Standings

IMs Szalanczy, Emil and To, Nhat Minh shared first with 6/7. I had a great time but had an awful performance with 3.5/7.

A big well done for the organizers who ran a smooth tournament and managed also to produce PGNs for all the games in the tournament.

I spent the day trying to forget my horrible play but soon the games must be examined as I try to figure out what went wrong….

One exiting moment came in my game against Katona,G. I tried an Alekhine’s Defence and fumbled my way through the game, reaching the following position after 44.Qxb7(diagram).

White had been trying to kill me but lost his way in the opposite colored bishops attack.

Katona,G-Yip after 44.Qxb7

I found 44..Qg3! for the winning attack and mate could not be stopped. White tried some checks 45.Rh7+ Kg5 46.Qd5+(diagram) I was quite short of time and not 100% sure who was going to mate who.

Katona,G-Yip after 46.Qd5+

Now I interposed with 46..Rf5! and held my breath. White continued the checks with 47.Qd8+ Kf4 48.Qd6+ Re5(diagram)  My king marched up the board but I still could not see the end of the checks.

Katona,G-Yip after 48..RE5

More checks followed with 49.Qf8+ Ke3 50.Qh6+(I missed this) Diagram

Katona,G-Yip after 50.Qh6+

The Black king has become an attacker and is completely safe in White’s half of the board. I played the next move quickly.

50..g5!(Diagram)

Katona,G-Yip after 50..g5

White has no way to resist as mate is coming soon, so 0-1.

The hard working organizing team-Well done!

Some players had fabulous performances, notably

• Xiao Hu, Chen
• Kovacs, Bence
• Szucs, Edina
• Dibusz, Domonkos
• Gombocz, Ferenc Jr.
• Shan, He Jia Rita

Demeter, Dorina thinking hard

The great pictures are from the official gallery

Future stars in action

No.  PNo.  Name                       Score WP    SB     PS    rat.  TPR  W-We
  1.    3  Szalanczy, Emil             6.0  32.5  26.50  26.0  2263 2392 +1.15
        1  To, Nhat Minh               6.0  31.5  26.50  25.5  2334 2432 +0.76
  3.    2  Radnai, Adam                5.5  35.0  26.00  24.5  2334 2360 +0.32
       13  Mester, Attila              5.5  29.0  21.25  22.5  2053 2220 +1.55
  5.    4  Kovacs, Istvan              5.0  32.0  20.50  22.0  2226 2157 -0.31
        8  Juhasz, Bela                5.0  29.5  20.75  20.0  2114 2045 -0.27
        7  Piroska, Istvan             5.0  29.5  19.00  21.0  2145 2171 +0.47
       11  Czibulka, Zoltan Dr.        5.0  27.5  19.25  21.5  2058 2107 +0.68
        9  Bakk, Zoltan                5.0  24.5  18.25  19.0  2072 2044 -0.03
       30  Abraham, Lajos              5.0  21.5  12.50  18.0  1760 1949 +1.82
 11.    5  Orosz, Andras               4.5  32.5  19.00  22.0  2199 2139 -0.20
       21  Kovacs, Bence               4.5  30.0  16.25  20.5  1836 2068 +2.06
        6  Szekeres, Tibor             4.5  28.0  16.00  19.0  2171 1986 -1.26
       17  Marta, Dominik              4.5  26.0  15.00  18.0  1956 1882 -0.43
       20  Kokeny, Norbert Adrian      4.5  25.0  12.00  16.5  1906 1879 -0.02
 16.   12  Andriska, Zsolt             4.0  33.5  16.50  19.0  2055 1991 -0.30
       10  Bohus, Adam                 4.0  29.0  14.00  18.0  2058 1858 -1.43
       15  Berta, Sandor               4.0  29.0  13.75  17.5  1982 1887 -0.65
       27  Shan, He Jia Rita           4.0  28.0  14.25  18.5  1776 1991 +1.93
       14  Mitlasovszki, Imre          4.0  28.0  12.00  17.0  2016 1879 -0.88
       28  Csalami, Gabor              4.0  27.0  12.50  17.0  1775 1904 +1.12
       48  Xiao Hu, Chen               4.0  26.5  16.00  16.0  1546 1962 +2.95
       19  Bartuszek, Andras           4.0  26.5  12.75  16.0  1925 1917 +0.07
       18  Sulcz, Istvan               4.0  26.5  12.25  17.0  1956 1774 -1.19
       33  Lengyel, Andrea             4.0  26.0  11.75  14.0  1731 1852 +1.02
       26  Karacsonyi, Gellert         4.0  20.5  11.25  13.0  1787 1775 +0.00
 27.   49  Szucs, Edina                3.5  28.5  13.00  15.5  1518 1852 +2.60
       32  Firnigel, Janos             3.5  25.5   9.25  12.5  1751 1670 -0.75
       31  Bege, Mate                  3.5  23.5   8.75  15.0  1752 1677 -0.56
       22  Granicz, Janos              3.5  23.0   9.75  14.0  1822 1704 -1.00
       57  Dibusz, Domonkos            3.5  22.0   9.50  14.0  1373 1688 +2.49
       25  Lakat, Gyula                3.5  21.5  12.50  12.5  1811 1735 -0.18
       16  Yip, Michael                3.5  21.5   8.75  13.5  1964 1660 -2.39
       23  Bege, Vencel                3.5  20.0   9.25  10.5  1819 1529 -2.35
       36  Hegedus, Dominik            3.5  20.0   6.25  12.0  1676 1636 -0.34
 36.   38  Kovacs, Gabor Etele         3.0  27.5  10.75  12.5  1639 1689 +0.32
       43  Tapp, Ashley                3.0  26.0   9.50  14.0  1594 1757 +1.18
       41  Ronai, Akos Balazs          3.0  24.5   8.75  12.5  1620 1653 +0.06
       39  Dal Bianco, Nicola          3.0  24.0   8.50  10.5  1634 1668 +0.14
       35  Szurkos, Andras             3.0  24.0   6.50  12.0  1718 1716 -0.17
       29  Ladanyi, Gyula              3.0  23.0   8.00  12.0  1769 1607 -1.41
       60  Gombocz, Ferenc Jr.         3.0  22.5   8.25  10.0  1292 1557 +1.97
       34  Czimer, Jozsef              3.0  22.5   5.75  11.5  1729 1581 -1.37
       51  Kidd, Balint                3.0  21.5   9.25  10.0  1483 1592 +0.76
       55  Toth, Viktor                3.0  17.5   5.50   8.0  1429 1541 +0.84
 46.   24  Bogar, Ferenc Dr.           2.5  23.5   9.75  10.0  1812 1611 -1.06
       45  Ongut, Selcuk               2.5  23.5   6.75  12.5  1559 1632 +0.44
       56  Demeter, Dorina             2.5  23.5   6.25   8.5  1388 1535 +0.93
       47  Lakatos, Tamas              2.5  22.5   6.75  11.5  1555 1662 +0.67
       50  Jaro, Benjamin              2.5  19.0   4.25   8.0  1487 1472 -0.41
       58  Losonczi, Marcell           2.5  19.0   4.00   6.0  1331 1435 +0.60
       42  Szakaly, Botond             2.5  19.0   3.00   8.5  1601 1429 -1.51
       61  Hegedus, Luca               2.5  17.0   3.75   7.5  1237 1375 +0.73
 54.   44  Krotos, Jozsef              2.0  28.0   5.50  11.0  1573 1510 -0.80
       40  Katona, Gergo               2.0  22.0   4.25   7.5  1625 1502 -1.23
       46  Ongut, Tamas Gunes          2.0  21.5   4.00   7.0  1559 1452 -1.14
       37  Csermely, Zoltan            2.0  21.5   3.75   8.0  1658 1484 -1.64
       53  Filep, Gyorgy Dr.           2.0  19.0   3.50   8.0  1472 1501 +0.07
 59.   63  Toth, Nikoletta             1.5  23.5   2.00   8.0  1113 1112 +0.02
       62  Szabo, Balazs               1.5  20.0   2.50   6.5  1223 1321 +0.52
       59  Sugar, Aron                 1.5  16.5   1.25   3.5  1303 1127 -0.87
       52  B. Kiss, Tamas              1.5  16.0   1.50   3.5  1475 1211 -2.41
 63.   54  Karacsonyi, Kata            1.0  18.5   1.00   1.0  1429  831 -1.68