I lost a tough game to the top seed Laszlo,Imre (2177) in round 4. There were plenty of mistakes to dig out and even after two days looking at the game, I don’t think I found everything but enough is enough as life must go on.

This was the third game on Saturday, played during a Hungarian heatwave weekend.

Laszlo,I (2177) – Yip,M (2026)
Philidor Wall 6.Bg5 c6[B07]
Art Pub(4) Budapest, 10.08.2013

Position 1

Black has managed to fight back from a lost postion to this complex RBN-RRB ending. White has two pawns for the exchange and is well placed on the light squares. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

40.Bd5

Yip,M (2026) – Bege,V (1737) 
King’s Indian Saemisch 6…c5[E81]
Art Pub(3) Budapest, 11.07.2013

Position 1
White is clearly winning and is now looking for the fastest way to end the game. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

Gallery
During the past year, I have wanting to play more actively as opposed to my passive defensive ‘waiting style’. In round 6, I had a try with the Grunfeld and felt like a fish out of water.

Lengyel,A (1714) – Yip,M (2026)
Grunfeld Exchange 7.Bb5+[D85]
Art Pub(6) Budapest, 11.08.2013

Black to Play

23.Qc2

Final Standings and Gallery
Piroska, Istvan; Gasparics, Akos; Juhasz, Mark and Fodre, Sandor tied for first with 5/6. I finished with 3.5/6 but managed to lose a couple of interesting games.

There was a summer heat wave for the weekend of 40C chess. Many players with big ratings suffered and big performances recorded. Notable were the 2100+ performances of Fodor,B and Bartusek,A.

I had a great time trying to combine chess with learning some basic Hungarian chess phrases. However, the past month’s work of tactical training and general preparation made no impact on my results or level of play.

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Here’s my game from Rd5.

Yip,M (2026) – Schweighoffer,M (1870)
Grunfeld Russian System 6..Nbd7[D96]
Art Pub (5), 11.08.2013

Excellent Gallery
Round 1
I was number thirteen which gave me the magic power of turning my overwhelming position into a worse position when I had to offer a draw which was accepted only because of time trouble.

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