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42nd Olympiad Baku 2016(HUN) Rd1
Updated for rd1 pairings.
The ladies play Albania.
Follow the games here.

Judit looking a bit worried(I think) at the opening ceremony. Photo: Official site

Photos from official site.
Team Composition for federation HUN
Good luck!!
10. HUN (RtgAvg:2675, Captain:Polgar Judit) | |||||
Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | FideID | |
1 | GM | Rapport Richard | 2752 | HUN | 738590 |
2 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2684 | HUN | 702293 |
3 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2640 | HUN | 718572 |
4 | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2623 | HUN | 718939 |
5 | IM | Gledura Benjamin | 2581 | HUN | 712779 |
8. HUN (RtgAvg:2394, Captain:Papp Gabor) | |||||
Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | FideID | |
1 | GM | Hoang Thanh Trang | 2467 | HUN | 12400149 |
2 | WGM | Gara Ticia | 2379 | HUN | 717444 |
3 | IM | Gara Anita | 2358 | HUN | 709751 |
4 | IM | Lazarne Vajda Szidonia | 2372 | HUN | 723894 |
5 | WGM | Papp Petra | 2297 | HUN | 739049 |
Round 1
Bo. | 74 |
Albania (ALB) |
Rtg | – | 8 |
Hungary (HUN) |
Rtg | 0 : 0 | ||||
9.1 | WCM |
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1947 | – | IM |
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2372 | |||||
9.2 | WCM |
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1932 | – | WGM |
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2336 | |||||
9.3 | WFM |
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1881 | – | WGM |
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2379 | |||||
9.4 | WCM |
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1807 | – | IM |
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2355 |
Sarkany-Aranytiz GM/IM 2016 Rd9
IM Group
Lyell-Krstulovic
White had his pawn centre undermined and then suffered when Black started to attack on the dark squares around his king.
After 36.Kf3(Diagram)
How should Black continue the attack?
After 36.Kf3
Wenninger-Balint
After 25.Qd3(Diagram)
Black is pressing on the queenside but what next?
After 25.Qd3
GM Group
Korpa-Smirnov
After 22..Rfc8(Diagram)
White has the bishops but how to make progress?
After 22..Rfc8
Hirniese-Torma
After 28..Nd5(Diagram)
Material is even in a RRN-RRN ending. What next?
After 28..Nd5
Budapest Open IM Group 2016
IM Group-Final Ranking
IM Galyas Miklos won with a professional effort at 6.5-9.
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
1 | IM | Galyas Miklos | 2460 | HUN | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,5 | 26,50 | 0,0 |
2 | IM | Skomorokhin Roman | 2395 | RUS | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,0 | 23,75 | 0,5 |
IM | Tompa Janos | 2380 | HUN | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6,0 | 23,75 | 0,5 | |
4 | Wenninger Philipp | 2356 | GER | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5,5 | 21,75 | 0,0 | |
5 | FM | Zentai Peter | 2225 | HUN | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5,0 | 20,75 | 0,0 |
6 | FM | Lyell Mark | 2238 | ENG | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4,0 | 18,25 | 0,0 |
7 | Gschnitzer Adrian | 2225 | GER | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 15,25 | 0,0 | |
8 | Balint Vilmos | 2369 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 3,5 | 13,00 | 0,0 | |
9 | Berta Sandor | 2229 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 2,5 | 10,00 | 0,0 | |
10 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 2270 | HUN | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 2,5 | 9,50 | 0,0 |
Some positions from the games.
Berta-Galyas rd4
Pirc Defence
After 23.Bf2(Diagram)
How does Black cash in on the strong central control and weak kingside?
After 23.Bf2
Wenninger-Lyell Rd4
After 26.Bh3(Diagram)
White has infiltrated and has the c-file and the bishops. What should Black do?
After 26.Bh3
Balint-Gschnitzer Rd4
After 16..Bg5(Diagram)
Black is a piece down and hopes the get a kingside attack going. What should White do with his queen?
After 16..Bg5
Skoromokin-Krstulovic Rd5
After 23..Ra7(Diagram)
After 23..Ra7
Gschnitzer-Zentai Rd5
After 41.Kf2(Diagram)
Black has a nice RN-RB ending with a good knight vs bad bishop. What next?
After 41.Kf2
Lyell-Balint Rd5
After 16..Qe7(Diagram)
Black’s king has been caught in the centre but is ready to castle next. What should White do now?
After 16..Qe7
Budapest Open 2016 Rd9-FM Brustkern, J(GER)
FM Brustkern Juergen took clear first with 7,5/9.
I lost a long hard game.
I tried a new opening but things did not go well and I was soon suffering. I fought as hard as possible but in the end did not see enough to save the game. The ending was interesting.
After 39..Qc6(Diagram)
After 39..Qc6
Much later
After 55.Ke5(Diagram)
White must give the rook for the c-pawn and after Black must do the same for the d-pawn. After there is a race in the pawn ending.
Did you manage to calculate the end?
After 55.Ke5
After 75.Kg7(Diagram)
Black to play. How to continue?
After 75.Kg7
You deserve a prize if you got this far and saw the winning idea for Black from the rook ending after 55.Ke5.
Results-Round 9
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 4 | Markos Adam | 2169 | 6½ | 0 – 1 | 6½ | FM | Brustkern Juergen | 2229 | 2 | |
2 | 3 | FM | Topak Engin | 2195 | 6 | 1 – 0 | 6 | Botlik Bela | 0 | 56 | |
3 | 1 | Polyik Peter | 2269 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | Szabo Marton Mihaly | 2104 | 9 | ||
4 | 10 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | 2100 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | Kormos Adam | 2167 | 5 | |
5 | 7 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | 2141 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | Foldi Martin | 1921 | 24 | |
6 | 28 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | 1871 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2139 | 8 | ||
7 | 30 | Horvath Aron Balazs | 1837 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | Feldman Antony | 2021 | 16 | ||
8 | 6 | Kovacs Istvan | 2149 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | FM | Letay Gyula | 1972 | 22 | |
9 | 23 | Rozsa Sandor | 1925 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | Kozma Gabor | 2063 | 12 | ||
10 | 13 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | 2054 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | 1653 | 42 | ||
11 | 21 | Yip Michael | 1980 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | Hiebert Kenji | 1820 | 35 | ||
12 | 11 | Vargyas Zoltan | 2075 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Liptak Tibor | 1783 | 37 | ||
13 | 26 | Marcu Simon | 1908 | 4 | – – + | 4 | Gyurkovics Miklos | 2029 | 14 | ||
14 | 32 | Horvath Csaba | 1828 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | 1993 | 19 | |
15 | 51 | Sulyok Eszter | 1476 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Balogh Lajos | 1915 | 25 | ||
16 | 38 | Bartuszek Andras | 1774 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Bakk Zoltan | 2021 | 15 | ||
17 | 43 | Moricz Benedek | 1639 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Thomas Tobias | 1829 | 31 | ||
18 | 45 | Szurkos Andras | 1633 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | Rinyu Janos | 1804 | 36 | ||
19 | 39 | Lakat Gyula | 1749 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3½ | Szendeff Miklos | 1744 | 40 | ||
20 | 44 | Xiao Hu Chen | 1636 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Moricz Nadja | 1329 | 55 | ||
21 | 33 | Kaibinger Karoly | 1827 | 2½ | + – – | 3 | Demjen Mark | 1666 | 41 | ||
22 | 49 | Kocsis Peter | 1590 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Bellan Istvan | 1825 | 34 | ||
23 | 47 | Szabo Miklos | 1619 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | Sulyok Istvan | 1413 | 52 | ||
24 | 46 | Pozzo Dominic T | 1620 | 1½ | – – + | 2 | Liptak Istvan | 1604 | 48 | ||
25 | 53 | Czipp Janos | 1392 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 2 | Moricz Aurel | 1378 | 54 |
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
FM Brustkern Juergen won a tough last round game and took clear first with 7,5/9.
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 2 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | GER | 2229 | 7,5 | 48,0 | 37,5 | 42,50 |
2 | 3 | FM | Topak Engin | TUR | 2195 | 7,0 | 48,0 | 38,5 | 36,25 |
3 | 1 | Polyik Peter | HUN | 2269 | 6,5 | 50,0 | 38,5 | 34,50 | |
4 | 4 | Markos Adam | HUN | 2169 | 6,5 | 47,5 | 36,5 | 33,25 | |
5 | 10 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | TUR | 2100 | 6,5 | 47,5 | 36,5 | 33,00 |
6 | 8 | Torok Tamas Titusz | HUN | 2139 | 6,0 | 46,0 | 37,0 | 29,25 | |
7 | 16 | Feldman Antony | ISR | 2021 | 6,0 | 46,0 | 35,5 | 27,50 | |
8 | 56 | Botlik Bela | HUN | 0 | 6,0 | 46,0 | 35,0 | 30,00 | |
9 | 24 | Foldi Martin | HUN | 1921 | 6,0 | 41,0 | 32,5 | 25,50 | |
10 | 17 | Psaila Clarence | MLT | 2021 | 5,5 | 51,0 | 40,0 | 29,00 | |
11 | 5 | Kormos Adam | HUN | 2167 | 5,5 | 50,5 | 39,0 | 28,75 | |
12 | 9 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | HUN | 2104 | 5,5 | 49,5 | 38,5 | 27,75 | |
13 | 13 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | HUN | 2054 | 5,5 | 47,0 | 36,0 | 26,25 | |
14 | 35 | Hiebert Kenji | JPN | 1820 | 5,5 | 44,5 | 35,5 | 25,50 | |
15 | 6 | Kovacs Istvan | HUN | 2149 | 5,5 | 42,0 | 33,5 | 25,00 | |
16 | 12 | Kozma Gabor | HUN | 2063 | 5,0 | 48,0 | 37,5 | 24,50 | |
17 | 28 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | POL | 1871 | 5,0 | 45,5 | 36,0 | 23,25 | |
18 | 30 | Horvath Aron Balazs | HUN | 1837 | 5,0 | 45,5 | 36,0 | 23,00 | |
19 | 23 | Rozsa Sandor | HUN | 1925 | 5,0 | 43,0 | 34,0 | 21,00 | |
20 | 11 | Vargyas Zoltan | HUN | 2075 | 5,0 | 42,5 | 33,0 | 22,00 | |
21 | 14 | Gyurkovics Miklos | HUN | 2029 | 5,0 | 41,0 | 31,0 | 22,00 | |
22 | 7 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | HUN | 2141 | 5,0 | 39,0 | 30,0 | 19,25 |
23 | 51 | Sulyok Eszter | HUN | 1476 | 5,0 | 38,0 | 29,0 | 18,25 | |
24 | 20 | Bodrogi Laszlo | HUN | 1990 | 4,5 | 50,5 | 39,5 | 23,25 | |
25 | 18 | Gorog Almos | HUN | 1999 | 4,5 | 47,0 | 37,0 | 20,25 | |
26 | 42 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | HUN | 1653 | 4,5 | 44,0 | 33,5 | 19,50 | |
27 | 22 | FM | Letay Gyula | HUN | 1972 | 4,5 | 40,5 | 32,0 | 19,75 |
28 | 32 | Horvath Csaba | HUN | 1828 | 4,5 | 40,0 | 31,0 | 17,75 | |
29 | 19 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | HUN | 1993 | 4,5 | 39,5 | 31,5 | 14,25 |
30 | 31 | Thomas Tobias | GER | 1829 | 4,5 | 39,0 | 30,5 | 20,00 | |
31 | 21 | Yip Michael | CAN | 1980 | 4,5 | 38,5 | 29,5 | 15,25 | |
32 | 15 | Bakk Zoltan | HUN | 2021 | 4,5 | 38,0 | 29,5 | 15,50 | |
33 | 26 | Marcu Simon | SVK | 1908 | 4,0 | 40,5 | 33,5 | 13,00 | |
34 | 36 | Rinyu Janos | HUN | 1804 | 4,0 | 40,5 | 32,0 | 16,25 | |
35 | 37 | Liptak Tibor | HUN | 1783 | 4,0 | 39,5 | 30,5 | 13,50 | |
36 | 40 | Szendeff Miklos | HUN | 1744 | 4,0 | 38,0 | 29,0 | 13,75 | |
37 | 44 | Xiao Hu Chen | HUN | 1636 | 4,0 | 36,5 | 29,5 | 11,00 | |
38 | 45 | Szurkos Andras | HUN | 1633 | 4,0 | 32,5 | 26,5 | 10,25 | |
39 | 25 | Balogh Lajos | HUN | 1915 | 4,0 | 31,5 | 25,0 | 10,50 | |
40 | 27 | Geher Laszlo | HUN | 1893 | 3,5 | 39,0 | 30,5 | 10,50 | |
41 | 33 | Kaibinger Karoly | HUN | 1827 | 3,5 | 37,5 | 29,0 | 13,50 | |
42 | 38 | Bartuszek Andras | HUN | 1774 | 3,5 | 35,5 | 29,5 | 9,25 | |
43 | 43 | Moricz Benedek | HUN | 1639 | 3,5 | 34,5 | 26,5 | 10,00 | |
44 | 47 | Szabo Miklos | HUN | 1619 | 3,5 | 32,0 | 25,5 | 8,75 | |
45 | 39 | Lakat Gyula | HUN | 1749 | 3,5 | 29,5 | 23,5 | 7,50 | |
46 | 34 | Bellan Istvan | HUN | 1825 | 3,0 | 39,0 | 30,5 | 9,25 | |
47 | 49 | Kocsis Peter | HUN | 1590 | 3,0 | 38,0 | 29,5 | 12,00 | |
48 | 41 | Demjen Mark | HUN | 1666 | 3,0 | 38,0 | 29,5 | 10,00 | |
49 | 48 | Liptak Istvan | HUN | 1604 | 3,0 | 35,5 | 28,5 | 8,50 | |
50 | 55 | Moricz Nadja | HUN | 1329 | 3,0 | 34,0 | 27,5 | 8,00 | |
51 | 54 | Moricz Aurel | HUN | 1378 | 3,0 | 29,0 | 23,0 | 6,00 | |
52 | 52 | Sulyok Istvan | HUN | 1413 | 2,5 | 36,5 | 28,5 | 9,50 | |
53 | 50 | Bolyki Istvan | HUN | 1557 | 2,0 | 32,0 | 25,0 | 6,00 | |
54 | 53 | Czipp Janos | HUN | 1392 | 1,5 | 30,0 | 24,0 | 1,75 | |
55 | 46 | Pozzo Dominic T | ENG | 1620 | 1,5 | 26,5 | 21,0 | 2,00 | |
56 | 29 | Kalmar Karoly | HUN | 1852 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 21,0 | 0,00 |
Gallery
U1700 Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Berki Zsofi Anna continued her good form and took clear first with 6,5/7.
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 1 | Berki Zsofi Anna | HUN | 1698 | 6,5 | 31,0 | 22,0 | 28,25 | |
2 | 2 | Tolnai Jozsef | HUN | 1675 | 5,5 | 29,5 | 19,5 | 21,25 | |
3 | 13 | Laszlo Csaba | HUN | 1410 | 5,5 | 29,0 | 19,5 | 22,25 | |
4 | 18 | Szabo Balazs | HUN | 1347 | 5,0 | 29,0 | 20,0 | 18,50 | |
5 | 3 | Zsatkovics Endre | HUN | 1675 | 5,0 | 28,5 | 20,5 | 18,00 | |
6 | 7 | Pilmayer Katalin Viola | HUN | 1563 | 4,5 | 29,5 | 20,5 | 15,75 | |
7 | 21 | Sandor Adam David | HUN | 1303 | 4,5 | 26,0 | 19,0 | 14,75 | |
8 | 12 | Toth Viktor | HUN | 1455 | 4,5 | 25,5 | 18,0 | 15,00 | |
9 | 14 | Monduk Eszter | HUN | 1407 | 4,5 | 22,0 | 16,0 | 13,00 | |
10 | 5 | Demeter Levente | HUN | 1598 | 4,0 | 28,5 | 22,5 | 13,50 | |
11 | 6 | Monduk Ferenc | HUN | 1593 | 3,5 | 30,5 | 22,5 | 13,25 | |
12 | 8 | Marosi Lajos | HUN | 1513 | 3,5 | 30,0 | 21,0 | 11,25 | |
13 | 11 | Vamosi Peter Istvan | HUN | 1460 | 3,5 | 28,5 | 19,5 | 14,25 | |
14 | 4 | Csorba Rudolf | HUN | 1652 | 3,5 | 27,0 | 19,5 | 11,75 | |
15 | 10 | Katusak-Huzsvar Rezsone | HUN | 1494 | 3,5 | 26,0 | 18,5 | 9,00 | |
16 | 9 | Psaila Uranchimeg | MLT | 1505 | 3,5 | 25,5 | 18,5 | 7,25 | |
17 | 31 | Szabo A. Martin | HUN | 0 | 3,5 | 25,0 | 17,5 | 11,25 | |
18 | 17 | Horvath Zoltan | HUN | 1351 | 3,5 | 24,0 | 17,0 | 8,75 | |
19 | 15 | Czagler Laszlo | HUN | 1381 | 3,5 | 23,5 | 17,0 | 9,25 | |
20 | 20 | Sandor Anna Luca | HUN | 1332 | 3,5 | 23,0 | 16,5 | 10,00 | |
21 | 27 | Antal Gergo | HUN | 0 | 3,5 | 18,5 | 13,5 | 6,75 | |
22 | 23 | Szadai David | HUN | 1166 | 3,0 | 23,0 | 16,0 | 7,25 | |
23 | 24 | Ordog Peter | HUN | 1089 | 3,0 | 20,0 | 15,0 | 6,50 | |
24 | 29 | Ordog Patrik | HUN | 0 | 3,0 | 19,0 | 13,0 | 5,00 | |
25 | 22 | Robert Viktoria Katalin | HUN | 1273 | 2,5 | 25,0 | 18,0 | 6,50 | |
26 | 32 | Szabo Adrienn | HUN | 0 | 2,5 | 19,5 | 13,5 | 4,50 | |
27 | 26 | Monduk Laszlo | HUN | 1011 | 2,5 | 19,0 | 14,0 | 5,00 | |
28 | 16 | Szalay-Ocsak Bank | HUN | 1376 | 2,0 | 25,0 | 16,5 | 4,00 | |
29 | 19 | Kolozsvary Miklos | HUN | 1337 | 2,0 | 22,5 | 16,5 | 5,25 | |
30 | 30 | Stirling Andras | HUN | 0 | 2,0 | 21,5 | 16,0 | 3,50 | |
31 | 28 | Moricz Karmen | HUN | 0 | 2,0 | 20,0 | 15,0 | 4,00 | |
32 | 33 | Toth Timea | HUN | 0 | 2,0 | 18,0 | 14,0 | 2,00 | |
33 | 25 | Psaila Ocean | MLT | 1032 | 0,5 | 20,5 | 15,0 | 1,75 |
IM Group-Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds
IM Galyas Miklos won with a professional effort at 6.5-9.
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
1 | IM | Galyas Miklos | 2460 | HUN | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,5 | 26,50 | 0,0 |
2 | IM | Skomorokhin Roman | 2395 | RUS | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,0 | 23,75 | 0,5 |
IM | Tompa Janos | 2380 | HUN | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6,0 | 23,75 | 0,5 | |
4 | Wenninger Philipp | 2356 | GER | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5,5 | 21,75 | 0,0 | |
5 | FM | Zentai Peter | 2225 | HUN | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5,0 | 20,75 | 0,0 |
6 | FM | Lyell Mark | 2238 | ENG | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4,0 | 18,25 | 0,0 |
7 | Gschnitzer Adrian | 2225 | GER | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 15,25 | 0,0 | |
8 | Balint Vilmos | 2369 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 3,5 | 13,00 | 0,0 | |
9 | Berta Sandor | 2229 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 2,5 | 10,00 | 0,0 | |
10 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 2270 | HUN | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 2,5 | 9,50 | 0,0 |
GM Group-Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds
IM Miron Lucian-Costi and IM Korpa Bence shared first with 5.5/9.
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
1 | IM | Miron Lucian-Costin | 2495 | ROU | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5,5 | 23,75 | 0,0 |
2 | IM | Korpa Bence | 2468 | HUN | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5,5 | 23,25 | 0,0 |
3 | IM | Torma Robert | 2486 | HUN | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5,0 | 21,25 | 0,5 |
Vucinic Gojko | 2399 | SRB | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5,0 | 21,25 | 0,5 | ||
5 | IM | Hirneise Tobias | 2471 | GER | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4,5 | 21,25 | 0,0 |
6 | GM | Kantsler Boris | 2394 | ISR | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4,5 | 19,75 | 0,0 |
7 | GM | Gonda Laszlo | 2500 | HUN | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4,0 | 18,25 | 0,0 |
8 | IM | Kovacs Gabor | 2460 | HUN | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 4,0 | 17,75 | 0,0 |
9 | IM | Smirnov Anton | 2486 | AUS | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 4,0 | 17,50 | 0,0 |
10 | GM | Flumbort Andras Dr. | 2460 | HUN | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 3,0 | 13,00 | 0,0 |
Budapest Open GM/IM Groups 2016 Rd8
GM Group
IM Torma Robert beat GM Gonda in the only decisive game.
Round 8 on 2016/08/27 at 15.00 | |||||||||
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 10 | 2460 | GM | Flumbort Andras Dr. | ½ – ½ | IM | Hirneise Tobias | 2471 | 9 |
2 | 1 | 2486 | IM | Torma Robert | 1 – 0 | GM | Gonda Laszlo | 2500 | 8 |
3 | 2 | 2399 | Vucinic Gojko | ½ – ½ | IM | Korpa Bence | 2468 | 7 | |
4 | 3 | 2486 | IM | Smirnov Anton | ½ – ½ | GM | Kantsler Boris | 2394 | 6 |
5 | 4 | 2495 | IM | Miron Lucian-Costin | ½ – ½ | IM | Kovacs Gabor | 2460 | 5 |
IM Group
4 out of the 5 games were decisive!
Round 8 on 2016/08/27 at 15.00 | |||||||||
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 10 | 2270 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 0 – 1 | Wenninger Philipp | 2356 | 9 | |
2 | 1 | 2369 | Balint Vilmos | 1 – 0 | Berta Sandor | 2229 | 8 | ||
3 | 2 | 2225 | FM | Zentai Peter | 0 – 1 | IM | Tompa Janos | 2380 | 7 |
4 | 3 | 2395 | IM | Skomorokhin Roman | ½ – ½ | IM | Galyas Miklos | 2460 | 6 |
5 | 4 | 2225 | Gschnitzer Adrian | 0 – 1 | FM | Lyell Mark | 2238 | 5 |
Gallery
Budapest Open 2016 Rd8
Round 9 is 10:00
Pairings-Round 9 on 2016/08/28 at 10:00
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 4 | Markos Adam | 2169 | 6½ | 6½ | FM | Brustkern Juergen | 2229 | 2 | ||||
2 | 3 | FM | Topak Engin | 2195 | 6 | 6 | Botlik Bela | 0 | 56 | ||||
3 | 1 | Polyik Peter | 2269 | 5½ | 5½ | Szabo Marton Mihaly | 2104 | 9 | |||||
4 | 10 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | 2100 | 5½ | 5½ | Kormos Adam | 2167 | 5 | ||||
5 | 7 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | 2141 | 5 | 5 | Foldi Martin | 1921 | 24 | ||||
6 | 28 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | 1871 | 5 | 5 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2139 | 8 | |||||
7 | 30 | Horvath Aron Balazs | 1837 | 5 | 5 | Feldman Antony | 2021 | 16 | |||||
8 | 6 | Kovacs Istvan | 2149 | 4½ | 4½ | FM | Letay Gyula | 1972 | 22 | ||||
9 | 23 | Rozsa Sandor | 1925 | 4½ | 4½ | Kozma Gabor | 2063 | 12 | |||||
10 | 13 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | 2054 | 4½ | 4½ | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | 1653 | 42 | |||||
11 | 21 | Yip Michael | 1980 | 4½ | 4½ | Hiebert Kenji | 1820 | 35 | |||||
12 | 11 | Vargyas Zoltan | 2075 | 4 | 4 | Liptak Tibor | 1783 | 37 | |||||
13 | 26 | Marcu Simon | 1908 | 4 | 4 | Gyurkovics Miklos | 2029 | 14 | |||||
14 | 32 | Horvath Csaba | 1828 | 4 | 4 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | 1993 | 19 | ||||
15 | 51 | Sulyok Eszter | 1476 | 4 | 4 | Balogh Lajos | 1915 | 25 | |||||
16 | 38 | Bartuszek Andras | 1774 | 3½ | 3½ | Bakk Zoltan | 2021 | 15 | |||||
17 | 43 | Moricz Benedek | 1639 | 3½ | 3½ | Thomas Tobias | 1829 | 31 | |||||
18 | 45 | Szurkos Andras | 1633 | 3½ | 3½ | Rinyu Janos | 1804 | 36 | |||||
19 | 39 | Lakat Gyula | 1749 | 3 | 3½ | Szendeff Miklos | 1744 | 40 | |||||
20 | 44 | Xiao Hu Chen | 1636 | 3 | 3 | Moricz Nadja | 1329 | 55 | |||||
21 | 33 | Kaibinger Karoly | 1827 | 2½ | 3 | Demjen Mark | 1666 | 41 | |||||
22 | 49 | Kocsis Peter | 1590 | 2½ | 2½ | Bellan Istvan | 1825 | 34 | |||||
23 | 47 | Szabo Miklos | 1619 | 2½ | 2½ | Sulyok Istvan | 1413 | 52 | |||||
24 | 46 | Pozzo Dominic T | 1620 | 1½ | 2 | Liptak Istvan | 1604 | 48 | |||||
25 | 53 | Czipp Janos | 1392 | 1½ | 2 | Moricz Aurel | 1378 | 54 | |||||
26 | 17 | Psaila Clarence | 2021 | 5½ | 0 | not paired | |||||||
27 | 18 | Gorog Almos | 1999 | 4½ | 0 | not paired | |||||||
28 | 20 | Bodrogi Laszlo | 1990 | 4½ | 0 | not paired | |||||||
29 | 27 | Geher Laszlo | 1893 | 3½ | 0 | not paired | |||||||
30 | 29 | Kalmar Karoly | 1852 | 0 | 0 | not paired | |||||||
31 | 50 | Bolyki Istvan | 1557 | 2 | 0 | not paired |
Results-Round 8
I managed to win again.
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 4 | Markos Adam | 2169 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | Polyik Peter | 2269 | 1 | ||
2 | 2 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | 2229 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | Kormos Adam | 2167 | 5 | |
3 | 3 | FM | Topak Engin | 2195 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5 | Psaila Clarence | 2021 | 17 | |
4 | 56 | Botlik Bela | 0 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | 1871 | 28 | ||
5 | 18 | Gorog Almos | 1999 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | Szabo Marton Mihaly | 2104 | 9 | ||
6 | 10 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | 2100 | 4½ | + – – | 4½ | Bodrogi Laszlo | 1990 | 20 | |
7 | 8 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2139 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Kozma Gabor | 2063 | 12 | ||
8 | 25 | Balogh Lajos | 1915 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | 2141 | 7 | |
9 | 30 | Horvath Aron Balazs | 1837 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Vargyas Zoltan | 2075 | 11 | ||
10 | 35 | Hiebert Kenji | 1820 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | 2054 | 13 | ||
11 | 16 | Feldman Antony | 2021 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Marcu Simon | 1908 | 26 | ||
12 | 42 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | 1653 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | Rozsa Sandor | 1925 | 23 | ||
13 | 24 | Foldi Martin | 1921 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Liptak Tibor | 1783 | 37 | ||
14 | 31 | Thomas Tobias | 1829 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Kovacs Istvan | 2149 | 6 | ||
15 | 40 | Szendeff Miklos | 1744 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Yip Michael | 1980 | 21 | ||
16 | 22 | FM | Letay Gyula | 1972 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Geher Laszlo | 1893 | 27 | |
17 | 14 | Gyurkovics Miklos | 2029 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Xiao Hu Chen | 1636 | 44 | ||
18 | 55 | Moricz Nadja | 1329 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | 1993 | 19 | |
19 | 41 | Demjen Mark | 1666 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Horvath Csaba | 1828 | 32 | ||
20 | 36 | Rinyu Janos | 1804 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | Moricz Benedek | 1639 | 43 | ||
21 | 39 | Lakat Gyula | 1749 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Sulyok Eszter | 1476 | 51 | ||
22 | 15 | Bakk Zoltan | 2021 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | Bellan Istvan | 1825 | 34 | ||
23 | 38 | Bartuszek Andras | 1774 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | Kaibinger Karoly | 1827 | 33 | ||
24 | 48 | Liptak Istvan | 1604 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2½ | Szurkos Andras | 1633 | 45 | ||
25 | 52 | Sulyok Istvan | 1413 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | Kocsis Peter | 1590 | 49 | ||
26 | 53 | Czipp Janos | 1392 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Szabo Miklos | 1619 | 47 | ||
27 | 54 | Moricz Aurel | 1378 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Pozzo Dominic T | 1620 | 46 | ||
28 | 29 | Kalmar Karoly | 1852 | 0 | 0 | not paired | |||||
29 | 50 | Bolyki Istvan | 1557 | 2 | 0 | not paired |
Rank after Round 8
FM Brustkern Juergen and Markos Adam share the lead with 6.5/8.
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 2 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | GER | 2229 | 6,5 | 38,5 | 29,5 | 33,50 |
2 | 4 | Markos Adam | HUN | 2169 | 6,5 | 36,5 | 27,5 | 30,25 | |
3 | 3 | FM | Topak Engin | TUR | 2195 | 6,0 | 37,5 | 29,5 | 27,00 |
4 | 56 | Botlik Bela | HUN | 0 | 6,0 | 35,5 | 26,5 | 27,50 | |
5 | 5 | Kormos Adam | HUN | 2167 | 5,5 | 40,0 | 30,0 | 26,50 | |
6 | 1 | Polyik Peter | HUN | 2269 | 5,5 | 40,0 | 29,5 | 25,75 | |
7 | 9 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | HUN | 2104 | 5,5 | 39,0 | 29,0 | 25,25 | |
8 | 17 | Psaila Clarence | MLT | 2021 | 5,5 | 38,5 | 29,0 | 24,50 | |
9 | 10 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | TUR | 2100 | 5,5 | 37,0 | 27,5 | 24,00 |
10 | 8 | Torok Tamas Titusz | HUN | 2139 | 5,0 | 36,5 | 28,5 | 21,75 | |
11 | 30 | Horvath Aron Balazs | HUN | 1837 | 5,0 | 36,0 | 27,5 | 20,25 | |
12 | 16 | Feldman Antony | ISR | 2021 | 5,0 | 36,0 | 27,0 | 19,50 | |
13 | 28 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | POL | 1871 | 5,0 | 34,0 | 26,0 | 19,50 | |
14 | 24 | Foldi Martin | HUN | 1921 | 5,0 | 32,0 | 24,0 | 17,50 | |
15 | 7 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | HUN | 2141 | 5,0 | 30,0 | 23,0 | 17,50 |
16 | 20 | Bodrogi Laszlo | HUN | 1990 | 4,5 | 40,0 | 30,5 | 19,75 | |
17 | 13 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | HUN | 2054 | 4,5 | 38,0 | 28,0 | 18,75 | |
18 | 18 | Gorog Almos | HUN | 1999 | 4,5 | 37,0 | 28,5 | 17,25 | |
19 | 12 | Kozma Gabor | HUN | 2063 | 4,5 | 37,0 | 28,0 | 19,00 | |
20 | 35 | Hiebert Kenji | JPN | 1820 | 4,5 | 35,5 | 28,0 | 19,00 | |
21 | 42 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | HUN | 1653 | 4,5 | 34,5 | 25,0 | 17,75 | |
22 | 23 | Rozsa Sandor | HUN | 1925 | 4,5 | 33,5 | 26,0 | 16,50 | |
23 | 6 | Kovacs Istvan | HUN | 2149 | 4,5 | 33,0 | 25,5 | 17,50 | |
24 | 22 | FM | Letay Gyula | HUN | 1972 | 4,5 | 30,0 | 22,5 | 16,75 |
25 | 21 | Yip Michael | CAN | 1980 | 4,5 | 29,0 | 21,5 | 13,00 | |
26 | 11 | Vargyas Zoltan | HUN | 2075 | 4,0 | 34,5 | 26,0 | 16,00 | |
27 | 19 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | HUN | 1993 | 4,0 | 32,5 | 25,0 | 10,50 |
28 | 14 | Gyurkovics Miklos | HUN | 2029 | 4,0 | 32,5 | 24,0 | 15,00 | |
29 | 26 | Marcu Simon | SVK | 1908 | 4,0 | 32,0 | 25,5 | 11,50 | |
30 | 51 | Sulyok Eszter | HUN | 1476 | 4,0 | 31,5 | 24,0 | 13,00 | |
31 | 32 | Horvath Csaba | HUN | 1828 | 4,0 | 30,5 | 22,5 | 12,50 | |
32 | 37 | Liptak Tibor | HUN | 1783 | 4,0 | 30,5 | 22,0 | 11,50 | |
33 | 25 | Balogh Lajos | HUN | 1915 | 4,0 | 24,0 | 18,0 | 8,50 | |
34 | 36 | Rinyu Janos | HUN | 1804 | 3,5 | 33,0 | 25,0 | 12,75 | |
35 | 15 | Bakk Zoltan | HUN | 2021 | 3,5 | 31,5 | 23,5 | 11,25 | |
40 | Szendeff Miklos | HUN | 1744 | 3,5 | 31,5 | 23,5 | 11,25 | ||
37 | 31 | Thomas Tobias | GER | 1829 | 3,5 | 31,0 | 23,0 | 15,00 | |
38 | 27 | Geher Laszlo | HUN | 1893 | 3,5 | 30,0 | 23,0 | 9,25 | |
39 | 38 | Bartuszek Andras | HUN | 1774 | 3,5 | 26,5 | 20,5 | 7,75 | |
40 | 43 | Moricz Benedek | HUN | 1639 | 3,5 | 26,0 | 19,5 | 8,25 | |
41 | 45 | Szurkos Andras | HUN | 1633 | 3,5 | 25,0 | 19,0 | 7,00 | |
42 | 44 | Xiao Hu Chen | HUN | 1636 | 3,0 | 30,5 | 24,0 | 8,00 | |
43 | 41 | Demjen Mark | HUN | 1666 | 3,0 | 30,5 | 23,5 | 8,50 | |
44 | 55 | Moricz Nadja | HUN | 1329 | 3,0 | 26,0 | 20,5 | 7,00 | |
45 | 39 | Lakat Gyula | HUN | 1749 | 3,0 | 22,0 | 16,5 | 4,50 | |
46 | 49 | Kocsis Peter | HUN | 1590 | 2,5 | 32,0 | 24,5 | 10,25 | |
47 | 34 | Bellan Istvan | HUN | 1825 | 2,5 | 31,0 | 24,0 | 7,00 | |
48 | 33 | Kaibinger Karoly | HUN | 1827 | 2,5 | 31,0 | 23,0 | 8,75 | |
49 | 52 | Sulyok Istvan | HUN | 1413 | 2,5 | 29,0 | 21,5 | 9,25 | |
50 | 47 | Szabo Miklos | HUN | 1619 | 2,5 | 26,0 | 20,0 | 5,25 | |
51 | 48 | Liptak Istvan | HUN | 1604 | 2,0 | 30,5 | 23,0 | 5,00 | |
52 | 54 | Moricz Aurel | HUN | 1378 | 2,0 | 25,5 | 19,5 | 4,00 | |
53 | 50 | Bolyki Istvan | HUN | 1557 | 2,0 | 25,0 | 19,0 | 4,50 | |
54 | 53 | Czipp Janos | HUN | 1392 | 1,5 | 22,5 | 17,5 | 1,50 | |
55 | 46 | Pozzo Dominic T | ENG | 1620 | 1,5 | 21,0 | 16,0 | 1,50 | |
56 | 29 | Kalmar Karoly | HUN | 1852 | 0,0 | 22,0 | 16,5 | 0,00 |
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Budapest Open 2016 Rd7
I won today.
I played quite poorly but won after my opponent sacrificed a piece for the attack unsoundly.
After 24..h4(Diagram)
Black’s kingside is looking quite shaky. How should White continue?
After 24..h4
Results-Round 7
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 1 | Polyik Peter | 2269 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | FM | Topak Engin | 2195 | 3 | |||
2 | 9 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | 2104 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | FM | Brustkern Juergen | 2229 | 2 | |||
3 | 20 | Bodrogi Laszlo | 1990 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | Markos Adam | 2169 | 4 | ||||
4 | 5 | Kormos Adam | 2167 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Gorog Almos | 1999 | 18 | ||||
5 | 17 | Psaila Clarence | 2021 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | 2100 | 10 | |||
6 | 28 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | 1871 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Foldi Martin | 1921 | 24 | ||||
7 | 26 | Marcu Simon | 1908 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | Botlik Bela | 0 | 56 | ||||
8 | 12 | Kozma Gabor | 2063 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Kovacs Istvan | 2149 | 6 | ||||
9 | 23 | Rozsa Sandor | 1925 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2139 | 8 | ||||
10 | 35 | Hiebert Kenji | 1820 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | Feldman Antony | 2021 | 16 | ||||
11 | 7 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | 2141 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3½ | FM | Letay Gyula | 1972 | 22 | ||
12 | 11 | Vargyas Zoltan | 2075 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Horvath Csaba | 1828 | 32 | ||||
13 | 13 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | 2054 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Rinyu Janos | 1804 | 36 | ||||
14 | 37 | Liptak Tibor | 1783 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Gyurkovics Miklos | 2029 | 14 | ||||
15 | 19 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | 1993 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | 1653 | 42 | |||
16 | 25 | Balogh Lajos | 1915 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Demjen Mark | 1666 | 41 | ||||
17 | 27 | Geher Laszlo | 1893 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | Szendeff Miklos | 1744 | 40 | ||||
18 | 51 | Sulyok Eszter | 1476 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Horvath Aron Balazs | 1837 | 30 | ||||
19 | 15 | Bakk Zoltan | 2021 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | Thomas Tobias | 1829 | 31 | ||||
20 | 33 | Kaibinger Karoly | 1827 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | Yip Michael | 1980 | 21 | ||||
21 | 34 | Bellan Istvan | 1825 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | Szurkos Andras | 1633 | 45 | ||||
22 | 49 | Kocsis Peter | 1590 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Lakat Gyula | 1749 | 39 | ||||
23 | 43 | Moricz Benedek | 1639 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Liptak Istvan | 1604 | 48 | ||||
24 | 44 | Xiao Hu Chen | 1636 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Sulyok Istvan | 1413 | 52 | ||||
25 | 46 | Pozzo Dominic T | 1620 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 2 | Moricz Nadja | 1329 | 55 | ||||
26 | 54 | Moricz Aurel | 1378 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Bartuszek Andras | 1774 | 38 | ||||
27 | 53 | Czipp Janos | 1392 | ½ | + – – | 1½ | Szabo Miklos | 1619 | 47 | ||||
28 | 29 | Kalmar Karoly | 1852 | 0 | 0 | not paired | |||||||
29 | 50 | Bolyki Istvan | 1557 | 2 | 0 | not paired |
Rank after Round 7
FM Brustkern,Jurgen won today and shares the lead with 5.5/7.
FM Brustkern,Jurgen(GER)
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 1 | Polyik Peter | HUN | 2269 | 5,5 | 29,5 | 21,0 | 22,50 | |
2 | 2 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | GER | 2229 | 5,5 | 29,0 | 21,0 | 24,25 |
3 | 3 | FM | Topak Engin | TUR | 2195 | 5,5 | 29,0 | 21,0 | 22,00 |
4 | 5 | Kormos Adam | HUN | 2167 | 5,5 | 28,5 | 21,0 | 22,25 | |
5 | 4 | Markos Adam | HUN | 2169 | 5,5 | 27,5 | 20,0 | 21,75 | |
6 | 17 | Psaila Clarence | MLT | 2021 | 5,0 | 28,0 | 20,0 | 18,75 | |
7 | 56 | Botlik Bela | HUN | 0 | 5,0 | 27,5 | 19,5 | 19,00 | |
8 | 28 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | POL | 1871 | 5,0 | 25,0 | 17,5 | 16,50 | |
9 | 10 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | TUR | 2100 | 4,5 | 30,5 | 22,5 | 17,50 |
10 | 18 | Gorog Almos | HUN | 1999 | 4,5 | 29,5 | 22,0 | 15,75 | |
11 | 9 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | HUN | 2104 | 4,5 | 29,5 | 21,0 | 17,75 | |
12 | 20 | Bodrogi Laszlo | HUN | 1990 | 4,5 | 28,5 | 21,0 | 15,75 | |
13 | 12 | Kozma Gabor | HUN | 2063 | 4,5 | 28,5 | 20,5 | 16,75 | |
14 | 16 | Feldman Antony | ISR | 2021 | 4,0 | 30,5 | 22,0 | 14,75 | |
15 | 13 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | HUN | 2054 | 4,0 | 30,0 | 21,5 | 15,00 | |
16 | 8 | Torok Tamas Titusz | HUN | 2139 | 4,0 | 29,5 | 21,5 | 16,25 | |
17 | 30 | Horvath Aron Balazs | HUN | 1837 | 4,0 | 27,5 | 20,0 | 13,25 | |
18 | 35 | Hiebert Kenji | JPN | 1820 | 4,0 | 26,5 | 19,0 | 14,75 | |
19 | 24 | Foldi Martin | HUN | 1921 | 4,0 | 25,5 | 18,5 | 12,00 | |
20 | 11 | Vargyas Zoltan | HUN | 2075 | 4,0 | 24,5 | 17,5 | 12,00 | |
21 | 42 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | HUN | 1653 | 4,0 | 24,5 | 17,0 | 12,50 | |
22 | 23 | Rozsa Sandor | HUN | 1925 | 4,0 | 24,0 | 17,0 | 11,75 | |
23 | 26 | Marcu Simon | SVK | 1908 | 4,0 | 23,5 | 18,0 | 10,50 | |
24 | 7 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | HUN | 2141 | 4,0 | 21,0 | 16,0 | 10,00 |
25 | 37 | Liptak Tibor | HUN | 1783 | 4,0 | 21,0 | 14,5 | 9,00 | |
26 | 25 | Balogh Lajos | HUN | 1915 | 4,0 | 18,0 | 13,0 | 8,50 | |
27 | 6 | Kovacs Istvan | HUN | 2149 | 3,5 | 27,0 | 20,0 | 12,75 | |
28 | 40 | Szendeff Miklos | HUN | 1744 | 3,5 | 24,5 | 17,5 | 10,75 | |
29 | 22 | FM | Letay Gyula | HUN | 1972 | 3,5 | 22,0 | 16,0 | 10,50 |
30 | 27 | Geher Laszlo | HUN | 1893 | 3,5 | 21,5 | 16,0 | 7,75 | |
31 | 21 | Yip Michael | CAN | 1980 | 3,5 | 21,5 | 15,0 | 8,25 | |
32 | 31 | Thomas Tobias | GER | 1829 | 3,5 | 21,5 | 14,5 | 11,50 | |
33 | 14 | Gyurkovics Miklos | HUN | 2029 | 3,0 | 27,5 | 19,0 | 10,50 | |
34 | 19 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | HUN | 1993 | 3,0 | 27,0 | 20,5 | 7,50 |
35 | 32 | Horvath Csaba | HUN | 1828 | 3,0 | 24,5 | 17,0 | 7,75 | |
36 | 36 | Rinyu Janos | HUN | 1804 | 3,0 | 24,0 | 17,0 | 9,00 | |
37 | 51 | Sulyok Eszter | HUN | 1476 | 3,0 | 23,0 | 16,5 | 8,25 | |
38 | 44 | Xiao Hu Chen | HUN | 1636 | 3,0 | 22,0 | 16,0 | 6,50 | |
39 | 41 | Demjen Mark | HUN | 1666 | 3,0 | 22,0 | 16,0 | 6,00 | |
40 | 55 | Moricz Nadja | HUN | 1329 | 3,0 | 21,0 | 16,0 | 7,00 | |
41 | 43 | Moricz Benedek | HUN | 1639 | 3,0 | 19,0 | 13,5 | 6,00 | |
42 | 39 | Lakat Gyula | HUN | 1749 | 3,0 | 16,5 | 11,0 | 4,00 | |
43 | 15 | Bakk Zoltan | HUN | 2021 | 2,5 | 25,0 | 18,5 | 7,50 | |
44 | 34 | Bellan Istvan | HUN | 1825 | 2,5 | 23,0 | 16,5 | 5,75 | |
45 | 45 | Szurkos Andras | HUN | 1633 | 2,5 | 22,5 | 16,5 | 5,00 | |
46 | 33 | Kaibinger Karoly | HUN | 1827 | 2,5 | 21,5 | 15,5 | 6,50 | |
47 | 38 | Bartuszek Andras | HUN | 1774 | 2,5 | 20,0 | 15,0 | 3,75 | |
48 | 49 | Kocsis Peter | HUN | 1590 | 2,0 | 26,5 | 18,5 | 7,50 | |
49 | 52 | Sulyok Istvan | HUN | 1413 | 2,0 | 24,5 | 18,0 | 8,00 | |
50 | 48 | Liptak Istvan | HUN | 1604 | 2,0 | 24,5 | 18,0 | 5,00 | |
51 | 50 | Bolyki Istvan | HUN | 1557 | 2,0 | 18,0 | 13,0 | 3,00 | |
52 | 47 | Szabo Miklos | HUN | 1619 | 1,5 | 22,0 | 15,5 | 3,75 | |
53 | 46 | Pozzo Dominic T | ENG | 1620 | 1,5 | 17,5 | 12,5 | 1,50 | |
54 | 53 | Czipp Janos | HUN | 1392 | 1,5 | 17,0 | 12,5 | 1,50 | |
55 | 54 | Moricz Aurel | HUN | 1378 | 1,0 | 22,0 | 16,0 | 3,00 | |
56 | 29 | Kalmar Karoly | HUN | 1852 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 12,5 | 0,00 |
Gallery
IM Group
Round 7 on 2016/08/26 at 15.00 | |||||||||
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 4 | 2225 | Gschnitzer Adrian | 1 – 0 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 2270 | 10 | |
2 | 5 | 2238 | FM | Lyell Mark | ½ – ½ | IM | Skomorokhin Roman | 2395 | 3 |
3 | 6 | 2460 | IM | Galyas Miklos | ½ – ½ | FM | Zentai Peter | 2225 | 2 |
4 | 7 | 2380 | IM | Tompa Janos | 1 – 0 | Balint Vilmos | 2369 | 1 | |
5 | 8 | 2229 | Berta Sandor | 0 – 1 | Wenninger Philipp | 2356 | 9 |
Ranking after Round 7
IM Galyas Miklos is in clear first with 5.5/7.
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | IM | Galyas Miklos | 2460 | HUN | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5,5 | 21,5 | 15,5 | 15,50 | ||
2 | IM | Skomorokhin Roman | 2395 | RUS | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5,0 | 20,0 | 14,0 | 12,50 | ||
3 | Wenninger Philipp | 2356 | GER | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 27,5 | 20,0 | 15,50 | |||
4 | FM | Zentai Peter | 2225 | HUN | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4,5 | 24,0 | 17,0 | 15,00 | ||
5 | IM | Tompa Janos | 2380 | HUN | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4,5 | 21,0 | 14,0 | 11,00 | ||
6 | FM | Lyell Mark | 2238 | ENG | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 27,5 | 20,5 | 11,25 | ||
7 | Gschnitzer Adrian | 2225 | GER | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3,0 | 23,5 | 17,0 | 7,75 | |||
8 | Berta Sandor | 2229 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 2,0 | 27,0 | 20,0 | 6,00 | |||
9 | Balint Vilmos | 2369 | HUN | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1,5 | 27,0 | 20,0 | 3,75 | |||
10 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 2270 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1,5 | 26,0 | 19,0 | 4,25 |
Gallery
Budapest Open 2016
Here is a nice game from Rd6 in the Open.
After 26.Qc2(Diagram)
Black has a nice kingside buildup.
After 26.Qc2
Later in the good knight vs bad bishop endgame, Black played the technical phase well.
After 55.Ke3(Diagram)
After 55.Ke3
Psaila will represent Malta in the Baku Olympiad.
Dynamic Decision Making in Chess-Gelfand(Quality Chess 2016)
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In Dynamic Decision Making in Chess former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand continues his investigation into decision-making at the top level, discussing some of his best games as well as his worst slips, giving the reader a unique insight into the mind of a world-class grandmaster.

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Budapest Open IM Group 2015 Rd5
IM Group Ranking after Round 5
IM Galyas Miklos, FM Zentai Peter and IM Skomorokhin Roman share the lead with 4/5.
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | IM | Skomorokhin Roman | 2395 | RUS | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 11,0 | 6,5 | 7,50 | ||||
2 | FM | Zentai Peter | 2225 | HUN | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4,0 | 10,5 | 6,0 | 7,75 | |||||
3 | IM | Galyas Miklos | 2460 | HUN | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4,0 | 10,0 | 6,5 | 7,75 | |||||
4 | Wenninger Philipp | 2356 | GER | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 3,0 | 15,0 | 9,5 | 7,00 | ||||||
5 | IM | Tompa Janos | 2380 | HUN | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3,0 | 9,5 | 5,0 | 4,50 | |||||
6 | Berta Sandor | 2229 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2,0 | 14,0 | 8,5 | 3,00 | |||||
7 | FM | Lyell Mark | 2238 | ENG | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1,5 | 13,5 | 8,0 | 3,50 | |||||
8 | Gschnitzer Adrian | 2225 | GER | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1,5 | 13,5 | 8,0 | 3,00 | |||||
9 | Balint Vilmos | 2369 | HUN | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1,5 | 11,5 | 7,0 | 2,50 | ||||||
10 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 2270 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 0,5 | 16,5 | 11,0 | 1,50 |
Galyas-Tompa
After 23..Re8(Diagram)
White started with a thematic attack with g4 and is looking to continue the pressure.
After 23..Re8
Skoromokhin-Balint
After 17..Bd5(Diagram)
Black has been caught uncastled but on the other hand White is not using his queenside pieces.
After 17..Bd5
Zentai-Krstulovic
After 16..Nd5(Diagram)
White has some queenside pressure but now what?
After 17…Bd6
Gschintzer-Wenninger
After 24.Nd2(Diagram)
Black is more active and is looking at the d3 outpost and more.
After 24.Nd2
Lyell-Berta
After 43.b3(Diagram)
Black is pressing but how to continue is the question. One option is to force a king and pawn ending and there are other ways to keep the tension to capitalise on the passed f-pawn.
What do you suggest?
After 43.b3