Monthly Archives: July 2013

7th LCT 2013 Rd3-GM Prohaszka,P(HUN)

Jul 25

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7th LCT 2013-Leiden Chess Tournament(NED)
GMs Sethuraman and Sengupta finished with 7.5/9 but Sethuraman won on tiebreaks. GM Prohaszka(HUN) finished with 6/9. 

The feature games is Prohaszka’s game from rd3.

GM Prohaszka
Photo-Chessbase Report on Leiden


Winner GM Sethuraman
Photo-Official Site


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Prohaszka,P (2554) – Bernal Moro,L (2423) 
King’s Indian 5.Bd3[E70]
7th LCT 2013 
Leiden NED (3.5), 14.07.2013

Position 1

White is play for a direct attack but must do something about the hanging Bg5. What do you recommend for white?White to Play

23…f6

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FIDE GP Beijing Rd7-GM Leko(HUN)

Jul 25

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Here is GM Leko’s only victory in Beijing.

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GM Peter Leko and GM Sergey Karjakin analyzing their game of round 7. FIDE Grand Prix Beijing 2013. Interviewer: Anastasiya Karlovych.


Leko,P (2737) – Karjakin,Sergey (2776) 
Quen’s Indian 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Nbd2 [E15]
FIDE GP Beijing 
Beijing CHN (7.1), 11.07.2013

Position 1

White is trying to make something out of slightly better piece activity. What do you recommend for white now?

White to Play

35…Kf8

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FSFMB July 2013-Balla,A(HUN)

Jul 24

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RAC Team captain Balla, Attila was clear first with a convincing 9/10.

Balla, Attila(left seated)


FMB Final Standings

Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 Balla Attila 1762 HUN * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9
2 Lukacs Albert 1915 HUN 0 * 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7.5
3 Bacsi Andras 1860 HUN ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7.5
4 Engegard Odon Toth 1809 NOR 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
5 Ghadiri Radmehr 1786 IRI 0 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 5.5
6 Gruz Janos 1820 HUN ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5
7 Bakos Viktor 1550 HUN 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 4.5
8 Takacs Zsolt Otto 1847 HUN 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 3.5
9 Brassoi-Tarnovszki  1622 HUN 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 3
10 Al Faras Abdulaziz 0 KUW 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 2
11 Al Faras Thamer 0 KUW 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 * 0.5

Balla,A (1762) – Engegard,Odon Toth (1809)
King’s Indian Attack[A07]
FSFMB July 2013
BudapestHUN (1.5), 06.07.2013

Position 1
Black has a weak kingside. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

22…Nxe5

First Saturday Monthly Tournaments
Official Website; FS Entry Fees
Note that foreign pay substantially more and there are NO PRIZES. Hungarian players receive an unadvertised discount fee. Not generally known is that all fees are negotiable.

These tournaments cater to tourists. 

FMB Entry Fees-Foreign Players

Rating HUF EUR USD CAN
Low High
Unrated 59,220 200 264.92 272.84
1500 1700 53,298 180 238.43 245.56
1701 1800 47,376 160 211.94 218.28
1801 1850 41,454 140 185.45 190.99
1851 1900 35,532 120 158.95 163.71
1901 2000 29,610 100 132.46 136.42

Standard Fee for Hungarian Players

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Rating
Low High HUF EUR USD CAN
Any Any 12,000 40.53 53.68 55.29

Budapest and Hungarian Tournaments
The normal entry fees in Budapest are quite modest and substantially lower than First Saturday. Also, all tournaments offer prizes but these are quite modest too.

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

One Game/Day Events
These are the hidden bargains of Budapest. There RRs for under 20 EUR just waiting to be found. The fee range to expect is,

Round Robins(For a FIDE 2000 player)

Round Robin Rounds Prizes Entry Fee
HUF EUR USD CAN 2012
Amator Cup 9 Yes 5,000 17.8 23.1 22.9 November
Torokves A RR 9 Yes 5,500 19.4 25 25 April
Frech Karolyi 9 Yes 4,000 14 17.67 18 June
Torokves A RR 9 Yes 5,500 19.4 25 25 Sept
First Saturday(FS)** 9-11 No 40,800 140 180.35 180.9 Monthly
FS Price for Hungarians* No 12,000 41.2 53.07 53.23 Monthly

*Unadvertised

** For details see Firstsaturday 2012-13 (Note-All prices negotiable. Location is in a hotel downtown and the tournaments run concurrently with IM and GM norm RRs.)

Open Tournaments(For a FIDE 2000 player)

Open 1 Game/day Rounds Prizes Entry Fee
HUF EUR USD CAN 2012
Perenyi Memorial 9 Yes 5,500 18.9 24.3 24.4 Jan
Budapest Open 9 Yes 7,000 24.6 30.9 30.5 August

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GM Rapport on Chessbase 2013-07-23

Jul 23

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Richard Rapport: The Sky’s The Limit
By Diana Mihajlova

Another article on GM Rapport.

GM Rapport At the World Junior Championship, Athens 2012

(Excerpt)

Three years ago, we wrote about the young Hungarian prodigy, Richard Rapport, on the occasion of his becoming the youngest grandmaster in the world. 

Today, at 17, both his physical appearance and his chess career have undergone rapid progress. He has sprung up, towering over almost anyone that stands next to him. 

His shyness has given way to an open and polite charm. He communicates confidently and is quite fluent in English and German. He has kept his modest manner, but he does not hide his jubilation when talking about his latest chess successes. 

“I am very happy with my performance so far in 2013. I managed to gain more than 70 points in five months. I will do my utmost to enter the top ranks of chess soon.” 

He believes in it with such fervour and earnest desire, it may well be a self-fulfilling prophecy.(More) See whole article

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Czech Open A(Pardubice) 2013 Rd1-IM Battey,A(US)

Jul 23

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Pardubice 2013
GM Laznicka is in clear first with 4/4. A group of Hungarian players are participating included two US IMs based in Hungary,
-IM Battey(US) 2.5/4
-IM Kislik(US) 2/4

IM Battey(US), based in Hungary pulled off a rd1 upset over GM Babula.

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(Warning first video has heavey metal music)





Battey,A (2304) – Babula,V (2583)
Bogo-Indian 4.Bd2 a5[E11]
Czech Open A 2013 
PardubiceCZE (1.7), 19.07.2013

Position 1
White is poised to strike on the long diagonal. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

24…Nf3

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TWIC 976(HUN) INDEX July 23, 2013

Jul 23

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Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther.

Breisacher Memorial  2013(SUI)
GM Rapport an exiting draw with Vachier-Lagrave started in round 1.

Video
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Richard Rapport discuss their round 1 game with Daniel King.

GM Rapport(left)-GM Vachier Lagrave(right)


Pardubice 2013
GM Laznicka is in clear first with 4/4. A group of Hungarian players are participating included two US IMs based in Hungary,
-IM Battey(US) 2.5/4
-IM Kislik(US) 2/4

GM Nisipeanu


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SNo Name FIDE FED Pts.
15 GM Gonda Laszlo 2538 HUN 3
32 GM Boros Denes 2504 HUN 2.5
44 IM Sipos Istvan 2471 HUN 2.5
45 IM Toth Ervin 2471 HUN 2.5

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Rk. Name FED RtgI Pts.
1 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2684 4
2 GM Michalik Peter SVK 2579 3.5
3 GM Lalith Babu IND 2571 3.5
4 GM Schlosser Philipp GER 2602 3.5
5 IM Dourerassou Jonathan FRA 2476 3.5
6 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU 2670 3.5
7 IM Rojicek Vojtech CZE 2413 3.5
8 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2475 3.5
9 GM Shyam Sundar IND 2505 3.5
10 IM Mozharov Mikhail RUS 2495 3.5
11 GM Teske Henrik GER 2517 3.5
12 GM Chernyshov Konstantin RUS 2514 3.5
13 GM Kononenko Dmitry UKR 2610 3.5
14 IM Das Debashis IND 2478 3.5
15 GM Gutman Gennadi UKR 2477 3.5
16 GM Simantsev Mikhail UKR 2473 3.5



7th LCT 2013-Leiden Chess Tournament(NED)
GMs Sethuraman and Sengupta finished with 7.5/9 but Sethuraman won on tiebreaks. GM Prohaszka(HUN) finished with 6/9. 

Chessbase Report-WIM Ioana Smaranda Padurariu
This is the seventh edition of LCT organized by Jan Bey. Over 20 titled players participated, from which nine were grandmasters. The tournament started on July 12 and ended on July 19. It was a nine-round Swiss and was held in the Mind Games Center of Leiden. 

People from twelve countries came to the lovely Dutch city. During weekdays the games started at 19.00h, so that people with a job would not have to take any free days. For players from abroad this offered ample opportunities to go sightseeing.

GM Prohaszka


Winner GM Sethuraman
Photo-Official Site


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Rank Name Score Fed. Rating TPR
1 GM Sethuraman, S.P. 7.5 IND 2562 2681
2 GM Sengupta, Deep 7.5 IND 2555 2731
3 GM Nikolic, Predrag 6.5 BIH 2622 2573
4 IM Zaragatski, Ilja 6 GER 2494 2568
5 GM Prohaszka, Peter 6 HUN 2554 2588
6 GM Hasangatin, Ramil 6 RUS 2489 2549
7 GM Epishin, Vladimir 6 RUS 2598 2505
8 GM Howell, David W L 6 ENG 2639 2515
9 IM Bernal Moro, Luis Javier 6 ESP 2423 2462
10 Pijpers, Arthur 6 NED 2338 2497
11 FM Dahm, Jochen 6 GER 2304 2266
12 GM Iljin, Artem 5.5 RUS 2540 2490
13 IM Zhou, Yang-Fan 5.5 ENG 2469 2393
14 Blom, Vincent 5.5 NED 2167 2253
15 Wilschut, Peter 5.5 NED 2232 2282
16 FM Heemskerk, Wim 5.5 NED 2239 2294
17 IM Slingerland, Fred 5.5 NED 2350 2264
18 Van der Auweraert, Elwin 5.5 NED 2154 2153
19 IM Wiersma, Eelke 5.5 NED 2374 2154
20 Van Der Zon, Stef 5.5 NED 1870 2208



12th Bergamo Open  2013(ITA)
Georgiev,Ki and Brunello,S won with 5.6. GMs Hera(HUN) and Farago,I(HUN) scored 4.5/6

Playing hall

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Rank Player FIDE Total
1 Georgiev,Ki 2636 5.0/6
2 Brunello,S 2593 5.0/6
3 Ivanisevic,I 2649 4.5/6
4 Solodovnichenko,Y 2555 4.5/6
5 Hera,I 2558 4.5/6
6 Farago,I 2447 4.5/6


Battle of Senta 2013/ Results
GM Drazic won with 7/9. GM Balog and WIM Domany finished with 5/9.

Hungarian Results
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SNo Name Rtg FED Pts. rtg+/-
1 GM Balog Imre 2547 HUN 5 -22.4
23 WIM Domany Zsofia 2158 HUN 5 6.6
35 Kovacs Arthur 1995 HUN 4 7.95


Final Standings
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2464 7
2 FM Dudukovic Nikola SRB 2321 6.5
3 GM Kosanovic Goran A SRB 2372 6.5
4 IM Nestorovic Dejan SRB 2411 6.5
5 IM Nadj Hedjesi Balind SRB 2389 6
6 FM Dragovic Momcilo SRB 2387 6
7 GM Lazic Miroljub SRB 2467 5.5
8 Stankovic Milos SRB 2396 5
9 Radusinovic Lazar SRB 2310 5
10 Desnica Vladan SRB 2257 5
11 GM Balog Imre HUN 2547 5
12 Vucinic Gojko SRB 2252 5
13 IM Farkas Tibor SRB 2250 5
14 IM Stanojevic Branko SRB 2302 5
15 WIM Domany Zsofia HUN 2158 5
16 FM Tancik Kristijan SRB 2272 5

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Lila Futo 2013-07 Start List

Jul 22

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Start List
Forty-two players registered so far.
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No Name Fed Title FIDE
1 Gyurkovics, Miklos HUN   2161
2 Fodre, Sandor HUN FM 2153
3 Hetenyi, Geza HUN   2153
4 Takacs, Lajos HUN FM 2149
5 Nagy, Aron HUN   2140
6 Piroska, Istvan HUN   2111
7 Bodrogi, Mihaly HUN   2086
8 Valis, Janos HUN   2071
9 Mitlasovszki, Imre HUN   2019
10 Varga, Attila HUN   2012
11 Legradi, David HUN   2004
12 Doroszlai, Erik HUN   1872
13 Lakat, Gyula HUN   1863
14 Granicz, Janos HUN   1853
15 Karpati, Kende Vajk HUN   1853
16 Karpati, Gabor HUN   1836
17 Bartuszek, Andras HUN   1835
18 Karpati, Bank HUN   1828
19 Zahonyi Abel, Mark HUN   1823
20 Gruz, Janos HUN   1820
21 Szlenka, Attila HUN   1815
22 Szurkos, Andras HUN   1780
23 Szoukup, Istvan HUN   1734
24 Toth, Tibor HUN   1728
25 Czimer, Jozsef HUN   1704
26 Kovacs, Judit HUN   1669
27 Fabian, Laszlo GER   1656
28 Pinter, Tamas HUN   1655
29 Berki, Zsofi Anna HUN   1618
30 Toth, Antal HUN   1603
31 Videki, Imre HUN   1590
32 Gyombolai, Balint HUN   1574
33 Ongut, Selcuk HUN   1573
34 Kovacsy, Barnabas HUN   1518
35 Ongut, Tamas Gunes HUN   1399
36 Kidd, Balint HUN   1381
37 Viola, Gellert HUN   1295
38 Davidhazy, Robert HUN   0
39 Sterbenz, Tamas Dr. HUN   0
40 Szoukup, Istvan Jr. HUN   0
41 Vagi, Laszlo HUN   0
42 Virag, Balint HUN   0

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WGM Anna Rudolf’s Chess Page on Facebook

Jul 21

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Anna Rudolf’s Chess Page on Facebook
Tons of nice chess material.

Anna Rudolf with the Champion of the tournament GM Csaba Horvath

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Pal Benko Chessbase Article by Mihajlova,D(Part 2 of 2)

Jul 18

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Life Gambit à la Benko-Part Two -By Diana Mihajlova

The story continues on Chessbase

(excerpt)
Benko and Polgar exchanging books
Photo-The Chessbase article


‘…Another example of his humanity is his generous coaching and training help to the young Polgar sisters. In the early stages of their career, when their parents’ finances were scarce, Benko took the girls under his wing and offered them training – for free. 


“I trained the Polgar sisters for two Olympiads and travelled with them as their coach – in Moscow and Novi Sad.” 

He keeps cordial connections with the Polgar family until today…(more)’-See the whole article on Chessbase


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IM Kevin Goh’s(Singapore) Chess Blog-Cool!

Jul 17

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IM Kevin Goh’s Blog(Singapore)
A great blog with lots of articles.

Absolute dominance by FM Jarred Neubronner and IM Luis Chiong at the Serangoon Blitz and Rapid respectively – by Junior Tay

FM Jarred Neubronner- 
Photo-courtesy of sgchess.net archive


Both Jarred and Luis dominated the respective events so comprehensively that they could even afford to sit out the final round and still claim the titles.

 Jarred scored 9/11 in the Serangoon Blitz eventually, only dropping games to FMs Tin Jingyao and Liu Xiangyi and shrugging off the challenge of Pinoy masters such as CM Nelson Mariano III, NM Roberto Suelo, IMs Luis Chiong and Enrique Paciencia. 

However, things didn’t go as smoothly for him as he stated that he had lost positions in about 4 games and was lucky to win them(more)

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