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Kobanya Open 2012 Rd5
Here is my rd 5 game.
This game was packed full of tension, drama and mistakes. The game was finally decided late in the game with a time trouble blunder.
Palcert,M (1839) – Yip,M (2075)
Philidor Defence[C41]
Kobanya Open (5), 16.12.2012
Position 1
Early in the game white has achieved an original position with Qd3. How should black play?
Black to Play
Position 2
Black has a beautiful good knight vs, bad bishop middegame.But what’s next?
Black to Play
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Draw with best play
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Winning for black
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Winning for white
Fort McMurray Chess Club(CAN)
Alberta Club Chess gets a boost:
Story and Pic FortMcMurraytoday-A-volunteer-devoted-to-chess
Johnny Burn and Benjamin Farrington, both 11, play a game of chess at the Fort McMurray Chess Club at the YMCA last year.
‘More women play chess in Fort McMurray than in any other part of Alberta. This unique fact about the Fort McMurray Chess Club has gained them the privilege of hosting the 2013 Alberta Chess Championship in July, parallel with the Fort McMurray Open Tournament.
The club’s success can be seen as a result of the many hours long-time chess player Jina Burn has volunteered to advocate for the game. Recently nominated to join the board of directors for the Alberta Chess Association, she says she is “very excited” about what is happening with chess locally, and shares her dream to have chess as part of the school curriculum across Alberta and Canada.
Kobanya Open 2012-12 Rd6
Kiss,Peter won with 5.5/6 after grinding down the top seed in a long endinging(Exchange Spanish I think). Polyik, Peter and Pasztor, Flora also did very well. Peter was up 3 clear pawns in a completely winning position before conceding a draw in a rook ending.
Here are the final Rd6 standings.
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| Place | Name | Score | Rating | TPR | W-We |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiss, Peter | 5.5 | 2020 | 2205 | 1.04 |
| 2 | Polyik, Peter | 5 | 1835 | 2048 | 1.38 |
| 3 | Piroska, Istvan | 4.5 | 2090 | 2030 | -0.29 |
| Sulcz, Istvan | 4.5 | 1895 | 1934 | 0.39 | |
| Szurkos, Andras | 4.5 | 1805 | 2034 | 1.18 | |
| Valis, Janos | 4.5 | 2060 | 1989 | -0.38 | |
| Yip, Michael | 4.5 | 2074 | 1895 | -0.82 | |
| Pasztor, Flora Katinka | 4.5 | 1710 | 1898 | 0.83 | |
| 9 | Bartuszek, Andras | 4 | 1887 | 1790 | -0.53 |
| Szlenka, Attila | 4 | 1785 | 1776 | 0.03 | |
| Krizsany, Laszlo Sr. | 4 | 1863 | 1685 | -1.07 | |
| Palczert, Miklos Dr. | 4 | 1839 | 1750 | -0.46 | |
| Karacsonyi, Gellert | 4 | 1514 | 1826 | 1.88 | |
| 14 | Szoukup, Istvan | 3.5 | 1696 | 1831 | 0.88 |
| Fodor, Peter | 3.5 | 1851 | 1783 | -0.28 | |
| Granicz, Janos | 3.5 | 1884 | 1850 | -0.11 | |
| Fabian, Csaba | 3.5 | 1867 | 1781 | -0.51 | |
| Tubak, Daniel | 3.5 | 1635 | 1854 | 1.38 | |
| Lakat, Gyula | 3.5 | 1885 | 1692 | -1.23 | |
| Csermely, Zoltan | 3.5 | 1642 | 1765 | 0.77 | |
| Szendeff, Miklos | 3.5 | 1770 | 1657 | -0.61 | |
| Pasztor, Peter | 3.5 | 0 | 1673 | 0.5 | |
| Nebenfuhrer, Gyorgy | 3.5 | 1659 | 1543 | -0.36 | |
| 24 | Juhasz, Kristof | 3 | 1584 | 1861 | 1.92 |
| Czimer, Jozsef | 3 | 1745 | 1055 | -1.34 | |
| Muranyi, Geza | 3 | 1717 | 1655 | -0.08 | |
| Kovacs, Gabor Etele | 3 | 1444 | 1690 | 1.27 | |
| Kapuszta, Csaba | 3 | 1741 | 1522 | -1.09 | |
| Kalocsai, Laszlo | 3 | 1601 | 963 | -1.17 | |
| Palczert, Botond | 3 | 1254 | 1448 | 0.65 | |
| Jakabo, Judit Dr. | 3 | 0 | 1449 | 1449 | |
| Jancso, Geza | 3 | 1551 | 1060 | -0.68 | |
| Revesz, Hunor | 3 | 1386 | 1656 | 0.65 | |
| 34 | Horvath, Zoltan | 2.5 | 1519 | 1065 | -0.52 |
| Kocsis, Zsolt Gyula | 2.5 | 1771 | 1645 | -0.86 | |
| Albu, Ferenc | 2.5 | 1773 | 1649 | -0.84 | |
| Czumbel, Peter | 2.5 | 1517 | 1661 | 0.49 | |
| Fodor, Kornel | 2.5 | 0 | 1446 | 1446 | |
| Pasztor, Daniel | 2.5 | 1498 | 1074 | -0.47 | |
| 40 | Racz, Gabor | 2 | 0 | 1409 | 1409 |
| Fabian, Laszlo | 2 | 1595 | 1457 | -0.97 | |
| Koltai, Daniel | 2 | 1503 | 1549 | 0.17 | |
| Albu, Mihaly | 2 | 0 | 1528 | 1528 | |
| Karacsonyi, Kata | 2 | 1263 | 1378 | 0.45 | |
| Bangha, Otto Peter | 2 | 0 | 1459 | 1459 | |
| Bolgar, Katica | 2 | 0 | 834 | 834 | |
| Revesz, Mariusz | 2 | 1623 | 1998 | 0.1 | |
| Terjek, Agota | 2 | 1299 | 964 | -0.08 | |
| 49 | Hegedus, Dominik | 1.5 | 0 | 1451 | 1451 |
| Bolgar, Janka | 1.5 | 1393 | 920 | -0.41 | |
| 51 | Kalvach, Gabor | 1 | 0 | 1387 | 1387 |
| Viola, Gellert | 1 | 0 | 1525 | 1525 | |
| Xiao Hu, Chen | 1 | 0 | 1215 | 1215 | |
| Toth, Peter | 1 | 0 | 703 | 703 | |
| Kolozsvary, Miklos | 1 | 1378 | 952 | -0.3 | |
| 56 | Hegedus, Luca | 0.5 | 0 | 1074 | 1074 |
I won my last two games to finish with 4.5/6 but I could not recover from my rd1 loss and my rd2 pairing was with an unrated players that was the end of my tournament effectively.
Here is my Rd6 game.
Warning!!-Horrible blunders(I gave away a rook then my opponent drops his queen back to me).
Yip,M (2075) – Fabian,C (1867)
Semi-Slav[D46]
Kobanya Open (6), 16.12.2012
Position 1
Black’s position looks suspicious. Qh6 is out of play, the dark squares are soft and overall black is passive. What should white do?
- Build slowly?
- Exploit Qh6
- Press the queenside?
- Something else?
White to Play
Kobanya Open 2012-12 Rd4
I started the tournament in a hole with a first round loss and scored only 2.5/3 today. Kiss, Peter is having a good tournament. I think he has 3.5/4 now. Several juniors are having good tournaments. I’ll post the full standings when the become available.
64 players are taking part with the usual enthusiasm. This tournament I’m not having much sucess against the usual wall of juniors that usually participate.
In round 2 I had this position and found the nice mate.
White to play
Here is my round 4 game, which was my best effort of the day.
Yip,M (2075) – Csermely,Z (1642)
Nimzo-Indian 4.e3 d5[E52]
Position 1
Black has prodded the nice pawn front with 28..b5. What do you suggest for white?
White to Play
Position 2
The attack is winding down. The kingside has been openned up with a pawn sacrifice but black suffers from playing without his queenside pieces.
What do you propose for white?(more than one answer is possible).
White to Play
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Kobanya Open 2012 Rd1
Here is my first round game which made my opponent very happy.
The moral of the game is players win games not ratings!
Juhasz,K (1584) – Yip,M (2075)
Sicilian Kan[B42]
Kobanya Open (1), 14.12.2012
Critical Position 1
Black has just reinforced the kingside with 13..Be7. What is the plan for white now?
White to Play
Critical Position 2
Black thinks that after the queen moves there will be an attack on the g-file and compensation for the pawn.
White to Play
GM Master Class: GM Nevednichy,V The Knight Pair
Here is an example of knight pair play against BN from the recent Hungarian TCh 2012-13 Rd5.
Nevednichy,V (2554) – Horvath,Zs (2400)
Sicilian 3.Bb5+ [B52]
TCh-HUN 2012–13 Paks HUN (5), 02.12.2012
Critical Position 1
The position is slightly better for white at best. The real question is what to do and how to conduct the game. Tactical play is not the focus here. First it is necessary to understand the position and the needs of each side.
What do you propose for white?
- Play on the queenside-Nc4 is the strongpoint of white’s position and opening lines with a5 makes sense.
- Play in the center-White has two knights. One is alredy well placed on c4. The other belongs on d5.
- Something else
White to Play
Kobanya Open 2012-12 14-16th
Another nice Budapest weekend tournament starts today. This is a typcial 90-90 6-round open with modest prizes. The tournament is organized by the Kobanya Sport Club KobanyaSC.hu. This is how Hungarian kids get introduced to chess-through clubs-and they get their initial taste of tournaments in small tournaments like these.
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| Rounds | Prizes | Entry Fee(FIDE 2000+) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUF | EUR | USD | CAN | 2012 | |||
| Open 1+ Game/day | |||||||
| Josef Varosi Open | 7 | Yes | 3,000 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | |
| Siralyi Open | 7 | Yes | 5,500 | 18.9 | 24.3 | 24.4 | |
| Kobanya Open | 6 | Yes | 3,000 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | June,Sept,Dec |
| Lila Futo Open | 6 | Yes | 3,000 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | June,Aug,Nov |
| Rakosmete Open | 7 | Yes | 1,600 | 5.5 | 7 | 7.1 | March,July |
Tournament Info
First round later today-see you there. Hopefully someone will bring a camera.
[For all Hungarian tournament info see Chess.hu]
A verseny célja:
Értékszám-szerzési lehetőséget biztosítani 2200 Fide-élő pont alatti sakkozók részére.
A verseny rendezője:
Bagira Oktatási és Sport Közhasznú Egyesület
A verseny helyszíne:
1102 Budapest, Halom utca 37/B, a Fidesz kőbányai irodaházában. Megközelítés: 28-as vagy 62-es villamossal a Blaha Lujza térről (Népszínház utcából), vagy 3-as villamossal az Örs vezér teréről a Szent László térig, onnan gyalog pár perc a Kőrösi (volt Pataky) Művelődési ház előtt elsétálva, a Halom utcán.
A verseny időpontja: 2012. december 14-16.
Fordulók rendje:
2012. december
14.-én. pénteken 17-20 óra között,
15.-én szombat 9-12, 13-16, 16,30 – 19,30 között
16.-án vasárnap pedig 9 – 12, valamint 13-16 között.
Versenyforma:
6 fordulós svájci rendszer.
Versenybíró: Krizsány László és Gyömbér Tamás
Időbeosztás:
Összesen 3 óra, 2×90 perc a FIDE Quickplay Finish szabályai szerint.
Nevezési díj: [Entry Fee]
2000 Fide-élő felettieknek 3.000 forint,
1600 Fide-élő felettieknek 4.000 forint,
mindenki másnak 5.000 forint.
Ifjúsági, női és szenior kedvezmény: a nevezési díjból 1.000 Ft. A Kőbánya SC és a REAC játékosai 2.500 Ft nevezési díjat fizetnek
Nevezési tudnivalók:
Határidő 2012. december 12. A nevezéseket csak a versenyterem 67 fős befogadóképességének megteltéig fogadjuk, esetleges helyszíni nevezést pedig a verseny kezdete előtt legkésőbb fél órával tudunk elfogadni, a maximális létszám eléréséig! A versenyen csak 2012-ik évre érvényes versenyengedéllyel lehet részt venni, külföldi játékos esetében pedig csak rendezett FRD esetén.
Díjazás:
1. 12.000 Ft, 2. 7.000 Ft, 3. 5.000 Ft, a legjobb, nem díjazott ifjúsági, női, kőbányai és szenior versenyző különdíjat kap. A pénzdíjakat nem osztjuk meg. Holtversenyes helyezések eldöntése: Buchholz, progresszív, egymás elleni.
Nevezés:
e-mail: sakk.jatek@gmail.com
Hungarian TCH 2012-13 Rd5
Here’s an example subtle endgame play from the new Hungarian champion Berkes,F.
White gets nothing appreciable from the opening and offers a queen trade. The ending seems rather harmless but a closer look at the game reveals many subtle points.
Enjoy the game.
Berkes,F (2685) – Kovacevic,A (2549)
Queen’s Indian 7.Bd2 Bf6[E17]
TCh-HUN 2012–13 Paks HUN (5), 02.12.2012
Critical Position 1
The queen’s have just been traded off. Now is it safe for black to take the c3 pawn with 22…Bxc3?
Black to Play
Verifying Schandorff Playing 1.d4 Indian Defences
Schandorff proposes the Saemisch against the King’s Indian but black can transpose into a Maroczy Bind. The repertoire plan revolves around game #24 where in the main line, Schandorff goes against common practice and proposes trading dark bishops for an attack.
Here is the key game.
Moiseenko,A (2715) – Guseinov,G (2625)
Maroczy Bind via King’s Indian[E81]
8th World Teams Ningbo CHN (5), 21.07.2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0–0 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.Be2 a5 11.0–0 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.Bxg7!? Kxg7 15.f4
The basic idea is to get an kingside attack going. White has Nd5 and Re3-h3 in mind(with Qh6) and either central pawn break f5 or e5 is possible.
Critical Position 1
White has just attacked the queen with 19.Rb3. What do you suggest for black?
- 19…Qd8
- 19…Qc7
- Something else
Black to Play
Critical Position 2
- Black has enough counterplay to hold
- The position is unclear
- Black is slightly better
- Black is clearly better
- White is slightly better
- White is clearly better
- White is winning
Q2 What should white play now?
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