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Play 1..d6-Zude,Hickl(NIC 2017)

Oct 5

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Play 1..d6 Against Everything

The publication date is 2017, NOT Jan 1,1970 as given by New in Chess.

The material is arranged around 48 annotated games with the 1.e4 repertoire based on the Antoshin Philidor(a quick 4..exd4).

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Training Outside the Box

Oct 4

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Francia Kreme

Thinking Inside the Box

Chapter 2-The Psychology of Chess Improvement: 

….something about a diet bet …..

Training outside the box needs a little reward.

The Francia Kreme is today’s reward.

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TWIC 1195 Oct 3-2017

Oct 3

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TWIC 1195 is now available.

Grunfeld Defence

Miron-Gledura

3rd Ceramica Corund Open Rd2

5.h4 c6(D90)

After 18.Be2(Diagram)

White is uncastled but it is not so clear who is attacking whom. How should Black continue?

After 18.Be2

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BTCh 2017-18 Rd1

Oct 1

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I contributed a win for MTK IV with Black on board 2.

The breakfast TWIX came in handy. The usual practice is for the Team Captain to give a chocolate bar to each player before each round.

Team Captain-Gehér László

There were two matches taking place in the playing hall, the leader of one of the other teams was Kormos,Adam. Sorry I could not figure out who the other teams playing were.

I. osztály, Lilienthal Andor csoport
Vasas SC II – Palota Sakk I 5:7
Sirály SE I – Mattolda SSC I 7,5:4,5
SENSE I – Fabulon SC 4,5:7,5
BEAC II – Csepeli TK I 8:4
Pénzügyőr SE III – MTK Budapest III 5:7
Aquaréna KSC III – Barcza GSC I 6:6

II. osztály, Bilek István csoport
HÜSI SC II – A. Láng MKKE 5,5:6,5
Tabáni Spartacus II – Sárkány DSE II 6:6
HASE III-Hóbagoly – SENSE II 4,5:7,5
Törekvés SE – Sirály SE II
BEAC III – MTK Budapest IV 6:6
Pestszentlőrinc II – Barcza GSC II 4,5:7,5

III. osztály, Szén József csoport
HÜSI SC III – Sárkány DSE III 2:10
MTK Budapest V – ATTE-ARISZ 9,5:2,5
Sirály SE III – Aquaréna KSC IV 5,5:6,5
Palota Sakk II – Újpesti KSE II 2,5:9,5

Pestszentimre – Mattolda SSC II 4,5:7,5
Aquaréna KSC V – ART 3F SE 3:9
Csepeli TK II – Rákosliget 5,5:6,5
Pénzügyőr SE IV – Barcza GSC III 8,5:3,5

Mórocz-Yip board 2

Berlin Defence

After 52.Rf1(Diagram)

Passed pawns must be pushed so i did but White’s last move was a big help.

After 52.Rf1

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Mitropa Cup 2017 Final

Sep 26

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The Hungarian Women’s Team was victorious.

Left to Right: Kovacs,J;  Havanecz,Bianca; Terbe,J; Vajda; Gara,T

 

Coach GM Papp,G and team Hungary

Photos from Official Site Gallery

Open Rank table

Croatia won gold.

Rk. SNo Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 4 Croatia 9 6 3 0 15 23,0 0
2 2 Czech Republic 9 6 2 1 14 22,5 0
3 1 France 9 6 2 1 14 22,0 0
4 8 Hungary 9 4 3 2 11 20,0 0
5 9 Austria 9 3 2 4 8 16,5 0
6 3 Italy 9 2 2 5 6 17,0 0
7 10 Germany 9 2 2 5 6 15,0 1
8 5 Slovenia 9 1 4 4 6 15,0 1
9 6 Slovakia 9 1 4 4 6 14,5 0
10 7 Switzerland 9 1 2 6 4 14,5 0

Open Team-Composition with round-results

  1. Croatia (RtgAvg:2486, TB1: 15 / TB2: 23)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. G RA Rp K rtg+/-
1 GM Kuljasevic  D 2549 CRO 14506661 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5,0 9 2508 2551 10 -0,1
2 GM Jovanovic Z 2534 CRO 14505320 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6,0 8 2476 2669 10 13,7
3 IM Plenca J 2440 CRO 14527146 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3,5 5 2437 2586 10 9,8
4 FM Srbis Jurica 2421 CRO 14515555 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 2,0 5 2445 2373 10 -3,4
5 FM Tica Sven 2389 CRO 14526948 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6,5 9 2446 2612 20 53,8
  2. Czech Republic (RtgAvg:2502, TB1: 14 / TB2: 22,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. G RtgAvg Rp K rtg+/-
1 GM Krejci Jan 2538 CZE 322156 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5,0 7 2518 2676 10 13,1
2 IM Kriebel Tadeas 2487 CZE 330027 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 6,0 9 2477 2602 10 13,8
3 IM Ponizil Cyril 2480 CZE 322202 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 3,5 7 2443 2443 10 -3,6
4 GM Zilka Stepan 2504 CZE 315303 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 4,5 6 2430 2623 10 8,8
5 IM Kraus Tomas 2432 CZE 331708 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 3,5 7 2443 2443 10 0,8
  3. France (RtgAvg:2501, TB1: 14 / TB2: 22)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. G RtgAvg Rp K rtg+/-
1 IM Bellahcene B 2493 FRA 696358 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5,5 9 2524 2604 10 13,8
2 IM Ider Borya 2503 FRA 4901134 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6,0 9 2481 2606 10 12,2
3 IM Loiseau Q 2424 FRA 665274 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 5,5 9 2442 2522 10 12,3
4 GM Gozzoli Y 2582 FRA 616915 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5,0 9 2427 2470 10 -13,5
  4. Hungary (RtgAvg:2545, TB1: 11 / TB2: 20)
Bo.   Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. G RtgAvg Rp K rtg+/-
1 GM Erdos V 2619 HUN 719978     ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4,5 7 2508 2610 10 -0,4
2 GM Banusz T 2608 HUN 722413 1 ½ 1   1 1 1 ½ 0 6,0 8 2485 2678 10 6,9
3 GM Hoang T T 2459 HUN 12400149 0 ½ 1 0   0 0 0   1,5 7 2452 2222 10 -20,8
4 IM Kantor G 2495 HUN 751499 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1   ½ ½ 5,5 8 2457 2598 10 10,8
5 IM Kozak A 2428 HUN 753246 ½ 0   ½ ½   ½   ½ 2,5 6 2433 2376 10 -4,6
  5. Austria (RtgAvg:2477, TB1: 8 / TB2: 16,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. G RtgAvg Rp K rtg+/-
1 GM Shengelia D 2567 AUT 13601270 1 0 0 0 1,0 4 2542 2349 10 -11,3
2 IM Schreiner P 2482 AUT 1621645 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 4,0 9 2506 2463 10 -2,1
3 IM Kreisl Robert 2427 AUT 1613880 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5,5 8 2445 2586 10 16,9
4 IM Kessler Luca 2431 AUT 1600087 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 3,5 8 2437 2394 10 -4,2
5 IM Menezes C 2409 AUT 1617001 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 2,5 7 2438 2336 10 -7,3
  6. Italy (RtgAvg:2474, TB1: 6 / TB2: 17)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. G RtgAvg Rp K rtg+/-
1 GM Godena M 2488 ITA 800090 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 3,5 7 2503 2503 10 1,4
2 IM Valsecchi A 2491 ITA 818860 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 5,5 9 2483 2563 10 9,0
3 IM Codenotti M 2464 ITA 800015 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1,0 6 2472 2199 10 -19,3
4 IM Sonis F 2453 ITA 895733 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 3,5 8 2423 2380 10 -8,4
5 IM Altini Nicola 2419 ITA 833924 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3,5 6 2449 2506 10 7,5
  7. Germany (RtgAvg:2493, TB1: 6 / TB2: 15)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. G RtgAvg Rp K rtg+/-
1 GM Heimann A 2578 GER 24624632 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5,5 9 2515 2595 10 2,2
2 GM Kunin Vitaly 2531 GER 4128737 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 3,0 6 2488 2488 10 -3,5
3 Keymer V 2419 GER 12940690 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 3,5 9 2452 2372 10 -5,8
4 IM Yankelevich L 2443 GER 24684074 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2,5 5 2443 2443 10 0,1
5 FM Schmidek Emil 2414 GER 12908150 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0,5 7 2448 2026 10 -26,8
  8. Slovenia (RtgAvg:2409, TB1: 6 / TB2: 15)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. G RtgAvg Rp K rtg+/-
1 IM Markoja Boris 2428 SLO 14608502 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 3,5 9 2522 2442 10 1,4
2 IM Drnovsek Gal 2421 SLO 14607077 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 2,5 9 2500 2334 10 -10,5
3 IM Tomazini Zan 2395 SLO 14608162 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5,5 9 2441 2521 10 15,7
4 FM Spalir Jernej 2392 SLO 14606518 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3,5 9 2448 2368 20 -6,2
  9. Slovakia (RtgAvg:2472, TB1: 6 / TB2: 14,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. G RtgAvg Rp K rtg+/-
1 IM Repka C 2475 SVK 14918781 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 2,0 8 2528 2335 10 -14,2
2 IM Mazur Stefan 2472 SVK 14909332 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 3,0 8 2454 2367 10 -11,9
3 GM Jurcik Marian 2497 SVK 14907518 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1,0 5 2451 2211 10 -18,2
4 FM Pechac Jergus 2442 SVK 14926970 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 3,0 6 2446 2446 10 0,2
5 Nayhebaver M 2437 SVK 14923432 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 5,5 9 2443 2523 10 10,6
  10. Switzerland (RtgAvg:2446, TB1: 4 / TB2: 14,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Gs RtgAvg Rp K rtg+/-
1 IM Studer Noel 2478 SUI 1319620 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 2,0 8 2525 2332 10 -14,9
2 IM Gaehwiler G 2419 SUI 1314530 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 3,0 8 2506 2419 10 -0,6
3 GM Gallagher J 2433 SUI 1303422 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4,5 7 2465 2567 10 13,2
4 FM Colmenares A 2397 SUI 1308629 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0,5 6 2430 2029 10 -22,2
5 GM Jenni Florian 2454 SUI 1304232 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 4,5 7 2451 2553 10 9,6

 

Women Rank table

Rk. SNo Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 8 Hungary 9 6 1 2 13 24,5 0
2 1 France 9 6 1 2 13 22,0 0
3 4 Croatia 9 6 0 3 12 20,5 0
4 7 Poland 9 4 3 2 11 19,5 0
5 10 Germany 9 3 3 3 9 19,0 0
6 5 Slovenia 9 3 2 4 8 18,5 0
7 3 Italy 9 2 4 3 8 16,0 0
8 2 Czech Republic 9 3 1 5 7 13,0 0
9 9 Austria 9 2 2 5 6 15,0 0
10 6 Slovakia 9 0 3 6 3 12,0 0

Team-Composition with round-results

  1. Hungary (RtgAvg:2280, TB1: 13 / TB2: 24,5)
Bo.   Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Games RtgAvg
1 IM Lazarne Vajda Szidonia 2358 HUN 723894 0 ½ ½   ½ 1 1 1 1 5,5 8 2275
2 WGM Gara Ticia 2332 HUN 717444 1 ½ ½ 0 0   1 ½ 1 4,5 8 2208
3 WIM Terbe Julianna 2250 HUN 708780 1 0   0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5,0 8 2167
4 WIM Havanecz Bianka 2181 HUN 704814 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7,5 9 2052
5   Kovacs Judit 2042 HUN 769215     1 1   0       2,0 3 1978
  2. France (RtgAvg:2144, TB1: 13 / TB2: 22)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Games RtgAvg
1 WIM Navrotescu A-C 2219 FRA 675946 0 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 4,5 9 2268
2 WFM Haussernot Cecile 2136 FRA 601632 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 5,0 9 2231
3 Broly Mathilde 2086 FRA 20682794 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 5,5 9 2133
4 WFM Choisy Mathilde 2136 FRA 634565 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7,0 9 2022
  3. Croatia (RtgAvg:2180, TB1: 12 / TB2: 20,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Games RtgAvg
1 FM Cvitan Ena 2270 CRO 14534215 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3,5 9 2288
2 WIM Berke Ana 2169 CRO 14510359 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 4,5 9 2193
3 WFM Purgar Ivona 2159 CRO 14514451 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7,0 9 2120
4 WFM Vujnovic Patricija 2121 CRO 14502313 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 5,5 9 2000
  4. Poland (RtgAvg:2215, TB1: 11 / TB2: 19,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Games RtgAvg
1 WIM Kantane Anna 2299 POL 1135988 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 3,5 9 2286
2 WIM Warakomska Anna 2268 POL 1130790 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 6,5 9 2217
3 Kubicka Anna 2221 POL 1152254 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 6,0 9 2139
4 WCM Dmochowska Agnieszka 2073 POL 1142984 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 3,5 9 2024
  5. Germany (RtgAvg:2228, TB1: 9 / TB2: 19)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Games RtgAvg
1 Klek Hanna Marie 2363 GER 24670057 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 5,5 9 2279
2 WIM Heinemann Josefine 2292 GER 12900460 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 4,5 9 2195
3 FM Schneider Jana 2231 GER 12924997 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4,0 9 2130
4 WFM Rogozenco Teodora 2025 GER 12938084 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5,0 9 2038
  6. Slovenia (RtgAvg:2167, TB1: 8 / TB2: 18,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Games RtgAvg
1 WGM Kaps Darja 2182 SLO 14602334 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 0 4,0 9 2281
2 WFM Janzelj Lara 2164 SLO 14608391 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 4,5 9 2200
3 WFM Vidic Teja 2128 SLO 14605511 1 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 4,0 9 2114
4 WFM Rozman Monika 2194 SLO 14609118 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 6,0 9 1977
  7. Italy (RtgAvg:2221, TB1: 8 / TB2: 16)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Games RtgAvg
1 IM Zimina Olga 2385 ITA 4132190 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6,0 8 2277
2 FM Brunello Marina 2377 ITA 822590 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 4,5 8 2209
3 WFM De Rosa Mariagrazia 2151 ITA 815136 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1,0 7 2169
4 Andolfatto Maria 1969 ITA 2800476 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 4,0 8 2089
5 Grimaldi Angela Flavia 1799 ITA 2805214 0 ½ 0 0 0 0,5 5 2075
  8. Czech Republic (RtgAvg:2079, TB1: 7 / TB2: 13)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Games RtgAvg
1 WIM Miturova Magdalena 2188 CZE 330221 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1,5 9 2298
2 WIM Richterova Natasa 2188 CZE 350591 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 4,0 9 2200
3 Zpevakova Jana 2134 CZE 334030 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 4,5 9 2128
4 Koubova Anna Marie 1805 CZE 381470 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3,0 9 2059
  9. Austria (RtgAvg:2155, TB1: 6 / TB2: 15)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Games RtgAvg
1 WIM Kopinits Anna-Christina 2293 AUT 1614142 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 4,0 8 2295
2 WFM Hapala Elisabeth 2048 AUT 1622080 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 3,0 7 2244
3 WIM Exler Veronika 2134 AUT 1620550 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 2,5 7 2154
4 Mayrhuber Nikola 2117 AUT 1637819 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 3,0 7 2045
5 WFM Froewis Annika 2075 AUT 1621432 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 2,5 7 2076
  10. Slovakia (RtgAvg:2098, TB1: 3 / TB2: 12)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Games RtgAvg
1 IM Repkova Eva 2315 SVK 14900440 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5,0 8 2294
2 WFM Motycakova Monika 2158 SVK 14909626 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 4,0 9 2212
3 Milcova Zuzana 1991 SVK 14920026 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1,0 6 2165
4 Poliakova Emma 1928 SVK 73601144 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2,0 8 2067
5 Liscinska Jana 1714 SVK 14928612 0 0 0 0 0 0,0 5 2109

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TWIC 1194 September 26-2017

Sep 26

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This week’s issue of TWIC is available.

Spanish Opening

Vallejo Pons-Panchanathan

Breyer Variation(C95)

chess.com IoM Masters rd2

After 24..de(Diagram)

The Spanish bishop is a prisoner of its own pawn structure.

What to suggest for White?

After 24..de(Diagram)

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Mitropa Cup 2017 Rd9

Sep 25

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Women Board Pairings

A sweep for the ladies this round.

Round 9 on 2017/09/25 at 10:00
Bo. 5   Slovenia Rtg – 10   Germany Rtg 1 : 3
1.1 WGM
Kaps, Darja
2182 –
Klek, Hanna Marie
2363 0 – 1
1.2 WFM
Janzelj, Lara
2164 – WIM
Heinemann, Josefine
2292 1 – 0
1.3 WFM
Vidic, Teja
2128 – FM
Schneider, Jana
2231 0 – 1
1.4 WFM
Rozman, Monika
2194 – WFM
Rogozenco, Teodora
2025 0 – 1
Bo. 6   Slovakia Rtg – 4   Croatia Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 IM
Repkova, Eva
2315 – FM
Cvitan, Ena
2270 1 – 0
2.2 WFM
Motycakova, Monika
2158 – WIM
Berke, Ana
2169 0 – 1
2.3
Poliakova, Emma
1928 – WFM
Purgar, Ivona
2159 ½ – ½
2.4
Liscinska, Jana
1714 – WFM
Vujnovic, Patricija
2121 0 – 1
Bo. 7   Poland Rtg – 3   Italy Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 WIM
Kantane, Anna
2299 – IM
Zimina, Olga
2385 0 – 1
3.2 WIM
Warakomska, Anna
2268 – FM
Brunello, Marina
2377 ½ – ½
3.3
Kubicka, Anna
2221 – WFM
De Rosa, Mariagrazia
2151 1 – 0
3.4 WCM
Dmochowska, Agnieszka
2073 –
Andolfatto, Maria
1969 0 – 1
Bo. 8   Hungary Rtg – 2   Czech Republic Rtg 4 : 0
4.1 IM
  Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2358 – WIM
  Miturova, Magdalena
2188 1 – 0
4.2 WGM
  Gara, Ticia
2332 – WIM
  Richterova, Natasa
2188 1 – 0
4.3 WIM
  Terbe, Julianna
2250 –  
  Zpevakova, Jana
2134 1 – 0
4.4 WIM
  Havanecz, Bianka
2181 –  
  Koubova, Anna Marie
1805 1 – 0
Bo. 9   Austria Rtg – 1   France Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 WFM
Hapala, Elisabeth
2048 – WIM
Navrotescu, Andreea-Cristiana
2219 ½ – ½
5.2 WIM
Exler, Veronika
2134 – WFM
Haussernot, Cecile
2136 0 – 1
5.3
Mayrhuber, Nikola
2117 –
Broly, Mathilde
2086 ½ – ½
5.4 WFM
Froewis, Annika
2075 – WFM
Choisy, Mathilde
2136 ½ – ½

Open Board Pairings

A narrow loss to the Czech Republic this round.

Round 9 on 2017/09/25 at 10:00
Bo. 5   Slovenia Rtg – 10   Germany Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 IM
Markoja, Boris
2428 – GM
Heimann, Andreas
2578 ½ – ½
1.2 IM
Drnovsek, Gal
2421 – GM
Kunin, Vitaly
2531 0 – 1
1.3 IM
Tomazini, Zan
2395 –
Keymer, Vincent
2419 1 – 0
1.4 FM
Spalir, Jernej
2392 – FM
Schmidek, Emil
2414 ½ – ½
Bo. 6   Slovakia Rtg – 4   Croatia Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 IM
Repka, Christopher
2475 – GM
Kuljasevic, Davorin
2549 ½ – ½
2.2 GM
Jurcik, Marian
2497 – GM
Jovanovic, Zoran
2534 ½ – ½
2.3 FM
Pechac, Jergus
2442 – FM
Srbis, Jurica
2421 ½ – ½
2.4
Nayhebaver, Martin
2437 – FM
Tica, Sven
2389 ½ – ½
Bo. 7   Switzerland Rtg – 3   Italy Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 IM
Studer, Noel
2478 – GM
Godena, Michele
2488 0 – 1
3.2 IM
Gaehwiler, Gabriel
2419 – IM
Valsecchi, Alessio
2491 ½ – ½
3.3 GM
Gallagher, Joseph G.
2433 – IM
Codenotti, Marco
2464 1 – 0
3.4 GM
Jenni, Florian
2454 – IM
Sonis, Francesco
2453 1 – 0
Bo. 8   Hungary Rtg – 2   Czech Republic Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 GM
  Erdos, Viktor
2619 – GM
  Krejci, Jan
2538 ½ – ½
4.2 GM
  Banusz, Tamas
2608 – IM
  Kriebel, Tadeas
2487 0 – 1
4.3 IM
  Kantor, Gergely
2495 – GM
  Zilka, Stepan
2504 ½ – ½
4.4 IM
  Kozak, Adam
2428 – IM
  Kraus, Tomas
2432 ½ – ½
Bo. 9   Austria Rtg – 1   France Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 GM
Shengelia, David
2567 – IM
Bellahcene, Bilel
2493 0 – 1
5.2 IM
Schreiner, Peter
2482 – IM
Ider, Borya
2503 ½ – ½
5.3 IM
Kessler, Luca
2431 – IM
Loiseau, Quentin
2424 ½ – ½
5.4 IM
Menezes, Christoph
2409 – GM
Gozzoli, Yannick
2582 ½ – ½

Selected Games rd5-9

Here is an action packed game from rd5

Banusz-Gaehwiler

After 13..Qxe7(Diagram)

Exploit the uncastled king.

After 13..Qxe7

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Mitropa Cup 2017 Rd7

Sep 23

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Women Board Pairings

Hungary swept Austria 4-0

Round 7 on 2017/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 4   Croatia Rtg – 10   Germany Rtg 1 : 3
1.1 FM
Cvitan, Ena
2270 –
Klek, Hanna Marie
2363 0 – 1
1.2 WIM
Berke, Ana
2169 – WIM
Heinemann, Josefine
2292 0 – 1
1.3 WFM
Purgar, Ivona
2159 – FM
Schneider, Jana
2231 1 – 0
1.4 WFM
Vujnovic, Patricija
2121 – WFM
Rogozenco, Teodora
2025 0 – 1
Bo. 5   Slovenia Rtg – 3   Italy Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 WGM
Kaps, Darja
2182 – IM
Zimina, Olga
2385 0 – 1
2.2 WFM
Janzelj, Lara
2164 – FM
Brunello, Marina
2377 0 – 1
2.3 WFM
Vidic, Teja
2128 –
Andolfatto, Maria
1969 ½ – ½
2.4 WFM
Rozman, Monika
2194 –
Grimaldi, Angela Flavia
1799 1 – 0
Bo. 6   Slovakia Rtg – 2   Czech Republic Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 IM
Repkova, Eva
2315 – WIM
Miturova, Magdalena
2188 ½ – ½
3.2 WFM
Motycakova, Monika
2158 – WIM
Richterova, Natasa
2188 ½ – ½
3.3
Milcova, Zuzana
1991 –
Zpevakova, Jana
2134 ½ – ½
3.4
Poliakova, Emma
1928 –
Koubova, Anna Marie
1805 0 – 1
Bo. 7   Poland Rtg – 1   France Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 WIM
Kantane, Anna
2299 – WIM
Navrotescu, Andreea-Cristiana
2219 ½ – ½
4.2 WIM
Warakomska, Anna
2268 – WFM
Haussernot, Cecile
2136 1 – 0
4.3
Kubicka, Anna
2221 –
Broly, Mathilde
2086 1 – 0
4.4 WCM
Dmochowska, Agnieszka
2073 – WFM
Choisy, Mathilde
2136 0 – 1
Bo. 8   Hungary Rtg – 9   Austria Rtg 4 : 0
5.1 IM
  Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2358 – WIM
  Kopinits, Anna-Christina
2293 1 – 0
5.2 WGM
  Gara, Ticia
2332 – WFM
  Hapala, Elisabeth
2048 1 – 0
5.3 WIM
  Terbe, Julianna
2250 – WIM
  Exler, Veronika
2134 1 – 0
5.4 WIM
  Havanecz, Bianka
2181 – WFM
  Froewis, Annika
2075 1 – 0

Open Board Pairings

A narrow 2.5-1.5 win for Hungary over Austria.

Round 7 on 2017/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 4   Croatia Rtg – 10   Germany Rtg 3 : 1
1.1 GM
Kuljasevic, Davorin
2549 – GM
Heimann, Andreas
2578 ½ – ½
1.2 GM
Jovanovic, Zoran
2534 – GM
Kunin, Vitaly
2531 ½ – ½
1.3 IM
Plenca, Jadranko
2440 –
Keymer, Vincent
2419 1 – 0
1.4 FM
Tica, Sven
2389 – FM
Schmidek, Emil
2414 1 – 0
Bo. 5   Slovenia Rtg – 3   Italy Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 IM
Markoja, Boris
2428 – GM
Godena, Michele
2488 ½ – ½
2.2 IM
Drnovsek, Gal
2421 – IM
Valsecchi, Alessio
2491 0 – 1
2.3 IM
Tomazini, Zan
2395 – IM
Sonis, Francesco
2453 ½ – ½
2.4 FM
Spalir, Jernej
2392 – IM
Altini, Nicola
2419 ½ – ½
Bo. 6   Slovakia Rtg – 2   Czech Republic Rtg 1 : 3
3.1 IM
Repka, Christopher
2475 – GM
Krejci, Jan
2538 0 – 1
3.2 IM
Mazur, Stefan
2472 – IM
Kriebel, Tadeas
2487 0 – 1
3.3 FM
Pechac, Jergus
2442 – IM
Ponizil, Cyril
2480 1 – 0
3.4
Nayhebaver, Martin
2437 – GM
Zilka, Stepan
2504 0 – 1
Bo. 7   Switzerland Rtg – 1   France Rtg 1 : 3
4.1 IM
Studer, Noel
2478 – IM
Bellahcene, Bilel
2493 0 – 1
4.2 IM
Gaehwiler, Gabriel
2419 – IM
Ider, Borya
2503 ½ – ½
4.3 FM
Colmenares, Aurelio
2397 – IM
Loiseau, Quentin
2424 0 – 1
4.4 GM
Jenni, Florian
2454 – GM
Gozzoli, Yannick
2582 ½ – ½
Bo. 8   Hungary Rtg – 9   Austria Rtg 2½:1½
5.1 GM
  Erdos, Viktor
2619 – GM
  Shengelia, David
2567 1 – 0
5.2 GM
  Banusz, Tamas
2608 – IM
  Schreiner, Peter
2482 1 – 0
5.3 GM
  Hoang, Thanh Trang
2459 – IM
  Kreisl, Robert
2427 0 – 1
5.4 IM
  Kozak, Adam
2428 – IM
  Kessler, Luca
2431 ½ – ½

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Mitropa Cup 2017 Rd4

Sep 20

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Two ties today.

Women Rd4

Gara lost a heartbreaking game on board one after getting a totally winning position.

Round 4 on 2017/09/20 at 15:00
No. Team Team Res. : Res.
1   Germany   Poland 2 : 2
2   Hungary   Slovakia 2 : 2
3   Austria   Slovenia 1½ : 2½
4   France   Croatia 2½ : 1½
5   Czech Republic   Italy 2 : 2

Board Results

Round 4 on 2017/09/20 at 15:00
Bo. 10   Germany Rtg – 7   Poland Rtg 2 : 2
1.1
Klek, Hanna Marie
2363 – WIM
Kantane, Anna
2299 0 – 1
1.2 WIM
Heinemann, Josefine
2292 – WIM
Warakomska, Anna
2268 1 – 0
1.3 FM
Schneider, Jana
2231 –
Kubicka, Anna
2221 0 – 1
1.4 WFM
Rogozenco, Teodora
2025 – WCM
Dmochowska, Agnieszka
2073 1 – 0
Bo. 8   Hungary Rtg – 6   Slovakia Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 WGM
  Gara, Ticia
2332 – IM
  Repkova, Eva
2315 0 – 1
2.2 WIM
  Terbe, Julianna
2250 – WFM
  Motycakova, Monika
2158 0 – 1
2.3 WIM
  Havanecz, Bianka
2181 –  
  Poliakova, Emma
1928 1 – 0
2.4  
  Kovacs, Judit
2042 –  
  Liscinska, Jana
1714 1 – 0
Bo. 9   Austria Rtg – 5   Slovenia Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 WIM
Kopinits, Anna-Christina
2293 – WGM
Kaps, Darja
2182 ½ – ½
3.2 WFM
Hapala, Elisabeth
2048 – WFM
Janzelj, Lara
2164 1 – 0
3.3
Mayrhuber, Nikola
2117 – WFM
Vidic, Teja
2128 0 – 1
3.4 WFM
Froewis, Annika
2075 – WFM
Rozman, Monika
2194 0 – 1
Bo. 1   France Rtg – 4   Croatia Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 WIM
Navrotescu, Andreea-Cristiana
2219 – FM
Cvitan, Ena
2270 1 – 0
4.2 WFM
Haussernot, Cecile
2136 – WIM
Berke, Ana
2169 0 – 1
4.3
Broly, Mathilde
2086 – WFM
Purgar, Ivona
2159 ½ – ½
4.4 WFM
Choisy, Mathilde
2136 – WFM
Vujnovic, Patricija
2121 1 – 0
Bo. 2   Czech Republic Rtg – 3   Italy Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 WIM
Miturova, Magdalena
2188 – IM
Zimina, Olga
2385 0 – 1
5.2 WIM
Richterova, Natasa
2188 – WFM
De Rosa, Mariagrazia
2151 ½ – ½
5.3
Zpevakova, Jana
2134 –
Andolfatto, Maria
1969 ½ – ½
5.4
Koubova, Anna Marie
1805 –
Grimaldi, Angela Flavia
1799 1 – 0

Rank table

France keeps winning and still leads.

Rk. SNo Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 1 France 4 4 0 0 8 12,0 0
2 8 Hungary 4 2 1 1 5 9,5 0
3 5 Slovenia 4 2 1 1 5 9,0 0
4 2 Czech Republic 4 2 1 1 5 8,0 0
5 7 Poland 4 1 2 1 4 8,5 0
6 4 Croatia 4 2 0 2 4 7,5 0
7 9 Austria 4 1 1 2 3 8,0 0
8 10 Germany 4 1 1 2 3 8,0 0
9 3 Italy 4 0 2 2 2 6,0 0
10 6 Slovakia 4 0 1 3 1 3,5 0

Open-Board Pairings

Round 4 on 2017/09/20 at 15:00
Bo. 10   Germany Rtg – 7   Switzerland Rtg 2½:1½
1.1 GM
Heimann, Andreas
2578 – IM
Studer, Noel
2478 1 – 0
1.2 GM
Kunin, Vitaly
2531 – IM
Gaehwiler, Gabriel
2419 ½ – ½
1.3
Keymer, Vincent
2419 – GM
Gallagher, Joseph G.
2433 ½ – ½
1.4 IM
Yankelevich, Lev
2443 – FM
Colmenares, Aurelio
2397 ½ – ½
Bo. 8   Hungary Rtg – 6   Slovakia Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM
  Erdos, Viktor
2619 – IM
  Repka, Christopher
2475 1 – 0
2.2 GM
  Hoang, Thanh Trang
2459 – IM
  Mazur, Stefan
2472 0 – 1
2.3 IM
  Kantor, Gergely
2495 – FM
  Pechac, Jergus
2442 ½ – ½
2.4 IM
  Kozak, Adam
2428 –  
  Nayhebaver, Martin
2437 ½ – ½
Bo. 9   Austria Rtg – 5   Slovenia Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 IM
Schreiner, Peter
2482 – IM
Markoja, Boris
2428 ½ – ½
3.2 IM
Kreisl, Robert
2427 – IM
Drnovsek, Gal
2421 ½ – ½
3.3 IM
Kessler, Luca
2431 – IM
Tomazini, Zan
2395 ½ – ½
3.4 IM
Menezes, Christoph
2409 – FM
Spalir, Jernej
2392 ½ – ½
Bo. 1   France Rtg – 4   Croatia Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 IM
Bellahcene, Bilel
2493 – GM
Kuljasevic, Davorin
2549 ½ – ½
4.2 IM
Ider, Borya
2503 – GM
Jovanovic, Zoran
2534 ½ – ½
4.3 IM
Loiseau, Quentin
2424 – FM
Srbis, Jurica
2421 ½ – ½
4.4 GM
Gozzoli, Yannick
2582 – FM
Tica, Sven
2389 0 – 1
Bo. 2   Czech Republic Rtg – 3   Italy Rtg 2½:1½
5.1 IM
Kriebel, Tadeas
2487 – GM
Godena, Michele
2488 1 – 0
5.2 IM
Ponizil, Cyril
2480 – IM
Valsecchi, Alessio
2491 ½ – ½
5.3 GM
Zilka, Stepan
2504 – IM
Codenotti, Marco
2464 ½ – ½
5.4 IM
Kraus, Tomas
2432 – IM
Altini, Nicola
2419 ½ – ½

Rank table

Rk. SNo Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 4 Croatia 4 3 1 0 7 10,0 0
2 2 Czech Republic 4 3 0 1 6 10,5 0
3 8 Hungary 4 1 3 0 5 9,5 0
4 1 France 4 1 2 1 4 8,5 0
5 6 Slovakia 4 1 2 1 4 8,0 0
6 5 Slovenia 4 1 2 1 4 7,0 0
7 10 Germany 4 1 1 2 3 6,5 0
8 9 Austria 4 1 1 2 3 6,5 0
9 3 Italy 4 0 2 2 2 7,0 0
10 7 Switzerland 4 0 2 2 2 6,5 0

Here is a nice game:

Kovacs,J(HUN)-Rozman rd3

g3 Grunfeld(D76)

After 17..c6(Diagram)

Black’s queenside minor pieces are awkwardly placed.

How to continue?

After 17..c6

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TWIC 1193

Sep 20

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Benoni Defence

Reloaded Weapons in the Benoni now available from New in Chess

245 pages

Benidze-Maghalashvili

7.Bf4 a6(A61)

Istanbul Open 2017

After 18.Bf3(Diagram)

Black has many pieces pointing nicely at the e4-outpost.

Find a plan/idea for Black.

After 18.Bf3

Later in the game, after 20..Rad8(diagram)

Same question, but for White. Find a good plan.

After 20..Rad8

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