Category Archives: First Saturday FM
First Saturday 2012-12 FMA
Here is a nice positional game from Farkas,Richard from the recent First Saturday this month. Farkas shared first in the tournament with Bohus,Adam with 6.5/9.
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| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | |
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| 1 | Bohus Adam | 1819 | HUN | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | + | ½ | 1 | 6.5 | |
| 2 | Farkas Richard | 2115 | HUN | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | |
| 3 | Juracsik Jozsef | 2145 | HUN | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6 | |
| 4 | Grimm Gyorgy | 2043 | HUN | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 5 | Montolio Benedicto Cesar | 1962 | ESP | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | |
| 6 | Lukacs Albert | 1858 | HUN | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | |
| 7 | FM | Mayer Istvan | 2058 | HUN | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4 |
| 8 | Kuehn Matthias | 1958 | GER | – | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | |
| 9 | Marcu Simon | 1909 | SVK | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 2.5 | |
| 10 | Brassoi Tarnovszki A | 0 | HUN | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
Farkas is a regular in the FMA group of First Saturday playing practically every month. Usually the FMA group has around 2/3 of the participants over 2000. Here are the rating distributions for the 2012 FMA tournaments. (See FS website for price info Firstsaturday Programme_2012_2013 Prices)
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| UNR | U1800 | 1800-1999 | 2000-2199 | 2200+ | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| Feb | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Mar | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |
| Apr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| May | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| Jun | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Jul | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Jul | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Aug | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| Sept | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | |
| Oct | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Oct | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Nov | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Dec | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 42 | 79 | 6 | 134 |
Farkas,R (2115) – Montolio Benedicto,C (1962)
King’s Indian Classical 6.h3[E90]
FSFMA December 2012 Budapest HUN (5.3), 06.12.2012
Position 1
The king’s are on opposite sides for a sharp game. What do you suggest for black?
Black to Play
Position 2
Black has just offered a queen trade with 24..Qb5. What do you suggest for white?
-Middlegame kill with queens on
-Endgame squeeze with a queen trade
White to Play
First Saturday FM 2012 Rd10 Final Standings
FMB
Top rated Nemeth, Otto took clear first with 8/10. Engelbrecht, Imre Dr. was second with 7/10 while the remaining players finished in approximate order of rating.
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| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts. | |
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| 1 | Nemeth Otto | 1781 | HUN | *** | 0 1 | 0 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | Engelbrecht Imre Dr. | 1640 | HUN | 1 0 | *** | 0 1 | ½ 1 | 1 1 | ½ 1 | 7 | |
| 3 | Mihajlova Diana | 1479 | ENG | 1 0 | 1 0 | *** | ½ 1 | 1 1 | 0 1 | 6.5 | |
| 4 | Bella Zsolt | 1401 | HUN | 0 0 | ½ 0 | ½ 0 | *** | 0 ½ | 1 + | 3.5 | |
| 5 | Czipp Janos | 1445 | HUN | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 1 ½ | *** | 1 1 | 3.5 | |
| 6 | Dickel Hans | 0 | GER | 0 0 | ½ 0 | 1 0 | 0 – | 0 0 | *** | 1.5 |
Hurricane Diana
Here is another attacking game from First Saturday, November FM-C, played by Mihajlova,D(ENG).
Mihajlova,D (1445) – Szalay,T (1804)
Sicilian Classical[B68]
FSFMC Nov 2012 Budapest HUN (8.3), 11.11.2012
This is an old fashsioned king-hunt.
Critical Position 1
Black has just played …Rc4. What’s next?
White to Play
Critical Position 2
Black’s king has found some temporary shelter. What should white do now?
White to Play
Mihajlova,D at FS FMC 2012-11
Here is a game by Diana Mihajlova(ENG) who currently makes her home in Budapest. The game was played in the just finished First Saturday November RRs
FS FMC 2012-11
Nemeth Otto took clear first with 7.5/10. Local favorite Mihajlova turned in a strong performance with 6/10.
Final Ranking crosstable after 10 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 Nemeth Otto 1790 HUN *** 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7.5
2 Mihajlova Diana 1445 ENG 1 0 *** 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 6
3 Merk Andras 1498 HUN 1 0 1 1 *** 0 0 – ½ 1 1 5.5
4 Schmidt Wolfgang 1390 GER ½ 0 1 0 1 1 *** 0 1 ½ 0 5
5 Szalay Tibor 1804 HUN 0 0 0 0 – ½ 1 0 *** 1 1 3.5
6 Szabo Miklos Istvan 1342 HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 *** 1.5
‘Diana Mihajlova is a chess player and artist who has been exhibiting internationally (under the name Yana Mitra) since 1988. She was born in Macedonia (former Yugoslavia). A linguist by profession she started her working career as a university lecturer, which took her to extensive studying and working sojourns in various countries around the world.
In 1989 after finishing a three-year lecturing contract in Perth, Australia, she decided to abandon her academic career and to dedicate herself to a full-time painting while still free-lancing in the languages field. She first started exhibiting while still in Australia where after winning some important national art prizes her work received a quick recognition and was included in important exhibitions and collections.’
– Chessbase.com
Mihajlova,D (1445) – Nemeth,O (1790) [B64]
FSFMC Nov 2012 Budapest HUN (5.3), 08.11.2012
White is trying a kingside attack. How should white continue? It’s not so easy as Houdini2.0 proposes a counter-intuitive plan.
White to Play
Farkas,R(2112) in FSFMA 2012-10
Al Hajeri,B(KUW-1978) managed to beat both Koczo,K and Farkas,R in the same tournament so I had to see how as I have recently lost to both these strong local players.
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Name: Bader Al Hajeri (currently the top player of Kuwait)
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Age: 39
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Favorite White Opening: 1. e4!
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Favorite Black Opening: Petrof Defence and the Slav defence
Farkas,R had been taking some risks to get winning chances against a tough Petroff Defence. Black has just attacked the queen with 20..Nd4 and is taking over the game. What should white do with the queen?
White to play
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