Results

The top three boards drew.

The big news was Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel(2371) losing to my teammate Terbe Zsuzsanna (2129-MTK)

Rank Round 3

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Players must be under 2200.

• A verseny időpontja:         2015. április 17-19.
• A verseny helyszíne:         Irodaház  // Lila Futó – Hóbagoly SE sakkterem                                            Bp. III. Huszti út 35. fszt. (az ALDI mellett, bejárat a Szőlőkert utcából)

Results

The top three seeds were held to draws. Otherwise the games went as they should have.

Starting Rank

24 players including some from the Hungarian National Team.

• System:                                   9 Rounds Swiss
• Rate of play:                           (90-90 min/ 40 moves + 30-30 min./all) + 30 sec./move
• Maximum delay allowed:    30 minutes
• Registration:                           from 14.00 on 7th April 2015
• Opening Ceremony:              15.45 on 7th April 2015
• Start of rounds:                      16.00 (each day)
• Chief Arbiter:                         Györkös Lajos (IA)

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Results

MTK won.

I contributed a draw on board 12 on the White side of a Benko Gambit. My position looked promising but misplayed a winning position.

Yip-Major,I Board 12

White initiated tactical play and the following position was reached after 21..Bxe5(diagram) I liked my position as the Be5 is unstable and the d6 pawn vulnerable.

After 21..Bxe5

White continued with the logical looking 22.f4?!(better was 22.b3 undermining Nd3) 22..Nxb2?+-(diagram) and White should win.

After 22..Nxb2

Black has problems with loose set of minor pieces and weak d6 pawn. All that is left is to calculate the finish which I failed to do.

23.Qc2?

Lets the win slide away Better was 23.Qb1!+- and White keeps the Nb5 under guard and keeps the extra piece or 23.Qa1 when the queen makes deadly threats on the long diagonal after 23..Nxa4 24.fe Qxa4 25.Bh6 etc.

23..Bg7 24.Bd4

White is still clearly better but I continued to make inaccurate moves in a sharp dynamic position and the result was an eventual draw.

I. osztály, Lilienthal csoport
BEAC II – Újpesti KSE 5:7
Pénzügyőr SE – Aquaréna KSC II 2:10
MTK II – MLTC II 7:5
SENSE I – Fabulon-Lombik 2:10
Tabáni Spartacus II – Vasas SC II 5:7
Barcza GSC I – REAC SISE 8:4

II. osztály, Bilek csoport
BEAC III – Pestszentlőrinc II 7,5:4,5
HÜSI SC II – Siketek SC 7:5
Törekvés SE – A. Láng MKKE 5:7
SENSE II – Csepeli TK 5:7
Sárkány DSE II – Sirály 9:3
Barcza GSC II – Pestszentimre 10,5:1,5

MTK 4.5-Vízügyi SC 3.5

I won a lost position on board 3 in mutual time trouble.

After 24.Kh2(diagram)

After 24Kh2

Black should have played 24..c5!-+ with a crushing postion. However, I was too focused on the kingside and played 24..Nh5? giving White the better chances.

Much later in the game I played 41..R1d2(diagram) when Black was not suffering as much as earlier in the game.

After 41..R1d2

White then gave the game away with 42.Kg3?? Nf5+ 43.Kf3(diagram)

After 43.Kf3

The game ended with 43..Qxh3+ 0-1

Not exactly a high quality effort on my part but my good fortune continued from the last team match where I also saved a lost position.

Team Captain Attila Balla was taking pictures early in the round so there will be photos soon.

Starting Rank

The starting list to date.

MTK 4-Hort 2

I saved a bad position with a useful draw as Black.

Board 3 Bokros,I-Yip

My position was awful and I made is worse with 20..h5(diagram)

After 20..h5

White had a think and played the obvious 21.Nxg6! and won a pawn.

Later in the game I was still wriggling around after 32..Rg8(diagram)

After 32..Rg8

White played 33.Re2 giving back two pawns and I was back in the game.

Somehow my luck continued and in the rook ending I stood better after 43.Rh7(diagram)

After 43.Rh7

I should have played 43..Ke5! and Black is winning with the active king and fast a-pawn. Instead I focused on counterplay with 43..a5 and eventually earned a draw.

So there it is. I must study openings, middlegames and endings.

Pics by team Captain Attila Balla

Thinking and more thinking

Intense action

Side view

I’m way back on the right

Calm before the storm

U2200 Final Ranking

Bohus Adam took first on tiebreaks over veteran Kis Bela, Kovacs Marton and FM Kosztolanczi Gyula; all with 5/6-Well done!

Szabo Marton Mihaly won the elo lottery and picked up a whopping 92 elo points.

I had a draw and a heartbreaking loss to my MTK teammate Laza Szabolcs in the last round.

Rds 1-4 are ready to download from Chess Results

All in all, this tournament was a great time. I was quite surprised to see another Canadian player-Suller Lorant-who was visiting from Austria where he works. Even more surprising was his excellent command of Hungarian.

The entry was a bargain at 3,000HUF(10EUR) so the Art Pub series of events is a real Budapest bargain.

Rd6 Laza-Yip

I just played 32..N8f6?(diagram) when should lose.

After 32..Nf6

White was in some time-trouble and zoomed in with 33.Qd6?(diagram) This is just a complicated bluff but I fell for it.

After 33.Qd6?

All I had to do was take the bishop but…I saw some ghosts and played 33..Nfd7?? After a long think I played this nonsense move.

There followed 34.Bc4 a5 35.Qc7 Qb7 36.b4 ab I calculated to here and thought Black was fine.

I thought I was winning after 37.ab(diagram)

After 37.ab

I confidently played 37..Nxb6 thinking all was under control. The dangerous b-pawn goes and Bc4 is attacked, but I missed 38.Qd8+ and the tactical point after 38..Kh7(diagram)

After 38..Kh7

White continued 39.bc Nxc4(diagram)

After 39..Nxc4

And now I saw the light after 40.Qh4+! was the point I missed, winning the stray knight.

1-0 after a couple of moves.

U2200 winner Bohus,Adam

Mark Juhasz(right) in action

U1600 Final Ranking 6 Rounds

Chowaniec Artur took clear first-Well done!

Winner U1600 Chowaniec Artur

U1600 prize winners

Rank Round 4

Piroska Istvan leads with a perfect score after outplaying me on board 1.

Youngsters in action.

Clash of generations. Olah,L(left)-Karacsonyi Kata(right)

Results-Round 4

I made it to board 1 only to play like a lame and tired old duck. Piroska Istvan had more energy to give to the game and slowly ground me down.