Rank Round 2

There is 4-way tie for first so far with Bakk Zoltan and three others.

I won my game fairly quickly today but had to take a half-point bye as the first round clashed with the final day of the Sakksarok Open.

Here is the game with light notes

Kurko Bence-Yip,M

Black built up a strong attacking position on the kingside after 27..Rag8(Diagram)

After 27..Rag8

White tried to prevent the ..g4 break with 28.g4? and lost quickly

Pics

Heyl,T(GER)

Some warming up in the RAK club library

Bakk Zoltan, one of the early leaders with 2/2

Kurko Bence, my opponent for today

Final Ranking Rd6

IM Szabolcsi Janos and Marta Dominik both playing for MTK, shared first with 5/6.

I finished with 2/6 after winning only rd5 on the last day.

My games with light notes.

In Rd 5, I was rather lucky to say the least.

Iszo-Yip

I built a nice position early in the game but overlooked something when going for an attack. After many mistakes, my position turned out to be rather horrible.

After 46..Ne8 (diagram)

After 46..Re7

White missed the killing 47.Nc8!! and played 47.Nd7+ and later lost in complex play.

Some pics

Bartuszek,A(l)

Rank after Round 4

IM Szabolcsi Janos leads with a perfect score.

I lost a couple of hard games today.

Some games with light notes(Published using Chessbase 13)

Rd1 IM Szabolcsi-Yip

After 22.Qd2(Diagram)

I was quite happy with the middlegame but found a way to lose control and lose the game.

After 22.Qd2

Csati,O

Hungarians in action this week.

More later, I’m off to play in the Sakksarok Open rds 3-4 today.

Obviously I should have invested in a smart much earlier….

Mr. Camera shy

Lots of chess going on

Mr. Hard Worker-Tamás Gyömbér

Start List(So far) for the Rakosmente International Open.

Due to intense competition amongst organizers, the Sakksarok Open and Rakosmente Opens overlap by one day.

Rating Results Table before initial round of XIII. Rakosmente Open

nr Name Fed T rating Rat-ID tot Rc N W W-We

1 Gyurkovics, Miklos HUN 2107 701874 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

2 Bakk, Zoltan HUN 2039 712272 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

3 Takacs, Kevin HUN 1987 741833 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

4 Heyl, Thomas GER 1976 4623371 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

5 Yip, Michael CAN 1949 2601303 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

6 Palagyi, Csaba HUN 1938 755605 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

7 Kovacsy, Barnabas HUN 1915 769290 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

8 Sulcz, Istvan HUN 1913 724114 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

9 Szentgyorgyi, Sandor HUN 1854 738000 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

10 Czumbel, Peter HUN 1845 759708 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

11 Kaloczi, Kristof HUN 1830 768324 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

12 Balla, Attila HUN 1799 712612 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

13 Simonyi, Gergo HUN 1756 744670 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

14 Benyeda, Tibor HUN 1608 753939 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

15 Posztos, Marcell HUN 1604 763187 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

16 Novak, Levente Peter HUN 1561 763497 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

17 Toth, Nikoletta HUN 1530 773670 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

18 Kurko, Bence HUN 1302 790729 0.0 0 0 0 +0.00

This week’s games selection(should be 6 games available for viewing).

Shimanov-Boros,D after 20..Rb8(Diagram)

After 20,,Rb8

See how White continued the attack.

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MTK at Sirayi

MTK fields a team in the Monday evening Team Ch in both the 6 and 8 board formats. The play is not rated so is an excellent way to test new ideas out.

I contributed a win on the White side of a 4.e3 Nimzo-Indian.

The lineup this evening was

1. Lyell,M
2. Teglas,B
3. Varga,V
4. Bolyai,I
5. Yip,M(CAN)
6. Balla,A

Teglas got a quick professional draw. Varga,Z escaped with a lucky draw when his opponent missed an easy mate. Bolyai won with a Dutch Defence.

Balla easily converted a huge positional advantage. Lyell was still playing when I left.

Board 5 Yip-Csomor

My opponent was generous and gave away a key kingside pawn early and the end came quickly.

After 19..Kg8(diagram)

After 19..Kg8

Some pics.

Warming up Jansco,G(l) playing Yip,M(right)

Setting up before the match

Darazs,Z(seated)

MTK team captain Balla,Attila(left) and Varga,Z(right) chatting before the round

Warming up

Georgydeak,T

Bolyai,I

Balla,A(right)

Jansco,G

Csomor,G

Results

I contributed a rather sad loss defending a Nimzo-Indian.

Wanger,Tamas-Yip,M(board 6)(CB13 now allows quite easy publishing of games)

Black has a pawn for the exchange and just played 33..Kh7(diagram)

After 33..Kh7

White found the strong 34.g4! and Black was suffering and lost quickly.

The post game analysis was quite entertaining and educational as I tried to explain my mistakes away with ‘blah blah…my nice blockade on e5….and then a blunder…’

But a few moments at home with an engine showed even more mistakes.

Hopefully these pics will turn out well(clearly I should have invested in a smartphone much earlier in my life).

Kormos,Adam getting everything ready for the match.

Playing hall

Marta,Dominic (standing)

Hall

Anxious moments

Standing around

Yip,Michael(CAN), the chess tourist.