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Budapest Open 2016 Rd6
I was unable to break the solid defence of Sulyok Eszter(1476) and had to concede a draw.

Sulyok, Eszter
After 21..h6(Diagram)
White is clearly better but what is the best way to continue?
After 21..h6
I was of course happy to make some new friends in the analysis session.

Results-Round 6
Psaila Clarence had a good win on the Black side of an exchange French and eventually converted a good knight vs. bad bishop ending.
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 18 | Gorog Almos | 1999 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4 | FM | Topak Engin | 2195 | 3 | |
| 2 | 10 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | 2100 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | Polyik Peter | 2269 | 1 | |
| 3 | 4 | Markos Adam | 2169 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | 2104 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | 2229 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Kozma Gabor | 2063 | 12 | |
| 5 | 16 | Feldman Antony | 2021 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Kormos Adam | 2167 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2139 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Psaila Clarence | 2021 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 14 | Gyurkovics Miklos | 2029 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Bodrogi Laszlo | 1990 | 20 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Kovacs Istvan | 2149 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | Rozsa Sandor | 1925 | 23 | ||
| 9 | 26 | Marcu Simon | 1908 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | 2141 | 7 | |
| 10 | 28 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | 1871 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | 2054 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 56 | Botlik Bela | 0 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | 1993 | 19 | |
| 12 | 24 | Foldi Martin | 1921 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Geher Laszlo | 1893 | 27 | ||
| 13 | 42 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | 1653 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 2½ | Hiebert Kenji | 1820 | 35 | ||
| 14 | 22 | FM | Letay Gyula | 1972 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | Bakk Zoltan | 2021 | 15 | |
| 15 | 36 | Rinyu Janos | 1804 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Horvath Aron Balazs | 1837 | 30 | ||
| 16 | 21 | Yip Michael | 1980 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Sulyok Eszter | 1476 | 51 | ||
| 17 | 45 | Szurkos Andras | 1633 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Vargyas Zoltan | 2075 | 11 | ||
| 18 | 48 | Liptak Istvan | 1604 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Balogh Lajos | 1915 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 32 | Horvath Csaba | 1828 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Xiao Hu Chen | 1636 | 44 | ||
| 20 | 55 | Moricz Nadja | 1329 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Liptak Tibor | 1783 | 37 | ||
| 21 | 40 | Szendeff Miklos | 1744 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Kocsis Peter | 1590 | 49 | ||
| 22 | 52 | Sulyok Istvan | 1413 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Demjen Mark | 1666 | 41 | ||
| 23 | 38 | Bartuszek Andras | 1774 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Thomas Tobias | 1829 | 31 | ||
| 24 | 47 | Szabo Miklos | 1619 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Kaibinger Karoly | 1827 | 33 | ||
| 25 | 34 | Bellan Istvan | 1825 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | Moricz Benedek | 1639 | 43 | ||
| 26 | 50 | Bolyki Istvan | 1557 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Moricz Aurel | 1378 | 54 | ||
| 27 | 39 | Lakat Gyula | 1749 | 1 | 1 – 0 | ½ | Czipp Janos | 1392 | 53 |
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Budapest Open 2016 Rd5
I played rather poorly and lost
I did nothing special in the opening and then misplayed an equal position horribly. My opponent gave me chances but I kept making mistakes until the inevitable happened.
After 25..Rc2(Diagram)
The invasion as begun and my position looks quite horrible.
After 25..Rc2
Results-Round 5
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 3 | FM | Topak Engin | 2195 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | 2100 | 10 |
| 2 | 12 | Kozma Gabor | 2063 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Gorog Almos | 1999 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Polyik Peter | 2269 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Gyurkovics Miklos | 2029 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 17 | Psaila Clarence | 2021 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | 2229 | 2 | |
| 5 | 13 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | 2054 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Markos Adam | 2169 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 20 | Bodrogi Laszlo | 1990 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2139 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 9 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | 2104 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Marcu Simon | 1908 | 26 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Kormos Adam | 2167 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 3 | Botlik Bela | 0 | 56 | ||
| 9 | 7 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | 2141 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Kovacs Istvan | 2149 | 6 | |
| 10 | 11 | Vargyas Zoltan | 2075 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2½ | Feldman Antony | 2021 | 16 | ||
| 11 | 15 | Bakk Zoltan | 2021 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | Rinyu Janos | 1804 | 36 | ||
| 12 | 19 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | 1993 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Szendeff Miklos | 1744 | 40 | |
| 13 | 21 | Yip Michael | 1980 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | 1653 | 42 | ||
| 14 | 35 | Hiebert Kenji | 1820 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | FM | Letay Gyula | 1972 | 22 | |
| 15 | 23 | Rozsa Sandor | 1925 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Liptak Istvan | 1604 | 48 | ||
| 16 | 49 | Kocsis Peter | 1590 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Foldi Martin | 1921 | 24 | ||
| 17 | 27 | Geher Laszlo | 1893 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Moricz Nadja | 1329 | 55 | ||
| 18 | 41 | Demjen Mark | 1666 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | 1871 | 28 | ||
| 19 | 30 | Horvath Aron Balazs | 1837 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 2 | Sulyok Istvan | 1413 | 52 | ||
| 20 | 45 | Szurkos Andras | 1633 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | Horvath Csaba | 1828 | 32 | ||
| 21 | 51 | Sulyok Eszter | 1476 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Bartuszek Andras | 1774 | 38 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Balogh Lajos | 1915 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Lakat Gyula | 1749 | 39 | ||
| 23 | 31 | Thomas Tobias | 1829 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | Szabo Miklos | 1619 | 47 | ||
| 24 | 43 | Moricz Benedek | 1639 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | Kaibinger Karoly | 1827 | 33 | ||
| 25 | 37 | Liptak Tibor | 1783 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Moricz Aurel | 1378 | 54 | ||
| 26 | 44 | Xiao Hu Chen | 1636 | 1 | 1 – 0 | ½ | Czipp Janos | 1392 | 53 | ||
| 27 | 46 | Pozzo Dominic T | 1620 | ½ | 0 – 1 | ½ | Bellan Istvan | 1825 | 34 | ||
| 28 | 50 | Bolyki Istvan | 1557 | 0 | 1 | bye | |||||
| 29 | 29 | Kalmar Karoly | 1852 | 0 | 0 | not paired |
Rank after Round 5
Gorog Almos is in clear first wth 4,5/5.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 18 | Gorog Almos | HUN | 1999 | 4,5 | 13,5 | 7,5 | 11,50 | |
| 2 | 1 | Polyik Peter | HUN | 2269 | 4,0 | 17,0 | 9,5 | 13,00 | |
| 3 | 10 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | TUR | 2100 | 4,0 | 15,0 | 9,0 | 11,25 |
| 4 | 3 | FM | Topak Engin | TUR | 2195 | 4,0 | 14,5 | 9,0 | 11,25 |
| 5 | 9 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | HUN | 2104 | 4,0 | 14,0 | 8,5 | 11,00 | |
| 6 | 4 | Markos Adam | HUN | 2169 | 4,0 | 12,5 | 8,0 | 11,00 | |
| 7 | 20 | Bodrogi Laszlo | HUN | 1990 | 3,5 | 14,5 | 9,5 | 9,50 | |
| 8 | 8 | Torok Tamas Titusz | HUN | 2139 | 3,5 | 14,0 | 9,0 | 9,50 | |
| 9 | 2 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | GER | 2229 | 3,5 | 14,0 | 8,5 | 10,00 |
| 10 | 5 | Kormos Adam | HUN | 2167 | 3,5 | 14,0 | 8,5 | 8,75 | |
| 11 | 16 | Feldman Antony | ISR | 2021 | 3,5 | 13,5 | 8,0 | 7,50 | |
| 12 | 12 | Kozma Gabor | HUN | 2063 | 3,5 | 13,5 | 8,0 | 7,00 | |
| 13 | 17 | Psaila Clarence | MLT | 2021 | 3,5 | 12,0 | 7,0 | 8,00 | |
| 14 | 13 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | HUN | 2054 | 3,0 | 15,5 | 9,5 | 8,25 | |
| 15 | 56 | Botlik Bela | HUN | 0 | 3,0 | 15,0 | 9,5 | 8,50 | |
| 16 | 6 | Kovacs Istvan | HUN | 2149 | 3,0 | 13,5 | 8,5 | 7,75 | |
| 17 | 23 | Rozsa Sandor | HUN | 1925 | 3,0 | 13,0 | 8,5 | 6,00 | |
| 18 | 24 | Foldi Martin | HUN | 1921 | 3,0 | 13,0 | 7,0 | 7,00 | |
| 19 | 19 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | HUN | 1993 | 3,0 | 12,5 | 8,0 | 4,50 |
| 20 | 28 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | POL | 1871 | 3,0 | 12,5 | 6,5 | 6,25 | |
| 21 | 27 | Geher Laszlo | HUN | 1893 | 3,0 | 12,0 | 7,0 | 5,00 | |
| 22 | 14 | Gyurkovics Miklos | HUN | 2029 | 3,0 | 12,0 | 6,5 | 6,00 | |
| 23 | 42 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | HUN | 1653 | 3,0 | 12,0 | 6,5 | 5,50 | |
| 24 | 26 | Marcu Simon | SVK | 1908 | 3,0 | 11,0 | 6,5 | 4,00 | |
| 25 | 7 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | HUN | 2141 | 3,0 | 9,5 | 5,5 | 4,75 |
| 26 | 30 | Horvath Aron Balazs | HUN | 1837 | 2,5 | 16,5 | 10,5 | 7,00 | |
| 27 | 15 | Bakk Zoltan | HUN | 2021 | 2,5 | 14,0 | 8,0 | 6,25 | |
| 28 | 35 | Hiebert Kenji | JPN | 1820 | 2,5 | 13,5 | 8,5 | 6,00 | |
| 29 | 36 | Rinyu Janos | HUN | 1804 | 2,5 | 12,5 | 7,0 | 5,00 | |
| 30 | 22 | FM | Letay Gyula | HUN | 1972 | 2,5 | 11,0 | 7,0 | 5,25 |
| 31 | 51 | Sulyok Eszter | HUN | 1476 | 2,5 | 11,0 | 6,5 | 4,25 | |
| 32 | 11 | Vargyas Zoltan | HUN | 2075 | 2,0 | 15,5 | 9,5 | 4,50 | |
| 33 | 49 | Kocsis Peter | HUN | 1590 | 2,0 | 15,0 | 8,5 | 5,00 | |
| 34 | 41 | Demjen Mark | HUN | 1666 | 2,0 | 13,5 | 9,0 | 4,00 | |
| 35 | 40 | Szendeff Miklos | HUN | 1744 | 2,0 | 13,5 | 8,0 | 4,00 | |
| 36 | 32 | Horvath Csaba | HUN | 1828 | 2,0 | 12,5 | 7,5 | 3,50 | |
| 37 | 44 | Xiao Hu Chen | HUN | 1636 | 2,0 | 12,0 | 8,0 | 3,00 | |
| 38 | 52 | Sulyok Istvan | HUN | 1413 | 2,0 | 12,0 | 7,0 | 4,00 | |
| 39 | 21 | Yip Michael | CAN | 1980 | 2,0 | 11,5 | 7,0 | 3,50 | |
| 40 | 37 | Liptak Tibor | HUN | 1783 | 2,0 | 11,5 | 7,0 | 1,50 | |
| 41 | 45 | Szurkos Andras | HUN | 1633 | 2,0 | 11,5 | 6,5 | 2,25 | |
| 42 | 48 | Liptak Istvan | HUN | 1604 | 2,0 | 11,0 | 6,5 | 3,00 | |
| 43 | 55 | Moricz Nadja | HUN | 1329 | 2,0 | 10,0 | 6,0 | 3,00 | |
| 44 | 25 | Balogh Lajos | HUN | 1915 | 2,0 | 8,5 | 5,0 | 1,50 | |
| 45 | 31 | Thomas Tobias | GER | 1829 | 1,5 | 13,5 | 8,0 | 4,75 | |
| 46 | 34 | Bellan Istvan | HUN | 1825 | 1,5 | 12,5 | 8,0 | 2,00 | |
| 47 | 33 | Kaibinger Karoly | HUN | 1827 | 1,5 | 12,5 | 7,5 | 3,25 | |
| 48 | 43 | Moricz Benedek | HUN | 1639 | 1,5 | 11,0 | 7,0 | 1,25 | |
| 49 | 47 | Szabo Miklos | HUN | 1619 | 1,5 | 10,5 | 6,5 | 1,25 | |
| 50 | 38 | Bartuszek Andras | HUN | 1774 | 1,5 | 10,0 | 6,5 | 1,50 | |
| 51 | 54 | Moricz Aurel | HUN | 1378 | 1,0 | 11,0 | 7,0 | 1,00 | |
| 52 | 39 | Lakat Gyula | HUN | 1749 | 1,0 | 9,0 | 5,0 | 0,50 | |
| 53 | 50 | Bolyki Istvan | HUN | 1557 | 1,0 | 8,0 | 5,0 | 0,50 | |
| 54 | 53 | Czipp Janos | HUN | 1392 | 0,5 | 9,5 | 6,0 | 0,25 | |
| 55 | 46 | Pozzo Dominic T | ENG | 1620 | 0,5 | 8,0 | 4,5 | 0,25 | |
| 56 | 29 | Kalmar Karoly | HUN | 1852 | 0,0 | 10,0 | 6,0 | 0,00 |
U1700 Results Round 4
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 7 | Pilmayer Katalin Viola | 1563 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | Marosi Lajos | 1513 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Berki Zsofi Anna | 1698 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 2½ | Tolnai Jozsef | 1675 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 13 | Laszlo Csaba | 1410 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Csorba Rudolf | 1652 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Zsatkovics Endre | 1675 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2½ | Monduk Ferenc | 1593 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Demeter Levente | 1598 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Szalay-Ocsak Bank | 1376 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 17 | Horvath Zoltan | 1351 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Psaila Uranchimeg | 1505 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 12 | Toth Viktor | 1455 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Katusak-Huzsvar Rezsone | 1494 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 11 | Vamosi Peter Istvan | 1460 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Monduk Eszter | 1407 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 31 | Szabo A. Martin | 0 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1 | Szabo Balazs | 1347 | 18 | ||
| 10 | 30 | Stirling Andras | 0 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Czagler Laszlo | 1381 | 15 | ||
| 11 | 19 | Kolozsvary Miklos | 1337 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | Szadai David | 1166 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 20 | Sandor Anna Luca | 1332 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Ordog Patrik | 0 | 29 | ||
| 13 | 32 | Szabo Adrienn | 0 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Sandor Adam David | 1303 | 21 | ||
| 14 | 22 | Robert Viktoria Katalin | 1273 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Ordog Peter | 1089 | 24 | ||
| 15 | 27 | Antal Gergo | 0 | ½ | 1 – 0 | 1 | Toth Timea | 0 | 33 | ||
| 16 | 28 | Moricz Karmen | 0 | ½ | 1 – 0 | ½ | Psaila Ocean | 1032 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 26 | Monduk Laszlo | 1011 | 0 | 1 | bye |
U1700 Rank after Round 4
Berki Zsofi Anna is in clear first with a perfect 4/4.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Berki Zsofi Anna | HUN | 1698 | 4,0 | 9,5 | 4,5 | 9,50 | |
| 2 | 7 | Pilmayer Katalin Viola | HUN | 1563 | 3,5 | 9,0 | 4,0 | 7,25 | |
| 3 | 8 | Marosi Lajos | HUN | 1513 | 3,5 | 8,5 | 4,0 | 6,75 | |
| 4 | 4 | Csorba Rudolf | HUN | 1652 | 3,0 | 9,0 | 4,5 | 6,50 | |
| 5 | 3 | Zsatkovics Endre | HUN | 1675 | 3,0 | 8,0 | 4,0 | 6,00 | |
| 6 | 13 | Laszlo Csaba | HUN | 1410 | 3,0 | 8,0 | 4,0 | 5,25 | |
| 7 | 9 | Psaila Uranchimeg | MLT | 1505 | 3,0 | 7,0 | 2,5 | 3,00 | |
| 8 | 5 | Demeter Levente | HUN | 1598 | 3,0 | 6,5 | 4,0 | 4,50 | |
| 9 | 2 | Tolnai Jozsef | HUN | 1675 | 2,5 | 11,0 | 5,0 | 5,75 | |
| 10 | 6 | Monduk Ferenc | HUN | 1593 | 2,5 | 9,5 | 5,0 | 5,00 | |
| 11 | 11 | Vamosi Peter Istvan | HUN | 1460 | 2,5 | 8,5 | 4,0 | 4,25 | |
| 12 | 12 | Toth Viktor | HUN | 1455 | 2,5 | 7,5 | 3,5 | 4,25 | |
| 13 | 18 | Szabo Balazs | HUN | 1347 | 2,0 | 11,5 | 6,0 | 4,50 | |
| 14 | 21 | Sandor Adam David | HUN | 1303 | 2,0 | 10,0 | 6,0 | 3,50 | |
| 15 | 15 | Czagler Laszlo | HUN | 1381 | 2,0 | 8,5 | 4,5 | 1,50 | |
| 16 | 16 | Szalay-Ocsak Bank | HUN | 1376 | 2,0 | 8,5 | 4,0 | 1,50 | |
| 17 | 17 | Horvath Zoltan | HUN | 1351 | 2,0 | 7,5 | 4,0 | 2,00 | |
| 18 | 20 | Sandor Anna Luca | HUN | 1332 | 2,0 | 7,5 | 3,5 | 3,00 | |
| 19 | 22 | Robert Viktoria Katalin | HUN | 1273 | 2,0 | 5,5 | 2,5 | 1,50 | |
| 20 | 23 | Szadai David | HUN | 1166 | 1,5 | 10,0 | 5,0 | 2,50 | |
| 21 | 19 | Kolozsvary Miklos | HUN | 1337 | 1,5 | 8,5 | 4,0 | 1,75 | |
| 22 | 28 | Moricz Karmen | HUN | 0 | 1,5 | 7,5 | 4,0 | 1,75 | |
| 23 | 10 | Katusak-Huzsvar Rezsone | HUN | 1494 | 1,5 | 7,5 | 4,0 | 1,25 | |
| 24 | 31 | Szabo A. Martin | HUN | 0 | 1,5 | 7,5 | 3,5 | 2,25 | |
| 25 | 14 | Monduk Eszter | HUN | 1407 | 1,5 | 7,0 | 3,5 | 2,50 | |
| 26 | 27 | Antal Gergo | HUN | 0 | 1,5 | 5,5 | 2,5 | 0,75 | |
| 27 | 24 | Ordog Peter | HUN | 1089 | 1,0 | 9,0 | 4,0 | 1,75 | |
| 28 | 33 | Toth Timea | HUN | 0 | 1,0 | 8,0 | 3,5 | 0,50 | |
| 29 | 30 | Stirling Andras | HUN | 0 | 1,0 | 7,5 | 4,0 | 1,00 | |
| 30 | 29 | Ordog Patrik | HUN | 0 | 1,0 | 7,5 | 4,0 | 0,50 | |
| 31 | 32 | Szabo Adrienn | HUN | 0 | 1,0 | 6,5 | 4,0 | 0,50 | |
| 32 | 26 | Monduk Laszlo | HUN | 1011 | 1,0 | 4,5 | 2,5 | 0,50 | |
| 33 | 25 | Psaila Ocean | MLT | 1032 | 0,5 | 9,0 | 4,5 | 0,75 |
IM Group Ranking after Round 5
IM Skomorokhin Roman(RUS), FM Zentai Peter(HUN) and IM Galyas Miklos(HUN) share first with 4/5.

FM Krstulovic Alex
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | * | 0,5 | 16,5 | 11,0 | 1,50 |
GM Group Ranking after Round 5
Vucinic Gojko-Flumbort Andras
White built up a crushing attack with simple play.
After 10..Nb6(Diagram)
After 10..Nb6
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | IM | Miron Lucian-Costin | 2495 | ROU | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3,0 | 13,0 | 8,0 | 7,75 | ||||
| 2 | Vucinic Gojko | 2399 | SRB | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3,0 | 12,5 | 8,0 | 7,25 | |||||
| 3 | IM | Smirnov Anton | 2486 | AUS | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3,0 | 11,5 | 7,0 | 6,50 | ||||
| 4 | IM | Korpa Bence | 2468 | HUN | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3,0 | 11,0 | 6,5 | 6,25 | ||||
| 5 | GM | Kantsler Boris | 2394 | ISR | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3,0 | 10,5 | 6,0 | 6,00 | ||||
| 6 | IM | Hirneise Tobias | 2471 | GER | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 2,5 | 13,5 | 9,0 | 6,75 | ||||
| 7 | IM | Torma Robert | 2486 | HUN | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 12,0 | 7,5 | 5,25 | ||||
| 8 | GM | Gonda Laszlo | 2500 | HUN | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 2,0 | 13,5 | 9,0 | 5,25 | ||||
| 9 | GM | Flumbort Andras Dr. | 2460 | HUN | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1,5 | 14,5 | 9,0 | 4,25 | ||||
| 10 | IM | Kovacs Gabor | 2460 | HUN | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1,5 | 13,0 | 8,0 | 3,75 |
Budapest Open 2016 Rd4
I was again fortunate to draw a lost position today.
After 23..Bg7(Diagram)
White’s next move came as a shock and should have won.
After 23..Bg7
After 48.g5(Diagram)
Later after a lucky blunder by White, Black lasted until this unusual endgame with White have four pawns for a bishop but an awkwardly placed king.
How should Black continue?
After 48.g5
I saved a draw in the end.
Results-Round 4

Markos,Adam
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 10 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | 2100 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | Kozma Gabor | 2063 | 12 | |
| 2 | 18 | Gorog Almos | 1999 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Polyik Peter | 2269 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | 2229 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Bodrogi Laszlo | 1990 | 20 | |
| 4 | 16 | Feldman Antony | 2021 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | FM | Topak Engin | 2195 | 3 | |
| 5 | 8 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2139 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | 2054 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Markos Adam | 2169 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | 1993 | 19 | |
| 7 | 24 | Foldi Martin | 1921 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | 2104 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 26 | Marcu Simon | 1908 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Vargyas Zoltan | 2075 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 14 | Gyurkovics Miklos | 2029 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Rozsa Sandor | 1925 | 23 | ||
| 10 | 56 | Botlik Bela | 0 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Bakk Zoltan | 2021 | 15 | ||
| 11 | 40 | Szendeff Miklos | 1744 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Psaila Clarence | 2021 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Kovacs Istvan | 2149 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 2 | Geher Laszlo | 1893 | 27 | ||
| 13 | 30 | Horvath Aron Balazs | 1837 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Kormos Adam | 2167 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 38 | Bartuszek Andras | 1774 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | 2141 | 7 | |
| 15 | 36 | Rinyu Janos | 1804 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | Yip Michael | 1980 | 21 | ||
| 16 | 28 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | 1871 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | Hiebert Kenji | 1820 | 35 | ||
| 17 | 32 | Horvath Csaba | 1828 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1½ | Kocsis Peter | 1590 | 49 | ||
| 18 | 22 | FM | Letay Gyula | 1972 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Moricz Benedek | 1639 | 43 | |
| 19 | 42 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | 1653 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Balogh Lajos | 1915 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 48 | Liptak Istvan | 1604 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Thomas Tobias | 1829 | 31 | ||
| 21 | 52 | Sulyok Istvan | 1413 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Liptak Tibor | 1783 | 37 | ||
| 22 | 55 | Moricz Nadja | 1329 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Lakat Gyula | 1749 | 39 | ||
| 23 | 54 | Moricz Aurel | 1378 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Demjen Mark | 1666 | 41 | ||
| 24 | 33 | Kaibinger Karoly | 1827 | ½ | ½ – ½ | 1 | Szurkos Andras | 1633 | 45 | ||
| 25 | 34 | Bellan Istvan | 1825 | ½ | 0 – 1 | ½ | Sulyok Eszter | 1476 | 51 | ||
| 26 | 53 | Czipp Janos | 1392 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Pozzo Dominic T | 1620 | 46 | ||
| 27 | 47 | Szabo Miklos | 1619 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Bolyki Istvan | 1557 | 50 |
Rank after Round 4
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 18 | Gorog Almos | HUN | 1999 | 3,5 | 8,5 | 4,0 | 7,00 | |
| 2 | 10 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | TUR | 2100 | 3,5 | 8,5 | 4,0 | 6,75 |
| 3 | 12 | Kozma Gabor | HUN | 2063 | 3,5 | 8,0 | 3,5 | 6,25 | |
| 4 | 3 | FM | Topak Engin | TUR | 2195 | 3,5 | 6,5 | 3,5 | 5,75 |
| 5 | 13 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | HUN | 2054 | 3,0 | 10,5 | 5,5 | 7,75 | |
| 6 | 56 | Botlik Bela | HUN | 0 | 3,0 | 10,0 | 5,0 | 7,50 | |
| 7 | 1 | Polyik Peter | HUN | 2269 | 3,0 | 10,0 | 4,5 | 7,00 | |
| 8 | 2 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | GER | 2229 | 3,0 | 9,5 | 5,0 | 7,50 |
| 9 | 20 | Bodrogi Laszlo | HUN | 1990 | 3,0 | 8,5 | 5,0 | 6,00 | |
| 10 | 8 | Torok Tamas Titusz | HUN | 2139 | 3,0 | 8,5 | 4,5 | 6,00 | |
| 11 | 9 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | HUN | 2104 | 3,0 | 7,5 | 4,0 | 5,50 | |
| 12 | 17 | Psaila Clarence | MLT | 2021 | 3,0 | 7,5 | 3,5 | 5,00 | |
| 13 | 26 | Marcu Simon | SVK | 1908 | 3,0 | 7,0 | 3,5 | 4,00 | |
| 14 | 4 | Markos Adam | HUN | 2169 | 3,0 | 6,0 | 3,0 | 5,00 | |
| 15 | 14 | Gyurkovics Miklos | HUN | 2029 | 3,0 | 6,0 | 3,0 | 4,00 | |
| 16 | 16 | Feldman Antony | ISR | 2021 | 2,5 | 9,5 | 5,0 | 4,50 | |
| 17 | 5 | Kormos Adam | HUN | 2167 | 2,5 | 9,0 | 4,5 | 4,50 | |
| 18 | 6 | Kovacs Istvan | HUN | 2149 | 2,5 | 8,0 | 4,0 | 4,50 | |
| 19 | 7 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | HUN | 2141 | 2,5 | 4,5 | 2,5 | 2,75 |
| 20 | 11 | Vargyas Zoltan | HUN | 2075 | 2,0 | 10,0 | 5,0 | 3,50 | |
| 21 | 15 | Bakk Zoltan | HUN | 2021 | 2,0 | 10,0 | 4,5 | 4,00 | |
| 22 | 23 | Rozsa Sandor | HUN | 1925 | 2,0 | 9,5 | 6,0 | 3,00 | |
| 23 | 40 | Szendeff Miklos | HUN | 1744 | 2,0 | 9,0 | 5,0 | 3,00 | |
| 24 | 27 | Geher Laszlo | HUN | 1893 | 2,0 | 9,0 | 4,5 | 3,00 | |
| 25 | 49 | Kocsis Peter | HUN | 1590 | 2,0 | 9,0 | 4,0 | 3,75 | |
| 26 | 19 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | HUN | 1993 | 2,0 | 8,5 | 5,0 | 2,50 |
| 27 | 41 | Demjen Mark | HUN | 1666 | 2,0 | 8,5 | 4,5 | 4,00 | |
| 28 | 28 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | POL | 1871 | 2,0 | 8,5 | 4,0 | 3,50 | |
| 29 | 35 | Hiebert Kenji | JPN | 1820 | 2,0 | 8,0 | 4,5 | 3,00 | |
| 30 | 24 | Foldi Martin | HUN | 1921 | 2,0 | 8,0 | 3,5 | 3,00 | |
| 31 | 21 | Yip Michael | CAN | 1980 | 2,0 | 7,5 | 3,5 | 3,25 | |
| 32 | 36 | Rinyu Janos | HUN | 1804 | 2,0 | 7,5 | 3,5 | 2,75 | |
| 33 | 48 | Liptak Istvan | HUN | 1604 | 2,0 | 7,0 | 3,0 | 2,50 | |
| 34 | 42 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | HUN | 1653 | 2,0 | 7,0 | 3,0 | 2,00 | |
| 35 | 55 | Moricz Nadja | HUN | 1329 | 2,0 | 6,0 | 3,0 | 3,00 | |
| 36 | 22 | FM | Letay Gyula | HUN | 1972 | 2,0 | 6,0 | 3,0 | 2,50 |
| 37 | 52 | Sulyok Istvan | HUN | 1413 | 2,0 | 6,0 | 3,0 | 2,00 | |
| 38 | 30 | Horvath Aron Balazs | HUN | 1837 | 1,5 | 11,5 | 5,5 | 4,25 | |
| 39 | 32 | Horvath Csaba | HUN | 1828 | 1,5 | 8,5 | 4,5 | 2,00 | |
| 40 | 38 | Bartuszek Andras | HUN | 1774 | 1,5 | 7,0 | 4,0 | 1,50 | |
| 41 | 45 | Szurkos Andras | HUN | 1633 | 1,5 | 7,0 | 3,0 | 1,00 | |
| 42 | 51 | Sulyok Eszter | HUN | 1476 | 1,5 | 6,5 | 4,0 | 1,50 | |
| 43 | 31 | Thomas Tobias | GER | 1829 | 1,0 | 11,0 | 6,0 | 3,00 | |
| 44 | 33 | Kaibinger Karoly | HUN | 1827 | 1,0 | 9,0 | 4,5 | 2,00 | |
| 45 | 44 | Xiao Hu Chen | HUN | 1636 | 1,0 | 9,0 | 4,0 | 2,00 | |
| 46 | 37 | Liptak Tibor | HUN | 1783 | 1,0 | 8,5 | 5,0 | 0,00 | |
| 47 | 43 | Moricz Benedek | HUN | 1639 | 1,0 | 7,5 | 4,5 | 0,00 | |
| 48 | 54 | Moricz Aurel | HUN | 1378 | 1,0 | 7,5 | 4,0 | 1,00 | |
| 49 | 39 | Lakat Gyula | HUN | 1749 | 1,0 | 7,0 | 3,0 | 0,50 | |
| 50 | 25 | Balogh Lajos | HUN | 1915 | 1,0 | 6,5 | 4,0 | 0,50 | |
| 51 | 47 | Szabo Miklos | HUN | 1619 | 1,0 | 6,5 | 3,5 | 0,00 | |
| 52 | 34 | Bellan Istvan | HUN | 1825 | 0,5 | 9,5 | 4,5 | 1,25 | |
| 53 | 53 | Czipp Janos | HUN | 1392 | 0,5 | 6,5 | 3,0 | 0,25 | |
| 54 | 46 | Pozzo Dominic T | ENG | 1620 | 0,5 | 4,5 | 2,0 | 0,25 | |
| 55 | 29 | Kalmar Karoly | HUN | 1852 | 0,0 | 7,0 | 3,5 | 0,00 | |
| 56 | 50 | Bolyki Istvan | HUN | 1557 | 0,0 | 5,0 | 2,0 | 0,00 |
U1700-Results Round 3
Berki Zsofi Anna won and keeps a share of the lead.
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 9 | Psaila Uranchimeg | 1505 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Berki Zsofi Anna | 1698 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 15 | Czagler Laszlo | 1381 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Pilmayer Katalin Viola | 1563 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Tolnai Jozsef | 1675 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Toth Viktor | 1455 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Csorba Rudolf | 1652 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Vamosi Peter Istvan | 1460 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Monduk Ferenc | 1593 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Szabo A. Martin | 0 | 31 | ||
| 6 | 10 | Katusak-Huzsvar Rezsone | 1494 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Laszlo Csaba | 1410 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 21 | Sandor Adam David | 1303 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Zsatkovics Endre | 1675 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 18 | Szabo Balazs | 1347 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Demeter Levente | 1598 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Marosi Lajos | 1513 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Kolozsvary Miklos | 1337 | 19 | ||
| 10 | 16 | Szalay-Ocsak Bank | 1376 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Stirling Andras | 0 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 33 | Toth Timea | 0 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Horvath Zoltan | 1351 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 14 | Monduk Eszter | 1407 | ½ | 1 – 0 | 1 | Robert Viktoria Katalin | 1273 | 22 | ||
| 13 | 24 | Ordog Peter | 1089 | ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ | Sandor Anna Luca | 1332 | 20 | ||
| 14 | 23 | Szadai David | 1166 | 0 | 1 – 0 | ½ | Moricz Karmen | 0 | 28 | ||
| 15 | 25 | Psaila Ocean | 1032 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Antal Gergo | 0 | 27 | ||
| 16 | 29 | Ordog Patrik | 0 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Monduk Laszlo | 1011 | 26 | ||
| 17 | 32 | Szabo Adrienn | 0 | 0 | 1 | bye |
Standings-Rank after Round 3
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Berki Zsofi Anna | HUN | 1698 | 3,0 | 5,0 | 2,0 | 5,00 | |
| 2 | 8 | Marosi Lajos | HUN | 1513 | 3,0 | 3,5 | 1,0 | 3,50 | |
| 3 | 7 | Pilmayer Katalin Viola | HUN | 1563 | 3,0 | 3,0 | 1,0 | 3,00 | |
| 4 | 2 | Tolnai Jozsef | HUN | 1675 | 2,5 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 4,25 | |
| 5 | 6 | Monduk Ferenc | HUN | 1593 | 2,5 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 3,75 | |
| 13 | Laszlo Csaba | HUN | 1410 | 2,5 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 3,75 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Csorba Rudolf | HUN | 1652 | 2,5 | 3,0 | 1,0 | 2,50 | |
| 8 | 16 | Szalay-Ocsak Bank | HUN | 1376 | 2,0 | 4,0 | 1,0 | 1,00 | |
| 9 | 9 | Psaila Uranchimeg | MLT | 1505 | 2,0 | 4,0 | 0,5 | 1,00 | |
| 10 | 17 | Horvath Zoltan | HUN | 1351 | 2,0 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 1,00 | |
| 11 | 3 | Zsatkovics Endre | HUN | 1675 | 2,0 | 3,0 | 1,0 | 2,00 | |
| 12 | 5 | Demeter Levente | HUN | 1598 | 2,0 | 2,5 | 1,0 | 1,50 | |
| 13 | 11 | Vamosi Peter Istvan | HUN | 1460 | 1,5 | 5,5 | 2,5 | 1,75 | |
| 14 | 31 | Szabo A. Martin | HUN | 0 | 1,5 | 5,5 | 1,5 | 2,25 | |
| 15 | 10 | Katusak-Huzsvar Rezsone | HUN | 1494 | 1,5 | 4,0 | 1,5 | 0,75 | |
| 16 | 12 | Toth Viktor | HUN | 1455 | 1,5 | 4,0 | 1,0 | 1,25 | |
| 17 | 14 | Monduk Eszter | HUN | 1407 | 1,5 | 3,5 | 1,0 | 1,50 | |
| 18 | 18 | Szabo Balazs | HUN | 1347 | 1,0 | 7,0 | 2,0 | 2,00 | |
| 21 | Sandor Adam David | HUN | 1303 | 1,0 | 7,0 | 2,0 | 2,00 | ||
| 20 | 15 | Czagler Laszlo | HUN | 1381 | 1,0 | 6,5 | 3,0 | 0,50 | |
| 21 | 19 | Kolozsvary Miklos | HUN | 1337 | 1,0 | 6,0 | 2,0 | 1,00 | |
| 22 | 23 | Szadai David | HUN | 1166 | 1,0 | 5,5 | 2,0 | 0,50 | |
| 23 | 24 | Ordog Peter | HUN | 1089 | 1,0 | 5,5 | 1,5 | 1,25 | |
| 24 | 33 | Toth Timea | HUN | 0 | 1,0 | 5,0 | 2,0 | 0,50 | |
| 25 | 20 | Sandor Anna Luca | HUN | 1332 | 1,0 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 1,75 | |
| 26 | 30 | Stirling Andras | HUN | 0 | 1,0 | 4,5 | 2,0 | 1,00 | |
| 27 | 22 | Robert Viktoria Katalin | HUN | 1273 | 1,0 | 4,5 | 1,5 | 0,50 | |
| 28 | 29 | Ordog Patrik | HUN | 0 | 1,0 | 4,0 | 1,5 | 0,00 | |
| 29 | 32 | Szabo Adrienn | HUN | 0 | 1,0 | 2,0 | 1,0 | 0,50 | |
| 30 | 28 | Moricz Karmen | HUN | 0 | 0,5 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 0,75 | |
| 31 | 25 | Psaila Ocean | MLT | 1032 | 0,5 | 4,5 | 2,0 | 0,25 | |
| 32 | 27 | Antal Gergo | HUN | 0 | 0,5 | 4,0 | 1,5 | 0,25 | |
| 33 | 26 | Monduk Laszlo | HUN | 1011 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 1,5 | 0,00 |
The Neighborhood
The Tournament
Socializing

The Psaila family: Clarence(left) Ocean(center) and Uranchimeg(right) on a training mission before representing Malta at the coming Baku Olympiad
Budapest Open IM Group 2016 Rd2
The Games from Rd2
Krstulovic,A-Galyas,M
Black invested a piece for the attack and eventually won.
After 26..Qg5(Diagram)
How should White defend?
After 26..Qg5
Tompa-Lyell,M
After 29..Rf4(Diagram)
Black attacked the Qg4 before saving Bd2.
After 29..Rf4
Bertha,S-Gschnitzer,A
After 17..Qd7(Diagram)
White won a nice positional game against the Tarrasch Defence.
Find a nice plan.
After 17..Qd7
Wenninger-Skoromkhin
After 27..Qd7(Diagram)
Black has offered a piece on f4 and has just increased the pressure on h3. How do you defend?
After 27..Qd7
Balint,V-Zentai,P
After 25..Qb8(Diagram)
White has built up a big attack on the kingside. How to continue?
After 25..Qb8
Ranking Crosstable after Round 3
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | IM | Skomorokhin Roman | 2395 | RUS | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 4,25 | ||||||
| 2 | FM | Zentai Peter | 2225 | HUN | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 3,0 | 1,5 | 2,25 | ||||||
| 3 | IM | Galyas Miklos | 2460 | HUN | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 2,0 | 0,5 | 1,75 | ||||||
| 4 | Berta Sandor | 2229 | HUN | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2,0 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 1,00 | |||||||
| 5 | Wenninger Philipp | 2356 | GER | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1,5 | 5,5 | 2,5 | 1,75 | |||||||
| 6 | Balint Vilmos | 2369 | HUN | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1,5 | 5,0 | 2,5 | 1,25 | |||||||
| 7 | IM | Tompa Janos | 2380 | HUN | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1,5 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 0,75 | ||||||
| 8 | FM | Lyell Mark | 2238 | ENG | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 0,5 | 6,0 | 2,0 | 1,25 | ||||||
| 9 | Gschnitzer Adrian | 2225 | GER | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0,5 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 0,75 | |||||||
| 10 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 2270 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0,0 | 6,5 | 2,5 | 0,00 |
Budapest Open 2016 Rd3
I built up a nice looking position and things got out of hand to the point where my engine evaluated Black at more than +14.
After 21..Na5(Diagram)
Black missed a nice move in the game.
After 21.Na5
Results-Round 3
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | Polyik Peter | 2269 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | Feldman Antony | 2021 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 13 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | 2054 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | 2229 | 2 | |
| 3 | 15 | Bakk Zoltan | 2021 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | 2100 | 10 | |
| 4 | 11 | Vargyas Zoltan | 2075 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Gorog Almos | 1999 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 12 | Kozma Gabor | 2063 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Botlik Bela | 0 | 56 | ||
| 6 | 3 | FM | Topak Engin | 2195 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 2 | Rozsa Sandor | 1925 | 23 | |
| 7 | 5 | Kormos Adam | 2167 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2139 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 20 | Bodrogi Laszlo | 1990 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Kovacs Istvan | 2149 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | 2104 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Horvath Aron Balazs | 1837 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 37 | Liptak Tibor | 1783 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Markos Adam | 2169 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 31 | Thomas Tobias | 1829 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Gyurkovics Miklos | 2029 | 14 | ||
| 12 | 17 | Psaila Clarence | 2021 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Horvath Csaba | 1828 | 32 | ||
| 13 | 41 | Demjen Mark | 1666 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | 1993 | 19 | |
| 14 | 21 | Yip Michael | 1980 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | Bartuszek Andras | 1774 | 38 | ||
| 15 | 44 | Xiao Hu Chen | 1636 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Foldi Martin | 1921 | 24 | ||
| 16 | 25 | Balogh Lajos | 1915 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Szendeff Miklos | 1744 | 40 | ||
| 17 | 48 | Liptak Istvan | 1604 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Marcu Simon | 1908 | 26 | ||
| 18 | 27 | Geher Laszlo | 1893 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Sulyok Istvan | 1413 | 52 | ||
| 19 | 49 | Kocsis Peter | 1590 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | 1871 | 28 | ||
| 20 | 7 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | 2141 | ½ | 1 – 0 | 1 | Moricz Aurel | 1378 | 54 | |
| 21 | 33 | Kaibinger Karoly | 1827 | ½ | 0 – 1 | ½ | Rinyu Janos | 1804 | 36 | ||
| 22 | 35 | Hiebert Kenji | 1820 | ½ | 1 – 0 | ½ | Bellan Istvan | 1825 | 34 | ||
| 23 | 51 | Sulyok Eszter | 1476 | ½ | 0 – 1 | 0 | FM | Letay Gyula | 1972 | 22 | |
| 24 | 39 | Lakat Gyula | 1749 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Pozzo Dominic T | 1620 | 46 | ||
| 25 | 42 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | 1653 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Szabo Miklos | 1619 | 47 | ||
| 26 | 43 | Moricz Benedek | 1639 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Bolyki Istvan | 1557 | 50 | ||
| 27 | 45 | Szurkos Andras | 1633 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Czipp Janos | 1392 | 53 |
Open Rank after Round 3
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 10 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | TUR | 2100 | 3,0 | 5,0 | 2,0 | 5,00 |
| 2 | 18 | Gorog Almos | HUN | 1999 | 3,0 | 4,5 | 1,5 | 4,50 | |
| 3 | 12 | Kozma Gabor | HUN | 2063 | 3,0 | 3,5 | 1,0 | 3,50 | |
| 4 | 13 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | HUN | 2054 | 2,5 | 6,0 | 2,0 | 5,00 | |
| 5 | 1 | Polyik Peter | HUN | 2269 | 2,5 | 6,0 | 2,0 | 4,75 | |
| 6 | 2 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | GER | 2229 | 2,5 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 4,75 |
| 7 | 16 | Feldman Antony | ISR | 2021 | 2,5 | 4,5 | 1,0 | 3,25 | |
| 8 | 3 | FM | Topak Engin | TUR | 2195 | 2,5 | 4,0 | 1,5 | 3,25 |
| 9 | 8 | Torok Tamas Titusz | HUN | 2139 | 2,5 | 3,5 | 1,5 | 2,75 | |
| 10 | 20 | Bodrogi Laszlo | HUN | 1990 | 2,5 | 3,0 | 1,5 | 2,25 | |
| 11 | 11 | Vargyas Zoltan | HUN | 2075 | 2,0 | 6,5 | 2,0 | 3,50 | |
| 12 | 56 | Botlik Bela | HUN | 0 | 2,0 | 6,0 | 2,0 | 3,50 | |
| 13 | 9 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | HUN | 2104 | 2,0 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 3,00 | |
| 14 | 15 | Bakk Zoltan | HUN | 2021 | 2,0 | 5,0 | 1,0 | 2,00 | |
| 27 | Geher Laszlo | HUN | 1893 | 2,0 | 5,0 | 1,0 | 2,00 | ||
| 16 | 23 | Rozsa Sandor | HUN | 1925 | 2,0 | 4,5 | 2,0 | 2,00 | |
| 17 | 40 | Szendeff Miklos | HUN | 1744 | 2,0 | 4,5 | 1,0 | 2,00 | |
| 18 | 17 | Psaila Clarence | MLT | 2021 | 2,0 | 3,5 | 1,0 | 2,00 | |
| 19 | 24 | Foldi Martin | HUN | 1921 | 2,0 | 3,5 | 1,0 | 1,50 | |
| 20 | 19 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | HUN | 1993 | 2,0 | 3,5 | 1,0 | 1,00 |
| 21 | 4 | Markos Adam | HUN | 2169 | 2,0 | 3,0 | 1,0 | 2,00 | |
| 14 | Gyurkovics Miklos | HUN | 2029 | 2,0 | 3,0 | 1,0 | 2,00 | ||
| 23 | 26 | Marcu Simon | SVK | 1908 | 2,0 | 3,0 | 0,5 | 0,50 | |
| 24 | 5 | Kormos Adam | HUN | 2167 | 1,5 | 6,0 | 2,5 | 2,25 | |
| 25 | 30 | Horvath Aron Balazs | HUN | 1837 | 1,5 | 6,0 | 2,0 | 2,75 | |
| 26 | 49 | Kocsis Peter | HUN | 1590 | 1,5 | 5,5 | 1,5 | 1,75 | |
| 27 | 28 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | POL | 1871 | 1,5 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 1,75 | |
| 28 | 6 | Kovacs Istvan | HUN | 2149 | 1,5 | 4,5 | 1,5 | 1,75 | |
| 35 | Hiebert Kenji | JPN | 1820 | 1,5 | 4,5 | 1,5 | 1,75 | ||
| 30 | 21 | Yip Michael | CAN | 1980 | 1,5 | 4,0 | 1,5 | 1,25 | |
| 31 | 38 | Bartuszek Andras | HUN | 1774 | 1,5 | 3,5 | 1,5 | 0,75 | |
| 32 | 7 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | HUN | 2141 | 1,5 | 3,0 | 1,0 | 1,25 |
| 33 | 36 | Rinyu Janos | HUN | 1804 | 1,5 | 3,0 | 0,5 | 0,75 | |
| 34 | 31 | Thomas Tobias | GER | 1829 | 1,0 | 7,0 | 2,0 | 2,00 | |
| 35 | 41 | Demjen Mark | HUN | 1666 | 1,0 | 6,5 | 2,0 | 2,00 | |
| 36 | 44 | Xiao Hu Chen | HUN | 1636 | 1,0 | 5,0 | 2,0 | 1,00 | |
| 52 | Sulyok Istvan | HUN | 1413 | 1,0 | 5,0 | 2,0 | 1,00 | ||
| 38 | 37 | Liptak Tibor | HUN | 1783 | 1,0 | 5,0 | 2,0 | 0,00 | |
| 39 | 43 | Moricz Benedek | HUN | 1639 | 1,0 | 4,5 | 2,0 | 0,00 | |
| 40 | 54 | Moricz Aurel | HUN | 1378 | 1,0 | 4,5 | 1,5 | 1,00 | |
| 41 | 45 | Szurkos Andras | HUN | 1633 | 1,0 | 4,5 | 1,5 | 0,00 | |
| 42 | 55 | Moricz Nadja | HUN | 1329 | 1,0 | 4,0 | 2,0 | 1,00 | |
| 43 | 42 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | HUN | 1653 | 1,0 | 4,0 | 2,0 | 0,00 | |
| 44 | 48 | Liptak Istvan | HUN | 1604 | 1,0 | 4,0 | 1,5 | 0,50 | |
| 45 | 39 | Lakat Gyula | HUN | 1749 | 1,0 | 4,0 | 1,0 | 0,00 | |
| 46 | 32 | Horvath Csaba | HUN | 1828 | 1,0 | 3,5 | 1,5 | 0,00 | |
| 47 | 22 | FM | Letay Gyula | HUN | 1972 | 1,0 | 3,0 | 1,0 | 0,50 |
| 48 | 25 | Balogh Lajos | HUN | 1915 | 1,0 | 3,0 | 1,0 | 0,00 | |
| 49 | 33 | Kaibinger Karoly | HUN | 1827 | 0,5 | 5,5 | 1,5 | 0,75 | |
| 34 | Bellan Istvan | HUN | 1825 | 0,5 | 5,5 | 1,5 | 0,75 | ||
| 51 | 51 | Sulyok Eszter | HUN | 1476 | 0,5 | 4,5 | 1,5 | 0,75 | |
| 52 | 29 | Kalmar Karoly | HUN | 1852 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 1,5 | 0,00 | |
| 53 | Czipp Janos | HUN | 1392 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 1,5 | 0,00 | ||
| 54 | 47 | Szabo Miklos | HUN | 1619 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 1,0 | 0,00 | |
| 55 | 46 | Pozzo Dominic T | ENG | 1620 | 0,0 | 4,0 | 1,0 | 0,00 | |
| 50 | Bolyki Istvan | HUN | 1557 | 0,0 | 4,0 | 1,0 | 0,00 |
Gallery
GM Group-Ranking crosstable after Round 3
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | IM | Smirnov Anton | 2486 | AUS | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 4,0 | 1,5 | 3,25 | ||||||
| 2 | GM | Kantsler Boris | 2394 | ISR | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2,0 | 3,5 | 1,0 | 2,25 | ||||||
| 3 | IM | Hirneise Tobias | 2471 | GER | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1,5 | 5,5 | 1,5 | 2,25 | ||||||
| 4 | IM | Torma Robert | 2486 | HUN | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1,5 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 2,50 | ||||||
| 5 | IM | Korpa Bence | 2468 | HUN | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1,5 | 4,5 | 1,5 | 2,25 | ||||||
| 6 | IM | Miron Lucian-Costin | 2495 | ROU | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1,5 | 4,0 | 1,5 | 2,00 | ||||||
| 7 | Vucinic Gojko | 2399 | SRB | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1,5 | 4,0 | 1,5 | 1,75 | |||||||
| 8 | GM | Flumbort Andras Dr. | 2460 | HUN | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1,0 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 1,75 | ||||||
| 9 | GM | Gonda Laszlo | 2500 | HUN | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1,0 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 1,25 | ||||||
| 10 | IM | Kovacs Gabor | 2460 | HUN | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1,0 | 4,5 | 1,5 | 1,25 |
Results Rd3
| Round 3 on 2016/08/22 at 15.00 | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 2399 | Vucinic Gojko | 1 – 0 | GM | Flumbort Andras Dr. | 2460 | 10 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2486 | IM | Smirnov Anton | ½ – ½ | IM | Torma Robert | 2486 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 2495 | IM | Miron Lucian-Costin | ½ – ½ | IM | Hirneise Tobias | 2471 | 9 |
| 4 | 5 | 2460 | IM | Kovacs Gabor | ½ – ½ | GM | Gonda Laszlo | 2500 | 8 |
| 5 | 6 | 2394 | GM | Kantsler Boris | ½ – ½ | IM | Korpa Bence | 2468 | 7 |
IM Group-Results Rd3
| Round 3 on 2016/08/22 at 15.00 | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 2225 | FM | Zentai Peter | 1 – 0 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 2270 | 10 |
| 2 | 3 | 2395 | IM | Skomorokhin Roman | 1 – 0 | Balint Vilmos | 2369 | 1 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2225 | Gschnitzer Adrian | 0 – 1 | Wenninger Philipp | 2356 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 2238 | FM | Lyell Mark | 0 – 1 | Berta Sandor | 2229 | 8 | |
| 5 | 6 | 2460 | IM | Galyas Miklos | 1 – 0 | IM | Tompa Janos | 2380 | 7 |
IM Group Ranking Round 3
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | IM | Skomorokhin Roman | 2395 | RUS | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 4,25 | ||||||
| 2 | FM | Zentai Peter | 2225 | HUN | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 3,0 | 1,5 | 2,25 | ||||||
| 3 | IM | Galyas Miklos | 2460 | HUN | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 2,0 | 0,5 | 1,75 | ||||||
| 4 | Berta Sandor | 2229 | HUN | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2,0 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 1,00 | |||||||
| 5 | Wenninger Philipp | 2356 | GER | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1,5 | 5,5 | 2,5 | 1,75 | |||||||
| 6 | Balint Vilmos | 2369 | HUN | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1,5 | 5,0 | 2,5 | 1,25 | |||||||
| 7 | IM | Tompa Janos | 2380 | HUN | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1,5 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 0,75 | ||||||
| 8 | FM | Lyell Mark | 2238 | ENG | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 0,5 | 6,0 | 2,0 | 1,25 | ||||||
| 9 | Gschnitzer Adrian | 2225 | GER | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0,5 | 5,0 | 1,5 | 0,75 | |||||||
| 10 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 2270 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0,0 | 6,5 | 2,5 | 0,00 |
Budapest Open IM/GM Group Rd1-2
Zentai,P-Wenninger,P
4.e3 Slav
White nicely used the bishops and space advantage to good effect against the solid Slav Defence
After 21..Rxc5(Diagram)
After 21..Rxc5
Balint,V-Krstulovic,A
London System
White sacrificed a couple of times on h6 and eventually won.
After 19.Bxh6(Diagram)
Can Black defend?
After 19.Bxh6
Budapest Open 2016 Rd2
Brustkern,J-Yip,M
I got rolled over pretty quickly but the post-game analysis was very educational.
After 10..Bb7(Diagram)
Things went wrong quickly when I misplayed the opening.
After 10..Bb7

Psaila, Clarence visiting from Malta with family. After he and his wife will be playing for Malta in the Baku Olympiad
Open Results-Round 2
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 19 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | 1993 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Polyik Peter | 2269 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | 2229 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Yip Michael | 1980 | 21 | |
| 3 | 20 | Bodrogi Laszlo | 1990 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | Kormos Adam | 2167 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 23 | Rozsa Sandor | 1925 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | 2104 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 10 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | 2100 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Geher Laszlo | 1893 | 27 | |
| 6 | 24 | Foldi Martin | 1921 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Vargyas Zoltan | 2075 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 12 | Kozma Gabor | 2063 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Thomas Tobias | 1829 | 31 | ||
| 8 | 26 | Marcu Simon | 1908 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | 2054 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 52 | Sulyok Istvan | 1413 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Bakk Zoltan | 2021 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 16 | Feldman Antony | 2021 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Demjen Mark | 1666 | 41 | ||
| 11 | 56 | Botlik Bela | 0 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Psaila Clarence | 2021 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 18 | Gorog Almos | 1999 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Kocsis Peter | 1590 | 49 | ||
| 13 | 34 | Bellan Istvan | 1825 | ½ | 0 – 1 | ½ | FM | Topak Engin | 2195 | 3 | |
| 14 | 6 | Kovacs Istvan | 2149 | ½ | 1 – 0 | ½ | Hiebert Kenji | 1820 | 35 | ||
| 15 | 30 | Horvath Aron Balazs | 1837 | ½ | 1 – 0 | ½ | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | 2141 | 7 | |
| 16 | 8 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2139 | ½ | 1 – 0 | ½ | Kaibinger Karoly | 1827 | 33 | ||
| 17 | 4 | Markos Adam | 2169 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | 1653 | 42 | ||
| 18 | 14 | Gyurkovics Miklos | 2029 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Moricz Benedek | 1639 | 43 | ||
| 19 | 22 | FM | Letay Gyula | 1972 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Xiao Hu Chen | 1636 | 44 | |
| 20 | 46 | Pozzo Dominic T | 1620 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Balogh Lajos | 1915 | 25 | ||
| 21 | 28 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | 1871 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Szurkos Andras | 1633 | 45 | ||
| 22 | 48 | Liptak Istvan | 1604 | 0 | + – – | 0 | Kalmar Karoly | 1852 | 29 | ||
| 23 | 32 | Horvath Csaba | 1828 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Szabo Miklos | 1619 | 47 | ||
| 24 | 36 | Rinyu Janos | 1804 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Sulyok Eszter | 1476 | 51 | ||
| 25 | 50 | Bolyki Istvan | 1557 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Liptak Tibor | 1783 | 37 | ||
| 26 | 38 | Bartuszek Andras | 1774 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Czipp Janos | 1392 | 53 | ||
| 27 | 54 | Moricz Aurel | 1378 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Lakat Gyula | 1749 | 39 | ||
| 28 | 40 | Szendeff Miklos | 1744 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Moricz Nadja | 1329 | 55 |
U1700 Results-Round 1
This group started today.
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 16 | Szalay-Ocsak Bank | 1376 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Berki Zsofi Anna | 1698 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Tolnai Jozsef | 1675 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Horvath Zoltan | 1351 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 18 | Szabo Balazs | 1347 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Zsatkovics Endre | 1675 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Csorba Rudolf | 1652 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Sandor Anna Luca | 1332 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 21 | Sandor Adam David | 1303 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Demeter Levente | 1598 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Monduk Ferenc | 1593 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Robert Viktoria Katalin | 1273 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 23 | Szadai David | 1166 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Pilmayer Katalin Viola | 1563 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Marosi Lajos | 1513 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Ordog Peter | 1089 | 24 | ||
| 9 | 25 | Psaila Ocean | 1032 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Psaila Uranchimeg | 1505 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Katusak-Huzsvar Rezsone | 1494 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Monduk Laszlo | 1011 | 26 | ||
| 11 | 27 | Antal Gergo | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Vamosi Peter Istvan | 1460 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Toth Viktor | 1455 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Moricz Karmen | 0 | 28 | ||
| 13 | 29 | Ordog Patrik | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Laszlo Csaba | 1410 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | Monduk Eszter | 1407 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Szabo A. Martin | 0 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 31 | Szabo Adrienn | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Czagler Laszlo | 1381 | 15 |
IM Group Rd2
| Round 2 on 2016/08/21 at 15.00 | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 10 | 2270 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 0 – 1 | IM | Galyas Miklos | 2460 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | 2380 | IM | Tompa Janos | 1 – 0 | FM | Lyell Mark | 2238 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 | 2229 | Berta Sandor | 1 – 0 | Gschnitzer Adrian | 2225 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 9 | 2356 | Wenninger Philipp | ½ – ½ | IM | Skomorokhin Roman | 2395 | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2369 | Balint Vilmos | FM | Zentai Peter | 2225 | 2 | ||
GM Group Rd2
| Round 2 on 2016/08/21 at 15.00 | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 10 | 2460 | GM | Flumbort Andras Dr. | ½ – ½ | GM | Kantsler Boris | 2394 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | 2468 | IM | Korpa Bence | IM | Kovacs Gabor | 2460 | 5 | |
| 3 | 8 | 2500 | GM | Gonda Laszlo | ½ – ½ | IM | Miron Lucian-Costin | 2495 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | 2471 | IM | Hirneise Tobias | 0 – 1 | IM | Smirnov Anton | 2486 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 2486 | IM | Torma Robert | ½ – ½ | Vucinic Gojko | 2399 | 2 | |
Gallery
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Budapest Open 2016 Rd1
The biggest chess event in Budapest started today.
I chatted briefly with Psaila Clarence(Malta) who is the organiser of the Malta Open.
I started with a rather questionable win.
After 36..Re2(Diagram)
The BN dominate the R and White has a big attack going.
I thought quite hard and managed not to see the big finish.
After 36..Re2
Results-Round 1
There were some upsets in the first round. No one is safe in Budapest.
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | Polyik Peter | 2269 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Laszczak Przemyslaw | 1871 | 29 | ||
| 2 | 30 | Kalmar Karoly | 1852 | 0 | – – + | 0 | FM | Brustkern Juergen | 2229 | 2 | |
| 3 | 3 | FM | Topak Engin | 2195 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Horvath Aron Balazs | 1837 | 31 | |
| 4 | 32 | Thomas Tobias | 1829 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Markos Adam | 2169 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Kormos Adam | 2167 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Horvath Csaba | 1828 | 33 | ||
| 6 | 34 | Kaibinger Karoly | 1827 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Kovacs Istvan | 2149 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | 2141 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Bellan Istvan | 1825 | 35 | |
| 8 | 36 | Hiebert Kenji | 1820 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2139 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Szabo Marton Mihaly | 2104 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Rinyu Janos | 1804 | 37 | ||
| 10 | 38 | Liptak Tibor | 1783 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | CM | Yuksel Atilla Koksal | 2100 | 10 | |
| 11 | 11 | Vargyas Zoltan | 2075 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Bartuszek Andras | 1774 | 39 | ||
| 12 | 40 | Lakat Gyula | 1749 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Kozma Gabor | 2063 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | 2054 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Szendeff Miklos | 1744 | 41 | ||
| 14 | 42 | Demjen Mark | 1666 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Gyurkovics Miklos | 2029 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Bakk Zoltan | 2021 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | 1653 | 43 | ||
| 16 | 44 | Moricz Benedek | 1639 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Feldman Antony | 2021 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 17 | Psaila Clarence | 2021 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Xiao Hu Chen | 1636 | 45 | ||
| 18 | 46 | Szurkos Andras | 1633 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Gorog Almos | 1999 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 19 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | 1993 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Pozzo Dominic T | 1620 | 47 | |
| 20 | 48 | Szabo Miklos | 1619 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Bodrogi Laszlo | 1990 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 21 | Yip Michael | 1980 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Liptak Istvan | 1604 | 49 | ||
| 22 | 50 | Kocsis Peter | 1590 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | FM | Letay Gyula | 1972 | 22 | |
| 23 | 24 | Rozsa Sandor | 1925 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Bolyki Istvan | 1557 | 51 | ||
| 24 | 52 | Sulyok Eszter | 1476 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Foldi Martin | 1921 | 25 | ||
| 25 | 26 | Balogh Lajos | 1915 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Sulyok Istvan | 1413 | 53 | ||
| 26 | 54 | Czipp Janos | 1392 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Marcu Simon | 1908 | 27 | ||
| 27 | 28 | Geher Laszlo | 1893 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Moricz Aurel | 1378 | 55 | ||
| 28 | 57 | Botlik Bela | 0 | 0 | 1 | bye |
IM Group Results
| Round 1 on 2016/08/19 at 15.00 | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2369 | Balint Vilmos | 1 – 0 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 2270 | 10 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2225 | FM | Zentai Peter | 1 – 0 | Wenninger Philipp | 2356 | 9 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2395 | IM | Skomorokhin Roman | 1 – 0 | Berta Sandor | 2229 | 8 | |
| 4 | 4 | 2225 | Gschnitzer Adrian | ½ – ½ | IM | Tompa Janos | 2380 | 7 | |
| 5 | 5 | 2238 | FM | Lyell Mark | ½ – ½ | IM | Galyas Miklos | 2460 | 6 |
GM Group Round 2 Results
| Round 1 on 2016/08/19 at 15.00 | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2486 | IM | Torma Robert | ½ – ½ | GM | Flumbort Andras Dr. | 2460 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 2399 | Vucinic Gojko | 0 – 1 | IM | Hirneise Tobias | 2471 | 9 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2486 | IM | Smirnov Anton | 1 – 0 | GM | Gonda Laszlo | 2500 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 2495 | IM | Miron Lucian-Costin | ½ – ½ | IM | Korpa Bence | 2468 | 7 |
| 5 | 5 | 2460 | IM | Kovacs Gabor | 0 – 1 | GM | Kantsler Boris | 2394 | 6 |
IM norm for Papp,Petra(HUN)
Petra Papp obtained her second IM norm at the FS GM group in August.
Well done!
Petra is now preparing for the upcoming Olympiad in Baku.
Final Ranking
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | GM | Berczes David | 2480 | HUN | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6,0 | 25,25 | 0,0 | 4 |
| 2 | GM | Pacher Milan | 2502 | SVK | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5,5 | 23,50 | 0,0 | 5 |
| 3 | WGM | Papp Petra | 2297 | HUN | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5,0 | 22,50 | 0,0 | 1 |
| 4 | IM | Kargin Arseny | 2418 | RUS | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5,0 | 22,25 | 0,0 | 2 |
| 5 | Havasi Gergo | 2376 | HUN | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5,0 | 21,50 | 0,0 | 3 | |
| 6 | IM | Korpa Bence | 2468 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5,0 | 19,25 | 0,0 | 4 |
| 7 | GM | Varga Zoltan | 2417 | HUN | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4,0 | 16,25 | 0,0 | 2 |
| 8 | IM | Eggleston David J | 2384 | ENG | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 3,5 | 14,75 | 0,0 | 2 |
| 9 | IM | Gara Anita | 2358 | HUN | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 3,5 | 14,25 | 0,0 | 1 |
| 10 | IM | Payen Arnaud | 2360 | FRA | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 2,5 | 12,50 | 0,0 | 0 |




















































































































































































































