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Budapest Team Ch 2018 Rd2

Oct 7

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Here is a nice game by my MTK teammate Marosi,L

Marosi,L-Nemeth,Z

c3 Sicilian

NB I/B. Maroczy csoport

MTK I-Magyar Sakkvilag-TSE

After 14..Nb4(Diagram)

Black wants to chop off the dangerous Bd3 or force it move and trade queens perhaps

What do you recommend for White?

After 14..Nb4

 

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43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Rd11

Oct 5

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Bo. 13

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg – 35

  Slovenia (SLO)

 Rtg 3½: ½
4.1 GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2423 – WIM
Unuk, Laura
2299 ½ – ½
4.2 IM
Gara, Anita
2370 – WFM
Janzelj, Lara
2254 1 – 0
4.3 WGM
Gara, Ticia
2321 – WGM
Krivec, Jana
2185 1 – 0
4.4 WIM
Terbe, Julianna
2260 – WFM
Vidic, Teja
2116 1 – 0

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds – Women

A very respectable final showing for the team

Rk. SNo Team Team Games   +    =    –   TB1   TB2   TB3   TB4 
1 3
China CHN 11 7 4 0 18 407,0 30,5 153
2 2
Ukraine UKR 11 7 4 0 18 395,5 30,0 154
3 4
Georgia 1 GEO1 11 7 3 1 17 375,0 28,0 153
4 1
Russia RUS 11 7 2 2 16 379,5 30,5 146
5 13
Hungary HUN 11 7 2 2 16 372,0 29,5 141
6 12
Armenia ARM 11 7 2 2 16 366,0 27,0 155
7 10
United States of America USA 11 7 2 2 16 359,5 27,5 152
8 5
India IND 11 6 4 1 16 352,5 29,5 142
9 14
Georgia 2 GEO2 11 7 2 2 16 351,5 28,5 142
10 11
Azerbaijan AZE 11 6 4 1 16 347,5 28,5 145
11 8
Kazakhstan KAZ 11 6 4 1 16 346,5 28,5 144
12 6
France FRA 11 7 2 2 16 315,5 29,0 130
13 15
Spain ESP 11 6 3 2 15 343,5 27,5 133
14 28
Iran IRI 11 7 1 3 15 340,0 28,0 145
15 19
Vietnam VIE 11 6 3 2 15 338,5 30,5 136
16 7
Poland POL 11 6 3 2 15 324,5 29,0 134
17 31
Uzbekistan UZB 11 6 3 2 15 316,5 26,5 144
18 36
Belarus BLR 11 7 1 3 15 308,0 28,5 128
19 29
Slovakia SVK 11 7 1 3 15 283,0 28,0 121
20 17
Mongolia MGL 11 7 0 4 14 332,0 27,0 145

Board-prizes (Final Ranking after 11 Rounds) – Women

(Important: Minimum 8 games)

An incredible performance by GM Hoang

Board 1
Rk. Name Rtg Team Rp Games Pts. % RtgAvg
1
GM Ju, Wenjun 2561 China 2661 9 7,0 77,8 2441
2
GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2423 Hungary 2636 10 8,5 85,0 2340
3
GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2509 Georgia 1 2600 10 7,5 75,0 2401
4
GM Muzychuk, Anna 2555 Ukraine 2568 10 7,0 70,0 2417
5
IM Houska, Jovanka 2402 England 2556 9 7,5 83,3 2218
6
GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 2345 Scotland 2549 11 10,5 95,5 1918
7
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2559 Russia 2542 10 7,0 70,0 2383
8
IM Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 2431 Iran 2541 11 8,5 77,3 2330
9
WGM Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim 2369 Uzbekistan 2538 11 8,5 77,3 2316
10
GM Danielian, Elina 2409 Armenia 2528 10 6,5 65,0 2418
11
IM Saduakassova, Dinara 2474 Kazakhstan 2495 10 6,5 65,0 2385
12
WGM Cori T., Deysi 2391 Peru 2492 10 7,0 70,0 2316
13
GM Socko, Monika 2446 Poland 2467 9 6,5 72,2 2291
14
GM Koneru, Humpy 2557 India 2466 9 5,5 61,1 2362
15
IM Cornette, Deimante 2462 Lithuania 2462 10 7,5 75,0 2266
16
IM Munguntuul, Batkhuyag 2422 Mongolia 2456 9 5,5 61,1 2352
17
IM Atalik, Ekaterina 2447 Turkey 2432 10 7,0 70,0 2283
18
GM Sebag, Marie 2480 France 2432 9 6,0 66,7 2264
19
WGM Rapport, Jovana 2348 Serbia 2427 8 5,5 68,8 2279
20
IM Zatonskih, Anna 2431 United States of America 2421 11 6,0 54,5 2375

Open

A convincing but expected win

Bo. 12

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg – 68

  Costa Rica (CRC)

 Rtg 3½: ½
17.1 GM
Leko, Peter
2690 – IM
Duran Vega, Sergio
2401 1 – 0
17.2 GM
Gledura, Benjamin
2621 – IM
Valdes Romero, Leonardo
2398 ½ – ½
17.3 GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2702 – GM
Gonzalez Acosta, Bernal
2452 1 – 0
17.4 GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2678 – FM
Chinchilla Miranda, Eugenio
2206 1 – 0

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds – Open

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
26 18
Croatia CRO 11 7 0 4 14 320,5 26,0 153
27 21
Romania ROU 11 6 2 3 14 320,0 30,5 127
28 14
Georgia 1 GEO1 11 5 4 2 14 320,0 26,5 141
29 38
Norway NOR 11 6 2 3 14 316,5 28,0 139

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43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Rd10

Oct 4

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GM Hoang keeps winning

Bo. 19

  Vietnam (VIE)

 Rtg – 13

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg 2 : 2
4.1 WGM
Vo, Thi Kim Phung
2368 – GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2423 0 – 1
4.2 IM
Pham, Le Thao Nguyen
2347 – IM
Gara, Anita
2370 1 – 0
4.3 WGM
Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung
2244 – WGM
Gara, Ticia
2321 ½ – ½
4.4 WFM
Bach, Ngoc Thuy Duong
2161 – WGM
Lakos, Nikoletta
2258 ½ – ½

 

Open

Bo. 62

  Turkmenistan (TKM)

 Rtg – 12

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg 1 : 3
24.1 GM
Atabayev, Maksat
2505 – GM
Leko, Peter
2690 ½ – ½
24.2 IM
Atabayev, Saparmyrat
2443 – GM
Erdos, Viktor
2609 0 – 1
24.3 IM
Atabayev, Yusup
2411 – GM
Gledura, Benjamin
2621 ½ – ½
24.4
Turayev, Shahruh
2156 – GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2678 0 – 1

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43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Rd9

Oct 3

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A close loss for Hungary but a mini-endgame tragedy for Gara,A as her Rook vs P ending was a theoretical win

Bo. 10

  United States of America (USA)

 Rtg – 13

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 IM
Zatonskih, Anna
2431 – GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2423 ½ – ½
3.2 GM
Krush, Irina
2423 – IM
Gara, Anita
2370 ½ – ½
3.3 WGM
Abrahamyan, Tatev
2361 – WGM
Gara, Ticia
2321 1 – 0
3.4 FM
Yu, Jennifer
2268 – WIM
Terbe, Julianna
2260 ½ – ½

 

Rank after Round 9 – Women

Rk. SNo Team Team Games   +    =    –   TB1   TB2   TB3   TB4 
1 3
China CHN 9 7 2 0 16 285,0 26,5 101
2 2
Ukraine UKR 9 6 3 0 15 281,0 25,0 108
3 12
Armenia ARM 9 7 1 1 15 260,5 24,0 105
4 10
United States of America USA 9 7 1 1 15 259,5 24,5 99
5 1
Russia RUS 9 7 0 2 14 254,0 26,5 92
6 11
Azerbaijan AZE 9 6 2 1 14 246,5 24,5 94
7 4
Georgia 1 GEO1 9 6 2 1 14 242,0 23,0 99
8 13
Hungary HUN 9 6 1 2 13 236,0 24,0 96
9 8
Kazakhstan KAZ 9 5 3 1 13 236,0 24,0 95
10 19
Vietnam VIE 9 6 1 2 13 223,5 26,5 85
11 15
Spain ESP 9 6 1 2 13 223,0 23,5 88
12 26
Czech Republic CZE 9 6 1 2 13 213,5 25,5 83
13 35
Slovenia SLO 9 6 1 2 13 174,0 21,0 87
14 5
India IND 9 4 4 1 12 233,0 23,5 99

Open

It was a bad day for the men also

Bo. 10

  Israel (ISR)

 Rtg – 12

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg 3 : 1
9.1 GM
Gelfand, Boris
2703 – GM
Leko, Peter
2690 ½ – ½
9.2 GM
Rodshtein, Maxim
2674 – GM
Gledura, Benjamin
2621 1 – 0
9.3 GM
Nabaty, Tamir
2692 – GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2702 1 – 0
9.4 GM
Smirin, Ilia
2594 – GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2678 ½ – ½

Rank after Round 9 – Open

Rk. SNo Team Team Games   +    =    –   TB1   TB2   TB3   TB4
1 11
Poland POL 9 7 2 0 16 268,0 25,0 104
2 1
United States of America USA 9 7 1 1 15 267,5 24,5 104
3 3
China CHN 9 7 1 1 15 252,0 23,5 99
4 8
Armenia ARM 9 7 1 1 15 245,5 24,0 98
5 9
England ENG 9 7 1 1 15 228,0 22,5 96
6 7
France FRA 9 6 2 1 14 248,0 24,5 101
7 2
Russia RUS 9 6 2 1 14 232,0 24,0 96
8 16
Germany GER 9 5 4 0 14 232,0 23,0 98
9 18
Croatia CRO 9 7 0 2 14 227,0 23,5 97
10 4
Azerbaijan AZE 9 6 1 2 13 284,0 24,0 113
11 5
India IND 9 6 1 2 13 251,0 24,0 102
12 27
Vietnam VIE 9 5 3 1 13 249,5 25,5 90
13 10
Israel ISR 9 5 3 1 13 249,0 24,5 101
14 13
Netherlands NED 9 6 1 2 13 243,0 25,5 97
15 24
Spain ESP 9 6 1 2 13 239,0 25,5 92
16 6
Ukraine UKR 9 6 1 2 13 225,5 21,5 103
17 15
Czech Republic CZE 9 6 1 2 13 221,0 23,0 95
18 37
Kazakhstan KAZ 9 6 1 2 13 213,5 23,0 91
19 45
Serbia SRB 9 5 3 1 13 204,0 21,5 94
20 14
Georgia 1 GEO1 9 5 2 2 12 211,0 22,5 90
21 38
Norway NOR 9 5 2 2 12 208,0 24,0 91
22 20
Argentina ARG 9 6 0 3 12 207,0 23,5 88
23 32
Sweden SWE 9 6 0 3 12 205,0 23,0 89
24 26
Slovenia SLO 9 5 2 2 12 205,0 22,5 82
25 42
Georgia 2 GEO2 9 5 2 2 12 204,0 22,0 90
26 30
Moldova MDA 9 5 2 2 12 200,0 20,5 96
27 40
Egypt EGY 9 5 2 2 12 193,5 20,5 92
28 34
Italy ITA 9 6 0 3 12 192,0 21,5 94
29 48
Slovakia SVK 9 6 0 3 12 187,5 23,0 82
30 35
Austria AUT 9 6 0 3 12 180,0 21,5 86
31 54
Philippines PHI 9 6 0 3 12 179,0 22,5 81
32 50
Lithuania LTU 9 5 2 2 12 171,0 19,0 89
33 78
Ecuador ECU 9 6 0 3 12 153,0 20,0 77
34 23
Iran IRI 9 5 1 3 11 221,0 23,5 92
35 21
Romania ROU 9 5 1 3 11 211,5 25,5 85
36 22
Turkey TUR 9 5 1 3 11 204,0 23,0 89
37 25
Greece GRE 9 5 1 3 11 204,0 21,5 90
38 36
Uzbekistan UZB 9 4 3 2 11 203,5 24,5 84
39 33
Cuba CUB 9 5 1 3 11 194,5 23,5 80
40 52
Denmark DEN 9 5 1 3 11 191,5 23,5 77
41 12
Hungary HUN 9 5 1 3 11 191,5 20,0 94
42 29
Brazil BRA 9 5 1 3 11 188,0 24,0 79
43 19
Peru PER 9 5 1 3 11 187,0 23,0 86

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43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Rd8

Oct 3

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A great result from the ladies

Bo. 13

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg – 5

  India (IND)

 Rtg 3 : 1
4.1 GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2423 – GM
Koneru, Humpy
2557 1 – 0
4.2 IM
Gara, Anita
2370 – GM
Harika, Dronavalli
2500 ½ – ½
4.3 WGM
Gara, Ticia
2321 – IM
Tania, Sachdev
2400 1 – 0
4.4 WIM
Terbe, Julianna
2260 – IM
Karavade, Eesha
2374 ½ – ½

Open

Good job by the men to win

Bo. 12

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg – 53

  Finland (FIN)

 Rtg 3 : 1
17.1 GM
Leko, Peter
2690 – GM
Nyback, Tomi
2579 ½ – ½
17.2 GM
Gledura, Benjamin
2621 – IM
Karttunen, Mika
2472 1 – 0
17.3 GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2702 – FM
Keinanen, Toivo
2402 ½ – ½
17.4 GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2678 – IM
Sipila, Vilka
2381 1 – 0

Photo from Chessbase

The Gara sisters Ticia(left) and Anita(right)

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TWIC 1247 Hungarians in Action

Oct 2

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The latest issue of TWIC is now available

Selected games features the Olympiad

Gara,A-Velikic

French Tarrasch 3..Be7

Olympiad Women 2018 rd7

After 28..Nc4(Diagram)

The passed d-pawn is under attack

What do you recommend for White?

After 28..Nc4

 

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43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Rd7

Oct 1

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IM Gara,A won with a quick attack

Bo. 23

  Serbia (SRB)

 Rtg – 13

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg ½ :3½
10.1 WGM
Eric, Jovana
2261 – GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2423 0 – 1
10.2 WIM
Velikic, Adela
2339 – IM
Gara, Anita
2370 0 – 1
10.3 WIM
Injac, Teodora
2241 – WGM
Gara, Ticia
2321 ½ – ½
10.4 WIM
Gajcin, Marina
2170 – WGM
Lakos, Nikoletta
2258 0 – 1

Rank after Round 7 – Women

Rk. SNo Team Team Games   +    =    –   TB1   TB2   TB3   TB4
1 12
Armenia ARM 7 6 1 0 13 158,0 20,0 59
2 3
China CHN 7 5 2 0 12 176,5 20,0 64
3 2
Ukraine UKR 7 5 2 0 12 165,0 20,0 63
4 4
Georgia 1 GEO1 7 5 2 0 12 153,0 19,0 62
5 20
Romania ROU 7 6 0 1 12 130,0 19,5 52
6 10
United States of America USA 7 5 1 1 11 158,5 19,0 62
7 5
India IND 7 4 3 0 11 157,5 20,5 59
8 11
Azerbaijan AZE 7 5 1 1 11 149,0 20,0 55
9 18
Italy ITA 7 5 1 1 11 149,0 19,0 60
10 13
Hungary HUN 7 5 1 1 11 148,0 19,5 54
11 14
Georgia 2 GEO2 7 5 1 1 11 146,5 20,0 57
12 8
Kazakhstan KAZ 7 4 3 0 11 141,5 20,0 54
13 1
Russia RUS 7 5 0 2 10 143,0 19,5 56
14 28
Iran IRI 7 5 0 2 10 137,5 18,5 58
15 7
Poland POL 7 4 2 1 10 136,5 19,5 51
16 17
Mongolia MGL 7 5 0 2 10 134,5 18,5 56
17 19
Vietnam VIE 7 5 0 2 10 134,0 21,0 52
18 31
Uzbekistan UZB 7 5 0 2 10 133,0 18,0 60
19 26
Czech Republic CZE 7 5 0 2 10 128,0 19,5 52

 

Open

The men were beaten soundly with Leko and Berkes losing

Bo. 12

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg – 7

  France (FRA)

 Rtg 1 : 3
8.1 GM
Leko, Peter
2690 – GM
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2780 0 – 1
8.2 GM
Erdos, Viktor
2609 – GM
Bacrot, Etienne
2678 ½ – ½
8.3 GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2702 – GM
Fressinet, Laurent
2649 ½ – ½
8.4 GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2678 – GM
Bauer, Christian
2629 0 – 1

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