Monthly Archives: August 2018
TWIC 1240 King’s Indian Defence
The featured game is
Sargissian-Siva
g3 KID
25th Abu Dhabi Masters rd1
After 21..gf(Diagram)
White play with nice positional control, did nothing special or flashy. The key was better pawn structure and along the way, Black got tired of being massaged and made more weaknesses
What do you recommend for White?
After 21..gf
TWIC 1240 Hungarians in Action
The latest issue of TWIC is now available
Here is an nice endgame
Banusz-Antipov
Reti vs Slav(>..Bf5)
TCh-ESP Div Honor 2018 rd3
After 19..f5(Diagram)
White has some pressure on the queenside while Rc7 is passive and Rh8 is not in play yet
What do you recommend for White?
After 19..f5
TWIC 1239 Taimanov Sicilian
The 7.Qf3 Queen Transfer Variation is a very topical line
L’Ami,E-Himanshu
Taimanov Sicilain 7.Qf3 Nf6
Condigne Dutch Open 2018 rd8
After 15.exd5(Diagram)
The Qc6 is under attack in a sharp position
What do you recommend for Black?
After 15.exd5
8th Budapest Open 2018-Start List
Open Group-Starting rank
Modest start list so far. More players coming usually.
U1700 Starting rank
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | Dal Bianco Nicola | 848921 | ITA | 1698 | |
| 2 | Kubik Anna Zsofia | 742759 | HUN | 1670 | |
| 3 | Vavro Lajos | 790605 | HUN | 1567 | |
| 4 | Moricz Nadja | 784060 | HUN | 1564 | |
| 5 | Bolyki Istvan | 777692 | HUN | 1561 | |
| 6 | Szabo Marton Nandor | 795178 | HUN | 1552 | |
| 7 | Moricz Aurel | 784052 | HUN | 1531 | |
| 8 | Magyar Erik Ferenc | 790192 | HUN | 1514 | |
| 9 | Balint Peter | 1660713 | AUT | 1447 | |
| 10 | Farkas Imre | 799181 | HUN | 1435 | |
| 11 | Marosi Lajos | 737607 | HUN | 1420 | |
| 12 | Juhasz Tamas | 796743 | HUN | 1394 | |
| 13 | Paraszthy Balazs Vilmos | 17001676 | HUN | 1389 | |
| 14 | Moricz Karmen | 787507 | HUN | 1375 | |
| 15 | Liebert Samuel | 787493 | HUN | 1369 | |
| 16 | Monduk Laszlo | 775509 | HUN | 1337 | |
| 17 | Bella Zsolt | 760137 | HUN | 1283 | |
| 18 | Harkai Szabolcs | 792438 | HUN | 1240 | |
| 19 | Balazs Sztella Anna | 799645 | HUN | 1206 | |
| 20 | Harkai Emma | 792420 | HUN | 1094 | |
| 21 | Balazs Szabina | 17003490 | HUN | 0 | |
| 22 | Erdos Tamas | 17004802 | HUN | 0 | |
| 23 | Sami Ahmed | 342060280 | FID | 0 | |
| 24 | Shen Yiyun | 17003504 | HUN | 0 |
BUDAPEST OPEN 2018 August 17-26 2018
II. BSSZ-ARANYTÍZ NEMZETKÖZI MESTERVERSENY ÉS VIII. BUDAPEST OPEN
Nothing in English so far-sorry
A verseny időpontja:
2018. augusztus 17-26.
Megnyitó:
Augusztus 17. pénteken 14 óra 45 perctől a Színházteremben
A verseny helyszíne:
Aranytíz Kultúrház, Budapest V. ker. Arany János utca 10.
The Semi-Tarrasch Defence
The Semi-Tarrasch Defence Part 2
Two games caught my eye
Game 36
Airapetian-Volokitin
RUS-chT 20th rd4
Key points of note
-20..f5! was a star pawn move which killed any White hopes of developing a kingside attack
-After 23.Rc2 Black missed the key plan of breaking in the center with 23..e5 or after 23..Kh8 and then ..e5
-the NNB vs BBN endgame was interesting. Black pushed on the kingside with ..g5 etc and eventually provoked a kingside weakening
After 40.h3(Diagram)
Both sides have active knights. The opposite colored bishops seem to cancel each other out but the key strategic factor is the pawn structure.
What do you recommend for Black?
After 40.h3
Game 30
Tukmakov-Rotstein
Portoroz op
The QR-QR phase after 22..Rxc8 is of interest. The queenside majority and c-file control gave Black no advantage and only a late blunder(39.d5?) gave the game away positionally
After 22..Rxc8(Diagram)
The position is balanced
After 22..Rxc8
Solving a Mystery
Chess Calculation Training Volume 3
Chapter 11 position 3 has either wrong diagram or wrong solution!
This is the right position to match the solution given
This is the diagram that appears for Exercise 3
BudapestChessNews 