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Arad Open 2013 Rd3-GM Czebe(HUN)

TWIC 978-Arad Open 2013
GM Czebe  came equal first with 7.5/9. Here is an interesting endgame battle from rd3. 

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Har Even,A (2093) – Czebe,A (2467)
Spanish Cozio 4.d4[C60]
Arad Open 2013
Arad ROU (3.21), 04.08.2013


Position 1
Black is more active in the RRN-RRN ending. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

27.Re2

Hungarian National Open 2013 Zalakaros Rd8-IM Nagy,G(HUN); Czebe,A(HUN)

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TWIC 969
Nagy really wanted to attack and did so in style.

Nagy,Ga (2439) – Czebe,A (2490)
English[A32]
Hungarian National Open 2013 Zalakaros HUN (8), 29.05.2013

Position 1
White started things off with 10.Nd5!?

White to Play 
9…Nf6

Position 2
No hints. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play
17…Bxb4

13th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013 Rd9-GM Czebe(HUN)

TWIC 963
GM Czebe played an exiting (and unexplainable) game against GM Short.

Short,N (2697) – Czebe,A (2479)
English 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 [A22]
13th BCC Open 2013 Pattaya THA (9.8), 21.04.2013

Position 1
White’s king has been caught in the center. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play
12.ef

Position 2
White’s king is out in the open and exposed. What do you recommend for black?
  • 32..Qxg7(win the pawn and grind out the P+ with no risk)
  • 32..Qg4+(go for the kill right away)
  • 32..Qc4+(go for the kill)
  • 32..Qf6(go for the kill with …Qf3+)
  • 32..Qd8(go for the kill)
  • 32…b5(stretch the defence using the b-pawn to create a second front)
  • 32…h5(give the king an escape hole first before going to the attack)

Black to Play
 32.Be3

Sydney International Open 2013 Rd3-Czebe, A(HUN)

TWIC 961
Czebe, Varga,Z and Horvath continued their tour of Australia with a stop in the Sydney International Open. GM Czebe beat a GM with a close to 2700 rating(again) and does not win the tournament. 

GM Van Wely could not overcome the burden of an inferior structure and eventually collapses.

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Here is the feature game.


Czebe,A (2479) – Van Wely,L (2684) 
English 1…e5-5.Rb1 a5[A25]
Sydney International Open 2013 Sydney AUS (3.2), 04.04.2013


Position 1

The position is tense and requires precision handling. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

31.Rc1

Doeberl Cup Premier 2013 Rd5-GM Czebe(HUN)

TWIC 960
GM Czebe,A beat the top seed and eventual tournament winner, GM Li,Chao with strong P+ conversion technique, but had a harder time against the other players.

Here is the feature game against Li, Chao.


Czebe,A (2492) – Li Chao (2686) 
English Anti-Grunfeld[A16]
O2C Doeberl Cup Premier 2013 Canberra AUS (5.2), 30.03.2013

Position 1

White has an extra doubled pawn but black has an outside passed pawn. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

19…h5

5th Chennai Open 2013

Here is Czebe’s Rd5 game.

Visakh,NR (2205) – Czebe,A (2494)
King’s Indian 6…c6[E62]
5th Chennai Open 2013 Chennai IND (5), 18.01.2013

Position 1
Black has the bishop pair and is nicely lined up on the queenside. What do you suggest for black?

Black to Play

24.Qe2



Korbach GM 2012

Here’s a tough endgame win by Czebe,A against Gutman,L from the Korbach GM tournament in Germany.

Gutman,Lev
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Bio Lev Gutman Wikipedia
‘Lev Gutman (born 26 September 1945, Riga) is a Latvian, Israeli, and German chess grandmaster.

Latvian Championships
At the beginning of his career, Gutman tied for 11–12th at Riga 1967 (LAT-ch; Jānis Klovāns won), which was the first of many appearances in the Latvian championship; he tied for 5–7th place in 1969, tied for 4–5th in 1971, won in 1972, tied for 7–8th in 1973, took 3rd in 1974, took 4th in 1975, took 2nd in 1976, tied for 2nd–3rd in 1977, tied for 7–9th in 1978, tied for 4–5th in 1979.

Major Tournament Sucesses

  • 1972 he won, equal with Alvis Vitolinsh and Šmits, the Riga Chess Championship.
  • 1974, he tied for 6–7th in Pärnu.
  • 1975, he tied for 6–8th in Riga.
  • 1976, he tied for 7–9th in Riga.
  • 1977, he tied for 6–7th in Homel.
  • 1978, he tied for 4–7th in Vladivostok.
  • 1978, he won in Haapsalu.
 Gutman emigrated from the Soviet Union to Israel in 1980, later moving to Germany.A former second to Viktor Korchnoi, he is known as an expert on opening theory.
Olympiads
He played for Israel in two Chess Olympiads.
In 1982, at third board in the 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne (+4 –4 =2);

In 1984, at third board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+4 –3 =3).
(more)…’

Gutman had the initial chances but did not capitalize which allowed Czebe to slowly take over. Eventually the game was decided in a RR-RR ending.

Gutman,L (2498) – Czebe,A (2481)
QP g3 vs King’s Indian[A04]
1st Korbach GM Korbach GER (10.1), 15.12.2012

Position 1
The position looks sedate and more or less equal. What do you suggest for white?

White to Play

16..Bd5

Position 2
Black seems to be making progress in the RR-RR ending but now the doubled c-pawns are under attack after 37.Ra4. If black is not careful there may be some serious counterplay on the c-file to deal with. What do you suggest for black?

Black to Play

37.Ra4

1st Korbach GM 2012

GM Czebe,A won this GM tournament by a clear point with 8/11. Czebe,A travels the world far and wide. Earlier this year he won the Melaka Open in Malaysia.

GM Czebe,A with trophy winning the Melaka Open in 2012
Photo-by Kruttika Nadig and Najib Abdul Wahab  chessbase Melaka Open 2012

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Pts
1 Czebe,A 2481 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8.0/11
2 Svane,R 2371 ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7.0/11
3 Meijers,V 2478 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7.0/11
4 Zwahr,P 2303 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6.5/11
5 Pap,M 2521 ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6.5/11
6 Andersen,Mad 2464 0 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 6.0/11
7 Izso,D 2331 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 5.5/11
8 Gutman,L 2498 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 5.5/11
9 Poetsch,H 2458 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ * 1 ½ 0 5.0/11
10 Lampert,J 2288 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 3.0/11
11 Kearns,C 2103 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 3.0/11
12 Vuckovic,Alek 2334 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * 3.0/11

Here is a nice endgame featuring strong thematic play.

Vuckovic,Alek (2334) – Czebe,A (2481)

Philidor Ending[B07]
1st Korbach GM Korbach GER (9.6), 14.12.2012

Position 1
The ending is roughly equal. What should black do now? This is about planning and understanding, not tactics.

  • -Advance on the kingside with …g5
  • -Continue development with …Be6
  • -Play for the d4 outpost with …Ne6
  • -Something else

Black to Play

14…a5

Position 2
Black has some pressure on the d-file and a strong bishop but what’s next?

  • -Create a second front on the kingside
  • -Open up lines on the queenside with 30…c4!
  • -Get the king more involved on the queenside with 30…R8d7 then …Kd8-c7-b6 etc
  • -Something else 

Black to Play

30.Kc2