1450 GER * 1 1 2
3 Lukacs Albert 1917 HUN * ½ 1 1.5
4 Vasilev Sergey 1521 RUS * ½ 1 1.5
5 Marcu Simon 1879 SVK 0 * 1 1
6 Steer Jozsef 1938 HUN ½ * ½ 1
7 FM Mayer Istvan 2060 HUN 0 * 1 1
8 Nemeth Otto 1724 HUN 0 * 1 1
9 Csiba Tibor Dr. 1587 HUN 0 ½ * 0.5
10 Mihaly Zoltan 1798 HUN ½ 0 * 0.5
11 Szabo Miklos
Istvan		 1322 HUN 0 0 * 0
12 Brassoi-
Tarnovszki Aurel		 1642 HUN 0 0 * 0

Budapest Tournament Information
There are bargain tournaments available, all with prizes and modest entry fees. Check the Hungarian Federation event listing for events. June has some nice events.


Rakosmente Open June 14-16
This event is held at my club Rakosligeti(RAC).

Some action from a previous Rakosmente Open this year


With prizes.
Game/90.
For Fide under 2200.

Entry fee
FIDE 2000+: 3,000HUF(10.3EUR)

Frech Károly Emlékverseny June 22-30 [see Ujpestikse]
This RR at the normal 1 game/day pace is one of my favorite events(a bargain at 15EUR!). There is also a small open running at the same time.

With prizes.
-RR(120 mins +30 sec/move)
-Open tournament (120-120)

Entry fee
FIDE 2000-2199: 4,400HUF(15.2EUR)

Budapest Open-August 17-25 2013
This is a wonderful event on the calender that I played in last year. This should be a great event again.

Yip(CAN) on the left playing in round 1


For More Tournament Information

The secret to Hungarian chess is knowing where to find the tournament information-it’s not so obvious. Then know the market prices to find the bargains. 

Budapest Entry Fees 2012-Useful for entry fee comparisons (Scroll down to bottom of blog too)
First Saturday Prices / FS Contact
(Note-for FM groups Hungarian player fee is 12,000 HUF, foreigners see website list; everything negotiable; No prizes)

Note also there is a Budapest Tournament discount card that gives you 10% off participating tournaments. It’s not really a card, they add you to a list that organizers access at registration time.

Posted in Budapest Open 2013, Budapest Tournaments 2013, First Saturday 2013-06

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TCh-HUN 2010–11 Decs HUN (6), 20.02.2011-Strategic Masterpiece

Jun 2

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TWIC 851
You have to see this fantastic game. Toth,E plays a strategic masterpiece over the whole board.


More About Hungary

Michael Palin travels to Hungary to take a guided tour of the extravagant parliament building and learn more about its bloody and tumultuous history.

TWIC 851

Game 2/6 FR Advance Review June 2013

Toth,E (2414) – Gonda,L (2550) 
FR Advance 3…b6 4.c3 Qd7 5.Nf3 [C02]
TCh-HUN 2010–11 Decs HUN (6), 20.02.2011

Position 1
White dominates the whole board. What do you recommend for white now?

White to Play

32…Qb7

Posted in French Defence Advance Variation Review June 2013, Gonda L, TCh-HUN 2010–11, Toth E

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