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Dr. Elekes Dezső Emlékverseny 2016
Just Hanging Around Budapest
Took a stroll around the Parliament buildings before the tournament.
At the Tournament
I lost to my teammate Teglas,Balasz defending a Caro-Kann. My impersonation of Mr.Solid failed to materialise and I was slowly ground down into dust.
Results-Round 1
Birovecz Ben Jordan pulled off the big upset over Fodor Balazs(2122)
Caro-Kann(B17)
The opening left theory very early due to my poor memory but nevertheless, I got quick equality and a position which I thought was hard to lose.
After 14.Nf3(Diagram)
After 14.Nf3
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | Balint Vilmos | 2330 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Gyurkovics Miklos | 2074 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 14 | WIM | Fuad Kamel Jamaliah Natalie | 2058 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | IM | Szabolcsi Janos | 2305 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | Vaczi Imre | 2231 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Toth-Katona Tamas | 2053 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 16 | Kozma Gabor | 2011 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | WIM | Varga Klara | 2216 | 4 | |
| 5 | 5 | Teglas Balazs | 2203 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Yip Michael | 1997 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 18 | AIM | Ongut Tamas Gunes | 1984 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Kormos Adam | 2202 | 6 | |
| 7 | 7 | Piroska Istvan | 2172 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Brayer Janos | 1946 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 20 | Horanyi Gabor | 1856 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Antal Laszlo | 2159 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2153 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Juhasz Agoston | 1839 | 21 | ||
| 10 | 22 | Kelemen Szabolcs | 1768 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Kakuk Sandor | 2145 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 11 | Fodor Balazs | 2122 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Birovecz Ben Jordan | 1733 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 24 | Moricz Benedek | 1629 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Bodrogi Mihaly | 2079 | 12 |
Results U1800 Round 1
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | Hegedus Peter Dr | 1774 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Juhasz Balazs | 1427 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 15 | Moricz Aurel | 1423 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Tolnai Jozsef | 1768 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Berki Zsofi Anna | 1723 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Palocz Katalin | 1412 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 17 | Kolozsvary Miklos | 1373 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Czimer Jozsef | 1719 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Dal Bianco Nicola | 1714 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Robert Patrick | 1342 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 19 | Moczar Benedek | 1326 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Zsatkovics Endre | 1703 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Robert Yoann | 1631 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Deak Zsombor | 1312 | 20 | ||
| 8 | 21 | Moricz Nadja | 1242 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Barsi Botond | 1608 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Forgacs Andras | 1598 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Szalay-Ocsak Bank | 1144 | 22 | ||
| 10 | 23 | Robert Sarah | 1129 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Kocsis Peter | 1591 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 11 | Varga Boldizsar | 1555 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Moricz Karmen | 1028 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 26 | Bogdan Gyorgy | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Fabian Laszlo | 1534 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Szivak Andras | 1454 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Do Nhat Quan | 0 | 27 | ||
| 14 | 29 | Sipos Gyorgy | 0 | 0 | 1 | bye | |||||
| 15 | 24 | Kanai Bende Pal | 1070 | 0 | 0 | not paired | |||||
| 16 | 28 | Kemeny Benjamin | 0 | 0 | 0 | not paired |
Dr. Elekes Dezső Emlékverseny 2016
Starts today. 57 players so far.
Starting Rank
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | Balint Vilmos | 718050 | HUN | 2330 | |
| 2 | IM | Szabolcsi Janos | 701270 | HUN | 2305 |
| 3 | Vaczi Imre | 702420 | HUN | 2231 | |
| 4 | WIM | Varga Klara | 733210 | HUN | 2216 |
| 5 | Teglas Balazs | 727130 | HUN | 2203 | |
| 6 | Kormos Adam | 730483 | HUN | 2202 | |
| 7 | Piroska Istvan | 702773 | HUN | 2172 | |
| 8 | Antal Laszlo | 725765 | HUN | 2159 | |
| 9 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 715026 | HUN | 2153 | |
| 10 | Kakuk Sandor | 705446 | HUN | 2145 | |
| 11 | Fodor Balazs | 741850 | HUN | 2122 | |
| 12 | Gyurkovics Miklos | 701874 | HUN | 2074 | |
| 13 | Bodrogi Mihaly | 707040 | HUN | 2071 | |
| 14 | WIM | Fuad Kamel Jamaliah Natalie | 724190 | JOR | 2058 |
| 15 | Toth-Katona Tamas | 753378 | HUN | 2053 | |
| 16 | Kozma Gabor | 743909 | HUN | 2011 | |
| 17 | Yip Michael | 2601303 | CAN | 1997 | |
| 18 | AIM | Ongut Tamas Gunes | 770280 | HUN | 1984 |
| 19 | Palvolgyi Istvan | 702536 | HUN | 1980 | |
| 20 | Brayer Janos | 747661 | HUN | 1946 | |
| 21 | Horanyi Gabor | 754641 | HUN | 1856 | |
| 22 | Juhasz Agoston | 778346 | HUN | 1839 | |
| 23 | Pirity Tamas Gabor | 754714 | HUN | 1835 | |
| 24 | Kelemen Szabolcs | 769886 | HUN | 1768 | |
| 25 | Birovecz Ben Jordan | 777684 | HUN | 1733 |
Starting Rank U1800
Canadian Open 2016: Antal,G(HUN)
PGNs from Chesstalk(Thanks!)
Queen’s Gambit Accepted(D20)
After 27.R1d2(Diagram)
White has an isolated pawn. How should Black continue?
What follows is a nice lesson in practical play with a better structure.
After 27.R1d2
V4 OPEN Stiavnica 2016 – SVKch
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
IM Aczel GergelyHUN) ,GM Mihok Oliver(HUN) and GM Talla Vladimir shared first with 7,5/9.
Mihok is also one of my MTK teammates.
See also Official site
GM Mihok,O(HUN) on the left and GM Talla on the right
The big matchup was
Sicilian Kan(B43) 6.Bd3
After 29..h5(Diagram)
Mihok showed subtle endgame technique to capitalise on a strong RN-RB ending. Black is threatening ..h4 to close down the kingside.
How to continue?
After 29..h5
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | RtgN | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 2 | IM | Aczel Gergely | HUN | 2480 | 0 | 7,5 | 52,5 | 2557 | 57,5 | 10 | 10,5 | |||
| 2 | 1 | GM | Mihok Oliver | HUN | 2509 | 0 | 7,5 | 49,0 | 2525 | 53,0 | 10 | 4,7 | |||
| 3 | 5 | GM | Talla Vladimir | CZE | 2424 | 0 | 7,5 | 48,0 | 2526 | 52,5 | 10 | 12,8 | |||
| 4 | 3 | GM | Manik Mikulas | SVK | 2448 | 0 | Sk Prakovce | 7,0 | 50,0 | 2421 | 54,0 | 10 | 0,9 | ||
| 5 | 6 | FM | Farkas Gabor | SVK | 2359 | 0 | Sk Ou Russel Gabcikovo | 7,0 | 48,0 | 2429 | 52,5 | 10 | 8,5 | ||
| 6 | 14 | FM | Ruckschloss Karol | S60 | SVK | 2260 | 0 | Sk Slovan Bratislava | 7,0 | 47,0 | 2373 | 51,5 | 20 | 26,0 | |
| 7 | 16 | Gbyl Andrzej | POL | 2256 | 0 | 6,5 | 43,0 | 2239 | 47,5 | 20 | -0,4 | ||||
| 8 | 30 | WFM | Juhasz Barbara | w | HUN | 2179 | 0 | 6,0 | 48,5 | 2320 | 52,0 | 20 | 35,4 | ||
| 9 | 24 | Teglas Balazs | HUN | 2203 | 0 | 6,0 | 47,0 | 2318 | 51,5 | 20 | 28,4 | ||||
| 10 | 18 | Janko Michal | SVK | 2241 | 0 | Sk Ou Russel Gabcikovo | 6,0 | 46,0 | 2276 | 50,5 | 20 | 9,0 | |||
| 11 | 11 | FM | Urhegyi Marton | U18 | HUN | 2296 | 0 | Sk Cebovce | 6,0 | 44,5 | 2276 | 48,5 | 20 | -1,8 | |
| 12 | 23 | FM | Sahidi Samir | U18 | SVK | 2216 | 0 | Ksn Bratislava | 6,0 | 44,5 | 2271 | 48,5 | 20 | 14,4 | |
| 13 | 8 | WGM | Kochetkova Julia | w | SVK | 2333 | 0 | Sk Medea Martin – Zabokreky | 6,0 | 44,5 | 2266 | 48,5 | 20 | -10,8 | |
| 14 | 4 | IM | Nagy Gabor | HUN | 2439 | 0 | 6,0 | 44,0 | 2256 | 48,0 | 10 | -15,5 | |||
| 15 | 22 | FM | Chovan Milan Ml. | U18 | SVK | 2226 | 0 | Ask Nitra | 6,0 | 44,0 | 2240 | 47,5 | 20 | 5,4 | |
| 16 | 7 | IM | Zpevak Pavel | CZE | 2357 | 0 | Sks Dubnica N/V | 6,0 | 43,5 | 2273 | 48,0 | 10 | -8,2 | ||
| 17 | 26 | Polyik Peter | U18 | HUN | 2196 | 0 | 6,0 | 43,5 | 2256 | 48,0 | 40 | 30,4 | |||
| 18 | 64 | Sertbay Huseyin | TUR | 2014 | 0 | 6,0 | 43,5 | 2232 | 44,5 | 20 | 54,2 | ||||
| 19 | 19 | Kavon Rastislav | U18 | SVK | 2241 | 0 | Sk Komplet Modranka | 6,0 | 43,0 | 2313 | 47,5 | 40 | 37,2 | ||
| 20 | 27 | WFM | Miturova Magdalena | w | CZE | 2193 | 0 | Slavoj Český Těšín | 6,0 | 43,0 | 2208 | 45,5 | 20 | 4,6 | |
| 21 | 21 | WGM | Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii | w | MGL | 2230 | 0 | 6,0 | 42,5 | 2255 | 47,0 | 20 | 8,6 | ||
| 22 | 28 | Demeter Peter | S60 | SVK | 2190 | 0 | Sachovy Klub Sabinov | 6,0 | 41,0 | 2106 | 44,0 | 20 | 3,4 | ||
| 23 | 68 | Pniaczek Marek | U18 | POL | 2002 | 0 | 6,0 | 36,0 | 1999 | 39,0 | 40 | 20,0 |
Developments in the Spanish-TWIC 1130
GM Papp,Gabor(HUN) played in the World Open.
Game 1: Li,R-Papp,G
Berlin Defence 5.Re1
White got nothing much in the opening but eventually won a P to reach an equal rook ending.
After 44.e4(Diagram)
How to play the rook ending?
After 44.e4
Game 2: Gabrielian,A-Esipenko,A
Zaitsev Variation(C92)
Black seemed to make quite reasonable moves but eventually got into some trouble on the kingside.
After 28..c4(Diagram)
White is trying to attack. But how to continue now is a big question as Ra3 is not helping much on the kingside.
After 28..c4
Game 3: Borisek-Ivanisevic
6.d3 d6(C84)
White tried to play against the queenside pawns with an early BxNc6 trade but did not get anywhere.
After 30.Kh1(Diagram)
Black has the bishops and the centre. What next?
After 30.Kh1
V4 OPEN Stiavnica 2016 – SVKch-IM Aczel G(HUN); Teglas B(HUN)
Teglas B(HUN) and IM IM Aczel G(HUN) share the lead with 4/4. There are quite a few Hungarian players taking part.
Photo: Official Site

Teglas,B(HUN) on the right
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 2 | IM | Aczel Gergely | HUN | 2480 | 4,0 | 8,5 | 2937 | 10,5 | ||
| 2 | 5 | GM | Talla Vladimir | CZE | 2424 | 4,0 | 8,5 | 2916 | 10,0 | ||
| 3 | 24 | Teglas Balazs | HUN | 2203 | 4,0 | 7,5 | 2882 | 9,0 | |||
| 4 | 1 | GM | Mihok Oliver | HUN | 2509 | 3,5 | 9,0 | 2444 | 11,5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | GM | Manik Mikulas | SVK | 2448 | 3,5 | 7,5 | 2452 | 8,5 | ||
| 6 | 13 | IM | Pribyl Josef | S60 | CZE | 2263 | 3,5 | 7,5 | 2404 | 9,0 | |
| 7 | 10 | IM | Gazik Igor | SVK | 2311 | 3,5 | 6,0 | 2359 | 7,5 | ||
| 8 | 9 | Zvarik Martin | SVK | 2319 | 3,5 | 5,5 | 2238 | 6,5 | |||
| 9 | 22 | FM | Chovan Milan Ml. | U18 | SVK | 2226 | 3,0 | 9,5 | 2308 | 11,5 | |
| 10 | 14 | FM | Ruckschloss Karol | S60 | SVK | 2260 | 3,0 | 9,0 | 2362 | 11,0 | |
| 11 | 6 | FM | Farkas Gabor | SVK | 2359 | 3,0 | 9,0 | 2306 | 10,5 | ||
| 12 | 30 | WFM | Juhasz Barbara | w | HUN | 2179 | 3,0 | 8,5 | 2342 | 10,5 | |
| 13 | 44 | Sepesi Samuel | U18 | SVK | 2108 | 3,0 | 8,5 | 2172 | 10,5 | ||
| 14 | 18 | Janko Michal | SVK | 2241 | 3,0 | 8,0 | 2276 | 9,5 | |||
| 15 | 19 | Kavon Rastislav | U18 | SVK | 2241 | 3,0 | 7,5 | 2337 | 9,0 | ||
| 16 | 7 | IM | Zpevak Pavel | CZE | 2357 | 3,0 | 7,5 | 2283 | 9,5 | ||
| 17 | 4 | IM | Nagy Gabor | HUN | 2439 | 3,0 | 7,5 | 2268 | 9,0 | ||
| 18 | 11 | FM | Urhegyi Marton | U18 | HUN | 2296 | 3,0 | 7,5 | 2232 | 8,5 | |
| 19 | 21 | WGM | Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii | w | MGL | 2230 | 3,0 | 7,5 | 2229 | 9,0 | |
| 20 | 49 | Lecky Juraj | SVK | 2082 | 3,0 | 7,5 | 2180 | 8,5 | |||
| 21 | 38 | Hros Roman | SVK | 2147 | 3,0 | 7,5 | 1960 | 8,0 | |||
| 22 | 39 | Bronis Marian | SVK | 2123 | 3,0 | 7,0 | 2231 | 7,5 | |||
| 23 | 17 | FM | Jablonicky Martin | U18 | SVK | 2244 | 3,0 | 7,0 | 2218 | 8,5 | |
| 24 | 36 | Haring Filip | U18 | SVK | 2155 | 3,0 | 7,0 | 2216 | 8,0 | ||
| 25 | 26 | Polyik Peter | U18 | HUN | 2196 | 3,0 | 7,0 | 2165 | 9,0 | ||
| 26 | 73 | Hyll Jan | SVK | 1976 | 3,0 | 6,5 | 2170 | 7,0 | |||
| 27 | 35 | Zatko Gregor | SVK | 2159 | 3,0 | 6,5 | 2075 | 6,5 | |||
| 28 | 31 | Buran Jaroslav | CZE | 2172 | 3,0 | 6,0 | 2136 | 7,5 | |||
| 29 | 43 | Bango Lukas | U18 | SVK | 2109 | 2,5 | 9,0 | 2244 | 10,5 | ||
| 30 | 55 | Toma Rudolf | SVK | 2053 | 2,5 | 9,0 | 2187 | 10,0 | |||
| 31 | 32 | Chmiel Marcin | POL | 2171 | 2,5 | 8,5 | 2214 | 10,0 | |||
| 32 | 27 | WFM | Miturova Magdalena | w | CZE | 2193 | 2,5 | 8,5 | 2201 | 10,5 | |
| 33 | 23 | FM | Sahidi Samir | U18 | SVK | 2216 | 2,5 | 8,5 | 2192 | 10,0 | |
| 34 | 34 | WIM | Horvath Julia | w | HUN | 2161 | 2,5 | 8,5 | 2181 | 9,5 | |
| 35 | 28 | Demeter Peter | S60 | SVK | 2190 | 2,5 | 8,5 | 1884 | 10,5 | ||
| 36 | 52 | Bednar Jan | SVK | 2068 | 2,5 | 8,0 | 2176 | 9,0 | |||
| 37 | 54 | Kerdik Adam | SVK | 2064 | 2,5 | 8,0 | 2171 | 8,5 | |||
| 38 | 48 | Odler Daniel | SVK | 2090 | 2,5 | 8,0 | 2128 | 9,0 | |||
| 39 | 60 | Staffen Richard | SVK | 2040 | 2,5 | 8,0 | 2126 | 9,5 | |||
| 40 | 65 | Dzikowski Michal | POL | 2008 | 2,5 | 8,0 | 2115 | 8,0 | |||
| 41 | 42 | Schmid Thomas | AUT | 2110 | 2,5 | 8,0 | 2043 | 10,0 | |||
| 42 | 145 | Krenedics Gregor | GER | 1000 | 2,5 | 7,5 | 2171 | 9,0 | |||
| 43 | 29 | Macko Miroslav | U18 | SVK | 2186 | 2,5 | 7,5 | 2148 | 9,0 | ||
| 44 | 117 | Panko Eduard ml. | U18 | SVK | 1712 | 2,5 | 7,5 | 2137 | 9,5 | ||
| 45 | 15 | IM | Banas Jan | S60 | SVK | 2259 | 2,5 | 7,5 | 2131 | 9,5 | |
| 46 | 25 | Macko Michal | SVK | 2197 | 2,5 | 7,5 | 2128 | 9,0 | |||
| 47 | 33 | Marsalek Zdenek | CZE | 2167 | 2,5 | 7,5 | 2062 | 8,5 | |||
| 48 | 8 | WGM | Kochetkova Julia | w | SVK | 2333 | 2,5 | 7,0 | 2114 | 9,0 | |
| 49 | 20 | Holtman Teodor | U18 | SVK | 2238 | 2,5 | 7,0 | 2072 | 9,0 | ||
| 50 | 16 | Gbyl Andrzej | POL | 2256 | 2,5 | 7,0 | 2067 | 8,5 | |||
| 51 | 64 | Sertbay Huseyin | TUR | 2014 | 2,5 | 7,0 | 2005 | 8,0 | |||
| 52 | 40 | Vargyas Zoltan | S60 | HUN | 2122 | 2,5 | 6,5 | 2120 | 7,5 | ||
| 53 | 51 | Bakalar Jan | S60 | SVK | 2073 | 2,5 | 6,5 | 1961 | 7,5 | ||
| 54 | 41 | FM | Tepper Frantisek | S60 | SVK | 2115 | 2,5 | 6,0 | 2086 | 7,0 | |
| 55 | 37 | Jablonicky Frantisek | S60 | SVK | 2149 | 2,5 | 6,0 | 2075 | 7,5 | ||
| 56 | 53 | Bochnickova Andrea | w | SVK | 2067 | 2,5 | 6,0 | 2010 | 6,0 | ||
| 57 | 58 | Korbela Lubomir | SVK | 2049 | 2,5 | 6,0 | 1958 | 7,0 | |||
| 58 | 71 | Jandl Vojtech | U18 | CZE | 1982 | 2,5 | 6,0 | 1824 | 7,0 | ||
| 59 | 50 | Mages Steffen | GER | 2081 | 2,5 | 5,5 | 1980 | 6,5 | |||
| 60 | 57 | Macko Peter | U18 | SVK | 2051 | 2,5 | 5,5 | 1903 | 6,5 | ||
| 61 | 12 | FM | Haring Viktor | U18 | SVK | 2289 | 2,5 | 5,0 | 2050 | 6,5 | |
| 62 | 63 | Drugda Milos | SVK | 2017 | 2,5 | 4,5 | 1773 | 5,5 | |||
| 63 | 67 | Milcova Zuzana | w | SVK | 2002 | 2,5 | 4,0 | 1705 | 4,0 |
Games from Aczel(from TWIC 1130)
Aczel-Miturova Rd3
Torre Attack(A46)
White build up a strong attacking position from a nothing special opening. The Torre Attack uses a pawn triangle formation to secure the centre. More on triangles later.
After 19..Qf6(Diagram)
How should White continue?
After 19..Qf6
The pawn triangle in the Torre Attack gave a strong foundation for a later attack. Now let us see Messi use a triangle based attack in football.
Triangle Offence in Football: Messi and Tiki Taka
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