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Budapest TCh 2012-13 Rd9-Szepes,Tamas(HUN)
Budapest TCh 2012-13 Rd9 Board 2
My RAC teammate Szepes,Tamas also faced a Benko Gambit but played a much nicer game than me and won in style.
Szepes,Tamas (2228) – Lisznyai,Sandor (2192)
Benko Gambit[A58]
BUD tch Lilienthal 12/13 (9.2), 10.03.2013
Black has released white’s a,b pawns in return for having a strong Nd3 in the heart of white’s position. What do you suggest for white?
The game has gone well for white as the b-pawn has made a winning charge down the queenside. It only remains to find a suitable finishing plan. What do you suggest for white?(More than one solution-find the most convincing move)
BTCH Div I Rd9 2012-13
Division I-Tabanyi Spartacus II 7.5-RAC I 4.5
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| Board | RAC I | Spartacus II | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halasz,Tamas | 1 | Metaxasz,Vaszilisz | 0 |
| 2 | Szepes,Tamas | 1 | Lisznyai,Sandor | 0 |
| 3 | Suranyi,Pal | 0 | Borda,Lajos | 1 |
| 4 | Yip,Michael | 0.5 | Szentmihalyi,T | 0.5 |
| 5 | Makai,Matyas | 0 | Pal,Mihaly | 1 |
| 6 | Kun,Sandor | 0 | Vitalyos,Marton | 1 |
| 7 | Gaspar,Laszlo | 1 | Csillag,Janos | 0 |
| 8 | Rajcsanyi,Peter | 0.5 | Gerendai,L | 0.5 |
| 9 | Nemeth,Otto | 0 | Meszaros,Attila | 1 |
| 10 | Shan,He Jia Rita | 0.5 | Katona,G | 0.5 |
| 11 | Csizmadia,F | 0 | Balazs-Piri,Robert | 1 |
| 12 | Aranyi,Jozsef | 0 | Felmery,Tamas | 1 |
| 4.5 | 7.5 |
I forgot my scoresheet at the tournament site so the game was reconstructed. Hopefully I got the moves right. My opponent had a hard to spell name which I don’t remember.
RAC I lost the match 7.5-4.5
- Board 1 IM Halasz,T won(black with RRB which overcame QB)
- Board 2 Szepes,T won(white against a Benko. Szepes was down an exchange for 2 strong queenside passed pawns won nicely as black had a weak king)
- Board 3 Lost (Suranyi,P lost to Borda,L. Suranyi fell behind in development and then exposed his pieces)
- Board 4 (me)
I stumbled into a won position with some non-special play and then noticed the winning move quickly. Then, I looked for an even better one.
Sadly my improved ‘win’ had an obvious hole in the idea and after, I struggled to make a draw.
Position 1
The critical position arises after black took the b-pawn with 29…Qxb5. The queen is now unprotected if only Bb4 could find a way to move to make a discovered attack.
White to Play
e4ChessNews March 9 Posts-French Defence
The French was my primary defence to 1.e4 at one point so now I’m preparing to use it again.
TWIC 956
3 games in the French examined.
Game 1
Georgiadis,N (2380) – Rodshtein,M (2616)
French Winawer 6…Qc7 7.Nf3 [C18]
29th Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (1.9), 23.02.2013
Black to Play
Game 2
O’Connor,Jon (2124) – Short,N (2697)
French Winawer 6..Qc7 7.Qg4[C18]
20th Bunratty Masters, IRL (1.2), 01.03.2013
Game 3
Valuet,B (2290) – Ulibin,M (2521)
French Tarrasch 3…Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 [C05]
29th Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (3.53), 25.02.2013
Black to Play
TCh-BEL 2012-13 Rd10-GM Hera,I(HUN)
TWIC 956
Hera,I (2570) – Illner,A (2459)
Reti[A14]
TCh-BEL 2012–13 Belgium BEL (10.5), 03.03.2013
Position 1
White has parallel hanging pawns and is possibly ready to strike. What do you recommend for white?
- 23.d5(unleashing Bb2 and banking everything on the energy of the d-pawn, as played in the game)
- 23.c5(pressing the queenside and the queen)
- 23.Bb3(keeping the tension and all options open)
- Somthing else
White to Play
Position 2
White has an isolated pawn but what is the correct followup?
White to Play
First Saturday Rd6 Standings
Standings After Rd6 chess-results
GM
IM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof(POL) is off to perfect 6/6 start.
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| # | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2468 | POL | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 2 | FM | Hujbert Florian | 2429 | HUN | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | |||
| 3 | GM | Gonda Laszlo | 2538 | HUN | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 4 | GM | Varga Zoltan | 2446 | HUN | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3 | ||||
| 5 | GM | Czebe Attila | 2492 | HUN | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | CM | Arjun Bharat | 2294 | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2 | |||
| 7 | IM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | 2483 | IND | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1.5 | |||
| 8 | IM | Manca Federico | 2411 | ITA | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1.5 | ||||
| 9 | IM | Kalegin Evgenij | 2462 | RUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1.5 | |||
| 10 | Grimm Daniel | 2221 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 |
IM
4 IMs shared the lead with 4/6.
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| # | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IM | To Nhat Minh | 2272 | HUN | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | |||
| 2 | IM | Szalanczy Emil | 2237 | HUN | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | + | 4 | |||
| 3 | IM | Petran Pal | 2320 | HUN | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 4 | IM | Szeberenyi Adam | 2319 | HUN | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | + | 4 | |||
| 5 | Bai Jinshi | 2236 | CHN | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | ||||
| 6 | Zhou Guijue | 2194 | CHN | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 3 | ||||
| 7 | IM | Wittmann Walter | 2240 | AUT | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | |||
| 8 | Balint Vilmos | 2240 | HUN | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 2.5 | ||||
| 9 | FM | Keschitz Gyorgy | 2223 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1.5 | |||
| 10 | Dolgener Tobias | 2220 | GER | – | – | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 |
FMA
FM Krstulovic,Alex(age 9) and Juracsik share first with 4.5/6.
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| # | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 1893 | HUN | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | |||
| 2 | Juracsik Jozsef | 2136 | HUN | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | ||||
| 3 | FM | Bartha Sandor | 2169 | HUN | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | |||
| 4 | Farkas Richard | 2121 | HUN | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | ||||
| 5 | Kassel Walter | 1882 | AUT | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | ||||
| 6 | Darazs Zoltan | 2109 | HUN | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | FM | Mayer Istvan | 2027 | HUN | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 2.5 | |||
| 8 | Lukacs Albert | 1872 | HUN | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 2.5 | ||||
| 9 | Bohus Adam | 1888 | HUN | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 2.5 | ||||
| 10 | Marcu Simon | 1910 | SVK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 |
There are three groups this month.
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| GM | IM | FMA | FMB | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | GMs | Other | Total | IMs | Other | Total | 2000+ | U2000 | Total | 1800+ | U1800 | Total | ALL |
| Feb | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 36 |
| Mar | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
d4ChessNews March 8 2013 Posts
2 games from TWIC 956 for 1.d4 players.
Game 1 Dutch Stonewall
The Nh3+Bf4 method is a nice way to deal with the solid Stonewall. Black went a bit far on the kingside in an ambitious attempt to create kingside chances and was severely dealt with.
Vovk,Y (2594) – Bruno,Fabi (2440)
Dutch Stonewall 5.Nh3[A90]
29th Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (7.17), 28.02.2013
White to Play
Game 2 Benko Gambit g3
The Benko Gambit is a popular defence which requires concrete handling. The 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 line is one such method and now 9…Nfd7!? is popular. White achieved nothing special in the feature game but got chances when black tried too hard and went astray in complex play.
Popilski,G (2518) – Haast,A (2268)
Benko 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 Nfd7!? [A58]
29th Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (6.41), 27.02.2013
White to Play
TCh-SVK 2012-13 Rd11-GM Varga,Z(HUN)
TWIC 956
Varga,Zo (2455) – Molnar,P SVK (2367)
Caro-Kann Quasi-Panov 5.Qa4+[B10]
TCh-SVK Extraliga 2012–13 Slovakia SVK (11.5), 03.03.2013
Position 1
White switched from a bind to a kingside attack which induced black to lash out with 35..f5. What do you suggest for white now?
White to Play
d4ChessNews Blog 2013-March-07 Posts
See d4ChessNews
Two games from TWIC 956 are presented.
- Game 1 shows how harmful poor preparation can be for black.
- Game 2 shows a nice attack in the 7.Qa4+ exchange variation after some enterprising play from white and some cooperative defence from black.
Game 1
Black made an odd opening choice as Avrukh already analyzed to move 23 as clear advantage for white in 1.d4 Vol2(Quality Chess 2009). No improvement was shown and white put an a nice endgame display to claim the win.
This game serves as a warning for unprepared Grunfeld players.
Borovikov,V (2557) – Mladenov,P (2421)
Grunfeld g3 10.Re1 e5[D76]
29th Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (3.22), 25.02.2013
White to Play
Vishnu,P (2483) – Adhiban,Baskaran (2547)
Grunfeld Exchange 7.Qa4+ Qd7[D85]
33rd TCh-IND 2013 Hyderabad IND (8.1), 25.02.2013
White to Play
This is the kind of routine GM vs non-GM win that will pass unnoticed, but has a mysterious effortless air to it. There are two major things to notice about this game.
(1)Black’s formation against the London System is effective. The ..Nd7/Ne7!? development allow black to hunt Bf4 with a quick …e5 and ..Nf5
(2)The endgame method used to exploit the bishop pair and compromised pawn structure.
Scipioni,G (2041) – Horvath,Cs (2514)
London System vs Averbakh[A40]
2nd Adriatico Open A Montesilvano ITA (1.1), 01.03.2013
Position 1
- The strong Bd4
- The bishop pair
- Active rooks
- Better structure
What do you suggest for black now?
FM Csonka, Balázs(HUN) Blog
Check Out This New Hungarian Blog! FMcsonkab Important-win-in-team-championship
See the chess adventures of young FM Csonka, Balázs.
Important win in the Team Championship
Round 8, Makói SVSE – Pénzügyőr SE: 8,5 – 3,5
Last weekend, my team made a big step for the 4th place in the championship. We are one point ahead of Pénzügyőr and three points ahead of MLTC before the last round.
The feature game is
Csonka, Balázs (2287) – Bakos, Balázs (2376)
Hungarian Team Championship
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