Monthly Archives: June 2013

Zalakaros Open 2013 B Final Standings

Jun 2

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Results
Gal, Lajos; Szurovszky Elek and Werner Anna shared first with 7/9. The ambitious sisters did well with Terbe, Julianna scoring 6/9 and Terbe Zsuzsanna.5.5/9. Also notable was Simon Lili with 5.5/9.

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Rk. Name FED FIDE Pts.
1 Gal Lajos HUN 2015 7
2 FM Szurovszky Elek HUN 2052 7
3 Werner Anna HUN 1849 7
4 FM Hadzi – Manev Ljubomir MKD 2044 6.5
5 Szukics Adam HUN 1848 6.5
6 Guivan Vasily UKR 2070 6.5
7 Jeszenszky Jozsef HUN 1929 6
8 Domotor Jozsef HUN 1994 6
9 Terbe Julianna HUN 1935 6
10 Varga Richard HUN 1853 6
11 Nemeth Jozsef HUN 2078 6
12 Czupor Attila HUN 1906 5.5
13 Terbe Zsuzsanna HUN 1859 5.5
14 Nagy Kristof HUN 2038 5.5
15 Simon Lili HUN 1854 5.5
16 Buzas Bertalan HUN 1821 5.5
17 Hajas Tamas HUN 1960 5.5
18 Nemeth Andras HUN 2051 5.5
19 Csiszar Albert HUN 1815 5.5
20 Arvai Eszter HUN 1891 5.5
21 Daniel Jiri CZE 1938 5
22 Zilahi Gabor HUN 1966 5
23 Pal Csanad HUN 1872 5
24 Ugroczky Peter HUN 1874 5
25 Felde Bence HUN 1870 5
26 Marosvolgyi Ferenc HUN 1662 5
27 Korcz Sandor HUN 1814 5
28 FM Waller Helmut AUT 1969 5
29 Papai Janos HUN 1922 5
30 Wunder Tamas-Gabor ROU 1726 5
31 Juhasz Nagy Sandor HUN 1912 4.5
32 Somogyi Gabor HUN 1971 4.5
33 Toth Istvan HUN 1999 4.5
34 Werner Peter HUN 1472 4.5
35 Assmann Hans GER 1736 4.5
36 Cseke Mihaly HUN 1543 4.5
37 Acs Marton HUN 1731 4
38 Siftar Drago SLO 1857 4
39 Jovan Romuald SLO 1987 4
40 Fasser Walter AUT 1962 4
41 Blaznik Vojko SLO 1716 4
42 Hever Janos HUN 1707 4
43 Munka Bela HUN 1732 4
44 Gyorfi Norbert HUN 1804 4
45 Diller Denis HUN 1606 4
46 Bakos Balazs HUN 1569 4
47 Juhasz Judit HUN 1575 4
48 Lakatos Ervin HUN 1693 4
49 Haselbach David HUN 1668 4
50 Dlauchy Peter HUN 1809 3.5
51 Szabo – Thomka Daniel HUN 1619 3.5
52 Kelemen Szabolcs HUN 1310 3.5
53 Lukacs Laszlo HUN 1735 3.5
54 Zagar Marian SLO 1740 3.5
55 Barics Ferenc HUN 1681 3.5
56 Kocsis Endre Kende HUN 1599 3.5
57 Jambor Balazs HUN 1614 3
58 Toth Laszlo HUN 1834 3
59 Lorincz Laszlo HUN 1355 3
60 Lakatos Tamas HUN 1449 3
61 Varga Daniel HUN 1367 3
62 Dan Janos HUN 0 3
63 Kobor Krisztian HUN 0 2.5
64 Novotny Jiri CZE 1607 2.5
65 Kertesz Zsolt HUN 1446 2.5
66 Dora Bence HUN 0 2.5
67 Czipp Janos HUN 1430 1.5

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French Advance Review 2013-06

Jun 2

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e2e4ChessNews FR Advance Review June 2013
Here is a summary of recent and potential white ideas that defenders must be aware of. I also surveyed a 3…b6 which can be used as a backup to the main line 3..c5. 

My favorite game is game 2 where Toth completely dominated GM Gonda in the TCh-HUN 2010–11.

  • Games 1-3 3…b6(Backup)
  • Games 4-6 3…c5(Main Line)

Example Background Video
All games come with a background video.




Game 1
This is a key game showing black’s potential in the 3…b6 line. White got a bit behind in development which allowed Short to favorably open up the position.

Khalifman,Alexander (2690) – Short,Nigel D (2676)
FR Advance 3…b6 [C02]
Moscow Fide.com Cup Moscow (3), 26.03.2001


Black to Play


Game 2
A really fantastic example of play over the whole board and positional domination.

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


White to Play


Game 3
This is an update to the Khalifman-Short Moscow 2001 game. Black was fine but allowed white to start a dangerous attack.

Feygin,M (2538) – Jochens,A (2298)
FR Advance 3…b6 4..c3 Qd7 5.Nd2 [C02]
Bundesliga 2012–13 Norderstedt GER (3), 10.11.2012

White to Play


Game 4
Black had an excellent position from the opening but allowed white too much counterplay. GM Williams recommends 6..f6 against 6.a3 but other moves are possible.

Strange,M (2335) – Pavlovic,Milos (2509)

FR Advance 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 Nh6[C02]
Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013 Koge DEN (5.8), 23.04.2013

Black to Play


Game 5
The usual plan for black is …b6 followed by …Ba6 to trade light bishops. Black tried a new way to engineer the bishop trade(5…a6/..Bb5) and got an equal game. Later black lost an exiting back and forth battle.

Cubas,Jo (2550) – Gutierrez,Ca (2253)
FR Advance 4.c3 Bd7 5.Nf3 a6 [C02]
VIII American Continental 2013 Cochabamba BOL (3.12), 09.05.2013

Black to Play


Game 6

Black was fine in the opening using the 6…c4 line which adds to black’s options as Vitiugov recommends 6…Nh6 in The French Defence Reloaded (Chess Stars 2012).

Motylev,A (2669) – Fodor,T jr (2475)
FR Advance 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 [C02]
14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (8.66), 13.05.2013


Black to Play

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First Saturday 2013-06 Rd1

Jun 1

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Introduction
First Saturday got underway today. 40 players are participating, the same as last month. Usually, the summer is the peak season but so far attendance this year has been nothing special.

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GM 
Group		 IM 
Group		 FMA FMB
Month  GMs Other Total IMs Other Total 2000+ U2000 Total 1800+ U1800 Total Total
Feb
3
7
10
3
7
10
6
4
10
2
4
6
36
Mar
3
7
10
5
5
10
5
5
10
0
0
0
30
Apr
3
7
10
7
5
12
8
2
10
2
4
6
38
May
3
4
7
6
10
16
8
3
11
3
3
6
40
Jun
3
3
6
3
7
10
8
4
12
4
8
12
40
Total
15
28
43
24
34
58
35
18
53
11
19
30
184


GM
A small group this month.

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Rk. Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 GM Andreev Eduard 2498 UKR *** 1 1
2 GM Akesson Ralf 2449 SWE *** ½ 0.5
IM Franco Alonso Alejandro 2487 ESP *** ½ 0.5
GM Gonda Laszlo 2524 HUN ½ *** 0.5
FM Hujbert Florian 2456 HUN ½ *** 0.5
6 IM Szalanczy Emil 2285 HUN 0 *** 0


IM

My RAC teammate Mark Lyell is back in action this month.

FM Mark Lyell

No. Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 IM Farago Sandor 2277 HUN * ½ 0.5
2 FM Lyell Mark 2238 ENG * ½ 0.5
3 Sean Winshand
Cuhendi		 2186 INA * ½ 0.5
4 FM Torma Robert 2392 HUN * 1 1
5 FM Kantor Gergely 2352 HUN * 0
6 FM Korpa Bence 2357 HUN * 0
7 IM To Nhat Minh 2302 HUN 0 * 0
8 Li Bo 2307 CHN ½ * 0.5
9 Sisatto Olli 2274 FIN ½ * 0.5
10 IM Szeberenyi Adam 2309 HUN ½ * 0.5


FMA

Farkas,R continues to win and is on his way to 2200.

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No. Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts.
1 Farkas Richard 2198 HUN * 1 1
2 Rabovszky Gyorgy 1913 HUN * 1 1
3 Darazs Zoltan 2142 HUN * 1 1
4 Montolio Benedicto
Cesar		 1972 ESP * ½ 0.5
5 FM Juhasz Bela 2222 HUN * 1 1
6 Juracsik Jozsef 2155 HUN * 0 0
7 Jelic Neven 2091 CRO 1 * 1
8 Mester Attila 2075 HUN 0 * 0
9 Szakacs Aron 1875 HUN ½ * 0.5
10 Hocevar Nikola 2005 SLO 0 * 0
11 Reh Philipp 2068 GER 0 * 0
12 Burgin Ryan 0 ENG 0 * 0


FMB
House player FM Mayer is in this group this month.

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

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

Other tournaments
Many bargain tournaments available, all with prizes and modest entry fees. Check the Hungarian Federation event listing for events.

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


Also
Hungarian Chess Federation Tournament Listing(Hungarian Language)
Budapest Entry Fees 2012(Scroll down to bottom of blog too)

Budapest
Things to see.

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GM Spraggett Blog Comes Back(!)

Jun 1

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GM Spraggett Blog-Has a New Home

Warning-Excellent Chess Content

Hi!  WordPress will now become Spraggett on Chess new home for the present. I intend to also have a parallel blog on Tumblr set up before the end of the month.  

The next week will be a learning process for me as I try to understand all of the new features here that are different from how Blogger does things.  

In particular, the Caissa pgn-view does not seem to work very well in WordPress (as some might have already noticed), and so top on the list is to find a pgn-viewer that will serve as well here in wordpress.   

I have uploaded about 3/4 of my blog archives so far, the rest to be folow sometime in the next week.

As well, I will have to customize this homepage, gadgets, links, favourite sites, downloads, etc. 

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French Tarrasch Review 2013-06

Jun 1

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French Defence Tarrasch Review June 2013-e4ChessNews
A review of 9 interesting recent games that should be of interest to French Defense and 1.e4 players. My favorite games were

  • Game 4-Kamsky’s strategic suffocation of Shabalov in the US Ch(1) 
  • Game 9-Fedorchuk’s technical R-R ending in the Agzamov Memorial(3) 

Material usually has background video(s) for example-Tashkent,Uzbekistan.



Game 1
GM Volkov kept pushing his IQP to dominate the position. The ending was not perfect but the French Defence earned a valuable victory.

Petenyi,T (2455) – Volkov,Sergey (2610)
FR Tarrasch 3…a6[C03]
14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (8.69), 13.05.2013

Black to play


Game 2
GM Arizmendi Martinez defended with the ambitious 3…Be7 line and grabbed a pawn but allowed GM Sjugirov fantastic piece play.

Sjugirov,S (2654) – Arizmendi Martinez,J (2571)
FR Tarrasch 3…Be7[C03]14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (7.23), 11.05.2013

White to play


Game 3
GM Howell got nothing special from the opening but GM Williams slowly lost control of the position.

Howell,D (2634) – Williams,Si (2511)
Tarrasch 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Be7 [C05]
4NCL 2012–13 Hinckley ENG (8.111), 24.03.2013

White to play


Game 4
GM Kamsky played a model squeeze using a good knight vs ineffective bishop to suffocate GM Shabalov.

Kamsky,G (2741) – Shabalov,A (2544)
FR Tarrasch 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 [C05]
ch-USA 2013 Saint Louis USA (1), 03.05.2013

White to play

Game 5
Amanov got nowhere against IM Sevillano’s defensive wall on the kingside.

Amanov,Z (2375) – Sevillano,E (2500)
FR Tarrasch 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 [C06]
27th Metropolitan GM Los Angeles USA (3), 16.05.2013

Black to play

Game 6
5.dc is gaining some popularity but white got nothing special in the game. GM Firman massaged down GM Rustemov’s IQP in a nice ending.

Firman,N (2531) – Rustemov,A (2544)
FR Tarrasch 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.dxc5 [C07]
Bundesliga 2012–13 Schwetzingen GER (14), 06.04.2013

White to play

Game 7
GM Pavasovic sacrificed a pawn for tremendous compensation and prevailed when Schroll chose an over active defense with a tactical flaw.

Pavasovic,D (2555) – Schroll,G (2403)
FR Tarrasch 3.Nd2 c5
4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6-10…Be7 [C07]
TCh-AUT 2012–13 St.Veit AUT (10.4), 23.03.2013

White to Play

Game 8
GM Akopian used an original plan to gain kingside space and earned a victory when GM Meier opened up his kingside.

Akopian,Vl (2687) – Meier,Geo (2648)
FR Tarrasch 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6
7.0–0 Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 [C07]
40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR (9.3), 06.09.2012

White to play

Game 9
GM Fedorchuk played a model R-R ending to capitalize on an isolated pawn.

Fedorchuk,S (2652) – Aitbayev,A (2434)
FR Tarrasch 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 [C09]
7th Agzamov Memorial Tashkent UZB (3), 16.04.2013

White to play

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