The biggest tournament of the year has arrived. Otherwise just another normal day.

Chicken Birvani and Attacking the Flexible Sicilian-Delicious!

Attacking the Flexible Sicilian includes 38 annotated games and weighs in at 400 pages. I don’t play 1.e4 but this seemed like a great book to look at.

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Monday 6-board TCh Rd8(Mar 13)

The other team only had 4 players so my services were not needed.

From the previous round in the Monday league

Yip-Rinyu

Hippo(B06)

MTK narrowly beat UKSE 3,5-2,5 last round.

After 23..Nxf5(Diagram)

White  managed to find a decent plan here.

After 23..Nxf5

Some pics from Mar 13

Captain Attila Balla

BTCh Rd7

I lost rather horribly by not understanding or seeing anything.

Toth,I-Yip

Colle System

After 19..f6??(Diagram)

White to play and crush(me).

Honestly I just did not see the rather obvious followup.

After 19..f6

Repairs

I put off looking at the game for a week or so and got down to figuring out what the improvements should be. Here Black has to devise a better plan than my 10..Qc7?!

I think 10..Rc7 is the key move, to be followed by ..d6 and ..Nb8-d7 to release the Bb7.

After 10.Qe2

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Hopefully the Home Page of the Hungarian Federation will have English translation for at least the menus soon for incoming international players.

Revision and Exam

This is a review of The Fundamentals(unrated to 1600 I think). I thought a review would be a good warmup considering my rather sad results over the last year but I find this book quite challenging.

Sample Question

I gave this problem to a couple of friends(one over 2300 and one 2000) and nobody has correctly solved it. Not to mention all I got was a headache, and I was trying my hardest.

From Part II:

Revision of Boost Your Chess Fundamentals I

Exercise 16-1 Elementary Endgames 

White to Play

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The Zaitsev System in the Closed Spanish(C92)

I have tried the Petroff and the Berlin Defence recently but these seem quite boring. Possibly The Zaitsev System has more action.

A new effort by Kuzmin(NIC 2016)

Inarkiev-Oparin,Aeroflot Open 2017

After 23.e5(Diagram)

White has more space and big holes on the queenside to take aim at. One likely plan is move the queen and then follow with Nb3-c5 with total domination of the queenside.

How should Black continue?

After 23.e5

Closed Spanish(C95)

Breyer Variation

Sasikiran-Kraemer,Aeroflot Open 2017

After 41..f6(Diagram)

White has worked hard to build up a kingside attack, but how to continue?

After 41..f6

All MTK teams won and I was happy to contribute a modest draw after my last round’s horrific loss.

I. osztály, Lilienthal csoport
SENSE I – Pénzügyőr SE III 7,5:4,5
MTK Budapest III – Palota Sakk I 9,5:2,5
BEAC II – Barcza GSC I 7,5:4,5
Újpesti KSE I – Sirály I 4,5:7,5
Mattolda SSC I – Fabulon-Lombik 5:7
Tabáni Spartacus II – Vasas SC II 6:6

II. osztály, Bilek csoport
Csepeli TK – A. Láng MKKE 6:6
MTK Budapest IV – HÜSI SC II 6,5:5,5
BEAC III – Barcza GSC II 5,5:6,5
Sárkány DSE II – Pestszentlőrinc II 7,5:4,5
Mattolda SSC II – SENSE II 1:11
Aquaréna KSC III – Törekvés SE 8:4

III. osztály, Szén csoport
MLTC II – Sirály II 6:6
MTK Budapest V – Honvéd ASE III 6,5:5,5
Pénzügyőr SE IV – Pestszentimre 4,5:7,5
Sárkány DSE III – Újpesti KSE II 8,5:3,5
Aquaréna KSC IV – Barcza GSC III 6,5:5,5
Palota Sakk II – HÜSI SC III 6:6
Rákosliget – Aquaréna KSC V 4:8
ATTE-ARISZ – BEAC IV 6:6

Az AKSC IV. csapata idénybeli 3. és 4. kontumálásáért 4 büntetőpontot kapott.
Az ATTE-ARISZ csapata idénybeli 4. kontumálásáért 2 büntetőpontot kapott.

Yip-Demeter Board 2

King’s Indian, Saemisch

After 17..Ra7(Diagram)

I missed a great chance in this position.

After 17..Ra7

MTK had a great day but got destroyed in a rather sad game.

Game coming soon, as soon as I figure what happened.

GM Kallai

I. osztály, Lilienthal csoport
Tabáni Spartacus II – SENSE I 6:6
Vasas SC II – Mattolda SSC I 6:6
Fabulon-Lombik – Újpesti KSE I 8,5:3,5
Sirály I – BEAC II 7:5
Barcza GSC I – MTK Budapest III 3,5:8,5
Palota Sakk I – Pénzügyőr SE III 3:9

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

III. osztály, Szén csoport
MTK Budapest V – Pénzügyőr SE IV 7,5:3,5 az 1. táblás parti óvás alatt
Rákosliget – Palota Sakk II 5:7
MLTC II – Sárkány DSE III 6:6
Aquaréna KSC IV – ATTE-ARISZ 9:3
HASE III-Hóbagoly – Pestszentimre 7:5
BEAC IV – Aquaréna KSC V 6,5:5,5
Barcza GSC III – Újpesti KSE II 3:9
HÜSI SC III – Sirály II 1:11

A HASE III. csapata idénybeli 3. kontumálásáért 2 büntetőpontot kapott.
A BEAC IV. csapata idénybeli 3. és 4. kontumálásáért 4 büntetőpontot kapott.

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Open Games: Spanish

Shirov-Geldura

8.a4 Anti-Marshall(C88)

After 16.Ne3(Diagram)

It looks like a nothing special position but what is the correct plan for Black now?

Shirov seemed to fall quite easily after walking into a solid position.

After 16.Ne3

Martinez-Gonzalez

Breyer Variation(C95)

27.Qh6(Diagram)

It was all about defence as Black slowly neutralized any possible attacking ideas before turning the game in a thematic endgame.

After 27.Qh6