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Tromso OL 2014 Rd3
Women HUN 3-NOR 1
GM Hoang and IM Madl won. Gara,A had a rest. Hungary shares first with 11 other teams so far.
Hoang played a thematic French Defence and after 29.Qd2(diagram)
After29.Qd2 Sahl-Hoang
Black continued with 29..Bxe4 30.Rxe4 Rb1+ was White was overwhelmed on the queenside.
| Round 3 on 2014/08/04 at 14:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 38 |
Norway (NOR) |
Rtg | – | 13 |
Hungary (HUN) |
Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 2.1 | WIM | Sahl, Sheila Barth | 2216 | – | GM | Hoang, Thanh Trang | 2485 | 0 – 1 |
| 2.2 | WIM | Bjerke, Silje | 2189 | – | IM | Madl, Ildiko | 2347 | 0 – 1 |
| 2.3 | WGM | Koskela, Niina | 2213 | – | WGM | Gara, Ticia | 2321 | ½ – ½ |
| 2.4 | WIM | Hagesather, Ellen | 2182 | – | WGM | Papp, Petra | 2274 | ½ – ½ |
Rank after Round 3 – Women
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Team | Games | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 |
| 1 | 21 | Iran | IRI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28.0 | 12.0 | 7.00 |
| 2 | 1 | China | CHN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28.0 | 11.0 | 8.00 |
| 3 | 10 | Armenia | ARM | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28.0 | 11.0 | 8.00 |
| 4 | 2 | Russia | RUS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26.0 | 10.5 | 8.00 |
| 5 | 23 | Indonesia | INA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26.0 | 10.5 | 8.00 |
| 6 | 16 | Netherlands | NED | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26.0 | 9.0 | 8.00 |
| 7 | 13 | Hungary | HUN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24.0 | 11.0 | 7.00 |
| 8 | 19 | Cuba | CUB | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24.0 | 10.0 | 8.00 |
| 9 | 4 | Georgia | GEO | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20.0 | 10.5 | 6.00 |
| 10 | 18 | Slovakia | SVK | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20.0 | 10.5 | 6.00 |
| 11 | 22 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18.0 | 10.5 | 6.00 |
| 12 | 12 | Germany | GER | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17.0 | 9.5 | 5.00 |
Open China 3-Hungary 1
3 decisive games in a bit of surprising result. Leko won but Balogh and Almasi lost.
| Round 3 on 2014/08/04 at 14:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 5 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | – | 7 | China (CHN) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 11.1 | GM | Leko, Peter | 2740 | – | GM | Wang, Yue | 2718 | 1 – 0 |
| 11.2 | GM | Balogh, Csaba | 2637 | – | GM | Ding, Liren | 2742 | 0 – 1 |
| 11.3 | GM | Almasi, Zoltan | 2690 | – | GM | Yu, Yangyi | 2668 | 0 – 1 |
| 11.4 | GM | Rapport, Richard | 2704 | – | GM | Ni, Hua | 2666 | ½ – ½ |
Tromso OL 2014 Rd2(HUN)
Women: HUN 4: Lebanon(LIB) o
The ladies keep on rolling with another clean sweep. Well done!
Hungary plays Norway on match #2 in rd 3.
| Round 2 on 2014/08/03 at 14:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 13 |
Hungary (HUN) |
Rtg | – | 61 |
Lebanon (LIB) |
Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 10.1 | GM | Hoang, Thanh Trang | 2485 | – | WIM | Mouradian, Knarik | 2188 | 1 – 0 |
| 10.2 | IM | Gara, Anita | 2327 | – | WFM | Nekrasova, Elena | 2076 | 1 – 0 |
| 10.3 | WGM | Gara, Ticia | 2321 | – | WFM | Jalloul, Maya M. | 1922 | 1 – 0 |
| 10.4 | WGM | Papp, Petra | 2274 | – | Bedrosian, Danielle | 1715 | 1 – 0 | |
Open: HUN 2.5-Venezuela 1.5
GM Leko drew his first game while GM Rapport was shocked by IM Rohl Montes, Juan Armando.
| Round 2 on 2014/08/03 at 14:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 5 |
Hungary (HUN) |
Rtg | – | 61 |
Venezuela (VEN) |
Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 6.1 | GM | Leko, Peter | 2740 | – | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | 2653 | ½ – ½ |
| 6.2 | GM | Almasi, Zoltan | 2690 | – | IM | Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose | 2448 | 1 – 0 |
| 6.3 | GM | Rapport, Richard | 2704 | – | IM | Rohl Montes, Juan Armando | 2390 | 0 – 1 |
| 6.4 | GM | Polgar, Judit | 2676 | – | FM | Guerrero Vargas, Andres | 2318 | 1 – 0 |
Tromso 2014 Rd1-HUN
Both teams won easily. More info at Official Site
Open: HUN 4:ALG 0
| Round 1 on 2014/08/02 at 15:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 91 |
Algeria (ALG) |
Rtg | – | 5 |
Hungary (HUN) |
Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 6.1 | GM | Haddouche, Mohamed | 2508 | – | GM | Balogh, Csaba | 2637 | 0 – 1 |
| 6.2 | FM | Bengherabi, Khalil | 2170 | – | GM | Almasi, Zoltan | 2690 | 0 – 1 |
| 6.3 | IM | Belouadah, Saad | 2320 | – | GM | Rapport, Richard | 2704 | 0 – 1 |
| 6.4 | Seddaoui, Yamine | 2105 | – | GM | Polgar, Judit | 2676 | 0 – 1 | |
Women: HUN 4: BOL 0
The ladies went for blood early but in different ways. The Pirc defence got ripped to shreds by Austrian Attacks. Gara,Anita won with an endgame bind, while Papp,Petra used her queen to deliver the final blow on the weakened kingside dark squares.
Gara,Anita got a crushing position without much trouble for the win.
Position after 34.Rbb7 Gara,Anita(HUN)-Cordero,Daniela(BOL)
Papp, Petra got the following position after 24..Bb5(diagram)
After 24..Bb5 Papp,Petra(HUN)-Predo,A(BOL)
Papp delivered the knockout with 25.Qh6! etc
| Round 1 on 2014/08/02 at 15:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 71 |
Bolivia (BOL) |
Rtg | – | 13 |
Hungary (HUN) |
Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 13.1 | Ramirez, M. Eugenia | 2045 | – | IM | Madl, Ildiko | 2347 | 0 – 1 | |
| 13.2 | WIM | Cordero, Daniela | 2010 | – | IM | Gara, Anita | 2327 | 0 – 1 |
| 13.3 | WIM | Estrada, Lucia | 1974 | – | WGM | Gara, Ticia | 2321 | 0 – 1 |
| 13.4 | Prado, Alexandra | 1831 | – | WGM | Papp, Petra | 2274 | 0 – 1 | |
FS FM-A 2014 Rd1
Ranking Round 1
My RAC teammate Toth-Katona Tamas started well with a win. Go Tamas!!
Welcome back Pakh, Alex(USA) to Budapest.
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | Toth-Katona Tamas | 1967 | HUN | * | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tong Xin | 0 | CHN | * | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Pakh Alex | 1883 | USA | * | ½ | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steer Jozsef | 1912 | HUN | * | ½ | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Denous Cyprien | 2004 | FRA | * | ½ | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Renaux Osmin | 1973 | FRA | ½ | * | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kovacs Arthur | 2001 | HUN | ½ | * | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| WFM | Grigoryan Meri | 1996 | ENG | ½ | * | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 9 | Ryan Martin | 2055 | FRA | 0 | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||
| FM | Bartha Sandor | 2056 | HUN | 0 | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 |
Entry Fees
- Foreign players see FS official site.
- Hungarian players 12,000HUF(38EUR/50USD/318RMB approx)
Rd2 Pairings
| Round 2 on 2014/08/03 at 16.00 | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 10 | 1996 | WFM | Grigoryan Meri | Renaux Osmin | 1973 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 0 | Tong Xin | Denous Cyprien | 2004 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 8 | 2056 | FM | Bartha Sandor | Ryan Martin | 2055 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 9 | 2001 | Kovacs Arthur | Toth-Katona Tamas | 1967 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 1883 | Pakh Alex | Steer Jozsef | 1912 | 2 | |||
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