Monthly Archives: July 2019
TWIC 1288 Hungarians in Action
The latest issue of TWIC is now available
Banusz,T-Valmana Canto
King’s Indian g3 Panno 8.e3
39th Benasque Open 2019 Rd6
White chose a harmless looking line(8.e3) against the KID and managed to get some complex play
After 20..Bf6(Diagram)
White is about to regain the piece as the Na3 is hanging
What do you recommend for White?
After 20..Bf6
Standings and pic from official site
| XXXVII OPEN INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ “VILLA DE BENASQUE” | ||||||
| CLASIFICACIÓN GENERAL | ||||||
| Title | Nombre | País | Puntos | |||
| 1 | GM | HOVHANNISYAN Robert | 2640 | ARM | 8½ | 4.000 € |
| 2 | GM | BARTEL Mateusz | 2600 | POL | 8½ | 3.000 € |
| 3 | GM | INDJIC Aleksandar | 2604 | SRB | 8 | 2.000 € |
| 4 | GM | TER-SAHAKYAN Samvel | 2625 | ARM | 8 | 1.000 € |
| 5 | GM | VÁZQUEZ IGARZA Renier | 2558 | MAD | 8 | 800 € |
| 6 | GM | MARKUS Robert | 2595 | SRB | 8 | 700 € |
| 7 | GM | RYCHAGOV Andrey | 2537 | RUS | 8 | 600 € |
| 8 | GM | FORCEN ESTEBAN Daniel | 2566 | ARA | 8 | 500 € |
| 9 | GM | KHARITONOV Alexandr | 2540 | RUS | 7½ | 400 € |
| 10 | GM | PIORUN Kacper | 2656 | POL | 7½ | 400 € |
| 11 | GM | DEAC Bogdan-Daniel | 2621 | ROU | 7½ | 400 € |
| 12 | GM | GORDON Stephen J | 2516 | ENG | 7½ | 300 € |
| 13 | GM | BANUSZ Tamas | 2626 | HUN | 7½ | 300 € |
| 14 | GM | MARTÍNEZ ALCANTARA José Eduardo | 2601 | PER | 7½ | 300 € |
| 15 | IM | VALMAÑA CANTO Jaime | 2401 | VAL | 7½ | 200 € |
| 16 | IM | SOSA Tomas | 2516 | ARG | 7½ | 200 € |
| 17 | GM | DIMITROV Radoslav | 2530 | BUL | 7½ | 200 € |
| 18 | GM | ENCHEV Ivajlo | 2487 | BUL | 7½ | 100 € |
| 19 | GM | GASCON DEL NOGAL José Rafael | 2466 | VEN | 7½ | 100 € |
| 20 | IM | SUAREZ URIEL Adrian | 2392 | MAD | 7½ | 100 € |
43th AGRIA Chess Festival 2019 Rd1
There is a tremendous amount of chess going on in Hungary. It is really hard to keep up!
Round 1
Csendi Balazs scored a big upset over FM Orosz Andras
Tamas Kornel upset IM Meszaros Andras
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 20 | Petrovskiy Vadim | 2090 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | IM | Hajnal Zoltan | 2405 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 2 | IM | Tiba Vladyslav | 2390 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | FM | Csala Imre | 2078 | 21 | ||
| 3 | 22 | Szasz Janos | 2071 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | GM | Okhotnik Vladimir | 2381 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 4 | IM | To Nhat Minh | 2362 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | WFM | Demeter Dorina | 2068 | 23 | ||
| 5 | 24 | Vajda Albert | 2062 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | FM | Papp Levente | 2362 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Polyik Peter | 2349 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | WFM | Kassay Lilla | 2039 | 25 | |||
| 7 | 26 | Csendi Balazs | 2028 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | FM | Orosz Andras | 2308 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 8 | FM | Vanczak Tamas | 2307 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | WFM | Toth Nikoletta | 2023 | 27 | ||
| 9 | 28 | Kis Bela | 2023 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | FM | Becskei Zoltan | 2288 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 10 | IM | Meszaros Andras | 2271 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Tamas Kornel | 2019 | 29 | |||
| 11 | 30 | Reshetar Alexander | 2008 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Vachylia Andrii | 2263 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | FM | Urhegyi Marton | 2261 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Kis Jozsef | 2006 | 31 | |||
| 13 | 32 | Peredi Oliver | 1990 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Egri Laszlo Jr. | 2254 | 13 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | Ligart Tamas | 2187 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | IM | Eperjesi Laszlo Dr. | 1988 | 33 | |||
| 15 | 34 | IM | Kaposztas Miklos | 1980 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | FM | Prokopishin Vasily | 2179 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | Pribelszky Bence | 2179 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Sull Gyula | 1967 | 35 | ||||
| 17 | 36 | Zelena Tamas | 1927 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Leszko Bence | 2172 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | Vodila Martin Botond | 2160 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Muranyi Peter | 1886 | 37 | ||||
| 19 | 39 | Galko Tibor | 1838 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | FM | Nogrady Vilmos | 2119 | 19 |
European Youth Team Chess Championship 2019 – U12 Open Rd5
Rank after Round 5
Hungary sitting in second place so far
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 3 | POLAND | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 67,5 | 13,0 | 55,5 | 43,5 | |
| 2 | 2 | HUNGARY | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 56,0 | 12,0 | 54,5 | 43,3 | |
| 3 | 1 | FRANCE | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 43,0 | 12,0 | 51,5 | 32,5 | |
| 4 | 9 | TURKEY | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 47,5 | 11,0 | 45,5 | 25,0 | |
| 5 | 8 | CZECH REPUBLIC 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 42,0 | 10,5 | 51,0 | 29,3 | |
| 6 | 5 | ISRAEL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 41,0 | 9,5 | 52,5 | 26,0 | |
| 7 | 4 | GERMANY | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 28,0 | 9,0 | 48,5 | 20,5 | |
| 8 | 10 | ENGLAND | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 43,5 | 11,5 | 48,5 | 16,5 | |
| 9 | 6 | BELARUS | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 43,5 | 11,5 | 46,5 | 12,5 | |
| 10 | 12 | CZECH REPUBLIC 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 25,0 | 7,0 | 49,5 | 12,0 | |
| 11 | 11 | CZECH REPUBLIC 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 24,5 | 7,5 | 45,5 | 10,3 | |
| 12 | 7 | SLOVENIA | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21,0 | 5,5 | 51,0 | 5,5 |
Team-Composition with round-results
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2. HUNGARY (RtgAvg:2097, Captain: Ruck Robert / TB1: 8 / TB2: 56) |
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| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | FideID | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts. | Games | RtgAvg | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | TANCSA Tamas | 2126 | HUN | 783749 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 3,0 | 5 | 2120 | 5 | 3 | 2,53 | 0,47 | 40 | 18,8 | ||
| 2 | TRAN David | 2112 | HUN | 790630 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1,5 | 4 | 1933 | 4 | 1,5 | 2,85 | -1,35 | 40 | -54,0 | |||
| 3 | KONYVES Almos | 2104 | HUN | 785911 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,0 | 3 | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 1,80 | -0,80 | 40 | -32,0 | ||||
| 4 | WFM | GAAL Zsoka | 2047 | HUN | 777765 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3,5 | 4 | 1914 | 4 | 3,5 | 2,55 | 0,95 | 40 | 38,0 | ||
| 5 | CM | GIANG Tran Nam | 1931 | HUN | 791903 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3,0 | 4 | 1701 | 4 | 3 | 2,98 | 0,02 | 40 | 0,8 | ||
Player info
| TANCSA Tamas 2126 HUN Rp:2192 | ||||||||
| Rd. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. | Bo. | |
| 1 | 6 | CM | FINEK Vaclav | 2043 | CZE | 1,0 | w 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 16 | DAY Tobias | 1826 | CZE | 1,0 | s 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 1 | FM | STRYBUK Artsiom I | 2193 | BLR | 3,5 | w ½ | 1 |
| 4 | 40 | CM | FISZER Bartosz | 2124 | POL | 3,5 | w ½ | 1 |
| 5 | 24 | FM | MAURIZZI Marc Andria | 2412 | FRA | 4,0 | s 0 | 1 |
| TRAN David 2112 HUN Rp:1846 | ||||||||
| Rd. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. | Bo. | |
| 1 | 8 | NEMEC Jachym | 1927 | CZE | 5,0 | s 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 15 | WINTER Ondrej | 1725 | CZE | 2,5 | w 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 41 | SEEMANN Jakub | 2017 | POL | 2,5 | s 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 27 | CM | MAKKAR Rajat | 2064 | FRA | 1,5 | w ½ | 2 |
| KONYVES Almos 2104 HUN Rp:1892 | ||||||||
| Rd. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. | Bo. | |
| 1 | 5 | BROZKA Karel | 1816 | CZE | 3,5 | w 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 2 | CM | NAVUMENKA Mikhei | 2196 | BLR | 4,0 | s 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 25 | MEKHANE Adam | 2040 | FRA | 3,0 | s 1 | 3 | |
| GAAL Zsoka WFM 2047 HUN Rp:2252 | ||||||||
| Rd. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. | Bo. | |
| 2 | 17 | HLADKY Tadeas | 1638 | CZE | 3,0 | s 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 | BIALIAUSKI Artsiom | 1784 | BLR | 2,5 | w 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 43 | MEERS Hubert | 2141 | POL | 2,0 | w 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | 26 | BAT Bilguun | 2093 | FRA | 3,5 | w ½ | 4 | |
| GIANG Tran Nam CM 1931 HUN Rp:1902 | ||||||||
| Rd. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. | Bo. | |
| 1 | 9 | WERNER Hong Quan Dan | 1734 | CZE | 0,5 | s 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 18 | MOHAPL Tomas | 1585 | CZE | 1,0 | w 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 4 | PIATRENKA Ivan | 1498 | BLR | 1,5 | s 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 42 | KLIMKOWSKI Jan | 1985 | POL | 5,0 | s 0 | 4 | |
Board Pairings
| Round 1 on 2019/07/11 at 15:00 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | 2 |
HUNGARY |
Rtg | – | 8 |
CZECH REPUBLIC 1 |
Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 2.1 |
|
2126 | – | CM |
|
2043 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| 2.2 |
|
2112 | – |
|
1927 | 0 – 1 | ||||||
| 2.3 |
|
2104 | – |
|
1816 | 0 – 1 | ||||||
| 2.4 | CM |
|
1931 | – |
|
1734 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| Round 2 on 2019/07/12 at 15:00 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | 11 |
CZECH REPUBLIC 3 |
Rtg | – | 2 |
HUNGARY |
Rtg | 1 : 3 | ||||
| 3.1 |
|
1826 | – |
|
2126 | 0 – 1 | ||||||
| 3.2 |
|
1725 | – |
|
2112 | 1 – 0 | ||||||
| 3.3 |
|
1638 | – | WFM |
|
2047 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| 3.4 |
|
1585 | – | CM |
|
1931 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| Round 3 on 2019/07/13 at 15:00 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | 2 |
HUNGARY |
Rtg | – | 6 |
BELARUS |
Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 2.1 |
|
2126 | – | FM |
|
2193 | ½ – ½ | |||||
| 2.2 |
|
2104 | – | CM |
|
2196 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| 2.3 | WFM |
|
2047 | – |
|
1784 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| 2.4 | CM |
|
1931 | – |
|
1498 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| Round 4 on 2019/07/14 at 15:00 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | 2 |
HUNGARY |
Rtg | – | 3 |
POLAND |
Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 1.1 |
|
2126 | – | CM |
|
2124 | ½ – ½ | |||||
| 1.2 |
|
2112 | – |
|
2017 | 1 – 0 | ||||||
| 1.3 | WFM |
|
2047 | – |
|
2141 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| 1.4 | CM |
|
1931 | – |
|
1985 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| Round 5 on 2019/07/15 at 15:00 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | 1 |
FRANCE |
Rtg | – | 2 |
HUNGARY |
Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 1.1 | FM |
|
2412 | – |
|
2126 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| 1.2 | CM |
|
2064 | – |
|
2112 | ½ – ½ | |||||
| 1.3 |
|
2040 | – |
|
2104 | 0 – 1 | ||||||
| 1.4 |
|
2093 | – | WFM |
|
2047 | ½ – ½ | |||||
100 Endings You Must Know
A typical work morning in Budapest:
Find an excellent training book like
but must have this too
Then find a nice corner somewhere, at home or in a coffee shop
Coffee with rook endings
All in a day’s work
The Budapest Butchers(!) 2019
Hungary’s Pro-League team: Follow on FB
Watch out or you will be chopped up and checkmated!
GM Banusz
GM Gledura
IM Gara,Anita
IM Vajda Szidonia
IM Gara,Anita
TWIC 1287 Caro-Kann
Here is an interesting endgame
Pavlidis-Pultinevicius
Advance Variation 3..Bf5
47th TCh-GRE 2019 Rd2
After 16..0-0-0(Diagram)
White has a lot of kingside space but is only playing with one piece while Black has an ugly structure but has castled and now controls the d-file
What do you recommend for White?
After 16..0-0-0
TWIC 1287 Hungarians in Action
The latest issue of TWIC is now available
selected games features Rapport in China
The 10th Danzhou Super Chess GM Tournament-Final Ranking
Rapport was clear first
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | GM | Rapport Richard | 2735 | HUN | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 2 | 14,25 |
| 2 | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2738 | CHN | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4,0 | 0,5 | 1 | 13,75 |
| 3 | GM | Wei Yi | 2741 | CHN | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4,0 | 0,5 | 1 | 13,00 |
| 4 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2707 | IND | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 3,5 | 1,0 | 2 | 11,75 |
| 5 | GM | Wang Hao | 2737 | CHN | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3,5 | 1,0 | 1 | 12,25 |
| GM | Artemiev Vladislav | 2761 | RUS | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 3,5 | 1,0 | 1 | 12,25 | |
| 7 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2693 | RUS | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 1 | 9,50 |
| 8 | GM | Amin Bassem | 2707 | EGY | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 2,0 | 0,0 | 0 | 7,25 |
Rapport-Amin
Grunfeld g3 Solid variation
10th Danzhou GM 2019 Rd4
After 27..Qd7(Diagram)
White has the bishops and an open board but the Bd5 is attacked
What do you recommend for White?
After 27..Qd7
GM Varga,Z(HUN) on the Alekhine Defence
The Alekhine Defence is getting some attention now
Veteran GM Varga,Z does not get big attention but is quite a specialist of the Alekhine
Here is a nice game by GM Varga
Dembo-Varga,Z
Alekhine 4.Nf3 c6
Budapest FS08 GM 2001 Rd11
After 38.Kf2(Diagram)
Black is doing well with the better structure(fewer pawn islands), the bishop pair and very active queen
What do you recommend now?
After 38.Kf2
TWIC 1286 Caro-Kann Defence
The week did not go well for Caro-Kann defenders
Khismatullin-Rozum
Caro-Kann Advance Variation 4.h4 h5
72nd ch-RUS HL 2019 Rd4
The topical line 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qa5+ was covered in a YB131 survey
After 26..dxe4(Diagram)
White has a promising position with the b-file and loose e4-pawn to start with to choose from
What do you recommend for White?
After 26..dex4
Shimanov-Mirzaev
Caro-Kann S Advance Variation 4.Nf3
72nd ch-RUS HL 2019 Rd2
After 28..g4(Diagram)
Everything is going well for White in the endgame-better structure, active rook passive enemy king
What do you recommend for White?
After 28..g4
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