Final Ranking Rd7

Papp Balazs took clear first with 5.5/7.

My MTK teammate WFM Terbe Zsuzsanna finished with a modest 4/7.

A nice 6-round Open starts next week with modest entry fees and prizes.

20% Discount for MTK Players

Team Captain Attila Balla has negotiated this discount for ALL players(Hungarian and foreign).

“Chess Holiday Kupa népszerűsítése

Turzó Attila nemzetközi mester által szervezett verseny jövő hétfőtől a Magyar Sakkszövetségben, aminek népszerűsítését két ízben is kérte tőlem, ha jelzitek, hogy MTK-sok vagytok, 20% kedvezményben részesültök (vagyis 4800 Ft a beugró).”

Hoping to see many teammates at this tournament.

Start List(To Date)

 Information 

Tournament Goals: To Gain FIDE Ratings, Make New Chess Friends and Make Chess More Popular 

Tournament Organizer: Attila Turzó  International Chessmaster 

Tournament Venue: HUNGARIAN CHESS FEDERATION 1055 Budapest, Falk Miksa utca 10. Tel.: +36 20 539-9209; (+36-1) 473-2360 Fax: (+36-1) 331-9738 E-mail: chess@chess.hu 

Tournament Date: February 23-28.2015.

Tournament Format: Swiss system with 6 rounds.

Time control: 90 minutes+30 seconds per move.  30 minutes waiting time before forfeiting

Arbiter: Lajos Györkös  International Arbiter and International Chessmaster

Entry fee:  6000 forints for everybody. [20% off for MTK players.]

Participants:  The maximum number of the players can be 40. All participants need the playing license of the Hungarian Chess Federation for 2015. If you do not have it, then you can get it for a 5 euró fee before the 1^st round.

Registration and information: Attila Turzó is at your service at the +36-20-550-87-49 phone number and at the  attilaturzo@gmail.com email address.

Prizes: 

• 1^st   place:  15,000 forints+diploma+cup and medal
• 2^nd    place : 10,000 forints+diploma+medal
• 3^rd   place :   5,000 forints+diploma+medal
• 4^th   place : diploma+present
• 5^th   place : diploma+present

The best junior, woman and senior player will get a present if she/he did not win other prize.

The prizes garanteed for minimum 20 players. If less number of players join then the

prizes will be decreased in the ration of the number of players.

Hungarian income tax will be deducted from the prizes.

Everybody can win only one prize. 

If any players have the same number of points, then we will use the following methods to decide the winner:

•                            Buchholz
•                            Progressive
•                            Performace rating (TPR) 

You can get your prize only on the closing ceremony!

PROGRAM

Registration:                      Monday            02-23-2015         15:30-16:15

Opening ceremony:        Monday            02-23-2015         16:30

• 1^st  round                 Monday            02-23-2015         17:00
• 2^nd round                Tuesday           02-24-2015         17:00
• 3^rd  round                Wednesday      02-25-2015         17:00
• 4^th   round               Thursday          02-26-2015         17:00
• 5^th  round                Friday               02-27-2015         17:00
• 6^th  round                Saturday           02-28-2015         11:00 

Closing ceremony:          Saturday           02-28-2015         17:00

A nice 6-round Open starts next week with modest entry fees and prizes.

Start List(To Date)

 Information 

Tournament Goals: To Gain FIDE Ratings, Make New Chess Friends and Make Chess More Popular 

Tournament Organizer: Attila Turzó  International Chessmaster 

Tournament Venue: HUNGARIAN CHESS FEDERATION 1055 Budapest, Falk Miksa utca 10. Tel.: +36 20 539-9209; (+36-1) 473-2360 Fax: (+36-1) 331-9738 E-mail: chess@chess.hu 

Tournament Date: February 23-28.2015.

Tournament Format: Swiss system with 6 rounds.

Time control: 90 minutes+30 seconds per move.  30 minutes waiting time before forfeiting

Arbiter: Lajos Györkös  International Arbiter and International Chessmaster

Entry fee:  6000 forints for everybody.

Participants:  The maximum number of the players can be 40. All participants need the playing license of the Hungarian Chess Federation for 2015. If you do not have it, then you can get it for a 5 euró fee before the 1^st round.

Registration and information: Attila Turzó is at your service at the +36-20-550-87-49 phone number and at the  attilaturzo@gmail.com email address.

Prizes: 

• 1^st   place:  15,000 forints+diploma+cup and medal
• 2^nd    place : 10,000 forints+diploma+medal
• 3^rd   place :   5,000 forints+diploma+medal
• 4^th   place : diploma+present
• 5^th   place : diploma+present

The best junior, woman and senior player will get a present if she/he did not win other prize.

The prizes garanteed for minimum 20 players. If less number of players join then the

prizes will be decreased in the ration of the number of players.

Hungarian income tax will be deducted from the prizes.

Everybody can win only one prize. 

If any players have the same number of points, then we will use the following methods to decide the winner:

•                            Buchholz
•                            Progressive
•                            Performace rating (TPR) 

You can get your prize only on the closing ceremony!

PROGRAM

Registration:                      Monday            02-23-2015         15:30-16:15

Opening ceremony:        Monday            02-23-2015         16:30

• 1^st  round                 Monday            02-23-2015         17:00
• 2^nd round                Tuesday           02-24-2015         17:00
• 3^rd  round                Wednesday      02-25-2015         17:00
• 4^th   round               Thursday          02-26-2015         17:00
• 5^th  round                Friday               02-27-2015         17:00
• 6^th  round                Saturday           02-28-2015         11:00 

Closing ceremony:          Saturday           02-28-2015         17:00

MTK-SENSE

I contributed a win on board 3. We had won 3 games when I left so my guess MTK won the match.

The unrated 6 and 8 board team championship events are taken quite seriously and are another hidden gem in the Budapest chess scene. Players can try new openings without worrying about games showing up in databases to cause future headaches.

Yip-Laszlo,Adam

The game started as a g3-King’s Indian. I wanted to take no risks as in the last team match I managed to hang my e-pawn(I was White) to a simple attack while thinking deeply about some kind of prophylactic rubbish that has filled my thinking process lately.

30.Ra7(Diagram)

Black must answer the threat to the queen and chose the unfortunate 30..Rb7?

Yip-Laszlo,A after 30.Ra7

After 31.Rxb7 Qxb7(diagram)

After 31..Qxb7

White took the d-pawn 32.Nxd6 and soon won the c-pawn after which my opponent resigned.

Starting List U2200(To Date)

More from Official Site(usually PGNs and pictures follow the event quickly). This nice tournament will take place March 13-15.

Plenty of time to register if you have not made up your mind yet.

Starting List U1600(To Date)

Karacsonyi Luca will join brother Gellert and sister Kata who are playing in the U2200 section.

Final Ranking 6 Rounds

FM Fodre Sandor took clear first with 5.5/6. Well done!

Mirza Solyom(1848) had a fantastic 5/6 to finish in clear second.

Rank Round 1

Another edition of the Lila Futo – Hobagoly Cup series of open started yesterday.

Results-Round 1 on 2015/02/13

There several upsets in the first round.

• Oszvald Peter(1692) did well to upset Kovacs K. Arpad(1892)
• Szabo Marton Mihaly(1467) beat Mirza Solyom(1848)
• Virag Balint(1421) beat Szabo Pal(1846)

Final Ranking: Official Site

Papp finished with 5/9 in equal 3rd. Well done Petra!

WGM papp,Petra(HUN) in rd9. Photo from official site

Ranking Round 5: Official Site Gallery

WGM Papp,Petra is doing well at a RR held as part of the Moscow Open. Papp drew and now has 3/5.

Go Petra!

WGM Papp,P(HUN) in rd1. Photo from official site gallery.

Rank after Round 9

GM Rapport lost to GM Hou Yifan and falls to 6/9.

GM Hansen, Eric(CAN) beat IM Trent, Lawrence for 6/9

GM Spraggett(CAN) lost to GM Sutovsky, Emil and stands at 5.5/9.

Rapport