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MetLife-Karácsonyi Open 2017 Rd1
A-Results-Round 1
I managed to win a long rook endgame that was possibly a draw at some points.
Then there were some complaints the guy from Canada was not fast enough delivering the final checkmate.
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 23 | Geher Laszlo | 1850 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | IM | To Nhat Minh | 2329 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Juhasz Mark | 2227 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Csalami Gabor | 1825 | 24 | ||||
| 3 | 25 | Bartuszek Andras | 1816 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Kormos Adam | 2193 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Karacsonyi Gellert | 2163 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Purak Zoltan | 1811 | 26 | ||||
| 5 | 27 | Szendeff Miklos | 1795 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Molnar Jozsef | 2120 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2119 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Deli Kristof | 1793 | 28 | ||||
| 7 | 30 | Fodor Kornel | 1768 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Peczeli Zoltan | 2109 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | Tomosvary Attila | 2097 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Moricz Benedek | 1750 | 31 | ||||
| 9 | 32 | Nagy Gyorgy | 1741 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | IM | Eperjesi Laszlo Dr. | 2089 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 10 | Csomor Viktor | 2063 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Karacsonyi Kata | 1740 | 33 | ||||
| 11 | 34 | Bilku Andras | 1728 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Mester Attila | 2042 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | Biro Zsolt | 2032 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Varga Boldizsar | 1728 | 35 | ||||
| 13 | 36 | Forgacs Andras | 1713 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Juhasz Agoston | 2020 | 13 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | Pogany Zsombor | 1976 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Baranyi Robert | 1707 | 37 | ||||
| 15 | 38 | Saar Patrik | 1706 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Lehocz Jozsef | 1962 | 15 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | Kozsik Bende Barnabas | 1960 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Lakat Gyula | 1704 | 39 | ||||
| 17 | 40 | Banhidi Ferenc | 1701 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Peredi Oliver | 1946 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | Yip Michael | 1937 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Laszlo Csaba | 1674 | 41 | ||||
| 19 | 42 | Szurkos Andras | 1667 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Rozsa Sandor | 1932 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | Pervai Laszlo | 1875 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Bolyki Istvan | 1620 | 43 | ||||
| 21 | 44 | Szalay-Ocsak Bank | 1516 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Bodrogi Laszlo | 1864 | 21 | ||||
| 22 | 22 | Zoldy Robert | 1858 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Farkas Imre | 1500 | 45 |
B: Results-Round 1
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 1 | WCM | Kovarikova Maria | 1662 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Toth Adam | 1237 | 20 | |||
| 2 | 21 | Szuhorukov Marcell | 1228 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Csermely Zoltan | 1610 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Czagler Laszlo | 1499 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Balint Peter | 1176 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | 23 | Pervai Laszlo | 1174 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Csomor Gabor | 1475 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Nagy Daniel | 1472 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Pogany Tamas | 1166 | 24 | ||||
| 6 | 25 | Szabo Tamas | 1149 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Szegedy Matyas | 1426 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | Sziraki Zoltan | 1426 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Rado Peter | 1124 | 26 | ||||
| 8 | 27 | Paksai Nikolett | 1115 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Belencsak Istvan | 1424 | 8 | ||||
| 9 | 10 | Onodi Tamas | 1344 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Lehocz Jozsef Jr. | 1105 | 28 | ||||
| 10 | 29 | Onodi Miklos | 1102 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Moricz Karmen | 1343 | 11 | ||||
| 11 | 12 | Hajdu Marton Abris | 1342 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Csernyik Mark | 1092 | 30 | ||||
| 12 | 31 | Biro Daniel | 1042 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Szabo Balazs | 1330 | 13 | ||||
| 13 | 14 | Horvath Zoltan | 1320 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Szuhorukov Viktor | 1032 | 32 | ||||
| 14 | 33 | Apjok Balazs | 0 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Eros Janos | 1307 | 16 | ||||
| 15 | 17 | Karacsonyi Bank | 1265 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Chivela Felisberto | 0 | 34 | ||||
| 16 | 35 | Heller Gergo | 0 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Karacsonyi Luca | 1260 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | 19 | Tyrrell Kerry Ian | 1250 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Koronczai Csongor | 0 | 36 |
10th Perenyi Bela Memorial 2018 Starting Rank
Starting rank
A modest entry list so far.
MetLife-Karácsonyi Open 2017 Dec 27-30
Group A-Starting rank
Group B-Starting Rank
A Verseny Helyszíne:
Bp. XIII. Népfürdő u. 22. Duna Tower 11th floor
Verseny Program:
Dec 27
Regisztráció: 1315-1400
rd1 1430
Dec 28-30
Rounds 2-7 at 930 and 1430
World Rapid 2017 Rd1-5
Women-Rank after Round 5
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
| 1 | 4 | GM | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2537 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 2439 | 14,0 | 2 |
| 2 | 24 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | GEO | 2425 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2466 | 15,5 | 2 |
| 3 | 36 | IM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | VIE | 2390 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2413 | 13,5 | 2 |
| 4 | 28 | IM | Padmini Rout | IND | 2409 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2402 | 12,0 | 2 |
| 5 | 6 | GM | Tan Zhongyi | CHN | 2502 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2396 | 12,0 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2466 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2384 | 11,0 | 2 |
| 7 | 11 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2467 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2376 | 10,0 | 3 |
| 8 | 16 | IM | Guo Qi | CHN | 2451 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2371 | 12,5 | 2 |
| 9 | 13 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | RUS | 2460 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2364 | 9,5 | 3 |
| 10 | 75 | WGM | Mamedjarova Turkan | AZE | 2286 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2453 | 12,0 | 2 |
| 11 | 17 | GM | Lei Tingjie | CHN | 2450 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2450 | 14,0 | 2 |
| 12 | 3 | GM | Gunina Valentina | RUS | 2566 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2434 | 13,0 | 3 |
| 13 | 2 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2586 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2424 | 13,5 | 2 |
| 14 | 20 | GM | Sebag Marie | FRA | 2445 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2416 | 12,5 | 2 |
| 15 | 80 | IM | Zozulia Anna | BEL | 2256 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2400 | 10,5 | 2 |
| 16 | 88 | WGM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | UZB | 2171 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2399 | 12,0 | 3 |
| 17 | 7 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | FID | 2497 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2397 | 9,0 | 3 |
| 18 | 10 | GM | Danielian Elina | ARM | 2473 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2381 | 11,0 | 2 |
| 19 | 37 | WGM | Girya Olga | RUS | 2390 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2364 | 12,0 | 3 |
| 20 | 15 | WGM | Huang Qian | CHN | 2453 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2352 | 11,0 | 3 |
| 21 | 30 | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | GEO | 2400 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2351 | 10,5 | 2 |
| 22 | 8 | GM | Ushenina Anna | UKR | 2482 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2348 | 10,5 | 2 |
| 23 | 23 | IM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | KAZ | 2439 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2322 | 10,5 | 3 |
| 24 | 58 | WGM | Ding Yixin | CHN | 2339 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2488 | 14,0 | 3 |
| 25 | 51 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | POL | 2361 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2461 | 11,0 | 2 |
| 26 | 65 | IM | Cornette Deimante | LTU | 2320 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2450 | 14,0 | 2 |
| 27 | 48 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2367 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2439 | 13,5 | 2 |
| 28 | 77 | IM | Gvetadze Sofio | GEO | 2281 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2433 | 14,5 | 3 |
| 29 | 5 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2508 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2424 | 14,5 | 3 |
| 30 | 55 | IM | Saduakassova Dinara | KAZ | 2350 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2421 | 10,5 | 2 |
| 31 | 82 | WGM | Buksa Nataliya | UKR | 2241 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2409 | 11,5 | 3 |
| 32 | 84 | WGM | Doluhanova Evgeniya | UKR | 2228 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2402 | 12,5 | 3 |
| 33 | 71 | IM | Batchimeg Tuvshintugs | MGL | 2302 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2398 | 7,5 | 3 |
| 34 | 93 | FM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | RUS | 1949 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2395 | 9,0 | 2 |
| 35 | 68 | IM | Charochkina Daria | RUS | 2307 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2394 | 8,5 | 3 |
| 36 | 92 | WGM | Fataliyeva Ulviyya | AZE | 2085 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2378 | 10,0 | 3 |
| 37 | 40 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | USA | 2388 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2376 | 11,0 | 2 |
| 38 | 74 | WGM | Hoang Thi Bao Tram | VIE | 2291 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2374 | 10,0 | 3 |
| 39 | 18 | IM | Shen Yang | CHN | 2450 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2356 | 11,0 | 2 |
| 40 | 34 | FM | Voit Daria | RUS | 2397 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2351 | 11,0 | 2 |
| 41 | 22 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2439 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2344 | 8,5 | 3 |
| 42 | 26 | GM | Socko Monika | POL | 2421 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2342 | 10,0 | 2 |
| 43 | 38 | IM | Atalik Ekaterina | TUR | 2389 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2289 | 10,5 | 2 |
| 44 | 59 | IM | Mammadova Gulnar | AZE | 2337 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2476 | 13,5 | 3 |
| 45 | 47 | IM | Karavade Eesha | IND | 2369 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2455 | 10,5 | 2 |
| 46 | 63 | WGM | Ordaz Valdes Lisandra Teresa | CUB | 2330 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2448 | 13,5 | 2 |
| 47 | 70 | WGM | Mamedjarova Zeinab | AZE | 2303 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2426 | 13,0 | 3 |
| 48 | 56 | IM | Bulmaga Irina | ROU | 2347 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2420 | 11,5 | 3 |
| 49 | 81 | WGM | Mammadzada Gunay | AZE | 2254 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2417 | 13,0 | 2 |
| 50 | 1 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | RUS | 2590 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2404 | 10,5 | 3 |
| 51 | 87 | WGM | Vo Thi Kim Phung | VIE | 2192 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2388 | 11,5 | 2 |
| 52 | 73 | IM | Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman | IND | 2297 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2387 | 9,0 | 2 |
| 53 | 9 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | RUS | 2480 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2370 | 12,0 | 3 |
| 54 | 25 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | ARM | 2423 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2344 | 12,0 | 3 |
| 55 | 14 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | MGL | 2455 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2335 | 11,5 | 3 |
| 56 | 31 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | UKR | 2399 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2308 | 10,0 | 3 |
| 57 | 45 | IM | Zimina Olga | ITA | 2376 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2283 | 13,0 | 3 |
| 58 | 64 | WGM | Kulon Klaudia | POL | 2325 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2437 | 13,0 | 3 |
| 59 | 61 | IM | Sedina Elena | ITA | 2333 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2431 | 12,5 | 2 |
| 60 | 69 | WGM | Michna Marta | GER | 2306 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2419 | 11,5 | 2 |
| 61 | 66 | IM | Fierro Baquero Martha L. | ECU | 2318 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2417 | 13,5 | 3 |
| 62 | 54 | WGM | Cori T. Deysi | PER | 2352 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2411 | 13,5 | 3 |
| 63 | 76 | WGM | Nakhbayeva Guliskhan | KAZ | 2285 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2409 | 14,0 | 3 |
| 64 | 79 | WGM | Papp Petra | HUN | 2268 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2408 | 9,0 | 2 |
| 65 | 89 | IM | Ovod Evgenija | RUS | 2158 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2407 | 9,0 | 2 |
| 66 | 83 | WIM | Shuvalova Polina | RUS | 2241 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2403 | 13,0 | 3 |
| 67 | 72 | WGM | Kovanova Baira | RUS | 2300 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2403 | 12,0 | 3 |
| 68 | 78 | IM | Szczepkowska Karina | POL | 2272 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2379 | 10,0 | 3 |
| 69 | 91 | WIM | Gevorgyan Maria | ARM | 2138 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2378 | 8,5 | 2 |
| 70 | 19 | IM | Skripchenko Almira | FRA | 2448 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2363 | 10,0 | 3 |
| 71 | 50 | GM | Hoang Thanh Trang | HUN | 2364 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2362 | 14,0 | 2 |
| 72 | 21 | GM | Krush Irina | USA | 2441 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2356 | 10,5 | 2 |
| 73 | 44 | IM | Sukandar Irine Kharisma | INA | 2376 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2355 | 11,5 | 2 |
| 74 | 60 | WGM | Charkhalashvili Inga | GEO | 2337 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2351 | 12,0 | 2 |
| 75 | 27 | IM | Nechaeva Marina | RUS | 2419 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2346 | 9,5 | 3 |
| 76 | 52 | WGM | Berend Elvira | LUX | 2355 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2344 | 10,0 | 3 |
| 77 | 53 | WGM | Bivol Alina | RUS | 2353 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2333 | 11,0 | 2 |
| 78 | 29 | WGM | Hoolt Sarah | GER | 2405 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2325 | 9,0 | 3 |
| 79 | 46 | IM | Khukhashvili Sopiko | GEO | 2370 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2304 | 12,5 | 2 |
| 80 | 35 | IM | Savina Anastasia | RUS | 2394 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2287 | 8,5 | 3 |
| 81 | 41 | WGM | Ambartsumova Karina | RUS | 2388 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2207 | 10,5 | 3 |
| 82 | 43 | IM | Galojan Lilit | ARM | 2378 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2185 | 9,5 | 3 |
| 83 | 67 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Mai Hung | VIE | 2314 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2432 | 10,5 | 2 |
| 84 | 62 | WGM | Gu Xiaobing | CHN | 2332 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2397 | 11,0 | 3 |
| 85 | 90 | WIM | Badelka Olga | BLR | 2156 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2384 | 11,5 | 3 |
| 86 | 32 | IM | Melia Salome | GEO | 2398 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2327 | 11,5 | 2 |
| 87 | 85 | WGM | Belenkaya Dina | RUS | 2220 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2311 | 6,0 | 2 |
| 88 | 39 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 2388 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2270 | 11,0 | 3 |
| 89 | 57 | WGM | Rapport Jovana | SRB | 2345 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 2442 | 12,5 | 2 |
| 90 | 49 | IM | Gara Anita | HUN | 2367 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 2379 | 12,5 | 2 |
| 91 | 86 | WGM | Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii | MGL | 2206 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 2329 | 8,5 | 3 |
| 92 | 33 | IM | Li Ruofan | CHN | 2397 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 2301 | 8,5 | 3 |
| 93 | 42 | GM | Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | SCO | 2380 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 2290 | 11,5 | 2 |
| 94 | 95 | Al Durazi Zainab Ali | KSA | 1496 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 2193 | 8,5 | 2 | |
| 95 | 94 | WFM | Albzoor Anwar | PLE | 1558 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 2162 | 8,5 | 3 |
| 96 | 99 | Alzbiday Nawal | KSA | 0 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 2070 | 6,5 | 2 | |
| 97 | 100 | Fallatah Eiman | KSA | 0 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 1892 | 7,0 | 3 | |
| 98 | 96 | Al Hunaydi Asma | KSA | 0 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 1803 | 8,5 | 3 | |
| 99 | 97 | Al Qubaishi Afnan | KSA | 0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 2046 | 9,0 | 2 | |
| 100 | 98 | Al Shelash Bedor | KSA | 0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 1797 | 9,0 | 2 |
Men-Rank after Round 5
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 8 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | RUS | 2771 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 2732 | 13,0 |
| 2 | 54 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2672 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 2722 | 11,5 |
| 3 | 5 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2813 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2738 | 14,5 |
| 4 | 52 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | RUS | 2673 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2718 | 14,5 |
| 5 | 18 | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2743 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2713 | 14,0 |
| 6 | 87 | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | UKR | 2610 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2708 | 14,0 |
| 7 | 63 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2662 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2707 | 12,0 |
| 8 | 86 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | FRA | 2612 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2705 | 12,5 |
| 9 | 12 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | IND | 2758 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2693 | 13,5 |
| 10 | 17 | GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2748 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2675 | 12,0 |
| 11 | 38 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | FID | 2694 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2673 | 13,0 |
| 12 | 68 | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | CHN | 2654 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2734 | 13,5 |
| 13 | 98 | GM | Bosiocic Marin | CRO | 2524 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2718 | 11,5 |
| 14 | 1 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2908 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2703 | 10,0 |
| 15 | 62 | GM | Ni Hua | CHN | 2663 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2695 | 12,0 |
| 16 | 9 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2770 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2693 | 14,0 |
| 17 | 85 | GM | Quparadze Giga | GEO | 2614 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2688 | 12,0 |
| 18 | 114 | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | NED | 2298 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2686 | 10,5 |
| 19 | 55 | GM | Leko Peter | HUN | 2671 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2682 | 11,5 |
| 20 | 32 | GM | Wang Yue | CHN | 2702 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2671 | 13,0 |
| 21 | 20 | GM | Ding Liren | CHN | 2734 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2669 | 12,0 |
| 22 | 33 | GM | McShane Luke J | ENG | 2697 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2662 | 12,0 |
| 23 | 39 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2694 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2652 | 13,0 |
| 24 | 47 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | RUS | 2681 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2645 | 13,0 |
| 25 | 44 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | ARM | 2685 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2642 | 13,0 |
| 26 | 43 | GM | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2687 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2641 | 12,0 |
| 27 | 16 | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | UKR | 2748 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2641 | 11,5 |
| 28 | 36 | GM | Fedorchuk Sergey A. | UKR | 2695 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2635 | 12,0 |
| 29 | 46 | GM | Bortnyk Olexandr | UKR | 2683 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2615 | 12,0 |
| 30 | 41 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2688 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2611 | 9,5 |
| 31 | 58 | GM | Demchenko Anton | RUS | 2667 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2740 | 12,5 |
| 32 | 88 | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | BLR | 2608 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2735 | 11,0 |
| 33 | 69 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2654 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2718 | 12,5 |
| 34 | 64 | GM | Adhiban B. | IND | 2659 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2718 | 11,0 |
| 35 | 82 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | UKR | 2618 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2716 | 13,5 |
| 36 | 89 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | GEO | 2601 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2716 | 12,5 |
| 37 | 61 | GM | Li Chao B | CHN | 2663 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2711 | 12,5 |
| 38 | 4 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2814 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2703 | 11,5 |
| 39 | 65 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | RUS | 2659 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2697 | 13,5 |
| 40 | 53 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2673 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2694 | 13,5 |
| 41 | 25 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L. | ARM | 2715 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2685 | 13,5 |
| 42 | 14 | GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2752 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2681 | 10,5 |
| 43 | 51 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2676 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2680 | 13,5 |
| 44 | 7 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2780 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2675 | 10,0 |
| 45 | 50 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2678 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2670 | 10,5 |
| 46 | 28 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | TJK | 2708 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2665 | 12,0 |
| 47 | 22 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | UKR | 2731 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2661 | 12,0 |
| 48 | 11 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2765 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2660 | 9,5 |
| 49 | 45 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2685 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2659 | 12,0 |
| 50 | 37 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2695 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2657 | 14,0 |
| 51 | 71 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2649 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2656 | 11,0 |
| 52 | 24 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander | RUS | 2719 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2654 | 10,5 |
| 53 | 105 | FM | Esipenko Andrey | RUS | 2438 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2641 | 11,5 |
| 54 | 30 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | FRA | 2706 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2640 | 10,0 |
| 55 | 34 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | RUS | 2696 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2599 | 9,0 |
| 56 | 15 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2750 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2593 | 9,5 |
| 57 | 13 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | RUS | 2757 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2546 | 8,0 |
| 58 | 74 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | CZE | 2640 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2760 | 12,0 |
| 59 | 48 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | UZB | 2679 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2759 | 13,0 |
| 60 | 49 | GM | Bocharov Dmitry | RUS | 2678 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2758 | 12,0 |
| 61 | 59 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2666 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2722 | 13,0 |
| 62 | 6 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2796 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2697 | 12,0 |
| 63 | 81 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND | 2618 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2683 | 10,0 |
| 64 | 92 | GM | Saric Ivan | CRO | 2597 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2681 | 11,5 |
| 65 | 91 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2599 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2681 | 11,0 |
| 66 | 3 | GM | Aronian Levon | ARM | 2819 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2669 | 9,5 |
| 67 | 19 | GM | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | UKR | 2740 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2659 | 13,5 |
| 68 | 77 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | AZE | 2634 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2656 | 9,5 |
| 69 | 67 | GM | Socko Bartosz | POL | 2655 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2653 | 12,0 |
| 70 | 31 | GM | Meier Georg | GER | 2703 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2640 | 12,5 |
| 71 | 75 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | HUN | 2638 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2636 | 13,0 |
| 72 | 103 | FM | Dzhumagaliev Yan | RUS | 2464 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2636 | 12,0 |
| 73 | 26 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2714 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2635 | 10,5 |
| 74 | 56 | GM | Amin Bassem | EGY | 2670 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2634 | 10,0 |
| 75 | 60 | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | ESP | 2665 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2622 | 13,5 |
| 76 | 29 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | BLR | 2707 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2622 | 11,0 |
| 77 | 84 | GM | Andriasian Zaven | ARM | 2615 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2596 | 11,0 |
| 78 | 115 | IM | Minko Vladimir | RUS | 2267 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2579 | 9,5 |
| 79 | 35 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2696 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2578 | 9,0 |
| 80 | 90 | GM | Zhao Jun | CHN | 2600 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2545 | 9,5 |
| 81 | 57 | GM | Kokarev Dmitry | RUS | 2668 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2543 | 10,5 |
| 82 | 72 | GM | Potkin Vladimir | RUS | 2647 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2499 | 11,0 |
| 83 | 40 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2693 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2488 | 9,5 |
| 84 | 80 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2619 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2766 | 12,5 |
| 85 | 78 | GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2626 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2746 | 11,0 |
| 86 | 83 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | KAZ | 2616 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2705 | 12,0 |
| 87 | 70 | GM | Georgiev Kiril | FID | 2653 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2703 | 10,5 |
| 88 | 66 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2656 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2693 | 12,5 |
| 89 | 113 | IM | Lodhi Mahmood | PAK | 2302 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2674 | 11,5 |
| 90 | 10 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2767 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2673 | 12,0 |
| 91 | 95 | GM | Grigoriants Sergey | RUS | 2572 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2672 | 11,5 |
| 92 | 110 | IM | Khader Sami | JOR | 2360 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2664 | 12,5 |
| 93 | 23 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2729 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2658 | 13,5 |
| 94 | 99 | GM | Ibrahimov Rasul | AZE | 2518 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2645 | 11,0 |
| 95 | 2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2839 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2638 | 11,5 |
| 96 | 79 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | USA | 2620 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2608 | 10,0 |
| 97 | 42 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | RUS | 2687 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2598 | 12,0 |
| 98 | 27 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2709 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2593 | 9,0 |
| 99 | 21 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | ESP | 2732 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2566 | 10,0 |
| 100 | 73 | GM | Miton Kamil | POL | 2644 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2559 | 10,0 |
| 101 | 100 | GM | Khenkin Igor | GER | 2513 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2533 | 10,0 |
| 102 | 93 | GM | Dervishi Erald | ALB | 2582 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2532 | 9,0 |
| 103 | 96 | GM | Tregubov Pavel V. | RUS | 2565 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2496 | 10,5 |
| 104 | 109 | IM | Tissir Mohamed | MAR | 2366 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2495 | 7,5 |
| 105 | 106 | IM | Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | NOR | 2381 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2478 | 10,0 |
| 106 | 108 | IM | El Adnani Mokliss | MAR | 2366 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2464 | 11,0 |
| 107 | 111 | FM | Saeed Ishaq | UAE | 2314 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2456 | 10,0 |
| 108 | 76 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2638 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2448 | 10,0 |
| 109 | 133 | Al Saidi Mohammed Khalfan | OMA | 1573 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2353 | 7,0 | |
| 110 | 102 | GM | Dobrov Vladimir | RUS | 2497 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2731 | 12,0 |
| 111 | 94 | GM | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2575 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2709 | 9,5 |
| 112 | 97 | GM | Malakhatko Vadim | BEL | 2551 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2681 | 12,0 |
| 113 | 101 | GM | Sanal Vahap | TUR | 2499 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2664 | 11,5 |
| 114 | 107 | IM | Al-Saffar Araz Basim Mohammed | IRQ | 2368 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2647 | 10,5 |
| 115 | 104 | IM | Abdyjapar Asyl | KGZ | 2454 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2628 | 11,5 |
| 116 | 119 | CM | Al Ghamdi Ahmed M | KSA | 2097 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2530 | 11,5 |
TWIC 1207 Hungarians in Action
Ruck-Aczel
Queen’s Gambit Declined
Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM, Rd9
After 27..Qg6(Diagram)
White has a promising attacking position but unfortunately found a not so good move.
What do you recommend for White?
After 27..Qg6
Medvegy-Banusz
English Opening 4.e3(A28)
Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM, Rd8
After 45.Kc3(Diagram)
Black has a clear extra pawn.
What plan do you recommend to convert the pawn?
After 45.Kc3
Aczel-Indjic
Benoni(A65)
Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM, Rd8
After 26.Kh1(Diagram)
Black controls the dark squares and has the bishops.
What do you recommend for Black?
After 26.Kh1
Dr.Hetenyi Geza Memorial GM 2017-GM Banusz(HUN)/IM Aczel(HUN)
GM-A Final Ranking Crosstable
GM Banusz and IM Aczel shared first with 6/9
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | GM | Banusz Tamas | 2629 | HUN | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,0 | 24,50 | 0,0 | 4,0 |
| 2 | IM | Aczel Gergely | 2549 | HUN | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,0 | 23,75 | 0,0 | 5,0 |
| 3 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2658 | HUN | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5,5 | 23,00 | 0,0 | 3,0 |
| 4 | GM | Gledura Benjamin | 2613 | HUN | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5,0 | 22,25 | 0,0 | 1,0 |
| 5 | GM | Markus Robert | 2617 | SRB | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4,5 | 21,00 | 0,0 | 1,0 |
| 6 | GM | Indjic Aleksandar | 2611 | SRB | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4,5 | 20,25 | 0,0 | 3,0 |
| 7 | GM | Vajda Levente | 2579 | ROU | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4,0 | 17,00 | 0,0 | 1,0 |
| 8 | GM | Medvegy Zoltan | 2539 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 3,5 | 13,75 | 0,0 | 2,0 |
| 9 | GM | Bauer Christian | 2647 | FRA | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 3,0 | 12,75 | 0,5 | 1,0 |
| 10 | GM | Ruck Robert | 2529 | HUN | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 3,0 | 12,75 | 0,5 | 0,0 |
MetLife-Karácsonyi Open Dec 27-30 2017 Start List
Working hard on the King’s Indian
Preparing for the Xmas Open
Starting rank
Dr.Hetenyi Geza Memorial GM 2017 Rd9-IM Galyas(HUN)
GM-B Final Ranking Crosstable
IM Galyas M shared first with 6,5/9
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | IM | Galyas Miklos | 2484 | HUN | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,5 | 26,00 | 0,0 | 5 |
| 2 | GM | Sedlak Nikola | 2564 | SRB | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6,5 | 25,50 | 0,0 | 4 |
| 3 | GM | Gonda Laszlo | 2507 | HUN | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6,0 | 24,00 | 0,0 | 3 |
| 4 | GM | Czebe Attila | 2469 | HUN | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5,5 | 22,25 | 0,0 | 3 |
| 5 | IM | Bokros Albert | 2478 | HUN | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4,5 | 17,75 | 0,0 | 3 |
| 6 | GM | Kosic Dragan | 2454 | MNE | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4,5 | 17,50 | 0,0 | 2 |
| 7 | IM | Sredojevic Ivan | 2376 | SRB | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3,5 | 14,25 | 1,0 | 1 |
| 8 | IM | Jakab Attila | 2359 | HUN | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 3,5 | 14,25 | 0,0 | 1 |
| 9 | IM | Paschall William | 2379 | USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 2,5 | 10,00 | 0,0 | 0 |
| 10 | FM | Martini Balazs | 2351 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 2,0 | 7,50 | 0,0 | 0 |
TWIC 1206-Hungarians in Action(2)
Berkes,F-Banusz,T
London System
Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM
After 18..Rb8(Diagram)
It does not look like much is happening.
What do you recommend for White now?
After 18..Rb8
Aczel,G-Berkes,F
Queen’s Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation
Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM
The standard minority attack plan produced a dream set of structural weaknesses that Black was unable to overcome
After 43..Ra2(Diagram)
Black has one weakness, the c6-pawn and possibly more if you count the weak kingside dark squares around Kh7.
How should White continue?
After 43..Ra2
TWIC 1206-Hungarians in Action
FM Krstulovic,Alex at Zadar
FM Krstulovic earned an IM norm for his strong showing.
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GM Anurag-Krstulovic
King’s Indian Attack
Zadar Rd9
After 27.h5(Diagram)
White is pressing on the kingside.
What do you recommend for Black now?
After 27.h5
Krstuluvic-Burovic
King’s Indian Classical(E94)
Zadar Rd8
After 14..Ng7(Diagram)
White has a normal pawn centre and has made an ambitious kingside advance which gives potential dark square counterplay to Black
What do you recommend for White now?
After 14..Ng7


