Monthly Archives: October 2019
BTCh 2019-20 Rd3
I contributed a loss for MTK IV
I. osztály, Lilienthal csoport
Újpesti KSE I – Lombik-Fabulon 4,5:7,5
Vasas SC II – Sirály SE I 3,5:8,5
MTK Budapest III – Tabáni Spartacus II 8,5:3,5
Palota Sakk I – Morihana PSE III 4:8
SENSE I – Aquaréna KSC III 7:5
BEAC II – Barcza GSC I 4:8
II. osztály, Bilek csoport
Csepeli TK I – Hóbagoly SK 8,5:3,5
Mattolda SSC I – Sirály SE II 7:5
MTK Budapest IV – HÜSI SC II 2,5:9,5
Pestszentlőrinc II – TFSE 5,5:6,5
A. Láng MKKE – Törekvés SE 5,5:6,5
Sárkány DSE II – Barcza GSC II 4,5:7,5
III. osztály, Szén csoport
ATTE-ARISZ – Sárkány DSE III 5:7
MTK Budapest V – Morihana PSE IV 5,5:6,5
HÜSI SC III – Pestszentimre 3:9
Sirály SE III – Csepeli TK II 5,5:6,5
ART 3F SE – Palota Sakk II 9:3
Mattolda SSC II – Rákosliget 4:8
SENSE II – Aquaréna KSC IV 6,5:5,5
BEAC III – Barcza GSC III 6,5:5,5
FB gallery(pics and videos)
Valis-Yip
Caro-Kann 2.d3
BTCh Board 3
After 31.Bxg6(Diagram)
I spent most of the middlegame the defensive but there were chances to stay in the game. Here White is on the attack but has blocked the g-file(for now)
Black must find the right defensive idea so that the opposite coloured bishops do no favour the attacker
What do you recommend for Black?
TWIC 1301 Hungarians in Action
The latest issue of TWIC is now available
My favorite game (so far)
Menezes-Hera
Queen’s Indian 4.g3
TCh-AUT 2019-20 Rd2.3
After 15.Kh2(Diagram)
White is being quite paranoid about securing the kingside
What do you recommend for Black? (The first move is obvious enough but try to see some of the details)
TWIC 1300 Grunfeld
Keeping up with Delchev and the Reloaded Safest Grunfeld

Yu Yangyi-Vachier Lagrave
Exchange 7.Qa4+ Nd7
FIDE World Cup 2019 Rd7.6
After 12.d5(Diagram)
White takes more space but leaves his king in the centre
What do you recommend for Black?
Lenic-Ivic
Russian System 7..Nc6
28th TCh-CRO Div 1b 2019
After 25.Qa3(Diagram)
The a-pawn is under attack
What do you recommend for Black?
Austrian 1st Bundesliga 2019/2020 Rds1-4-Juhasz,A+Juhasz,Kr
The Juhasz brothers did well this weekend in Bundesliga competition
They are my MTK Teammates
| 10. SK Sparkasse Bad Vöslau (RtgAvg: 2412, Captain: Robert Baumfrisch / TB1: 0 / TB2: 8.5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bo. | Surname | RtgI | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts. | Games | RtgAvg | rp | K | rtg +/- | |
| 2 | IN THE | Jovanovic Dusan | 2418 | SRB | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2576 | 2383 | 10 | -1.8 | |||||||
| 3 | IN THE | Juhasz Kristof | 2438 | HUN | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2.5 | 4 | 2526 | 2621 | 10 | 9.8 | |||||||
| 4 | IN THE | Juhasz Armin | 2387 | HUN | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2.0 | 4 | 2504 | 2504 | 10 | 6.2 | |||||||
| 5 | GM | Plachetka Jan | 2297 | SVK | 0 | ½ | 0.5 | 2 | 2333 | 0 | 10 | -4.0 | |||||||||
| 7 | FM | Grimm Daniel | 2280 | HUN | 0 | ½ | 0.5 | 2 | 2312 | 0 | 20 | -8.2 | |||||||||
| 8th | Miazhynski Yuri | 2196 | AUT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2388 | 2195 | 20 | -1.8 | ||||||||
| 10 | Lampl Gerald | 2084 | AUT | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2466 | 0 | 20 | 16.0 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Dittel Herbert | 2023 | AUT | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2421 | 0 | 20 | -4.0 | ||||||||||
WYCC Girls U14 2019 Rd11
Round 11
Sulyok her last game to finish with 6.5/11
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 16 | WCM | Mungunzul Bat-Erdene | MGL | 1912 | 8 | 0 – 1 | 7 | WIM | Rakshitta Ravi | IND | 2310 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 8 | WFM | Kamalidenova Meruert | KAZ | 2025 | 7½ | 1 – 0 | 7½ | Roebers Eline | NED | 2083 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 1 | WIM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2358 | 7 | 1 – 0 | 7½ | WFM | Nasyrova Ekaterina | RUS | 2137 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | WFM | Allahverdiyeva Ayan | AZE | 2160 | 7 | 1 – 0 | 7 | Bhagyashree Patil | IND | 1802 | 26 | |||
| 5 | 6 | WFM | Omonova Umida | UZB | 2078 | 6½ | ½ – ½ | 7 | Velpula Sarayu | IND | 1717 | 30 | |||
| 6 | 21 | WCM | Ince Safiye Oyku | TUR | 1840 | 6½ | 0 – 1 | 6½ | Poliakova Varvara | BLR | 2042 | 7 | |||
| 7 | 50 | Swara Lakshmi S Nair | IND | 1536 | 6½ | 0 – 1 | 6½ | Wikar Martyna | POL | 1969 | 12 | ||||
| 8 | 15 | Ishvi Aggarwal | IND | 1935 | 6½ | 0 – 1 | 6½ | Kurmangaliyeva Liya | KAZ | 1936 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | 13 | WCM | Ghomi Parnian | IRI | 1948 | 6 | 1 – 0 | 6½ | WCM | Obada Ema | ROU | 1987 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 9 | WFM | Dhyana Patel | IND | 1995 | 6 | ½ – ½ | 6 | Alekseenko Mariya | RUS | 1767 | 27 | |||
| 11 | 11 | Hakobyan Astghik | ARM | 1978 | 6 | 1 – 0 | 6 | Marium Fatima | IND | 1628 | 41 | ||||
| 12 | 33 | Zhuang Yongzhe | SUI | 1696 | 6 | 0 – 1 | 5½ | De Rycke Tyani | BEL | 1891 | 19 | ||||
| 13 | 44 | Ray Hiya | WLS | 1596 | 5½ | 0 – 1 | 5½ | Sulyok Eszter | HUN | 1893 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | 20 | WFM | Cai Boheng | CHN | 1853 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | Agrawal Aanya | IND | 1417 | 63 | |||
| 15 | 23 | WFM | Meiyappan Annapoorni | USA | 1818 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5½ | Pavalachandran Ashvini | SRI | 1678 | 34 | |||
| 16 | 52 | Kheerthi Ganta | IND | 1520 | 5½ | 0 – 1 | 5½ | Ruseva Eva | BUL | 1813 | 24 | ||||
| 17 | 29 | WCM | Zavivaeva Emilia | RUS | 1745 | 5½ | 0 – 1 | 5½ | Boramanikar Tanisha S | IND | 1607 | 43 | |||
| 18 | 37 | AGM | Renganayaki V | IND | 1641 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5 | WCM | Mudodo Refiloe Hazel | ZIM | 1657 | 35 | ||
| 19 | 48 | Femil Chelladurai | IND | 1544 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | WCM | Chinnam Vyshnavi | IND | 1745 | 28 | |||
| 20 | 32 | Bevanda Ema | CRO | 1710 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | Dalal Aashi | IND | 1525 | 51 | ||||
| 21 | 38 | Yash Jyoti Bir | IND | 1640 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | Karimli Zhala | AZE | 1490 | 55 | ||||
| 22 | 67 | WCM | Zavivaeva Evelina | RUS | 1371 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | Ananya Arumbakkam | IND | 1583 | 45 | |||
| 23 | 66 | Ranka Srushti | IND | 1372 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | Tanvi Vasudev Hadkonkar | IND | 1582 | 46 | ||||
| 24 | 17 | Lhotska Anna | CZE | 1897 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Ananya Parikh | USA | 1499 | 54 | ||||
| 25 | 59 | Mirlankyzy Azaliia | KGZ | 1473 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | Doll Rebecca | GER | 1828 | 22 | ||||
| 26 | 64 | Akshaya Rajaraman | IND | 1408 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | WCM | Tsukerman Julia | CAN | 1643 | 36 | |||
| 27 | 57 | WCM | Patel Riddhi R | IND | 1473 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Woods Charisse | USA | 1634 | 40 | |||
| 28 | 62 | Rebecca Jesumarian | IND | 1422 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | WCM | Abdala Cancino Patricia Anastas | CHI | 1608 | 42 | |||
| 29 | 82 | Mohanselvan Adeti | USA | 0 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Marthinussen Emma Viktoria Lia | NOR | 1544 | 49 | ||||
| 30 | 68 | Smirnova Jekaterina | EST | 1366 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4½ | Larre Linnea | NOR | 1475 | 56 | ||||
| 31 | 69 | Premanath Prasansa | SRI | 1360 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | WCM | Kriti Mayur Patel | IND | 1551 | 47 | |||
| 32 | 76 | Zubova Darja | LAT | 1255 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | Adreeja Sinha | IND | 1463 | 61 | ||||
| 33 | 73 | Bilodeau-Savaria Sandy-Rose | CAN | 1319 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Cassi Elisa | ITA | 1803 | 25 | ||||
| 34 | 31 | Dakic Marta | SRB | 1713 | 3½ | – – + | 3½ | Rhythm Singhal | IND | 1272 | 75 | ||||
| 35 | 79 | WCM | Ismail Imaan | RSA | 1167 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Croisille Shanti | FRA | 1639 | 39 | |||
| 36 | 70 | Diya Jain | IND | 1359 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Ong Zhiwei | MAS | 1517 | 53 | ||||
| 37 | 58 | Dolakidze Mariam | GEO | 1473 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | Natura Bethi | IND | 1274 | 74 | ||||
| 38 | 65 | Dalli Shriya Reddy | IND | 1401 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | D`souza Carina | CAN | 1330 | 71 | ||||
| 39 | 77 | Meiyappan Kavya | USA | 1229 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Horn Lure | NAM | 1150 | 81 | ||||
| 40 | 80 | Schonken Christina | RSA | 1166 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Tamang Marshal | NEP | 1180 | 78 |
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
| 1 | 8 | WFM | Kamalidenova Meruert | w | KAZ | 2025 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 68,0 | 73,0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2 | 1 | WIM | Divya Deshmukh | w | IND | 2358 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 73,0 | 78,5 | 5 | 7 | |
| 3 | 2 | WIM | Rakshitta Ravi | w | IND | 2310 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 73,0 | 77,5 | 6 | 6 | |
| 4 | 16 | WCM | Mungunzul Bat-Erdene | w | MGL | 1912 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 69,0 | 73,0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 5 | 3 | WFM | Allahverdiyeva Ayan | w | AZE | 2160 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 67,5 | 71,5 | 5 | 8 | |
| 6 | 5 | Roebers Eline | w | NED | 2083 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 73,5 | 78,5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | WFM | Nasyrova Ekaterina | w | RUS | 2137 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 71,0 | 76,5 | 6 | 6 | |
| 8 | 30 | Velpula Sarayu | w | IND | 1717 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 70,5 | 74,5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 12 | Wikar Martyna | w | POL | 1969 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 68,0 | 73,5 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Poliakova Varvara | w | BLR | 2042 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 68,0 | 73,0 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 14 | Kurmangaliyeva Liya | w | KAZ | 1936 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 67,5 | 72,0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 11 | Hakobyan Astghik | w | ARM | 1978 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 68,5 | 73,5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 26 | Bhagyashree Patil | w | IND | 1802 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 68,0 | 73,0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 13 | WCM | Ghomi Parnian | w | IRI | 1948 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 66,0 | 69,5 | 5 | 6 | |
| 15 | 6 | WFM | Omonova Umida | w | UZB | 2078 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 63,0 | 67,5 | 5 | 4 | |
| 16 | 21 | WCM | Ince Safiye Oyku | w | TUR | 1840 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 72,5 | 77,5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 17 | 9 | WFM | Dhyana Patel | w | IND | 1995 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 69,0 | 73,0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 18 | 20 | WFM | Cai Boheng | w | CHN | 1853 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 65,5 | 69,5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 19 | 10 | WCM | Obada Ema | w | ROU | 1987 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 64,5 | 68,5 | 6 | 5 | |
| 20 | 18 | Sulyok Eszter | w | HUN | 1893 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 64,0 | 68,0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 21 | 37 | AGM | Renganayaki V | w | IND | 1641 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 63,5 | 66,0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 22 | 27 | Alekseenko Mariya | w | RUS | 1767 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 62,0 | 65,5 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 23 | 19 | De Rycke Tyani | w | BEL | 1891 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 61,5 | 65,5 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 24 | 50 | Swara Lakshmi S Nair | w | IND | 1536 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 60,5 | 64,0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Ishvi Aggarwal | w | IND | 1935 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 60,5 | 62,5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 24 | Ruseva Eva | w | BUL | 1813 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 65,0 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 27 | 43 | Boramanikar Tanisha S | w | IND | 1607 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 58,5 | 63,0 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 34 | Pavalachandran Ashvini | w | SRI | 1678 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 63,0 | 67,0 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 46 | Tanvi Vasudev Hadkonkar | w | IND | 1582 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 61,5 | 65,5 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 30 | 48 | Femil Chelladurai | w | IND | 1544 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 64,0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 31 | 55 | Karimli Zhala | w | AZE | 1490 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 59,0 | 63,0 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 67 | WCM | Zavivaeva Evelina | w | RUS | 1371 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 57,0 | 61,5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 33 | 23 | WFM | Meiyappan Annapoorni | w | USA | 1818 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 57,0 | 61,0 | 5 | 4 | |
| 33 | Zhuang Yongzhe | w | SUI | 1696 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 57,0 | 61,0 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 35 | 41 | Marium Fatima | w | IND | 1628 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 57,0 | 60,5 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 29 | WCM | Zavivaeva Emilia | w | RUS | 1745 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 59,0 | 63,0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 37 | 32 | Bevanda Ema | w | CRO | 1710 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 59,0 | 63,0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 38 | 63 | Agrawal Aanya | w | IND | 1417 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 58,0 | 62,0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 39 | 52 | Kheerthi Ganta | w | IND | 1520 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 58,0 | 60,5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 40 | 44 | Ray Hiya | w | WLS | 1596 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 57,5 | 61,5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 41 | 17 | Lhotska Anna | w | CZE | 1897 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 56,5 | 61,0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 82 | Mohanselvan Adeti | w | USA | 0 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 56,5 | 60,5 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 43 | 62 | Rebecca Jesumarian | w | IND | 1422 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 56,0 | 60,0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 44 | 51 | Dalal Aashi | w | IND | 1525 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 54,5 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 45 | 57 | WCM | Patel Riddhi R | w | IND | 1473 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 55,0 | 6 | 4 | |
| 46 | 22 | Doll Rebecca | w | GER | 1828 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 50,0 | 54,0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 47 | 28 | WCM | Chinnam Vyshnavi | w | IND | 1745 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 62,5 | 66,5 | 6 | 5 | |
| 48 | 66 | Ranka Srushti | w | IND | 1372 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 56,0 | 58,0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 49 | 45 | Ananya Arumbakkam | w | IND | 1583 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 55,5 | 59,5 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 50 | 35 | WCM | Mudodo Refiloe Hazel | w | ZIM | 1657 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 54,5 | 58,0 | 6 | 3 | |
| 51 | 64 | Akshaya Rajaraman | w | IND | 1408 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 54,5 | 58,0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 52 | 38 | Yash Jyoti Bir | w | IND | 1640 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 52,5 | 55,5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 53 | 47 | WCM | Kriti Mayur Patel | w | IND | 1551 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 6 | 5 | |
| 54 | 56 | Larre Linnea | w | NOR | 1475 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 52,0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 55 | 36 | WCM | Tsukerman Julia | w | CAN | 1643 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 6 | 2 | |
| 56 | 61 | Adreeja Sinha | w | IND | 1463 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 52,0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 57 | 59 | Mirlankyzy Azaliia | w | KGZ | 1473 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 56,5 | 61,0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 58 | 60 | Hollmerus Elisabet | w | FIN | 1471 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 54,5 | 56,5 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 59 | 70 | Diya Jain | w | IND | 1359 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 53,5 | 57,0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 60 | 42 | WCM | Abdala Cancino Patricia Anastas | w | CHI | 1608 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 53,5 | 56,5 | 6 | 3 | |
| 61 | 40 | Woods Charisse | w | USA | 1634 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 53,0 | 54,0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 62 | 25 | Cassi Elisa | w | ITA | 1803 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 53,5 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 63 | 39 | Croisille Shanti | w | FRA | 1639 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 51,0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 64 | 54 | Ananya Parikh | w | USA | 1499 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 49,5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 65 | 68 | Smirnova Jekaterina | w | EST | 1366 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 48,0 | 50,5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 66 | 49 | Marthinussen Emma Viktoria Lia | w | NOR | 1544 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 48,0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 67 | 75 | Rhythm Singhal | w | IND | 1272 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 47,5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 68 | 65 | Dalli Shriya Reddy | w | IND | 1401 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 43,0 | 5 | 3 |
| Sulyok Eszter 1893 HUN Rp:1835 Pts. 6,5 | ||||||||
| 1 | 58 | Dolakidze Mariam | 1473 | GEO | 4,0 | s 1 | ||
| 2 | 76 | Zubova Darja | 1255 | LAT | 4,0 | w 1 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Roebers Eline | 2083 | NED | 7,5 | s 0 | ||
| 4 | 37 | AGM | Renganayaki V | 1641 | IND | 6,5 | w ½ | |
| 5 | 55 | Karimli Zhala | 1490 | AZE | 6,0 | s 1 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Poliakova Varvara | 2042 | BLR | 7,5 | w 1 | ||
| 7 | 1 | WIM | Divya Deshmukh | 2358 | IND | 8,0 | s 0 | |
| 8 | 33 | Zhuang Yongzhe | 1696 | SUI | 6,0 | w 1 | ||
| 9 | 9 | WFM | Dhyana Patel | 1995 | IND | 6,5 | s 0 | |
| 10 | 21 | WCM | Ince Safiye Oyku | 1840 | TUR | 6,5 | w 0 | |
| 11 | 44 | Ray Hiya | 1596 | WLS | 5,5 | s 1 | ||
Global Chess Festival Oct-12 2019
Interesting day for me at the Global Chess Festival
Ex-Champion Kramnik was a big guest
Judit Polgar gave a simul
More pics in my FB album
WYCC Girls U14 2019 Rd10
Rank after Round 10
Sulyok lost a couple of games and is starting to fall behind
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
| 1 | 16 | WCM | Mungunzul Bat-Erdene | w | MGL | 1912 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 55,0 | 58,5 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2 | 5 | Roebers Eline | w | NED | 2083 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 65,0 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 4 | WFM | Nasyrova Ekaterina | w | RUS | 2137 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 58,5 | 63,0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 4 | 8 | WFM | Kamalidenova Meruert | w | KAZ | 2025 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 55,5 | 60,5 | 5 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | WIM | Divya Deshmukh | w | IND | 2358 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 65,5 | 5 | 6 | |
| 6 | 2 | WIM | Rakshitta Ravi | w | IND | 2310 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 64,5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 7 | 30 | Velpula Sarayu | w | IND | 1717 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 57,0 | 60,5 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | WFM | Allahverdiyeva Ayan | w | AZE | 2160 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 55,0 | 58,5 | 5 | 7 | |
| 9 | 26 | Bhagyashree Patil | w | IND | 1802 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 54,0 | 58,5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 21 | WCM | Ince Safiye Oyku | w | TUR | 1840 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 58,5 | 62,5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 11 | 12 | Wikar Martyna | w | POL | 1969 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 56,0 | 61,5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 14 | Kurmangaliyeva Liya | w | KAZ | 1936 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 55,5 | 60,0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 10 | WCM | Obada Ema | w | ROU | 1987 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 54,5 | 58,0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 14 | 7 | Poliakova Varvara | w | BLR | 2042 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 54,0 | 58,0 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 6 | WFM | Omonova Umida | w | UZB | 2078 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 50,0 | 53,5 | 5 | 4 | |
| 16 | 15 | Ishvi Aggarwal | w | IND | 1935 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 50,5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 50 | Swara Lakshmi S Nair | w | IND | 1536 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 47,5 | 51,0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 18 | 9 | WFM | Dhyana Patel | w | IND | 1995 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 59,5 | 63,5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 19 | 11 | Hakobyan Astghik | w | ARM | 1978 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 59,0 | 64,0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 20 | 13 | WCM | Ghomi Parnian | w | IRI | 1948 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 55,0 | 58,5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 21 | 27 | Alekseenko Mariya | w | RUS | 1767 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 49,5 | 53,0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 22 | 33 | Zhuang Yongzhe | w | SUI | 1696 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 49,5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 23 | 41 | Marium Fatima | w | IND | 1628 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 44,0 | 47,5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 24 | 20 | WFM | Cai Boheng | w | CHN | 1853 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 54,5 | 58,0 | 5 | 4 | |
| 25 | 18 | Sulyok Eszter | w | HUN | 1893 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 54,0 | 57,5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 26 | 37 | AGM | Renganayaki V | w | IND | 1641 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 53,5 | 5 | 4 | |
| 27 | 34 | Pavalachandran Ashvini | w | SRI | 1678 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 54,5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 19 | De Rycke Tyani | w | BEL | 1891 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 54,0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 29 | 24 | Ruseva Eva | w | BUL | 1813 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 53,0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 30 | 29 | WCM | Zavivaeva Emilia | w | RUS | 1745 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 48,0 | 51,5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 31 | 63 | Agrawal Aanya | w | IND | 1417 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 48,0 | 51,5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 44 | Ray Hiya | w | WLS | 1596 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 47,0 | 50,5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 33 | 43 | Boramanikar Tanisha S | w | IND | 1607 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 47,0 | 50,5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 34 | 23 | WFM | Meiyappan Annapoorni | w | USA | 1818 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 46,0 | 50,0 | 5 | 4 | |
| 35 | 52 | Kheerthi Ganta | w | IND | 1520 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 46,0 | 48,0 | 5 | 4 |
Player overview for HUN

| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | Rk. | Group | |
| 9 | FM | Borhy Marcell | 2321 | HUN | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4,5 | 52 | Open U14 |
| 18 | Sulyok Eszter | 1893 | HUN | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5,5 | 25 | Girls U14 | |
| 17 | Juhasz Judit | 2004 | HUN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 5,0 | 30 | Girls U16 | |
| 30 | FM | Vanczak Tamas | 2327 | HUN | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5,5 | 30 | Open U18 |
More Sokolov
Chess Middlegame Strategies Volume 3 is now available from New in Chess

‘In this third volume of “Chess Middlegame Strategies” Sokolov focuses on strategic themes from specific openings and combines these with standard strategies such as the open file, space or flexibility.
The book contains 43 annotated games divided among seven chapters. Within these pages you will find strategic plans related to typical pawn structures arising from the Geller/Tolush Gambit or the Anti-Moscow Gambit. By taking the time to study those chapters you should come away with a deeper understanding of the subtle nuances in pawn structures and the dynamics that arise. In addition, you will learn different strategic/dynamic ideas and this will strengthen your practical play in such positions.’
From Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. KARPOV’S KING IN THE CENTER
Game 1. G. Kamsky — A. Karpov 10
Game 2. A. Shirov — A. Karpov 20
Game 3. A. Shirov — A. Karpov 27
Game 4. V. Topalov — A. Karpov 34
Game 5. L. Portisch — A. Karpov 38
Game 6. V. Kramnik — V. Anand 42
CHAPTER II. GELLER/TOLUSH GAMBIT PLANS & IDEAS
Pure Geller/Tolush Gambit 49
Game 1. E. P. Geller — V. Smyslov 50
Game 2. E. P. Geller — W. Unzicker 60
Game 3. G. Kasparov — M. Petursson 67
Geller/Tolush — Similar Positions 72
Game 4. A. R. Salem — F. Caruana 72
Game 5. L. Ding — J. Duda 81
CHAPTER III. ANTI MOSCOW GAMBIT TYPICAL PLANS & IDEAS
Game 1. I. Sokolov — A. Dreev 93
Game 2. H. Nakamura — L. Ding 101
Game 3. A. R. Salem — V. Fedoseev 112
Game 4. V. Kramnik — V. Anand 120
Game 5. I. Sokolov — I. A. Novikov 131
CHAPTER IV. SPACE VS FLEXIBILITY
Game 1. S. Ganguly — E. Iturrizaga 142
Game 2. N. D. Short — E. l’Ami 147
Game 3. M. Vachier-Lagrave — V. Fedoseev 151
CHAPTER V. POSITIONAL EXCHANGE SACRIFICE
Game 1. Y. Seirawan — Z. Kozul 157
Game 2. P. Svidler — V. Bologan 164
Game 3. J. Lautier — V. Topalov 168
Game 4. G. Kasparov — U. Andersson 174
Game 5. A. Karpov — U. Andersson 184
Game 6. V. Topalov — P. Svidler 195
Game 7. J. H. Timman — G. Kasparov 199
Game 8. G. Kasparov — A. Shirov 206
Game 9. A. Karpov — B. Gelfand 210
Game 10. V. Ivanchuk — V. Kramnik 216
Game 11. N. Mitkov — S. Rublevsky 222
CHAPTER VI. OPEN FILE
Game 1. E. Sutovsky — B. Jobava 229
Game 2. I. Sokolov — R. Vazquez Igarza 235
Game 3. N. Vitiugov — I. Bukavshin 244
Game 4. M. Adams — Y. Wang 250
Game 5. A. Firouzja — A. Lenderman 256
Game 6. L. Aronian — W. So 265
Game 7. Yu Yangyi — Wen Yang 271
CHAPTER VII. G-PAWN STRATEGIES
Game 1. T. Radjabov — S. Vidit 277
Game 2. L. Portisch — A. Karpov 288
Game 3. J. E. Granda Zuniga — Wesley So 294
Game 4. E. Bacrot — A. Sokolov 298
Game 5. J. Smeets — I. Sokolov 307
Game 6. A. Grischuk — S. Mamedyarov
World Youth Chess Championship 2019 – Girls U14 Rd4
Round 8
Sulyok won and now has 5.5/8
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 2 | WIM | Rakshitta Ravi | IND | 2310 | 6 | ½ – ½ | 6 | WFM | Nasyrova Ekaterina | RUS | 2137 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 11 | Hakobyan Astghik | ARM | 1978 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 6 | Roebers Eline | NED | 2083 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | 30 | Velpula Sarayu | IND | 1717 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5½ | WIM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2358 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 3 | WFM | Allahverdiyeva Ayan | AZE | 2160 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | WCM | Ghomi Parnian | IRI | 1948 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 16 | WCM | Mungunzul Bat-Erdene | MGL | 1912 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | WFM | Dhyana Patel | IND | 1995 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 6 | WFM | Omonova Umida | UZB | 2078 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | WCM | Ince Safiye Oyku | TUR | 1840 | 21 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Poliakova Varvara | BLR | 2042 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | WFM | Cai Boheng | CHN | 1853 | 20 | |||
| 8 | 37 | AGM | Renganayaki V | IND | 1641 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | WFM | Kamalidenova Meruert | KAZ | 2025 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 12 | Wikar Martyna | POL | 1969 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | WFM | Meiyappan Annapoorni | USA | 1818 | 23 | |||
| 10 | 17 | Lhotska Anna | CZE | 1897 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | WCM | Zavivaeva Emilia | RUS | 1745 | 29 | |||
| 11 | 18 | Sulyok Eszter | HUN | 1893 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Zhuang Yongzhe | SUI | 1696 | 33 | ||||
| 12 | 10 | WCM | Obada Ema | ROU | 1987 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | WCM | Chinnam Vyshnavi | IND | 1745 | 28 | ||
| 13 | 14 | Kurmangaliyeva Liya | KAZ | 1936 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Bevanda Ema | CRO | 1710 | 32 | ||||
| 14 | 38 | Yash Jyoti Bir | IND | 1640 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | Ishvi Aggarwal | IND | 1935 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | 46 | Tanvi Vasudev Hadkonkar | IND | 1582 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | De Rycke Tyani | BEL | 1891 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | 24 | Ruseva Eva | BUL | 1813 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | Swara Lakshmi S Nair | IND | 1536 | 50 | ||||
| 17 | 26 | Bhagyashree Patil | IND | 1802 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Femil Chelladurai | IND | 1544 | 48 | ||||
| 18 | 55 | Karimli Zhala | AZE | 1490 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Alekseenko Mariya | RUS | 1767 | 27 | ||||
| 19 | 34 | Pavalachandran Ashvini | SRI | 1678 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Ranka Srushti | IND | 1372 | 66 | ||||
| 20 | 51 | Dalal Aashi | IND | 1525 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | WCM | Mudodo Refiloe Hazel | ZIM | 1657 | 35 | |||
| 21 | 36 | WCM | Tsukerman Julia | CAN | 1643 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | WCM | Patel Riddhi R | IND | 1473 | 57 | ||
| 22 | 41 | Marium Fatima | IND | 1628 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | Mohanselvan Adeti | USA | 0 | 82 | ||||
| 23 | 43 | Boramanikar Tanisha S | IND | 1607 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Diya Jain | IND | 1359 | 70 | ||||
| 24 | 59 | Mirlankyzy Azaliia | KGZ | 1473 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Ray Hiya | WLS | 1596 | 44 | ||||
| 25 | 45 | Ananya Arumbakkam | IND | 1583 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Akshaya Rajaraman | IND | 1408 | 64 | ||||
| 26 | 22 | Doll Rebecca | GER | 1828 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Kheerthi Ganta | IND | 1520 | 52 | ||||
| 27 | 40 | Woods Charisse | USA | 1634 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Rebecca Jesumarian | IND | 1422 | 62 | ||||
| 28 | 42 | WCM | Abdala Cancino Patricia Anastas | CHI | 1608 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | Smirnova Jekaterina | EST | 1366 | 68 | |||
| 29 | 47 | WCM | Kriti Mayur Patel | IND | 1551 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Zubova Darja | LAT | 1255 | 76 | |||
| 30 | 67 | WCM | Zavivaeva Evelina | RUS | 1371 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 2½ | Croisille Shanti | FRA | 1639 | 39 | |||
| 31 | 63 | Agrawal Aanya | IND | 1417 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | Ananya Parikh | USA | 1499 | 54 | ||||
| 32 | 58 | Dolakidze Mariam | GEO | 1473 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Premanath Prasansa | SRI | 1360 | 69 | ||||
| 33 | 71 | D`souza Carina | CAN | 1330 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | Hollmerus Elisabet | FIN | 1471 | 60 | ||||
| 34 | 61 | Adreeja Sinha | IND | 1463 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | Natura Bethi | IND | 1274 | 74 | ||||
| 35 | 73 | Bilodeau-Savaria Sandy-Rose | CAN | 1319 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2 | Larre Linnea | NOR | 1475 | 56 | ||||
| 36 | 25 | Cassi Elisa | ITA | 1803 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | Rhythm Singhal | IND | 1272 | 75 | ||||
| 37 | 31 | Dakic Marta | SRB | 1713 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Meiyappan Kavya | USA | 1229 | 77 | ||||
| 38 | 53 | Ong Zhiwei | MAS | 1517 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | WCM | Ismail Imaan | RSA | 1167 | 79 | |||
| 39 | 80 | Schonken Christina | RSA | 1166 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Dalli Shriya Reddy | IND | 1401 | 65 | ||||
| 40 | 78 | Tamang Marshal | NEP | 1180 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1 | Horn Lure | NAM | 1150 | 81 |
Rank after Round 8
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
| 1 | 5 | Roebers Eline | w | NED | 2083 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 43,5 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | WIM | Rakshitta Ravi | w | IND | 2310 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 42,5 | 4 | 5 | |
| 3 | 4 | WFM | Nasyrova Ekaterina | w | RUS | 2137 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 43,0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | 11 | Hakobyan Astghik | w | ARM | 1978 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 37,0 | 41,0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 30 | Velpula Sarayu | w | IND | 1717 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 39,5 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | WFM | Allahverdiyeva Ayan | w | AZE | 2160 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 33,5 | 37,0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 7 | 16 | WCM | Mungunzul Bat-Erdene | w | MGL | 1912 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 33,0 | 35,5 | 4 | 5 | |
| 8 | 1 | WIM | Divya Deshmukh | w | IND | 2358 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 37,0 | 40,5 | 4 | 5 | |
| 9 | 7 | Poliakova Varvara | w | BLR | 2042 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 34,5 | 37,5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 12 | Wikar Martyna | w | POL | 1969 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 38,0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 18 | Sulyok Eszter | w | HUN | 1893 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 37,0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 8 | WFM | Kamalidenova Meruert | w | KAZ | 2025 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 36,5 | 4 | 4 | |
| 13 | 29 | WCM | Zavivaeva Emilia | w | RUS | 1745 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 14 | 9 | WFM | Dhyana Patel | w | IND | 1995 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 41,5 | 4 | 4 | |
| 15 | 21 | WCM | Ince Safiye Oyku | w | TUR | 1840 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 37,5 | 41,0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 16 | 13 | WCM | Ghomi Parnian | w | IRI | 1948 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 35,5 | 38,5 | 4 | 4 | |
| 17 | 14 | Kurmangaliyeva Liya | w | KAZ | 1936 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 35,5 | 38,0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 18 | 10 | WCM | Obada Ema | w | ROU | 1987 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 37,0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 19 | 26 | Bhagyashree Patil | w | IND | 1802 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 33,5 | 37,0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 20 | 6 | WFM | Omonova Umida | w | UZB | 2078 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 31,0 | 33,5 | 4 | 3 | |
| 21 | 19 | De Rycke Tyani | w | BEL | 1891 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 32,5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 22 | 15 | Ishvi Aggarwal | w | IND | 1935 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 30,5 | 4 | 5 |



