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Hungarian Language

May 15

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The Basics
I should have thought of this before! I was doing my tactical work for the day and stumbled on these.

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Budapest Open; Sárkány-Aranytíz GM-IM Norm Tournament August 17-25, 2013

May 14

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Official Site 2013
It’s time to get ready for this year’s Budapest Open and the GM-IM group tournaments.

Here is some of last year’s action.

The open section with IM To(front left)

The open section -Ready for action

The open section-Thinking hard 

IM Galyas(left) playing in the IM group


The IM Group
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Rk.   Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 IM Galyas Miklós 2412 HUN * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7
2 IM Bérczes Csaba 2378 HUN ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6.5
    Fehér Ádám 2346 HUN ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6.5
4 FM Kojima Shinya 2282 JPN 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 5.5
5 FM Brustkern Juergen 2235 GER ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 + 1 ½ 5
6   Szekeres Róbert 2337 HUN 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 4.5
7 FM Lyell Mark 2225 ENG ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 1 4
8   Radnai Ádám 2300 HUN 0 0 ½ 0 – ½ ½ * 0 1 2.5
9   Téglás Balázs 2247 HUN 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ 2
10 IM Roos Jean-Luc 2270 FRA 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1.5

The GM Group
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Rk.   Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 GM Medvegy Zoltán 2555 HUN * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 7
2 GM Bérczes Dávid 2530 HUN ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5.5
3 IM Kislik Erik Andrew 2409 USA ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ – 1 ½ 1 5
4 GM Gonda László 2547 HUN ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5
5 FM Petényi Tamás 2445 SVK 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5
6 FM Fodor Tamás Jr. 2503 HUN 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4.5
7 FM Illner Achim Dr. 2463 GER 0 ½ + ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 4.5
8 FM Tésik Csaba 2347 HUN ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 4
9 IM Gonzalez Bernal 2413 CRC 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 3
10 IM Jakab Attila 2405 HUN 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1.5

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TWIC 966(HUN) INDEX 2013 May 14-2013

May 14

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Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther.

 EICC 2013
BALOGH,Csaba is the top Hungarian with 6/8.

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SNo Name FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts.
45 GM BALOGH Csaba 2644 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6
18 GM BERKES Ferenc 2688 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5.5
15 GM ALMASI Zoltan 2695 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 5
103 GM RUCK Robert 2570 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5
101 GM PAPP Gabor 2570 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 4.5
160 GM FODOR Tamas Jr. 2475 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
125 GM PAP Gyula 2539 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 3.5
218 FM ANTAL Tibor Kende 2349 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 2.5
285 SZONYI Bence 1651 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1.5

Event Video from Official Site



Overall Standings-From Chess Results
MOISEENKO Alexander is in clear first with 7/8. Balogh is one point back in a group with 6/8.

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Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 GM MOISEENKO Alexander UKR 2698 7
2 GM LUPULESCU Constantin ROU 2634 6.5
3 GM ALEKSEEV Evgeny RUS 2700 6
4 GM VALLEJO PONS Francisco ESP 2695 6
5 GM LYSYJ Igor RUS 2641 6
6 GM BELIAVSKY Alexander G SLO 2628 6
7 GM ARESHCHENKO Alexander UKR 2709 6
8 GM BALOGH Csaba HUN 2644 6
9 GM NAVARA David CZE 2697 6
10 IM KOVALEV Vladislav BLR 2523 6
11 GM HRACEK Zbynek CZE 2628 6
12 GM LAZNICKA Viktor CZE 2679 6
13 GM RODSHTEIN Maxim ISR 2638 6
14 GM MELKUMYAN Hrant ARM 2622 6

First Saturday
The GM and FM-A groups are not finished yet.

IM-A
IM Radlovacki won with 7/9.

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Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 IM Radlovacki Jovan 2423 SRB * 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 7
2 Bouzidi Ahmed 2161 TUN 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6
3 FM Kantor Gergely 2341 HUN 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6
4 FM Amdouni Zoubaier 2249 TUN 1 ½ ½ * 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 5
5 IM Krumpacnik Domen 2327 SLO ½ 0 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4.5
6 IM Petran Pal 2317 HUN 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 4
7 Bayramgeldiyev Yusup 2250 TKM 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 4
8 FM Lyell Mark 2227 ENG ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 3.5
9 FM Silapov Azat 2307 TKM 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 * ½ 3
10 Aryan Chopra 2120 IND 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 2

IM-B

Li Bo won with 7/9.

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Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 Li Bo 2252 CHN *** 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7
2 Atabayev Saparmyrat 2134 TKM 0 0 *** 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.5
3 IM Battey Alexander 2306 USA ½ 1 0 ½ *** ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 5.5
4 IM Szeberenyi Adam 2325 HUN ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ *** ½ 0 1 0 4.5
5 IM Szalanczy Emil 2262 HUN 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 *** ½ ½ 3.5
6 CM Zaibi Amir 2285 TUN ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ *** 3

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Italian Teams 2013 Bratto ITA (6) 2013-GM Horvath,CS(HUN)

May 14

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More Bratto Chess
The feature game was won by Hungarian GM Csaba Horvath and was played in Bratto as part of the Italian TCh.

More about Horvath
Hungarian Grandmaster (1993). International Arbiter. 
Hungary Champion 1997. 

GM Horvath,Csaba

Winner of Budapest 1990, St Ingbert 1991, Budapest 1992, Forli Open 1997, Ambassador Open and Helsinki 2001, First Saturday 2002, Cvitanovic Memorial and Zalakaros Open (joint) in 2004, Val Thorens and Chamberry GM in 2005 and Capablanca Open in 2007. 
A participant in 2 Olympiads in 1990 and 1998.

TWIC 965
Here is the feature game. GM Horvath meticulously consolidated an extra P in a technical ending.

Djuric,S (2471) – Horvath,Cs (2515)
Sicilian 2…e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 [B40]
45th Italian Teams 2013 Bratto ITA (6), 30.04.2013

Position 1
Black has a P+ and in the process of consolidating the advantage. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

44.Nc4

Posted in Horvath Cs, Sicilian Kan, TCh-ITA 2013

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Interview with GM Portisch(Hungarian Language)-Video

May 13

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Interview with Portisch,l(Hungarian Language)

Portisch Simul 2011
GM Portish is still a very popular player.

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Capablanca Mem 2013 Rd3-GM Almasi(HUN)

May 12

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Andrew Martin Analyzes
The featured Almasi game is analyzed by IM Andrew Martin on his Youtube Chanel-The Yately Manor Chess Master.

TWIC 964
GM Almasi rolled out the big guns and went for 6.Bg5 against the Sicilian Najdorf. GM Harikrishna defended with 6…Nbd7 and a sharp battle followed.

 Here is the feature game.

 Almasi,Z (2689) – Harikrishna,P (2705)
Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qe2 [B94]
48th Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (3.3), 23.04.2013

Position 1
The position is sharp. White has just attacked the queen with 28.Nd7. What do you recommend for black?

  • 28…Qb7
  • 28…Qc7
  • Something else

Black to Play

28.Nd7

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Greatest 501 Puzzles-GM Horvath Csaba(HUN)

May 12

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Greatest 501 Puzzles-GM Horvath Csaba(Chess Evolution 2012)
My tactical play has been suffering lately so I invested in this book.

The positions are divided by difficulty but not by theme making it good for training. Overall a nice effort by GM Horvath-see his nice website too.

GM Horvath Csaba


Horvath played on the Olympiad Team in Dresden 2008.



Here is #153 from the Medium level section.

White to Play and Win


Something Different From Chess Evolution

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European Indivdual Chess Ch(EICC) 2013 Rd2-GM Ruck(HUN)

May 11

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EICC Introduction
A bit of background on the tournament.




TWIC 965
GM Grachev used the Cambridge Springs Defence to defeat GM Ruck with active piece play in rd2 of the EICC. Ruck tried tried the critical 7.cd line but black equalized easily.

Ruck,R (2570) – Grachev,B (2687)
Cambridge Springs Defence 7.cd Nxd5[D52]
14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (2.14), 06.05.2013


Position 1
Black’s queenside majority is set to advance. What do you recommend for black?

White to Play
34.Be3

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ChessBase Files for 2013-05 Ready for Download

May 10

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Budapest Chess News CBV Files
All games and analysis for 2013-05 are now available for download. This month, 115 games are in the database.

Included are games from all the ChessNews blogs, including

Background
Leko beats Kortschnoi in a rook ending at the Dresden Olympiad.



Daily Pageview Traffic
Blog traffic has been growing compared to last year, but daily totals vary widely depending on what events are covered and whether GM Hansen(CAN)/IM Hambleton is playing.

Traffic growth has been helped greatly by publicity from GM Spraggett’s blog-Thank you!

April BCN CCN d4CN e4CN REOCN Total
1 195 296 41 61 45 638
2 146 221 34 43 25 469
3 182 139 19 57 9 406
4 131 124 29 39 42 365
5 143 215 16 23 27 424
6 184 168 30 34 42 458
7 132 104 31 33 17 317
8 147 86 16 34 8 291
9 161 108 35 37 6 347
10 267 144 39 46 37 533
11 189 109 43 43 32 416
12 144 99 19 47 18 327
13 214 120 78 64 159 635
14 187 137 16 44 54 438
15 158 169 18 94 51 490
16 151 98 103 46 28 426
17 173 121 27 54 30 405
18 155 144 18 37 20 374
19 150 141 15 31 35 372
20 188 130 12 45 23 398
21 160 205 79 117 66 627
22 159 134 107 89 38 527
23 131 127 53 55 34 400
24 179 96 29 45 64 413
25 161 84 30 36 19 330
26 126 102 44 24 57 353
27 595 90 21 84 38 828
28 131 51 91 91 51 415
29 126 72 11 105 35 349
30 121 131 33 28 10 323

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European Individual Chess Ch 2013 Rd5 Standings-HUN

May 10

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Standings
Almasi leads the Hungarian delegation with 4/5.

More on the Tournament
The venue is in Legnica, Poland.

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SNo Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 Pts.
15 GM ALMASI Zoltan 2695 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 4
18 GM BERKES Ferenc 2688 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 3.5
45 GM BALOGH Csaba 2644 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5
101 GM PAPP Gabor 2570 1 ½ ½ 0 1 3
103 GM RUCK Robert 2570 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 3
125 GM PAP Gyula 2539 1 0 1 ½ 0 2.5
160 GM FODOR Tamas Jr. 2475 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 2.5
218 FM ANTAL Tibor Kende 2349 0 0 ½ ½ 1 2
285 SZONYI Bence 1651 0 0 0 0 ½ 0.5

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