MTK beat Sztaki won the 6-Board TCh in the process. We needed 4 points to take first overall and won 5.5-0.5.

There was postgame tandem chess,pizza and beer at the Bumblebee bar/cafe paid for by the Captain so everyone was happy.

Hercog,L-Yip,M(Board 6)

I equalized easily in the opening and got a fine position early.

After 27.Nb1(Diagram)

Black pressed the queenside and managed to induce all the White pieces to defend the queenside leaving the kingside wide open.

27.Nb1

I continued with 27..Qd7 and finished with a nice attack.

Mr. Happy

MTK Team Captain Attila Balla.

Post game pizza and tandem chess courtesy of team captain Attila Balla.

MTK IV had to play MTK V today

Results

II. osztály, Bilek csoport
MLTC II – Sirály SE 2,5:9,5
SENSE II – Törekvés SE 4,5:7,5
BEAC III – HÜSI SC II 4,5:7,5
Pestszentlőrinc II – MTK Budapest III 1,5:10,5
Csepeli TK – A. Láng MKKE 7,5:4,5
Sárkány DSE II – Barcza GSC II 6,5:5,5

A bajnokság nem hivatalos végeredménye:
1. MTK Budapest III 92,5 pont
2. Sirály SE 86 pont
3. Csepeli TK 75 pont
4. HÜSI SC II 74,5 pont
5. Sárkány DSE II 74 pont
6. Barcza GSC II 66,5 pont
7. BEAC III 63 pont (13 meccspont)
8. A. Láng MKKE 63 pont (9 meccspont)
9. Pestszentlőrinc II 59,5 pont (7 meccspont)
10. Törekvés SE 59,5 pont (6 meccspont)
11. SENSE II 39,5 pont
12. MLTC II 39 pont

III. osztály, Szén csoport
Siketek SC II – Aquaréna KSC III 5,5:6,5
Hóbagoly II – BEAC IV 7:5
Sárkány DSE III – Pestszentimre 6:6
MTK Budapest IV – MTK Budapest V 8:4
Rákosliget – Újpesti KSE II 5:7
HÜSI SC III – ATTE-ARISZ 6,5:5,5
Aquaréna KSC IV – Barcza GSC III 7:5

Koltai,D-Yip,M(Board 1)

I fumbled around with the Sicilian and still have miles to go before having a real understanding of the small centre structure. It felt like I was suffering the whole middlegame, falling to big pressure in the centre and on the kingside. I dropped an exchange early to some nice tactical play and relied on luck and good nerves to stay in the game.

At some points my opponent could not find the killing idea and I kept surviving. I was able to offer a queen trade which was quickly accepted due to time shortage and then the game turned. I had RBB and a P against RRB but great chances with a passed a-pawn and good dark square control.

A hard fight overall.

After 31..Qd5(Diagram)

My opponent had me on the ropes for most of the game but could not find a way to kill me off.

After 31..Qd5

Eventually the queens came off and I slowly took over

After 37.g3(diagram)

After 37.g3

I kept pushing the a-pawn and the dark bishop was boss, in full control of the promotion square a1. White has no targets or counterplay and the advantage of the exchange was meaningless.

Kolati,Daniel(left)-Yip,Michael(right)

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I lost quite horribly after misplaying a standard position.

MTK played a player short. Not sure the result but I did not help. We won at least two games on board 1 and 3.

Horkai-Yip

I defended a 4.e3 Queen’s Indian

After 13..Ne4(diagram)

I thought the d-pawn was immune due to the eventual ..Nc3 fork and was quite happy when White took 14.Nxd5 but it turned out the neither play really knew what was happening.

After 13..Ne4

White got a key centre pawn, the bishop-pair and a strong kingside attack which I eventually fell to after missing a nice defensive idea.

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I contributed a win.

Osillog,B-Yip

I won a key central pawn in the opening but fell behind in development doing so. Somewhere along the conversion process many mistakes were made but White felt compelled to make an unsound piece sacrifice.

After 32.Qxh6(Diagram)

White has two key pieces out of play on the kingside while Black has become fully coordinated

After 32.Qxh6

I continued with 32..Qxa2 and won quickly as all White had was a harmless check.

Pics

Snacks are very important!

Yes…really blue

The area was quite interesting.

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MTK Budapest II. 5.5 – 6.5 MAFC

Cím Élő MTK Budapest II. Eredmény MAFC Élő Cím 1. FM 2313 Lyell Mark 1 – 0 Horváth Gábor 2221 FM 2. IM 2321 Szabolcsi János 1/2 – 1/2 Franchini Gabriele 2211 FM 3. 2057 Fodor Balázs 1/2 – 1/2 Gombócz Zsolt 2101 4. 1944 Retkes Péter 1/2 – 1/2 dr. Lakó László 2071 FM 5. 1936 Yip Michael 1/2 – 1/2 Vass István 2053 6. 1899 Gehér József 1/2 – 1/2 Szabó Janos 2135 7. 1879 Czumbel Péter 0 – 1 Jr. Halász Csaba 2096 8. 1848 Kálóczi Kristóf 1 – 0 Bánházi István 2050 9. 1864 Gehér László 0 – 1 Sándor József 1993 10. 1770 Koltai Dániel 0 – 1 Mészáros Attila 1895 11. 1763 Gehér Koppány 0 – 1 Kaufmann Péter 1984 12. 1761 Kemény Vagyim 1 – 0 Kaufmann Kristóf 1348

Pics

Hungarians in Action

GM Rapport was in the Reykjavik Open while GM Berczes was in Texas in a Spring Break tournament.

Berczes-Li after 33..R8xe7(Diagram)

White had no problems converting a better pawn structure in a nice RR-RR ending

After 33..R8xe7

Rank after Round 7

IM Aczel Gergely won with a clean 7/7-Well done!

I had marathon 159-move draw with IM Szalanczy Emil and finished with a quick draw in rd7.

Big elo gainers

• Fodor Balazs +100,8
• Juhasz Agoston +103,2
• Szucs Edina +99,2
• Kratzmajer Akos Gyorgy+122,8

Kratzmajer Akos Gyorgy +122

Results-Round 7

Pics

Good shirt!

Norbert