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Budapest Open 2018 Rd1
From the Opening Ceremony
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Round 1
I lost to a superior MTK teammate in an interesting game
There were upsets all over the place to start off this year’s edition of the Heat Wave Open
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 25 | Bodrogi Mihaly | 1956 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | IM | Roos Louis | 2328 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | FM | Zentai Peter | 2300 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | 1943 | 26 | |
| 3 | 27 | Yip Michael | 1936 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | IM | Szabolcsi Janos | 2298 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | IM | Roos Jean-Luc | 2265 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Bilku Andras | 1934 | 28 | |
| 5 | 29 | AIM | Daroczi Donat | 1933 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | IM | Nemeth Zoltan | 2260 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | Balint Vilmos | 2243 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Zoldy Robert | 1894 | 30 | ||
| 7 | 31 | Havaskori Laszlo | 1871 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Kormos Adam | 2210 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Juhasz Agoston | 2180 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Monduk Ferenc | 1871 | 32 | ||
| 9 | 33 | Pervai Laszlo | 1867 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | WIM | Havanecz Bianka | 2179 | 9 | |
| 10 | 10 | Markos Adam | 2177 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Rinyu Janos | 1865 | 34 | ||
| 11 | 35 | Kocsis Peter | 1862 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Molnar Jozsef | 2157 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Geher Koppany | 2137 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Bellan Istvan | 1855 | 36 | ||
| 13 | 37 | Szabo A. Martin | 1851 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Virag Balint | 2137 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | Miszler Levente | 2131 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Moricz Benedek | 1825 | 38 | ||
| 15 | 39 | Polyanszky-Tamasi Zoltan Dr. | 1805 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | AIM | Kovacsy Barnabas | 2126 | 15 | |
| 16 | 16 | Kovacs Istvan | 2120 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Nagy Gyorgy | 1796 | 40 | ||
| 17 | 42 | Koltai Daniel | 1791 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Kovacs Judit | 2105 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2089 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Tolnai Jozsef | 1784 | 43 | ||
| 19 | 44 | Zsatkovics Endre | 1735 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | FM | Koczo Kristof | 2066 | 19 | |
| 20 | 20 | Borda Lajos | 2064 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Koltai Dora | 1725 | 45 | ||
| 21 | 46 | Szurkos Andras | 1708 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Metaxasz Vaszilisz | 2039 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | Peczeli Zoltan | 2007 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Szivak Andras | 1687 | 47 | ||
| 23 | 49 | Peterfia Ferenc | 1644 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Trajber Csaba Dr. | 1985 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | Heyl Thomas | 1964 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Bodnar Janos | 1632 | 50 |
U1700 Round 1
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 16 | Liebert Samuel | 1369 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Dal Bianco Nicola | 1698 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | AFM | Sukhorukov Mykola | 1690 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Kuti Oliver | 1361 | 17 | |
| 3 | 18 | Monduk Laszlo | 1337 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Kubik Anna Zsofia | 1670 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | AIM | Shadrin Alexey A. | 1584 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Kolozsvary Miklos | 1308 | 19 | |
| 5 | 20 | Harkai Szabolcs | 1240 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Pozzo Dominic T | 1565 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Moricz Nadja | 1564 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Balazs Sztella Anna | 1206 | 21 | ||
| 7 | 22 | ACM | Szuhorukov Marcell | 1134 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Bolyki Istvan | 1561 | 7 | |
| 8 | 9 | Magyar Erik Ferenc | 1514 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Harkai Emma | 1094 | 23 | ||
| 9 | 24 | Balazs Szabina | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Marosi Lajos | 1420 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 12 | Juhasz Tamas | 1394 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Erdos Tamas | 0 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 26 | Matyassy Lazar | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Paraszthy Balazs Vilmos | 1389 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 14 | Moricz Karmen | 1375 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Sami Ahmed | 0 | 27 | ||
| 13 | 28 | Shen Yiyun | 0 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Thierry Edvard | 1372 | 15 |
BSSZ Aranytiz GM
Quick draws for everyone to start things off
I chatted briefly with IM Panjwani during registration. Hopefully a picture or two will be coming when he settles into his routine
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | IM | Gara Anita | 2369 | HUN | * | ½ | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | ||||||||
| IM | Nemeth Miklos | 2470 | HUN | * | ½ | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | |||||||||
| IM | Csonka Balazs | 2450 | HUN | * | ½ | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | |||||||||
| IM | Vardan Nagpal | 2453 | IND | * | ½ | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | |||||||||
| IM | Torma Robert | 2457 | HUN | ½ | * | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | |||||||||
| GM | Vajda Levente | 2558 | ROU | ½ | * | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | |||||||||
| IM | Panjwani Raja | 2459 | CAN | ½ | * | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | |||||||||
| GM | Horvath Adam | 2481 | HUN | ½ | * | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | |||||||||
| 9 | IM | Horvath Dominik | 2429 | AUT | * | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 0 | |||||||||
| GM | Farago Ivan | 2379 | HUN | * | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 0 |
IM Group Ranking crosstable after Round 1
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | IM | To Nhat Minh | 2352 | HUN | * | 1 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 1 | ||||||||
| IM | Farago Sandor | 2219 | HUN | * | 1 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Yu Moqi | 2105 | CHN | * | ½ | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | |||||||||
| FM | Srinath Rao S.V. | 2367 | IND | * | ½ | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | |||||||||
| IM | Kahn Evarth Dr. | 2245 | HUN | * | ½ | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | |||||||||
| Baum Jonasz | 2251 | POL | ½ | * | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | ||||||||||
| FM | Lyell Mark | 2260 | ENG | ½ | * | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | |||||||||
| WFM | Juhasz Barbara | 2224 | HUN | ½ | * | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,25 | 0 | |||||||||
| 9 | WIM | Varga Klara | 2212 | HUN | 0 | * | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 0 | ||||||||
| Polyik Peter | 2264 | HUN | 0 | * | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 0 |
Yip-Szabolsci,J
e3-Poison vs Slav
After 25..Bb8(Diagram)
I thought I was doing ok but before Black had an excellent position and did not find a good plan.
My candidates were 26.Ned4(improving the worst piece). 26.Qd4 attacking Nf6, 26.Rd1 with pressure on the d-file but this can be easily blocked with ..Nd3. I also looked at capturing ideas with Bxf6 and Rxc5 but could make nothing work.
Can you do better than me?
After 25..Bb8
Budapest Open 2018 August 17-26
Versenyprogram:
2018. augusztus 17.
13:00-14:30 Regisztráció
14:45 Megnyitó
15:00 1. forduló
2018. augusztus 18-19. 15:00 2-3. forduló
2018. augusztus 21.-
2018. augusztus 25. 15:00 4-8. forduló
2018. augusztus 26. 10:00 9. forduló
Starting rank Open
U1700-Starting rank
TWIC 1240 King’s Indian Defence
The featured game is
Sargissian-Siva
g3 KID
25th Abu Dhabi Masters rd1
After 21..gf(Diagram)
White play with nice positional control, did nothing special or flashy. The key was better pawn structure and along the way, Black got tired of being massaged and made more weaknesses
What do you recommend for White?
After 21..gf
TWIC 1240 Hungarians in Action
The latest issue of TWIC is now available
Here is an nice endgame
Banusz-Antipov
Reti vs Slav(>..Bf5)
TCh-ESP Div Honor 2018 rd3
After 19..f5(Diagram)
White has some pressure on the queenside while Rc7 is passive and Rh8 is not in play yet
What do you recommend for White?
After 19..f5
TWIC 1239 Taimanov Sicilian
The 7.Qf3 Queen Transfer Variation is a very topical line
L’Ami,E-Himanshu
Taimanov Sicilain 7.Qf3 Nf6
Condigne Dutch Open 2018 rd8
After 15.exd5(Diagram)
The Qc6 is under attack in a sharp position
What do you recommend for Black?
After 15.exd5
8th Budapest Open 2018-Start List
Open Group-Starting rank
Modest start list so far. More players coming usually.
U1700 Starting rank
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | Dal Bianco Nicola | 848921 | ITA | 1698 | |
| 2 | Kubik Anna Zsofia | 742759 | HUN | 1670 | |
| 3 | Vavro Lajos | 790605 | HUN | 1567 | |
| 4 | Moricz Nadja | 784060 | HUN | 1564 | |
| 5 | Bolyki Istvan | 777692 | HUN | 1561 | |
| 6 | Szabo Marton Nandor | 795178 | HUN | 1552 | |
| 7 | Moricz Aurel | 784052 | HUN | 1531 | |
| 8 | Magyar Erik Ferenc | 790192 | HUN | 1514 | |
| 9 | Balint Peter | 1660713 | AUT | 1447 | |
| 10 | Farkas Imre | 799181 | HUN | 1435 | |
| 11 | Marosi Lajos | 737607 | HUN | 1420 | |
| 12 | Juhasz Tamas | 796743 | HUN | 1394 | |
| 13 | Paraszthy Balazs Vilmos | 17001676 | HUN | 1389 | |
| 14 | Moricz Karmen | 787507 | HUN | 1375 | |
| 15 | Liebert Samuel | 787493 | HUN | 1369 | |
| 16 | Monduk Laszlo | 775509 | HUN | 1337 | |
| 17 | Bella Zsolt | 760137 | HUN | 1283 | |
| 18 | Harkai Szabolcs | 792438 | HUN | 1240 | |
| 19 | Balazs Sztella Anna | 799645 | HUN | 1206 | |
| 20 | Harkai Emma | 792420 | HUN | 1094 | |
| 21 | Balazs Szabina | 17003490 | HUN | 0 | |
| 22 | Erdos Tamas | 17004802 | HUN | 0 | |
| 23 | Sami Ahmed | 342060280 | FID | 0 | |
| 24 | Shen Yiyun | 17003504 | HUN | 0 |
BUDAPEST OPEN 2018 August 17-26 2018
II. BSSZ-ARANYTÍZ NEMZETKÖZI MESTERVERSENY ÉS VIII. BUDAPEST OPEN
Nothing in English so far-sorry
A verseny időpontja:
2018. augusztus 17-26.
Megnyitó:
Augusztus 17. pénteken 14 óra 45 perctől a Színházteremben
A verseny helyszíne:
Aranytíz Kultúrház, Budapest V. ker. Arany János utca 10.
The Semi-Tarrasch Defence
The Semi-Tarrasch Defence Part 2
Two games caught my eye
Game 36
Airapetian-Volokitin
RUS-chT 20th rd4
Key points of note
-20..f5! was a star pawn move which killed any White hopes of developing a kingside attack
-After 23.Rc2 Black missed the key plan of breaking in the center with 23..e5 or after 23..Kh8 and then ..e5
-the NNB vs BBN endgame was interesting. Black pushed on the kingside with ..g5 etc and eventually provoked a kingside weakening
After 40.h3(Diagram)
Both sides have active knights. The opposite colored bishops seem to cancel each other out but the key strategic factor is the pawn structure.
What do you recommend for Black?
After 40.h3
Game 30
Tukmakov-Rotstein
Portoroz op
The QR-QR phase after 22..Rxc8 is of interest. The queenside majority and c-file control gave Black no advantage and only a late blunder(39.d5?) gave the game away positionally
After 22..Rxc8(Diagram)
The position is balanced
After 22..Rxc8
Solving a Mystery
Chess Calculation Training Volume 3
Chapter 11 position 3 has either wrong diagram or wrong solution!
This is the right position to match the solution given
This is the diagram that appears for Exercise 3
TWIC 1238 Hungarians in Action
The latest issue of TWIC is ready for download
Sengupta-Kozak
Berlin Endgame
29th Czech Open A 2018 rd8
Kozak made it look easy in the ending
After 20.Bxc3(Diagram)
The Ra8 does not seems to be doing much and the Nh4 is out on the edge of the board. One might wonder what Black has as compensation for the doubled c-pawn.
What do you recommend for Black?
After 20.Bxc3
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