TWIC 1248 Hungarians in Action
Selected games features the Olympiad
Here is a nice positional game by Almasi
Almasi-Gonzalez
Reti vs Slav
Hungary-Costa Rica Rd11
After 24..Na4(Diagram)
The Qb2 is under attack
What do you recommend for White?
After 24..Na4
Sipila-Berkes
King’s Indian Defence
Finland-Hungary Rd8
White walked his king into the middle of the board early in the game.
After 21.Kd3(Diagram)
The Kd3 is looking very majestic in the middle of the board
What do you recommend for Black?
After 21.Kd3
Leko-Nyback
Spanish Anti-Marshall 8.a4
Hungary-Finland Rd8
Queen endings are very complicated due to the many checking possibilities.
After 26.Qxa6+(Diagram)
White just took a pawn with check. Here is a case of two passers vs one in a queen ending
What do you recommend for Black?
After 56.Qxa6+
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds – Open
Hungary had a slightly disappointing result.
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Team | Games | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
| 1 | 3 | China | CHN | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 372,5 | 28,5 | 149 | |
| 2 | 1 | United States of America | USA | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 360,5 | 29,0 | 147 | |
| 3 | 2 | Russia | RUS | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 354,5 | 29,0 | 144 | |
| 4 | 11 | Poland | POL | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 390,0 | 28,0 | 158 | |
| 5 | 9 | England | ENG | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 340,0 | 27,5 | 142 | |
| 6 | 5 | India | IND | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 388,0 | 29,0 | 156 | |
| 7 | 27 | Vietnam | VIE | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 379,5 | 30,5 | 138 | |
| 8 | 8 | Armenia | ARM | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 371,0 | 27,5 | 152 | |
| 9 | 7 | France | FRA | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 366,0 | 28,5 | 153 | |
| 10 | 6 | Ukraine | UKR | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 337,0 | 26,0 | 152 | |
| 11 | 32 | Sweden | SWE | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 333,0 | 29,0 | 135 | |
| 12 | 15 | Czech Republic | CZE | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 331,5 | 27,5 | 143 | |
| 13 | 16 | Germany | GER | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 317,5 | 27,0 | 139 | |
| 14 | 35 | Austria | AUT | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 300,5 | 27,0 | 133 | |
| 15 | 4 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 402,5 | 29,5 | 159 | |
| 16 | 36 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 341,0 | 30,5 | 135 | |
| 17 | 23 | Iran | IRI | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 337,0 | 28,5 | 138 | |
| 18 | 12 | Hungary | HUN | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 321,0 | 26,5 | 139 | |
| 19 | 40 | Egypt | EGY | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 298,5 | 26,0 | 135 | |
| 20 | 25 | Greece | GRE | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 295,0 | 26,5 | 134 | |
| 21 | 37 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 289,0 | 26,0 | 137 | |
| 22 | 46 | Mongolia | MGL | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 279,0 | 27,0 | 126 | |
| 23 | 28 | Canada | CAN | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 277,0 | 25,0 | 133 | |
| 24 | 50 | Lithuania | LTU | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 272,5 | 23,5 | 136 | |
| 25 | 24 | Spain | ESP | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 336,5 | 29,0 | 138 |
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