Category Archives: Benoni
Budapest Open 2013-Zentai P(HUN)
Zentai,P and Toth, Sarolta shared first place with 7.5/9. Here are two of Zentai’s dramatic games.
Game 1
Benoni g3[A62]
III. Budapest Open
Budapest, Hungary (6.2), 22.08.2013
Position 1
White’s has an extra exchange and is very active. What do you recommend for white now?
White to Play
Budapest Open 2013 Rd3
Zoldy, and Erdos share first with the only perfect scores. A large group follows with 2.5/3. Zoldy continued his incredible upset streak with another win over Kormos,Adam.
Zoldy is also the organizer of the Frech Karolyi Open and RR events held in June.
Here’s my game with IM Szalancy,E.
Yip,M (2026) – Szalanczy,E (2285)
Benoni 7.Nge2[A65]
Budapest Open(3), 19.08.2013
I tried a new anti-Benoni system with the d5-e4-f3 central pawn chain which gave a good position after some risky play by black.
Position 1
I played 19.Nfe4 taking the center and aiming at the hole on g5 but 19.Ra4! was better and the h-pawn falls.
Zoldy continued his incredible upset streak with another win over Kormos,Adam. IM Meszaros used a London System and a queenside attack to win against the veteran Lakat. Heyl’s Sicilian Kan was broken with an exchange sacrifice.
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Table | White | Rating | Black | Rating | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Papagorasz, Takisz | 2163 | IM Farago, Sandor | 2270 | ½-½ |
2 | Szepes, Tamas | 2248 | Juhasz, Mark | 2154 | ½-½ |
3 | Erdos, Boglarka | 2189 | Gubics, Peter | 2113 | 1-0 |
4 | Kormos, Adam | 2198 | Zoldy, Robert | 1962 | 0-1 |
5 | WFM Toth, Sarolta | 2138 | Zentai, Peter | 2234 | ½-½ |
6 | Palla, Akos Botond | 2054 | FM Juhasz, Bela | 2194 | 0-1 |
7 | Abraham, Lajos | 1821 | Koncz, Imre | 2181 | 0-1 |
8 | Mester, Attila | 2073 | Heyl, Thomas | 1997 | 1-0 |
9 | Yip, Michael | 2020 | IM Szalanczy, Emil | 2285 | 0-1 |
10 | IM Meszaros, Andras | 2261 | Lakat, Gyula | 1863 | 1-0 |
11 | Ritter, Gabor Dr. | 2108 | Rajcsanyi, Peter | 1850 | 1-0 |
12 | FM Mihok, Laszlo | 2102 | Balla, Attila | 1813 | 1-0 |
13 | Adrien, Vincent | 1994 | Bakk, Zoltan | 2070 | 0-1 |
14 | Bartuszek, Andras | 1844 | Csabai, Viktor | 2034 | 0-1 |
15 | Szurkos, Andras | 1786 | Bodrogi, Laszlo | 2015 | 0-1 |
16 | Mihaly, Zoltan | 1774 | Alvin, Leo | 2005 | 0-1 |
17 | Bihari, Mihaly | 2004 | Foldi, Martin | 1783 | – + |
18 | Pakh, Alex | 0 | Schatzer, Andras | 1827 | ½-½ |
19 | Peczeli, Zoltan | 2036 | Gyimesi, Peter | 1646 | 1-0 |
20 | Furedi, Erik | 1927 | Kovacsy, Barnabas | 1508 | ½-½ |
21 | Ronyai, Imre | 1591 | Czipp, Janos | 1417 | ½-½ |
22 | Karacsonyi, Kata | 1288 | Czimer, Jozsef | 1704 | 0-1 |
23 | Birovecz, Ben Jordan | 0 | Kancz, Csaba | 1648 | 0-1 |
24 | Gyulai, David | 1435 | Breznyan, Annamaria | 1302 | 1-0 |
25 | Danffy, Abel | 1380 | Breznyan, Dorina | 1261 | 0-1 |
Zoldy, and Erdos share first with the only perfect scores. A large group follows with 2.5/3.
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Rank | Name | Score | Fed. | Rating | TPR |
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1 | Zoldy, Robert | 3 | HUN | 1962 | 2932 |
2 | Erdos, Boglarka | 3 | HUN | 2189 | 2722 |
3 | Papagorasz, Takisz | 2.5 | HUN | 2163 | 2292 |
4 | IM Farago, Sandor | 2.5 | HUN | 2270 | 2337 |
5 | Szepes, Tamas | 2.5 | HUN | 2248 | 2298 |
6 | Juhasz, Mark | 2.5 | HUN | 2154 | 2282 |
7 | FM Juhasz, Bela | 2.5 | HUN | 2194 | 2243 |
8 | Koncz, Imre | 2.5 | HUN | 2181 | 2149 |
9 | Mester, Attila | 2.5 | HUN | 2073 | 2054 |
10 | IM Meszaros, Andras | 2 | HUN | 2261 | 2598 |
11 | IM Szalanczy, Emil | 2 | HUN | 2285 | 2081 |
12 | Gubics, Peter | 2 | HUN | 2113 | 2090 |
13 | Zentai, Peter | 2 | HUN | 2234 | 2137 |
14 | WFM Toth, Sarolta | 2 | HUN | 2138 | 2115 |
15 | Bakk, Zoltan | 2 | HUN | 2070 | 2096 |
16 | Ritter, Gabor Dr. | 2 | HUN | 2108 | 1965 |
17 | Foldi, Martin | 2 | HUN | 1783 | 1428 |
18 | FM Mihok, Laszlo | 2 | HUN | 2102 | 2053 |
19 | Csabai, Viktor | 2 | HUN | 2034 | 2014 |
20 | Bodrogi, Laszlo | 2 | HUN | 2015 | 2436 |
21 | Alvin, Leo | 2 | FRA | 2005 | 1972 |
22 | Palla, Akos Botond | 1.5 | HUN | 2054 | 2021 |
23 | Abraham, Lajos | 1.5 | HUN | 1821 | 2067 |
24 | Heyl, Thomas | 1.5 | GER | 1997 | 1913 |
25 | Kormos, Adam | 1.5 | HUN | 2198 | 1862 |
26 | Yip, Michael | 1.5 | CAN | 2020 | 2029 |
27 | Peczeli, Zoltan | 1.5 | HUN | 2036 | 1825 |
28 | Pakh, Alex | 1.5 | USA | 0 | 1862 |
29 | Bihari, Mihaly | 1 | HUN | 2004 | 1879 |
30 | Szurkos, Andras | 1 | HUN | 1786 | 1736 |
31 | Lakat, Gyula | 1 | HUN | 1863 | 1862 |
32 | Mihaly, Zoltan | 1 | HUN | 1774 | 1345 |
33 | Balla, Attila | 1 | HUN | 1813 | 1776 |
34 | Kovacsy, Barnabas | 1 | HUN | 1508 | 1783 |
35 | Adrien, Vincent | 1 | FRA | 1994 | 1357 |
36 | Rajcsanyi, Peter | 1 | HUN | 1850 | 1810 |
37 | Schatzer, Andras | 1 | HUN | 1827 | 1817 |
38 | Czipp, Janos | 1 | HUN | 1417 | 1617 |
39 | Kancz, Csaba | 1 | HUN | 1648 | 1313 |
40 | Bartuszek, Andras | 1 | HUN | 1844 | 1779 |
41 | Furedi, Erik | 1 | HUN | 1927 | 1689 |
42 | Birovecz, Ben Jordan | 1 | HUN | 0 | 1074 |
43 | Czimer, Jozsef | 1 | HUN | 1704 | 1704 |
44 | Gyulai, David | 1 | HUN | 1435 | 1532 |
45 | Kertesz, Aron Borsa | 1 | HUN | 0 | 1149 |
46 | Breznyan, Dorina | 1 | HUN | 1261 | 1442 |
47 | Ronyai, Imre | 0.5 | HUN | 1591 | 1527 |
48 | Gyimesi, Peter | 0.5 | HUN | 1646 | 1730 |
49 | Danffy, Abel | 0 | HUN | 1380 | 872 |
50 | Karacsonyi, Kata | 0 | HUN | 1288 | 953 |
51 | Breznyan, Annamaria | 0 | HUN | 1302 | 878 |
IM Hagen is in the sole lead with 2.5/3.
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Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | |
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1 | IM | Hagen Andreas | 2415 | DEN | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | ||||||
2 | GM | Medvegy Zoltan | 2560 | HUN | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 2 | ||||||
3 | GM | Gonda Laszlo | 2538 | HUN | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2 | ||||||
4 | FM | Jovanovic Dusan | 2402 | SRB | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | ||||||
GM | Hera Imre Jr. | 2567 | HUN | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1.5 | |||||||
IM | Galyas Miklos | 2409 | HUN | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1.5 | |||||||
7 | IM | Mihok Oliver | 2451 | HUN | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1.5 | ||||||
8 | FM | Vertetics Attila | 2404 | HUN | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ||||||
9 | IM | Ludwig Daniel | 2479 | USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ||||||
IM | Arngrimsson D | 2385 | ISL | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0.5 |
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Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | |
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1 | IM | To Nhat Minh | 2296 | HUN | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
2 | FM | Torma Robert | 2385 | HUN | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | ||||||
3 | IM | Orso Miklos | 2327 | HUN | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 2 | ||||||
4 | FM | Lyell Mark | 2219 | ENG | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
5 | Balint Vilmos | 2216 | HUN | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | |||||||
6 | Gal Tamas | 2240 | HUN | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1.5 | |||||||
Koczo Kristof | 2282 | HUN | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1.5 | ||||||||
8 | IM | Ianov Viktor | 2314 | UKR | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | ||||||
9 | WFM | Grigoryan Meri | 2052 | ENG | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | ||||||
FM | Brustkern Juergen | 2227 | GER | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 |
Frech Károly 2013-06 Rd8
Here is my rd8 game.
I was getting crushed by Stern,T(black) who moved in for the kill with 32…Bh2, threatening ..Bg3#.
In the analysis with Stern and Varga,A(who I play in rd9), I showed what I missed-33.Re8+! Kg7 34.Rg8+ Kxg8 35.Qe8+ Kg7 36.Bh6+!! Kh6(or 36…Kf6 37.Qd8#) 37.Qf8#.
Too bad. Now my tactics have improved to the point where I can see things a bit too late.
Tata Steel 2013 Rd13,GM Rapport(HUN)
Here is Rapport’s rd 13 game.
Rapport got a difficult position from the opening but fought back creatively to win the game by sacrificing a pawn for a chance at generating counterplay.
Tata Steel 2013 Rd3, GM Rapport,R(HUN)
Here is GM Rapport’s nice rd 3 win.
Black just rolls down the queenside with two passed pawns.
Everything is going black’s way with an extra pawn on the queenside while white has nothing tangible on the kingside. What do you suggest for black?
North American Open Las Vegas 2012 Rd8
Here is another Cheng,Bindi game, this time from round 8 with Cheng on the white side. White had chances to take the upper hand in the topical g3 line.
Cheng also has a Youtube Channel for chess Youtube barkyducky
Cheng,Bindi (2397)-Molner,M (2479)
Benoni g3 [A64]
22nd North American Open Las Vegas USA (8.11), 29.12.2012
Position 1
The position is tense. The mobile pawn center is white’s major weapon. What should white do next?
White to Play
Position 2
The battle lines are clearly marked. Black wants to destroy the pawn center and white’s king. White wants to push forward. How should black proceed?
Black to Play
North American Open Las Vegas 2012
IM Bindi Cheng(CAN) was on both sides of the Benoni in the North American Open Las Vegas 2012. Here is one of his games.
Hammer,J (2633)-Cheng,Bindi (2397)
Benoni 7.Bf4 [A61]
22nd North American Open Las Vegas USA (7.4), 29.12.2012
Position 1
White has a stable endgame edge to work with. Black’s pawn structure is weak and the passed a-pawn is a key factor. How should black defend?
- 25…d5 liquidating pawns
- 25…Ra8 activating the rook
- 25…Nc6 activating the knight
- -Something else
Canadian Jr Ch 2012 Rd2
Results
There were 3 decisive games in rd 2.
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Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | ||
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2454 | IM | Wang Richard | 1-0 | Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta | 2187 | |
2351 | Kraiouchkine Nikita | 0 – 1 | FM | Jiang Louie | 2406 | |
2392 | Szalay Karoly | 1-0 | FM | Sapozhnikov Roman | 2440 | |
2368 | FM | Kleinman Michael | ½ – ½ | Preotu Razvan | 2300 | |
2449 | Qin Zi Yi (joey) | ½ – ½ | Song Michael | 2322 |
Here is a powerful game by IM Richard Wang
Richard Wang(2454)-Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratté(2187)
Benoni 7.Bf4[A61]
CJCC Toronto, ON The Briton House, Toronto, ON (2), 26.12.2012
Position 1
White has pressure on the queenside but black has the bishop pair. How should white proceed?
White to Play
TWIC(HUN-CAN) 939 2012-11-06
Introduction The Week In Chess(TWIC)
TWIC is Mark Crowther’s work. This is a partial summary. Tournaments featuring Hungarian, players resident in Hungary and Canadian players featured.
TCh-AUT 2012-13
Several Hungarian players participated with Erdos and Rapport doing the best with 2.5/3.
2 Erdos,V 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 0.5 – 0.5 2.5/3
11 Rapport,R 0.5 – 0.5 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 2.5/3
37 Balogh,C 0.5 – 0.5 0.5 – 0.5 0.5 – 0.5 1.5/3
38 Horvath,Jo1 0.5 – 0.5 0.5 – 0.5 0.5 – 0.5 1.5/3
49 Pinter,J 0.0 – 1.0 1.0 – 0.0 0.0 – 1.0 1.0/3
53 Farago,I 0.0 – 1.0 0.5 – 0.5 0.5 – 0.5 1.0/3
56 Prohaszka,P2 0.0 – 1.0 0.5 – 0.5 0.5 – 0.5 1.0/3
60 Horvath,Cs1 0.5 – 0.5 0.0 – 1.0 0.5 – 0.5 1.0/3
61 Juhasz,Kr 0.5 – 0.5 0.0 – 1.0 0.5 – 0.5 1.0/3
65 Hera,I 0. 0 – 1.0 0.0 – 1.0 0.5 – 0.5 0.5/3
Chigorin Memorial 2012
Areshchenko,A and Socko,B =1st 7.5/9. Almasi,Z 6/9 and Portisch,L 5/8
1 Areshchenko,A 2710 -½ +1 -1 +1 -1 +1 +½ -½ +1 7.5/9
2 Socko,B 2619 +1 -½ +1 -1 +1 -0 +1 -1 +1 7.5/9
3 Shimanov,A 2599 -1 +1 -1 +1 +1 -½ +½ +½ -½ 7.0/9
4 Demchenko,A 2610 +1 -1 +1 -1 +1 +½ -½ -½ +½ 7.0/9
5 Jumabayev,R 2545 -1 +1 -½ +1 -½ +1 -½ +½ -1 7.0/9
6 Bartel,Mat 2635 -1 +½ -1 +1 -½ +½ +1 -½ +1 7.0/9
7 Akopian,Vl 2703 -1 +½ -½ +1 -1 +1 -½ +½ -1 7.0/9
8 Eljanov,P 2681 -½ +1 -½ +1 -½ +1 +1 -1 +½ 7.0/9
9 Sasikiran,K 2680 +1 -½ +1 -1 +½ -0 +1 +1 -1 7.0/9
10 Grachev,B 2672 +1 -½ +1 -½ +1 -½ +1 +1 -½ 7.0/9
11 Savchenko,B 2540 -1 +1 -½ +1 +0 -1 +½ -1 +1 7.0/9
54 Almasi,Z(HUN) 2707 +1 -0 +1 +1 -0 +1 -½ +1 -½ 6.0/9
150 Portisch,L(HUN) 2495 -1 +½ -0 +½ -½ +1 -½ +1 5.0/8
(281 players)
12th Sautron Open 2012 Chessdom Sautron Iinternational Open
‘GM Mikhailo Oleksienko winner of the Sautron International Open Nov 6, 2012. The 12th Sautron International Chess Open was held from 27th October to 3rd November at the Phelippes Beaulieux Center in Sautron, France. 165 players competed in the 9-round Swiss event that was rated with FIDE and FFE. The prize fund was 7,000 EUR. GM Mikhailo Oleksienko from Ukraine took a clear first place with 7,5 points, leaving Grandmasters Alexander Zubarev and Aleksandr Karpatchev half a point behind. Maxime Lagarde shared the 4th place and earned his second GM norm.’
Final standings:
1. GM OLEKSIENKO Mikhailo 2539 UKR – 7,5
2-3. GM ZUBAREV Alexander 2583 UKR and GM KARPATCHEV Aleksandr 2458 RUS – 7,0
4-11. GM LE ROUX Jean-Pierre 2563 FRA, IM LAGARDE Maxime 2501 FRA, IM PANCEVSKI Filip 2482 MKD, IM KOZIAK Vitali 2503 UKR, IM RIFF Jean-Noel 2473 FRA, GM ULIBIN Mikhail 2529 RUS, GM RUSEV Krasimir 2549 BUL and IM BEDOUIN Xavier 2414 FRA – 6,5
12-26. GM GLEIZEROV Evgeny 2564 RUS, IM NGUYEN Chi-Minh 2392 FRA, FM IDER Borya 2394 FRA, IM COLIN Vincent 2407 FRA, WGM VIDENOVA Iva 2318 BUL, GM SERGEEV Vladimir 2475 UKR, IM MARHOLEV Dimitar 2326 BUL, LE GOFF Ronan 2108 FRA, VIDAL Llewellyn 2043 FRA, WIM MAKKA Ioulia 2119 GRE, WFM NAVROTESCU Andreea-Cristiana, RABHI Chamss-Eddine 1992 FRA, IM PIASETSKI Leon 2298 CAN, GALLANT Aurelien 2110 FRA and GAYON Benoit 1974 FRA – 6,0 etc
4NCL 2012-13
IM Panjwani,R(CAN 2402) drew 2 GMs.
1 2
1 Smerdon,D 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 2.0/2
2 Hebden,M 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 2.0/2
3 Cobb,J 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 2.0/2
4 Lalic,S 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 2.0/2
5 Chevannes,S 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 2.0/2
6 Alfred,N 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 2.0/2
7 Zhou,Y 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 2.0/2
8 Franklin,S 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 2.0/2
9 Townsend,M 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 2.0/2
10 Adair,J 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 2.0/2
11 McNab,C 1.0 – 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 2.0/2
85 Panjwani,R(CAN) 0.5 – 0.5 0.5 – 0.5 1.0/2
e2e4 Basingstoke Int Open 2012
Ghasi,A clear first with 6.5/9. Lyell,M(Lives in HUN) got 4.5/9.
1 Ghasi,A 2430 -1 +½ -1 +1 -½ +1 -½ +½ -½ 6.5/9
2 Arkell,K 2456 +1 -½ +1 -½ +½ +½ -½ -½ +½ 5.5/9
3 Ziska,H 2474 +1 -½ +1 -0 +1 -½ -½ +½ -½ 5.5/9
4 Hawkins,Jo 2511 +1 -½ +½ -½ +1 -½ +½ -½ +½ 5.5/9
5 Cobb,J 2423 +1 +½ -½ -1 +0 -½ +½ +½ -1 5.5/9
6 Hanley,C 2406 -½ +½ -1 +½ -1 +½ +½ -½ -½ 5.5/9
7 Eggleston,D 2337 -½ +1 -0 +1 -0 +1 +½ -½ +1 5.5/9
8 Player,E 2215 +0 -1 +½ -0 +½ -1 +½ -1 -1 5.5/9
15 Lyell,M(ENG) 2219 -0 +1 -1 +0 -0 +½ -0 +1 -1 4.5/9
e2e4 High Wycombe October Open 2012
Three players at 3.5/5 so far. Lyell,M(Lives in HUN) has 2/5.
1 Sowray,P 2362 +½ -1 +1 -1 +0 3.5/5
2 Rees,I 2254 -1 +½ -1 +1 3.5/4
3 Varnam,L 2118 -1 +½ -1 +1 3.5/4
23 Lyell,M(ENG) 2219 +0 -1 -0 +1 -0 2.0/5
Here is a game by the veteran Portisch from the Chigorin Memorial.
Portisch,L (2495) – Minko,V (2293) [A60] Chigorin Memorial St Petersburg RUS (8.51), 03.11.2012
Critical Position 1
The middlegame is well under way. What is the plan for white? How do you play?
White to play