Final Ranking 9 Rounds

GM Czebe Attila took clear first despite battling a cold.

Results

All three MTK teams won today.

I contributed a win on board 3 in a dramatic attacking game where I built up a winning position but finished inaccurately, accidentally allowing a forced loss and then a draw but fortunately these mistakes were not noticed by my opponent or myself during the game.

Yip,M getting ready before the round

Board 3 Yip-Basci,A

I had played the middlegame aggressively and staked everything on a kingside attack with opposite colored bishops. This seemed like the right play as Black’s queen and bishop were both out of play on the queenside.

After 49..Kh7(diagram)

After 49..Kh7

My top candidate was 50.Qxf5! but I could not calculate the finish out precisely enough. Not willing to risk a mistake, I played the more conservative 50.Bf6 to cut off one of Black’s escape squares

I. osztály, Lilienthal csoport
Újpesti KSE I – SENSE I 6,5:5,5
BEAC II – Vasas SC II 6,5:5,5
Fabulon-Lombik-1st Sat. – Pénzügyőr SE III 4:8
REAC SISE – Tabáni Spartacus II 6:6
Barcza GSC I – Siketek SC I 5,5:6,5

II. osztály, Bilek csoport
Sirály SE – SENSE II 10,5:1,5
BEAC III – MLTC II 8:4
Pestszentlőrinc II – Törekvés SE 7:5
Csepeli TK – HÜSI SC II 7:5
Sárkány DSE II – MTK III 5:7
Barcza GSC II – A. Láng MKKE 7:5

III. osztály, Szén “A” csoport
Újpesti KSE II – AKSC III 4:8
ATTE-ARISZ – Pénzügyőr SE IV 8,5:3,5
MTK V – Pestszentimre 6,5:5,5
Barcza GSC III – BEAC IV 2:10

III. osztály, Szén “B” csoport
Sárkány DSE III – AKSC IV 8,5:3,5
Ráskosliget – MTK IV 3:9
Hóbagoly-Lila Futó II – Siketek SC II 8:4

Results-Round 1 

Another nice Budapest tournament is underway. the field was limited to FIDE >2000 but a couple of players managed to be exceptions.

Follow the action

Results-Budapest Chess Federation

MTK III won while MTK V lost.

I contributed a win after misplaying the opening against the Slav on move 7.

Board 10 Yip-Klement

Play had a forcing character which resulted in the following chaotic position after an early queen trade 12..Kxd8(diagram)

After 12..Kxd8

White continued 13.Bd2! and hoped for the best with some long calculation. White is temporarily down a piece but must be careful not to lose a pawn for nothing and be even worse. 13..Nd5 14.ed Bxd2+ 15.Kxd2! ed(diagram) This far I saw

After 15..ed

Now I played the planned 16.Nd6! and White regains the pawn with the threat of Nxf7+ forking the K+R and Nxb7.

16..Be6 17.Nxb7+ Kc7 18.Na5(diagram) The pawn is recovered and White has the better structure with the queenside majority and play against the isolated d-pawn.

18.Na5

Later in the game after 31..Kd7(diagram)

After 31..Kd7

White continued with technical play and played to fix the kingside and create a second front with 32.g4 intending g5. However, the d5-pawn and a7 pawn are already two weaknesses but they seemed too close together to alternate against. There seemed no harm in playing to fix the kingside as Black had no active play and was not really threatening anything.

After 38..Bf5(diagram)

After 38..Bf5

White continued 39.Kd4 Be4 40.Kc5 and 1-0 shortly.

I. osztály, Lilienthal csoport
Barcza GSC I – Újpesti KSE I 8:4
Siketek SC I – REAC SISE 7,5:4,5
Tabáni Spartacus II – Fabulon-Lombik-1st Sat. 5:7
Pénzügyőr SE III – BEAC II 4,5:7,5*
Vasas SC II – SENSE I 8,5:3,5
* A Pénzügyőr SE III a 11. táblán erősorrendsértés miatt jogosulatlan játékost szerepeltetett, az általa megszerzett pontot a BEAC II számára jóváírtuk.

II. osztály, Bilek csoport
Barcza GSC II – Sirály SE 4:8
A. Láng MKKE – Sárkány DSE II 6:6
MTK III – Csepeli TK 9,5:2,5
HÜSI SC II – Pestszentlőrinc II 8:4
Törekvés SE – BEAC III 8:4
MLTC II – SENSE II 7,5:4,5

III. osztály, Szén “A” csoport
Barcza GSC III – Újpesti KSE II 5:7
BEAC IV – MTK V 7,5:4,5
Pestszentimre – ATTE-ARISZ 9:3
Pénzügyőr SE IV – Kőbánya SC III 4:8

III. osztály, Szén “B” csoport
Hóbagoly II – Sárkány DSE IV 3:9
Siketek SC II – Rákosliget 7,5:4,5
HÜSI SC III – Kőbánya SC IV 4:8

Final Ranking 13 Rounds

Terbe Julianna(HUN) finished with 6-5/13 in a tough field. Terbe is one of the many rising young players on my team,MTK.

Well done!

Photo from official site by Barsky

World Jr(G) action rd13

Final Ranking 6 Rounds

Farkas Richard was clear first with 5.5/6.

Vargyas Zoltan had a strong tournament and finished equal second with FM Koczo Kristof with 4.5/6.

I lost both games on the last day to end up with a modest 3/6.

Rd5 Yip-Vargyas,Z

41..Ke6(diagram)

After 41..Ke6

White is a pawn down and out of moves so 0-1.

Rd6 Torok,T-Yip

I played the opening carelessly and White started off with a nice queenless game with little risk. After some complex maneuvering, and mutual inaccuracies Black was presented with a couple of chances but failed to exploit them.

(a)Chance #1

Black has managed to break up White’s queenside structure and has some counterplay but remains oddly placed.

After 23.Nc4(diagram)

After 23.Nc4

Here I missed the chance to strike with 23..b5! but I was afraid of 24.Nd6+ Kc7 25.Bb2 Ne6 and now Nd6 is trapped. Black will play ..Ng8/Be7 and the Nd6 cannot escape.

I played 23..Bc7= and the struggle continued.

(b)Chance #2

Black still looks passive(Nc8/Bc7) but the game has turned to my favor.

After 30.Rhd1(diagram)

30.Rhd1

I should have played 30..Nd6! 31.Nxd6+ Bxd6 32.Ra1 Ra4! and Black is clearly better.

In the game I settled for 30..Nb6= with a blockade of the b-pawn and later lost in a tough struggle.

From Chess Results

Marosi Levente, Laza Szabolcs my MTK teammates are part of a group in a 6-way tie for first with 2/2 after 2 rounds.

Chaos and Turmoil

I was quite shocked to see Budapest in the news(via Youtube) for this.

‘Thousands of refugees and migrants remain stranded at Budapest’s main international railway station after Hungarian authorities blocked them from boarding trains, preventing them from leaving for Austria and Germany.

Around 3,000 migrants were gathered outside Keleti station early Thursday, many having slept outside the main entrance of the station overnight. Over 150,000 migrants and refugees have reached Hungary this year, mostly arriving through the southern border with Serbia.’

From Chess Results

Hungary had an all GM contingent. Top Scorer was Rapport with 7/9.

GM Rapport Photo from Chess Results-taken by Amruta Mokal

SNo     Name              Rtg    FED Pts. Rtg+/-
2 GM Almasi Zoltan 2700 HUN 6 -10.6
4 GM Rapport Richard 2671 HUN 7 8.6
22 GM Prohaszka Peter 2602 HUN 6.5 10.9
23 GM Papp Gabor 2601 HUN 5.5 -6.8
43 GM Horvath Adam 2540 HUN 5 -9.4
55 GM Czebe Attila 2439 HUN 5.5 -0.3

Final Ranking Rd9

IMs Farago Sandor and Meszaros Andras shared first with 7/9.

Notable performances by rising juniors

• Lakatos Tamas gained 134 elo(!) with a strong 4.5/9
• Ongut Tamas Gunes gained 75 elo with 5/9

Well done!

Early action in the Open

The top 10 boards played in the same room as the GM and IM groups.

GM Group Final Ranking

GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula took clear first with 6.5/9.

GM Szabo

IM Group Final Ranking

IM Jovanovic Dusan D and Ivekovic Zvonimir shared first with 6/9. Goczo Melinda showed tremendous fighting spirit with 8 decisive games.

FM Lyell(left) one of my MTK teammates in action.