Category Archives: Semi-Slav
12th Bergamo Open 2013 Rd4-GM Farago I(HUN)
TWIC 976
12th Bergamo Open 2013(ITA)
Georgiev,Ki and Brunello,S won with 5.6. GMs Hera(HUN) and Farago,I(HUN) scored 4.5/6
| Rank | Player | FIDE | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgiev,Ki | 2636 | 5.0/6 |
| 2 | Brunello,S | 2593 | 5.0/6 |
| 3 | Ivanisevic,I | 2649 | 4.5/6 |
| 4 | Solodovnichenko,Y | 2555 | 4.5/6 |
| 5 | Hera,I | 2558 | 4.5/6 |
| 6 | Farago,I | 2447 | 4.5/6 |
Farago,I (2447) – Zimina,O (2330)
White is ahead an extra doubled pawn but the opposite color bishops give black an illusion of hope. The real problem for black is the weak d-pawn. What do you recommend for white now?
43rd Open A Bosna 2013 Rd3-GM Banusz(HUN)
TWIC 969
Jakovljevic tried the Anti-Meran Gambit(or Botvinnik Variation) against the Semi-Slav but was repelled by some tough defence. Banusz chose the less common but playable 12…Qc7 and repelled the attempted attack with ruthless efficiency.
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Sarajevo BIH (3.8), 02.06.2013
Position 1
White went for the attack on the queenside with 19.Qa4. What do you recommend for black now?
Black to Play
Liechtenstein Open 2013 Rd7-GM Farago(HUN)
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TWIC 967
Veteran GM Farago ground out a tough victory in rd5. Farago went with the popular 6.Qc2 Anti-Meran but achieved nothing special from the opening.
Farago,I (2445) – Bezler,R (2206)
Semi-Slav 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3[D45]
31st Liechtenstein Open 2013 Triesen LIE (5.5), 07.05.2013
Position 1
White came back from a bad position and is now up a clear P. What do you recommend for white now?
White to Play
Hungarian TCH 2012-13 Rd7(TWIC 955)-Nagy G
The new Hungarian junior champion played some dynamic attacking chess to beat veteran GM Pinter. The bishop pair and then opposite color bishops played a key role.
Nagy,Ga (2401) – Pinter,J (2547)
Semi-Slav Marshall Gambit 8.Ne2 Nd7[D31]
TCh-HUN 2012–13 Nagykanizsa HUN (7), 17.02.2013
Position 1
- 27.Bc3(Immediately activating a passive piece and taking control of the weak dark squares, especially e5)
- 27.Ne2(The knight should go to c3 while Be1-f2 is good for the dark bishop as Rc8 will be tied down)
- 27.Qg5(The kingside dark squares are vulnerable and begging to be infiltrated)
- 27.b3(A patient waiting move that secures the queenside. The optimal arrangement will be more apparent when black commits his king)
- Something else.
Playing 1.d4 The Queen’s Gambit 2012-Verifying Schandorff
Repertoire Against the Semi-Slav
Schandorff proposes the Bg5 complex against the rock solid Semi-Slav in Playing 1.d4 vol2-Schandorff(Quality Chess 2012). In the analysis of
Schandorff’s proposes 15…Kb8 as a key defensive novelty which remains untested to TWIC 852. I found a key improvement for black in the notes to black’s 18th move.
After 21…ed,white has a wide choice of captures. What do you suggest for white?
Tata Steel 2013 Rd8-GM Rapport(HUN)
Here is GM Rapport’s Rd8 game against Smeets.
Rapport,R (2621) – Smeets,J (2615)
Semi-Slav 9.a3[D47]
75th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED (8.3), 20.01.2013
Position 1
White is well centralized and has two strong bishops. What do you suggest for black?
Black to Play
Perenyi Memorial 2013-01 Rd3
Here’s my loss for the day. I misplayed the position, misjudged it and then was outclassed in every way during the final endgame phase.
My only consolation was meeting a nice group of players from Kuwait. We went for dinner after the game at ….Hooters.
There to my surprise on the numerous TVs was the end of the NFL Falcons-Seahawks playoff game and the beginnning of the Patriots vs. Texans.
We discussed various aspects of chess life in Hungary and they steadfastly insisted that I was their guest and dinner was on them.
Yip,M (2065) – Czegledi,B (1880)
Semi-Slav Meran Reynolds Variation[D48]
Perenyi Memorial (3), 13.01.2013
Position 1
Black’s king is a bit far from the action but otherwise everything is going well for black. What should the black continuation be?
Black to Play
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
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