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TWIC 1221 Grunfeld Defence

Apr 3

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Selected games

Jojua-Mazur

Grunfeld g3 Solid Line 5.Qa4

19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 rd11

White had a fresh wrinkle not mentioned by Avrukh in GM2A. I don’t think it should trouble Black as the result of the game had more to do with overaggressive play.

After 14..h4(Diagram)

Black is trying to stir up trouble on the kingside

What do you recommend for White?

After 14..h4

Later in the game

After 28..Nd5(Diagram)

White showed good technique in converting the extra pawn

What do you recommend for White?

After 28..Nd5

 

Avrukh recommends 5.Qa4 against the g3 Grunfeld Solid Line with ..c6,d5.

 

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Book(s) to Look Forward to

Apr 3

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The Queen’s Indian Defence

Due out by the end of the summer hopefully

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TWIC 1221 Hungarians in Action

Apr 3

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TWIC 1221 is now available

Selected games

Papp,G-Burri,B

Najdorf Sicilian 6.Bg5 Poisoned Pawn with ..h6

GRENKE Chess Open 2018 rd7

After 24..Nxe5(Diagram)

This position is still theory.

Negi proposes 25.gf is his repertoire book but Papp had his own ideas

The ending was tense and Black later blundered a pawn and  lost

After 24..Nxe5

Photo from Official site

GM Papp,G(HUN) playing the eventual winner

Kraemer-Banusz,T

Scotch Mieses 8..Nb6

GRENKE Chess Open 2018 rd3

After 29..b5(Diagram)

Black achieved a stable position after the opening and slowly took over in a complex ending

The passed a-pawn looks rather dangerous

What to do recommend for Black now?

After 29.Rb5

Kantor,G-Alekseenko

Queen’s Indian Defence 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4

19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018

After 30.Ng2(Diagram)

White was slowly outplayed without really making any big mistakes.

What do you recommend for Black?

After 30.Ng2

Lobron-Rapport

Queen’s Indian Defence

GRENKE Chess Open 2018 rd4 

After 23.Nb5(Diagram)

White has more space. Black has the bishops and the move

What do you recommend for Black? It’s more about the plan and the position.

There is more than one good move here

After 23.Nb5

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TWIC 1220 Catalan, Bogo and Queen’s Indian

Mar 29

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Hracek-Schnider

Nimzo/Queen’s Indian Hybrid

19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 rd4

After 21..Rd7(Diagram)

White has a horrible set of queenside pawns but at least has the Nf6 pinned. Black has the d-file and is looking to get of the pin and then cash in on his better structure

What do you recommend for White?

After 21..Rd7

Abasov-Golubka

Bogo-Indian 4.Nbd2

19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Rd7

After 16..Bd7(Diagram)

White has yet to castle and Black might play something like ..Nxd4 followed by ..Rc8 next

What do you recommend for White?

After 16..Bd7

Flores Rios-Fedoseev

Catalan Open 5..Nc6

PRO League KO Stage 2018 rd2

After 19..Re8(Diagram)

White has some queenside pressure but the e5-pawn is about to fall

What do you suggest for White?

After 19..Re8

Moroni-Wojtaszek

Bogo-Catalan 5.Bd6

19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 rd4

After 17..a6(Diagram)

White has a nice pawn centre while Black has the bishops and is planning to complete development and get in the ..c5 freeing break

What do you suggest for White?

After 17..a6

Xu-Kuybokarov

Bogo-Catalan 5.Bd6

PRO League KO Stage 2018 rd2

After 27..Na3(Diagram)

Black has just attacked the Rc2

What do you recommend for White?

After 27..Na3

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European Individual Chess Championship 2018 Rd11

Mar 28

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Round 11

A win and two losses in the last round for Hungary.

Erdos was was the top scorer with 7/11

GM Saric was clear first with 8.5/11

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 29 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2652 7½ ½ – ½ 7½ GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2738 2
2 26 GM Saric Ivan 2657 7½ 1 – 0 7½ GM Navara David 2737 3
3 34 GM McShane Luke J 2647 7½ ½ – ½ 7½ GM Matlakov Maxim 2707 7
4 21 GM Korobov Anton 2664 7½ ½ – ½ 7½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2651 30
5 40 GM Safarli Eltaj 2639 7 1 – 0 7 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2713 5
6 10 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2693 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Pashikian Arman 2585 86
7 42 GM Fridman Daniel 2637 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Nabaty Tamir 2690 11
8 18 GM Demchenko Anton 2672 7 ½ – ½ 7 IM Ferreira Jorge Viterbo 2492 144
9 22 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2664 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Bok Benjamin 2622 51
10 69 GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2601 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Anton Guijarro David 2647 33
11 92 GM Sarana Alexey 2577 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Guseinov Gadir 2646 36
12 146 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2488 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2642 39
13 1 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2746 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Abasov Nijat 2608 64
14 56 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2617 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Mamedov Rauf 2709 6
15 73 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2599 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Dubov Daniil 2701 8
16 14 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2685 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Svane Rasmus 2587 84
17 91 GM Postny Evgeny 2579 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 15
18 16 GM Najer Evgeniy 2683 6½ 1 – 0 6½ IM Lomasov Semen 2551 103
19 104 GM Savchenko Boris 2550 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Berkes Ferenc 2671 19
20 108 GM Shevchenko Kirill 2545 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Piorun Kacper 2653 28
21 105 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2549 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Grandelius Nils 2646 35
22 44 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2632 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ IM Hakobyan Aram 2497 139
23 121 GM Djukic Nikola 2523 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Erdos Viktor 2627 47
24 123 GM Yuffa Daniil 2521 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2619 55
25 9 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2697 6 1 – 0 6½ IM Golubka Petro 2503 135
26 17 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2677 6 1 – 0 6 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2593 77
27 20 GM Motylev Alexander 2669 6 1 – 0 6 GM Donchenko Alexander 2588 81
28 78 GM Brkic Ante 2590 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Lenic Luka 2662 23
29 82 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2588 6 1 – 0 6 GM Sutovsky Emil 2659 25
30 90 FM Esipenko Andrey 2581 6 1 – 0 6 GM Krasenkow Michal 2644 37
31 38 GM Kovalenko Igor 2642 6 1 – 0 6 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2572 93
32 95 GM Stocek Jiri 2567 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Movsesian Sergei 2632 43
33 48 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2627 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Palac Mladen 2546 107
34 106 IM Santos Latasa Jaime 2549 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2625 49
35 110 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2542 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2620 53
36 54 GM Romanov Evgeny 2619 6 1 – 0 6 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2501 137
37 59 GM Paravyan David 2613 6 1 – 0 6 GM Gabrielian Artur 2493 141
38 62 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2609 6 1 – 0 6 GM Minasian Artashes 2467 159
39 126 IM Nguyen Thai Dai Van 2517 6 1 – 0 6 GM Bartel Mateusz 2609 63
40 125 GM Steinberg Nitzan 2518 6 1 – 0 6 GM Andersen Mads 2605 65
41 136 GM Sanikidze Tornike 2501 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Can Emre 2603 67
42 152 IM Sargsyan Shant 2481 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Bologan Victor 2600 71
43 147 GM Mikaelyan Arman 2486 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2600 72
44 158 IM Lobanov Sergei 2468 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Predke Alexandr 2595 75
45 76 GM Smirin Ilia 2594 6 ½ – ½ 6 IM Asadli Vugar 2449 163
46 32 GM Meier Georg 2648 5½ 1 – 0 6 IM Perunovic Miodrag 2429 173
47 114 GM Arutinian David 2536 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2689 12
48 129 GM Kantans Toms 2508 5½ + – – 5½ GM Jobava Baadur 2685 13
49 50 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2623 5½ 0 – 1 5½ IM Diermair Andreas 2507 132
50 58 GM Khalifman Alexander 2614 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Shengelia David 2508 131
51 60 GM Ponkratov Pavel 2613 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Baron Tal 2529 117
52 149 IM Pavlov Sergey 2485 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Bindrich Falko 2602 68
53 151 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2481 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Kovchan Alexander 2596 74
54 156 IM Kanmazalp Ogulcan 2473 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Hracek Zbynek 2589 79
55 80 GM Bogner Sebastian 2588 5½ 1 – 0 5½ IM Zanan Evgeny 2493 143
56 172 IM Zavgorodniy Sergiy 2430 5½ – – + 5½ GM Martirosyan Haik M. 2586 85
57 160 IM Beradze Irakli 2464 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Lopez Martinez Josep M. 2584 87
58 88 IM Vavulin Maksim 2583 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ IM Mindlin Alon 2442 166
59 98 GM Chigaev Maksim 2560 5½ 1 – 0 5½ IM Haria Ravi 2424 175
60 199 IM Rzayev Bahruz 2390 5½ 0 – 1 5½ GM Fedorov Alexei 2559 99
61 100 GM Moroni Luca Jr 2559 5½ 1 – 0 5½ IM Muradli Mahammad 2398 196
62 211 FM Kacharava Nikolozi 2362 5½ + – – 5½ GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2553 101
63 102 IM Moiseenko Vadim 2552 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ FM Tutisani Noe 2394 198
64 112 GM Stupak Kirill 2541 5½ 1 – 0 5½ Nesterov Arseniy 2388 200
65 225 Oboladze Luka 2318 5½ ½ – ½ 5 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2630 45

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds

Rk. SNo Name Typ sex Gr FED Rtg Pts.  TB1  TB2  TB3 Rp K rtg+/-
1 26 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2657 8,5 0,0 67,0 72,5 2796 10 19,6
2 2 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw ACP POL 2738 8,0 0,0 72,0 77,0 2776 10 5,7
3 29 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 8,0 0,0 69,5 74,0 2795 10 20,4
4 30 GM Jones Gawain C B ACP ENG 2651 8,0 0,0 69,0 74,0 2787 10 19,4
5 7 GM Matlakov Maxim ACP RUS 2707 8,0 0,0 67,0 72,0 2737 10 4,5
6 34 GM McShane Luke J ACP ENG 2647 8,0 0,0 67,0 71,5 2768 10 17,2
7 21 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2664 8,0 0,0 66,5 71,0 2766 10 14,4
8 40 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2639 8,0 0,0 63,5 69,0 2742 10 14,4
9 11 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2690 7,5 0,0 73,5 78,5 2736 10 7,4
10 16 GM Najer Evgeniy ACP RUS 2683 7,5 0,0 70,5 75,0 2729 10 7,2
18 GM Demchenko Anton RUS 2672 7,5 0,0 70,5 75,0 2714 10 6,5
12 35 GM Grandelius Nils ACP SWE 2646 7,5 0,0 69,0 74,5 2685 10 6,1
13 123 GM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521 7,5 0,0 69,0 71,5 2721 10 31,6
14 3 GM Navara David ACP CZE 2737 7,5 0,0 68,5 73,5 2715 10 -1,2
15 15 GM Inarkiev Ernesto ACP RUS 2684 7,5 0,0 68,0 74,0 2719 10 5,5
16 69 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2601 7,5 0,0 68,0 73,0 2759 10 24,1
17 10 GM Cheparinov Ivan FID 2693 7,5 0,0 68,0 72,5 2707 10 2,5
18 51 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2622 7,5 0,0 67,0 71,5 2736 10 17,5
19 146 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2488 7,5 0,0 67,0 70,5 2678 10 34,2
20 64 GM Abasov Nijat AZE 2608 7,5 0,0 66,5 71,0 2700 10 14,2
21 86 GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2585 7,5 0,0 66,5 71,0 2730 10 22,6
22 92 GM Sarana Alexey U18 RUS 2577 7,5 0,0 66,0 70,5 2717 10 22,3
23 33 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2647 7,5 0,0 65,5 70,5 2683 10 5,7
39 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ACP ROU 2642 7,5 0,0 65,5 70,5 2635 10 -0,2
25 22 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2664 7,5 0,0 65,0 71,0 2696 10 5,1
26 6 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709 7,5 0,0 64,5 69,5 2689 10 -1,5
27 36 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2646 7,5 0,0 64,0 69,0 2697 10 8,2
28 73 GM Kobalia Mikhail ACP RUS 2599 7,5 0,0 62,5 67,5 2637 10 6,8
29 104 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2550 7,5 0,0 62,0 66,5 2630 10 13,1
30 144 IM Ferreira Jorge Viterbo POR 2492 7,5 0,0 61,5 66,5 2698 10 27,6
31 42 GM Fridman Daniel ACP GER 2637 7,5 0,0 61,5 64,5 2570 10 0,3
32 108 GM Shevchenko Kirill U18 UKR 2545 7,5 0,0 58,5 62,0 2646 10 16,8

Player overview for HUN

HUN

SNo Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts. Rk. Rp K rtg+/-
19 GM Berkes Ferenc 2671 HUN 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 6,5 60 2628 10 -5,90
47 GM Erdos Viktor 2627 HUN ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7,0 43 2619 10 -1,10
118 GM Ruck Robert 2529 HUN 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 4,5 212 2364 10 -23,30
119 IM Kantor Gergely 2527 HUN 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 6,0 118 2469 10 -7,00

Results of the last round for HUN

Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
11 19 104 GM Savchenko Boris 2550 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Berkes Ferenc 2671 19
11 23 121 GM Djukic Nikola 2523 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Erdos Viktor 2627 47
11 79 241 FM Tifferet Shaked 2274 5 0 – 1 5 IM Kantor Gergely 2527 119
11 91 208 Lewtak Damian 2370 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Ruck Robert 2529 118

Player details for HUN

Rd. SNo   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. K rtg+/-
GM Berkes Ferenc 2671 HUN Rp:2628 Pts. 6,5
1 170 FM Bernotas Arturs 2436 LAT 5,5 s 1 10 2,10
2 108 GM Shevchenko Kirill 2545 UKR 7,5 w 1 10 3,30
3 76 GM Smirin Ilia 2594 ISR 6,5 s ½ 10 -1,10
4 74 GM Kovchan Alexander 2596 UKR 5,5 w ½ 10 -1,00
5 72 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2600 GEO 6,5 s ½ 10 -1,00
6 68 GM Bindrich Falko 2602 GER 5,5 w ½ 10 -1,00
7 86 GM Pashikian Arman 2585 ARM 7,5 s ½ 10 -1,20
8 123 GM Yuffa Daniil 2521 RUS 7,5 w ½ 10 -2,00
9 87 GM Lopez Martinez Josep M. 2584 ESP 6,0 s ½ 10 -1,20
10 88 IM Vavulin Maksim 2583 RUS 6,0 w 1 10 3,80
11 104 GM Savchenko Boris 2550 RUS 7,5 s 0 10 -6,60
GM Erdos Viktor 2627 HUN Rp:2619 Pts. 7,0
1 199 IM Rzayev Bahruz 2390 AZE 5,5 s ½ 10 -3,00
2 197 FM Bosman Michiel 2398 NED 4,5 w 1 10 2,10
3 124 IM Kriebel Tadeas 2520 CZE 5,0 s 1 10 3,50
4 114 GM Arutinian David 2536 GEO 6,5 w ½ 10 -1,20
5 88 IM Vavulin Maksim 2583 RUS 6,0 s ½ 10 -0,60
6 92 GM Sarana Alexey 2577 RUS 7,5 w ½ 10 -0,70
7 94 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2569 ARM 6,0 s ½ 10 -0,80
8 110 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2542 ISR 6,5 w ½ 10 -1,20
9 122 GM Kelires Andreas 2523 GRE 5,5 s 1 10 3,60
10 123 GM Yuffa Daniil 2521 RUS 7,5 w ½ 10 -1,40
11 121 GM Djukic Nikola 2523 MNE 7,0 s ½ 10 -1,40
GM Ruck Robert 2529 HUN Rp:2364 Pts. 4,5
1 270 Simonyan Latush 2111 ARM 5,0 w 1 10 1,10
2 29 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2652 RUS 8,0 s 0 10 -3,30
3 220 FM Aliyev Ravan 2330 AZE 5,5 w 1 10 2,40
4 31 GM Kovalev Vladislav 2650 BLR 6,0 s ½ 10 1,60
5 14 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2685 UKR 7,0 s 0 10 -2,90
6 187 IM Korchmar Vasiliy 2411 RUS 5,5 w ½ 10 -1,60
7 199 IM Rzayev Bahruz 2390 AZE 5,5 s 0 10 -6,90
8 205 IM Huber Martin Christian 2372 AUT 5,0 w ½ 10 -2,10
9 209 IM Arabidze Meri 2369 GEO 5,5 s ½ 10 -2,10
10 204 FM Tokranovs Dmitrijs 2375 LAT 4,5 w ½ 10 -2,10
11 208 Lewtak Damian 2370 POL 5,5 s 0 10 -7,10
IM Kantor Gergely 2527 HUN Rp:2469 Pts. 6,0
1 271 Mochalin Faddey 2110 RUS 3,0 s 1 10 1,10
2 34 GM McShane Luke J 2647 ENG 8,0 w 0 10 -3,40
3 221 FM Petriashvili Nikoloz 2329 GEO 5,0 s ½ 10 -2,60
4 203 FM Voit Daria 2382 RUS 5,0 w 0 10 -6,90
5 212 FM Belous Mikhail 2355 UKR 5,0 s 1 10 2,70
6 189 FM Blohberger Felix 2409 AUT 5,0 w ½ 10 -1,60
7 201 IM Bashirli Nail 2384 AZE 4,5 s 1 10 3,10
8 24 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2659 UKR 4,0 w 1 10 6,80
9 64 GM Abasov Nijat 2608 AZE 7,5 s 0 10 -3,90
10 62 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2609 RUS 7,0 w 0 10 -3,90
11 241 FM Tifferet Shaked 2274 ISR 5,0 s 1 10 1,90

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European Individual Chess Championship 2018 Rd10

Mar 27

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Round 10

Berkes,F won but Kantor,G lost

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 2
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2738 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Korobov Anton 2664
21
2 30
GM Jones Gawain C B 2651 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Matlakov Maxim 2707
7
3 28
GM Piorun Kacper 2653 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Navara David 2737
3
4 6
GM Mamedov Rauf 2709 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM McShane Luke J 2647
34
5 8
GM Dubov Daniil 2701 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Sjugirov Sanan 2652
29
6 36
GM Guseinov Gadir 2646 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Cheparinov Ivan 2693
10
7 11
GM Nabaty Tamir 2690 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Safarli Eltaj 2639
40
8 51
GM Bok Benjamin 2622 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Demchenko Anton 2672
18
9 84
GM Svane Rasmus 2587 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Saric Ivan 2657
26
10 1
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2746 6 ½ – ½ 6½ GM Sarana Alexey 2577
92
11 5
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2713 6 1 – 0 6 GM Paravyan David 2613
59
12 64
GM Abasov Nijat 2608 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Najer Evgeniy 2683
16
13 69
GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2601 6 1 – 0 6 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2677
17
14 72
GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2600 6 0 – 1 6 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2664
22
15 33
GM Anton Guijarro David 2647 6 1 – 0 6 GM Smirin Ilia 2594
76
16 35
GM Grandelius Nils 2646 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Savchenko Boris 2550
104
17 39
GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2642 6 1 – 0 6 GM Sanikidze Tornike 2501
136
18 75
GM Predke Alexandr 2595 6 0 – 1 6 GM Fridman Daniel 2637
42
19 121
GM Djukic Nikola 2523 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2632
44
20 47
 
 GM Erdos Viktor 2627 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Yuffa Daniil 2521
 
 123
21 144
IM Ferreira Jorge Viterbo 2492 6 1 – 0 6 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2627
48
22 146
IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2488 6 1 – 0 6 GM Romanov Evgeny 2619
54
23 86
GM Pashikian Arman 2585 6 1 – 0 5½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2689
12
24 85
GM Martirosyan Haik M. 2586 5½ 0 – 1 5½ GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2685
14
25 15
GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Lopez Martinez Josep M. 2584
87
26 19
 
 GM Berkes Ferenc 2671 5½ 1 – 0 5½ IM Vavulin Maksim 2583
 
 88
27 93
GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2572 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Motylev Alexander 2669
20
28 23
GM Lenic Luka 2662 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ FM Esipenko Andrey 2581
90
29 91
GM Postny Evgeny 2579 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2655
27
30 103
IM Lomasov Semen 2551 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Meier Georg 2648
32
31 41
GM Volokitin Andrei 2639 5½ 0 – 1 5½ GM Shevchenko Kirill 2545
108
32 43
GM Movsesian Sergei 2632 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Boruchovsky Avital 2542
110
33 105
GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2549 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Indjic Aleksandar 2623
50
34 55
GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2619 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Stupak Kirill 2541
112
35 56
GM Alekseev Evgeny 2617 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Arutinian David 2536
114
36 63
GM Bartel Mateusz 2609 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Steinberg Nitzan 2518
125
37 135
IM Golubka Petro 2503 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Bindrich Falko 2602
68
38 71
GM Bologan Victor 2600 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ IM Nguyen Thai Dai Van 2517
126
39 73
GM Kobalia Mikhail 2599 5½ 1 – 0 5½ IM Diermair Andreas 2507
132
40 139
IM Hakobyan Aram 2497 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Bogner Sebastian 2588
80
41 81
GM Donchenko Alexander 2588 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Mikaelyan Arman 2486
147
42 141
GM Gabrielian Artur 2493 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2588
82
43 13
GM Jobava Baadur 2685 5 ½ – ½ 5½ IM Sargsyan Shant 2481
152
44 111
GM Nevednichy Vladislav 2542 5 0 – 1 5 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2697
9
45 25
GM Sutovsky Emil 2659 5 1 – 0 5 IM Repka Christopher 2524
120
46 37
GM Krasenkow Michal 2644 5 1 – 0 5 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2537
113
47 115
GM Meskovs Nikita 2536 5 0 – 1 5 GM Kovalenko Igor 2642
38
48 49
GM Zhigalko Sergei 2625 5 1 – 0 5 GM Kelires Andreas 2523
122
49 53
GM Vocaturo Daniele 2620 5 1 – 0 5 IM Kriebel Tadeas 2520
124
50 117
GM Baron Tal 2529 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Khalifman Alexander 2614
58
51 119
 
 IM Kantor Gergely 2527 5 0 – 1 5 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2609
 
 62
52 65
GM Andersen Mads 2605 5 1 – 0 5 GM Matinian Nikita 2514
127
53 137
IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2501 5 1 – 0 5 GM Martinovic Sasa 2604
66
54 67
GM Can Emre 2603 5 1 – 0 5 GM Maghalashvili Davit 2508
130
55 143
IM Zanan Evgeny 2493 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Kovchan Alexander 2596
74
56 77
GM Pantsulaia Levan 2593 5 1 – 0 5 GM Godena Michele 2505
134
57 153
GM Neverov Valeriy 2480 5 0 – 1 5 GM Brkic Ante 2590
78
58 79
GM Hracek Zbynek 2589 5 ½ – ½ 5 IM Pavlov Sergey 2485
149
59 159
GM Minasian Artashes 2467 5 1 – 0 5 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2587
83
60 163
IM Asadli Vugar 2449 5 1 – 0 5 GM Paichadze Luka 2581
89
61 173
IM Perunovic Miodrag 2429 5 1 – 0 5 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2569
94
62 95
GM Stocek Jiri 2567 5 1 – 0 5 IM Sadikhov Ulvi 2477
154
63 97
GM Skoberne Jure 2563 5 0 – 1 5 IM Lobanov Sergei 2468
158
64 198
FM Tutisani Noe 2394 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Chigaev Maksim 2560
98
65 99
GM Fedorov Alexei 2559 5 ½ – ½ 5 IM Beradze Irakli 2464
160
66 200
Nesterov Arseniy 2388 5 ½ – ½ 5 IM Moiseenko Vadim 2552
102
67 231
FM Mgeladze Tamaz 2303 5 0 – 1 5 IM Santos Latasa Jaime 2549
106
68 107
GM Palac Mladen 2546 5 1 – 0 5 IM Pijpers Arthur 2453
162
69 31
GM Kovalev Vladislav 2650 4½ ½ – ½ 5 IM Rzayev Bahruz 2390
199

Rank after Round 10

Rk. SNo Name Typ sex Gr FED Rtg Pts.  TB1  TB2  TB3 Rp K rtg+/-
1 2
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw ACP POL 2738 7,5 0,0 59,0 63,0 2789 10 6,9
2 3
GM Navara David ACP CZE 2737 7,5 0,0 56,5 61,5 2768 10 4,9
3 29
GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 7,5 0,0 56,5 61,0 2801 10 19,2
4 30
GM Jones Gawain C B ACP ENG 2651 7,5 0,0 56,5 61,0 2800 10 19,2
5 26
GM Saric Ivan CRO 2657 7,5 0,0 55,0 60,0 2763 10 13,5
6 21
GM Korobov Anton UKR 2664 7,5 0,0 54,5 58,0 2778 10 14,6
7 7
GM Matlakov Maxim ACP RUS 2707 7,5 0,0 54,0 59,0 2746 10 5,3
8 34
GM McShane Luke J ACP ENG 2647 7,5 0,0 51,5 55,5 2775 10 16,4
9 11
GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2690 7,0 0,0 60,5 65,5 2748 10 8,1
10 18
GM Demchenko Anton RUS 2672 7,0 0,0 58,0 62,5 2738 10 8,9
11 10
GM Cheparinov Ivan FID 2693 7,0 0,0 57,0 61,5 2722 10 4,0
12 69
GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2601 7,0 0,0 55,5 60,0 2772 10 23,5
13 146
IM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2488 7,0 0,0 55,0 57,5 2684 10 32,1
14 92
GM Sarana Alexey U18 RUS 2577 7,0 0,0 54,5 58,0 2727 10 21,3
15 22
GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2664 7,0 0,0 54,0 59,5 2706 10 5,7
16 86
GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2585 7,0 0,0 54,0 58,5 2737 10 21,1
17 51
GM Bok Benjamin NED 2622 7,0 0,0 54,0 58,0 2746 10 16,9
18 40
GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2639 7,0 0,0 53,0 57,5 2701 10 8,4
19 36
GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2646 7,0 0,0 53,0 57,0 2711 10 9,2
20 33
GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2647 7,0 0,0 52,5 57,5 2693 10 6,3
21 39
GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ACP ROU 2642 7,0 0,0 51,5 56,0 2652 10 1,9
22 5
GM Ivanchuk Vassily ACP UKR 2713 7,0 0,0 51,0 56,0 2716 10 0,8
23 144
IM Ferreira Jorge Viterbo POR 2492 7,0 0,0 50,5 55,0 2707 10 25,2
24 42
GM Fridman Daniel ACP GER 2637 7,0 0,0 48,0 50,0 2561 10 -0,4

Results of the last round for HUN

Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
10 20 47
GM Erdos Viktor 2627 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Yuffa Daniil 2521
123
10 26 19
GM Berkes Ferenc 2671 5½ 1 – 0 5½ IM Vavulin Maksim 2583
88
10 51 119
IM Kantor Gergely 2527 5 0 – 1 5 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2609
62
10 91 118
GM Ruck Robert 2529 4 ½ – ½ 4 FM Tokranovs Dmitrijs 2375
204

Player details for HUN

Rd. SNo   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. K rtg+/-
GM Berkes Ferenc 2671 HUN Rp:2675 Pts. 6,5
1 170 FM Bernotas Arturs 2436 LAT 4,5 s 1 10 2,10
2 108 GM Shevchenko Kirill 2545 UKR 6,5 w 1 10 3,30
3 76 GM Smirin Ilia 2594 ISR 6,0 s ½ 10 -1,10
4 74 GM Kovchan Alexander 2596 UKR 5,5 w ½ 10 -1,00
5 72 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2600 GEO 6,0 s ½ 10 -1,00
6 68 GM Bindrich Falko 2602 GER 5,5 w ½ 10 -1,00
7 86 GM Pashikian Arman 2585 ARM 7,0 s ½ 10 -1,20
8 123 GM Yuffa Daniil 2521 RUS 6,5 w ½ 10 -2,00
9 87 GM Lopez Martinez Josep M. 2584 ESP 5,5 s ½ 10 -1,20
10 88 IM Vavulin Maksim 2583 RUS 5,5 w 1 10 3,80
11 104 GM Savchenko Boris 2550 RUS 6,5 s
GM Erdos Viktor 2627 HUN Rp:2626 Pts. 6,5
1 199 IM Rzayev Bahruz 2390 AZE 5,5 s ½ 10 -3,00
2 197 FM Bosman Michiel 2398 NED 4,0 w 1 10 2,10
3 124 IM Kriebel Tadeas 2520 CZE 5,0 s 1 10 3,50
4 114 GM Arutinian David 2536 GEO 5,5 w ½ 10 -1,20
5 88 IM Vavulin Maksim 2583 RUS 5,5 s ½ 10 -0,60
6 92 GM Sarana Alexey 2577 RUS 7,0 w ½ 10 -0,70
7 94 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2569 ARM 5,0 s ½ 10 -0,80
8 110 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2542 ISR 6,0 w ½ 10 -1,20
9 122 GM Kelires Andreas 2523 GRE 5,0 s 1 10 3,60
10 123 GM Yuffa Daniil 2521 RUS 6,5 w ½ 10 -1,40
11 121 GM Djukic Nikola 2523 MNE 6,5 s
GM Ruck Robert 2529 HUN Rp:2399 Pts. 4,5
1 270 Simonyan Latush 2111 ARM 4,0 w 1 10 1,10
2 29 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2652 RUS 7,5 s 0 10 -3,30
3 220 FM Aliyev Ravan 2330 AZE 4,5 w 1 10 2,40
4 31 GM Kovalev Vladislav 2650 BLR 5,0 s ½ 10 1,60
5 14 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2685 UKR 6,5 s 0 10 -2,90
6 187 IM Korchmar Vasiliy 2411 RUS 5,0 w ½ 10 -1,60
7 199 IM Rzayev Bahruz 2390 AZE 5,5 s 0 10 -6,90
8 205 IM Huber Martin Christian 2372 AUT 4,5 w ½ 10 -2,10
9 209 IM Arabidze Meri 2369 GEO 4,5 s ½ 10 -2,10
10 204 FM Tokranovs Dmitrijs 2375 LAT 4,5 w ½ 10 -2,10
11 208 Lewtak Damian 2370 POL 4,5 s
IM Kantor Gergely 2527 HUN Rp:2449 Pts. 5,0
1 271 Mochalin Faddey 2110 RUS 3,0 s 1 10 1,10
2 34 GM McShane Luke J 2647 ENG 7,5 w 0 10 -3,40
3 221 FM Petriashvili Nikoloz 2329 GEO 4,5 s ½ 10 -2,60
4 203 FM Voit Daria 2382 RUS 4,0 w 0 10 -6,90
5 212 FM Belous Mikhail 2355 UKR 4,5 s 1 10 2,70
6 189 FM Blohberger Felix 2409 AUT 5,0 w ½ 10 -1,60
7 201 IM Bashirli Nail 2384 AZE 4,5 s 1 10 3,10
8 24 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2659 UKR 4,0 w 1 10 6,80
9 64 GM Abasov Nijat 2608 AZE 6,5 s 0 10 -3,90
10 62 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2609 RUS 6,0 w 0 10 -3,90
11 241 FM Tifferet Shaked 2274 ISR 5,0 s

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TWIC 1220 The Benoni

Mar 27

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Selected games

Lenic-Kelires

7.Bf4 Bg7

19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Rd6

After 14.Nf3(Diagram)

Both black knights are on the edge and White is preparing to castle

What do you recommend for Black?

After 14.Nf3

Ushenina-Can,E

g3 variation 10.Bf4

19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Rd7

After 14.Nc4(Diagram)

White is threatening to make big progress in the centre with Nxd6/e4-e5

What do you recommend for Black?

After 14.Nc4

Sanikidze-Andersen,M

King’s Indian Averbakh 6..c5

19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Rd9

After 24.g4(Diagram)

White wants to simply advance g4-g5

What do you recommend for Black?

After 24.g4

Kelires-Bologan,V

King’s Indian Averbakh 6..c5

19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Rd7

After 19..Ne6(Diagram)

White has a menacing looking passed d-pawn while Black has made some progress with his queenside majority

What do you recommend for White?

After 19..Ne6

The Modern Benoni is a very topical opening

Quality Chess(2013)

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Fixing Stuff-Art Pub March 2018(ctd)

Mar 27

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The tedious chore of looking at my own games continues. This was the last and hardest game to review and showed quite a large range of mistakes.

Yip,M-Fodor,B

Reti-Slav

Art Pub Open March 15-18 Rd5

After 23..b5(Diagram)

Black has a queenside majority and strong control over the dark squares

White has more central space and a strong central presence

What do you recommend for White?

In the game I was slowly outplayed after reaching a more or less playable position in the opening

After 23..b5

That’s all for the Art Pub Open games review

I guess I should work harder!

 

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New Books Available from New in Chess (March 27-2018)

Mar 27

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From New in Chess

New titles are coming at a furious pace.

Pawn play-336 pages

288 pages

224 pages

Experienced chess trainer Emmanuel Bricard has created a practical exercise manual with carefully selected and tested training positions that teach you how to develop the right plan.

This book is for you if you want to:

  • know what to do if there is no tactical solution
  • improve your understanding of chess strategy
  • learn how to apply strategic principles in concrete positions
  • gain time on the clock by having to calculate fewer variations
  • learn how to accumulate advantages in various types of positions
  • be inspired by great examples of strategy.

400 pages

288 pages

There were some other new titles but these seemed like the most interesting

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TWIC 1220 Hungarians in Action

Mar 27

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TWIC 1220  is now available

Kelires-Erdos

Slav Defence

19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018

Rd9

After 25.Bc3(Diagram)

White’s castled position does not inspire confidence.

What do you recommend for Black?

After 25.Bc3

 

GM Erdos Viktor 2627 HUN Rp:2640 Pts. 6,0
1 199 IM Rzayev Bahruz 2390 AZE 5,0 s ½ 10 -3,00
2 197 FM Bosman Michiel 2398 NED 4,0 w 1 10 2,10
3 124 IM Kriebel Tadeas 2520 CZE 5,0 s 1 10 3,50
4 114 GM Arutinian David 2536 GEO 5,5 w ½ 10 -1,20
5 88 IM Vavulin Maksim 2583 RUS 5,5 s ½ 10 -0,60
6 92 GM Sarana Alexey 2577 RUS 6,5 w ½ 10 -0,70
7 94 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2569 ARM 5,0 s ½ 10 -0,80
8 110 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2542 ISR 5,5 w ½ 10 -1,20
9 122 GM Kelires Andreas 2523 GRE 5,0 s 1 10 3,60
10 123 GM Yuffa Daniil 2521 RUS 6,0 w

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