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There were three enthusiastic groups for the event.

The organizers did their usual professional job and the event was again a big success, right down to the professional details of customized scoresheets for the A and B groups

 

Final Ranking after 6 Rounds

FM Orosz Andras won with 5/6

My MTK teammate Lakatos Tamas had a breakthrough tournament with 4/6 (+83elo)

I continued the slow march to 2000 with a handful of elo and a modest 2,5/6

Rk.	SNo			Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	1		FM	Orosz Andras		HUN	2312	5,0	20,0	0,0	17,0	2356	6	5	4,62	0,38	20	7,6
2	2			Kormos Adam		HUN	2261	4,5	20,5	0,0	15,0	2333	6	4,5	3,98	0,52	20	10,4
3	9		FM	Pasti Aron		HUN	2103	4,5	16,0	0,0	13,5	2272	6	4,5	3,20	1,30	40	52,0
4	6		WFM	Nikanova Ekaterina	w	BLR	2167	4,0	22,5	0,0	18,0	2239	6	4	3,39	0,61	20	12,2
5	25			Lakatos Tamas		HUN	1901	4,0	22,0	0,0	16,0	2239	5	3	0,93	2,07	40	82,8
6	11			Szente Varga Fruzsina	w	HUN	2098	4,0	18,0	0,0	14,5	2213	6	4	3,06	0,94	20	18,8
7	18			Torok Tamas Titusz		HUN	2007	4,0	16,5	0,0	11,0	2211	6	4	2,36	1,64	20	32,8
8	13			Joba Arpad		SVK	2074	3,5	20,5	0,0	12,5	2205	6	3,5	2,44	1,06	20	21,2
9	4		IM	Nemeth Zoltan		HUN	2253	3,5	19,0	0,0	11,5	2132	6	3,5	4,33	-0,83	10	-8,3
10	10			Juhasz Mark		HUN	2100	3,5	16,0	0,0	9,5	2047	6	3,5	3,89	-0,39	20	-7,8
11	20			Bilku Andras		HUN	1974	3,5	15,0	0,0	9,0	2100	5	2,5	1,69	0,81	40	32,4
12	8			Piroska Istvan		HUN	2158	3,0	20,0	0,0	12,0	2019	6	3	4,07	-1,07	20	-21,4
13	12			Csendi Balazs		HUN	2078	3,0	19,0	0,0	11,5	2108	6	3	2,80	0,20	20	4,0
14	7		WFM	Zubova Mariya	w	UKR	2162	3,0	18,5	0,0	14,0	2107	6	3	3,44	-0,44	20	-8,8
15	5		IM	Sarosi Zoltan		HUN	2199	3,0	13,0	0,0	8,0	2005	6	3	4,51	-1,51	10	-15,1
16	16			Demjen Mark		HUN	2040	2,5	20,0	0,0	10,0	2042	6	2,5	2,54	-0,04	40	-1,6
17	3		FM	Weiss Oliver		GER	2257	2,5	18,5	0,0	12,0	2019	6	2,5	4,36	-1,86	20	-37,2
18	22			Yip Michael		CAN	1973	2,5	17,5	0,0	10,0	2073	6	2,5	1,79	0,71	20	14,2
19	17		CM	Giang Tran Nam		HUN	2024	2,5	16,5	0,0	9,5	2068	6	2,5	2,27	0,23	40	9,2
20	14			Kovacs Gabor Etele		HUN	2051	2,5	15,5	0,0	7,5	2045	6	2,5	2,62	-0,12	40	-4,8
21	15			Mester Attila		HUN	2045	2,0	17,5	0,0	8,5	1969	6	2	2,61	-0,61	20	-12,2
22	24			Fellegi Zoltan		HUN	1930	2,0	15,5	0,0	6,5	1827	5	1	1,61	-0,61	20	-12,2
23	21			Barany Tamas		AUT	1973	1,5	18,0	0,0	7,0	1935	5	1,5	1,79	-0,29	40	-11,6
24	23			Steppuhn Thomas		GER	1969	1,5	18,0	0,0	5,5	1690	5	0,5	1,91	-1,41	20	-28,2
25	19			Karacsonyi Kata	w	HUN	1982	1,5	15,0	0,0	2,5	1723	5	0,5	1,79	-1,29	40	-51,6

 

 

Group B Final Ranking after 6 Rounds

Rk.	SNo			Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	4			Havaskori Laszlo		HUN	1872	5,0	22,0	0,5	19,0	6	5	3,87	1,13	20	22,6
2	21			Nagy Miklos		HUN	1710	5,0	22,0	0,5	18,5	6	5	1,93	3,07	20	61,4
3	7			Hajdu Istvan		HUN	1836	5,0	14,0	0,0	15,0	6	5	4,18	0,82	20	16,4
4	5			Palagyi Csaba		HUN	1860	4,5	19,5	0,0	16,5	6	4,5	4,09	0,41	20	8,2
5	18			Panda Gyorgy		HUN	1761	4,5	19,0	0,0	16,5	6	4,5	2,90	1,60	20	32,0
6	14			Haszon Abel		HUN	1790	4,5	15,5	0,0	13,0	6	4,5	3,71	0,79	20	15,8
7	2			Felde Bence		HUN	1953	4,0	21,0	0,5	16,5	6	4	4,41	-0,41	20	-8,2
8	17			Szabo Norbert		HUN	1772	4,0	21,0	0,5	15,0	5	3	2,57	0,43	40	17,2
9	20			Csernyik Mark		HUN	1725	4,0	19,0	0,0	14,0	6	4	2,72	1,28	40	51,2
10	16			Balint Peter		AUT	1781	4,0	18,0	0,0	12,5	6	4	3,88	0,12	40	4,8
11	9			Meszaros Edmond Vilmos		HUN	1813	4,0	16,5	0,0	13,5	6	4	4,59	-0,59	20	-11,8
12	13			Colev Ivor		CRO	1797	4,0	12,5	0,0	10,0	6	4	4,52	-0,52	40	-20,8
13	6			Spanos Nomikos		GRE	1847	3,5	21,5	0,0	16,5	6	3,5	4,16	-0,66	20	-13,2
14	3			Giles Benjamin		NZL	1881	3,5	18,5	0,0	12,5	6	3,5	4,40	-0,90	20	-18,0
15	8			Balog Imre		HUN	1833	3,5	16,5	0,0	12,5	6	3,5	4,20	-0,70	20	-14,0
16	10			Pasti Anna	w	HUN	1808	3,0	22,0	0,0	15,0	6	3	3,38	-0,38	40	-15,2
17	36			Toth Kincso	w	HUN	1528	3,0	20,5	0,0	11,5	6	3	1,60	1,40	40	56,0
18	19			Romano Claudio		ITA	1728	3,0	19,5	0,0	12,0	6	3	3,23	-0,23	20	-4,6
19	1			Pirvulescu Adrian		ROU	1994	3,0	19,0	0,0	10,0	5	2	4,13	-2,13	20	-42,6
	31			Kovacs Laszlo		HUN	1576	3,0	19,0	0,0	10,0	6	3	1,90	1,10	20	22,0
21	24			Kellner Nikolaus		AUT	1662	3,0	18,5	0,0	9,0	6	3	2,84	0,16	20	3,2
22	32			Karacsonyi Luca	w	HUN	1563	3,0	17,5	0,0	10,0	6	3	1,80	1,20	40	48,0
23	38			Karacsonyi Bank		HUN	1511	3,0	16,0	0,0	10,0	5	2	1,18	0,82	40	32,8
24	12			Tornyai Jeno		HUN	1803	3,0	15,5	0,0	9,0	6	3	4,40	-1,40	20	-28,0
25	33			Piskoti Laszlo		HUN	1553	2,5	18,0	0,0	8,0	6	2,5	1,82	0,68	20	13,6
26	11			Panda Barnabas		HUN	1805	2,5	17,5	0,0	9,0	6	2,5	4,14	-1,64	40	-65,6
27	29			Nagy Zsolt		HUN	1591	2,5	16,5	0,0	8,0	6	2,5	1,77	0,73	40	29,2
28	34			Toth Lili	w	HUN	1543	2,0	22,5	0,0	11,0	6	2	1,27	0,73	40	29,2
29	35			Papp Andrea	w	HUN	1540	2,0	19,0	0,0	9,5	6	2	1,76	0,24	20	4,8
30	25			Pasti Zsombor		HUN	1631	2,0	19,0	0,0	7,0	6	2	2,47	-0,47	40	-18,8
	27			Kubik Anna Zsofia	w	HUN	1612	2,0	19,0	0,0	7,0	6	2	1,55	0,45	20	9,0
32	30			Capossela Fabio		ITA	1582	2,0	15,5	0,0	3,5	6	2	2,59	-0,59	20	-11,8
33	15			Bolyki Istvan		HUN	1786	2,0	13,5	0,0	7,0	6	2	4,19	-2,19	40	-87,6
34	39			Monduk Laszlo		HUN	1494	1,5	17,0	0,0	7,0	6	1,5	1,40	0,10	40	4,0
35	28			Revesz Ferenc		HUN	1602	1,5	16,0	0,0	4,5	6	1,5	2,19	-0,69	20	-13,8
36	26		AFM	Megyeri Martin		HUN	1620	1,5	15,5	0,0	6,5	6	1,5	2,37	-0,87	40	-34,8
37	37			Sziraki Zoltan		HUN	1520	1,5	14,5	0,0	3,0	6	1,5	1,64	-0,14	20	-2,8
38	22			Lakat Gyula		HUN	1708	1,0	13,0	0,0	1,0	1	0	0,20	-0,20	20	-4,0
39	23			Szurkos Andras		HUN	1675	0,5	16,0	0,0	1,0	6	0,5	3,05	-2,55	20	-51,0

 

Group C Final Ranking after 6 Rounds

Rk.	SNo			Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	2			Lehocz Jozsef Jr.		HUN	1457	5,0	22,5	0,0	18,0	1550	6	5	4,34	0,66	40	26,4
2	5			Huz Valerii		UKR	1368	5,0	21,0	0,0	20,0	1572	5	4	2,53	1,47	40	58,8
3	12			Hangay Tibor		HUN	1283	5,0	18,5	0,0	16,0	1488	5	4	2,63	1,37	40	54,8
4	3			Kovacs Reka	w	HUN	1383	4,0	24,0	0,0	18,0	1360	5	3	3,14	-0,14	40	-5,6
5	1			Vadkerti Vince		HUN	1487	4,0	22,0	0,0	14,0	1380	6	4	4,67	-0,67	40	-26,8
6	9			Meszaros Casey Ryan		SVK	1305	4,0	19,5	0,0	13,5	1241	4	2	2,64	-0,64	40	-25,6
7	7			Vermehren Nicolas		CYP	1321	4,0	19,0	0,0	12,0	1276	5	3	3,38	-0,38	40	-15,2
8	14			Molnar Lidia Emilia	w	HUN	1191	4,0	16,0	0,0	14,0	1367	4	2	1,12	0,88	40	35,2
9	6			Csaki Akos		HUN	1342	4,0	16,0	0,0	12,0	1268	5	4	3,58	0,42	40	16,8
10	13			Hangay Oliver		HUN	1267	3,5	17,5	0,0	14,5	1320	5	2,5	2,18	0,32	40	12,8
11	19			Bod Marton		HUN	1096	3,0	23,0	0,0	12,0	1339	6	3	1,23	1,77	40	70,8
12	24			Mesko Bertalan Dr.		HUN	0	3,0	21,0	0,0	12,0	1297	6	3
13	10			Horvath Zoltan		HUN	1297	3,0	19,0	0,0	11,0	1154	5	3	3,21	-0,21	20	-4,2
14	23			Szaloki Arpad		HUN	1003	3,0	18,0	0,0	9,5	1183	6	3	1,67	1,33	40	53,2
15	25			Rigoczki Balazs		HUN	0	3,0	17,5	0,0	9,0	1219	6	3
16	15			Pakozdi Artur Ferenc		HUN	1174	3,0	17,0	0,0	9,0	1312	4	2	1,39	0,61	40	24,4
17	22			Balazs Szabina Zoe	w	HUN	1021	3,0	15,0	0,0	8,5	1146	5	2	1,56	0,44	40	17,6
18	20			Balazs Sztella Anna	w	HUN	1089	3,0	14,0	0,0	7,0	1222	4	1	0,79	0,21	40	8,4
19	8			Szarvas Nora	w	HUN	1313	2,5	20,5	0,0	11,0	1173	6	2,5	3,63	-1,13	40	-45,2
20	11			Kobol Kitti	w	HUN	1285	2,5	16,0	0,0	7,5	1031	4	1,5	2,76	-1,26	40	-50,4
21	4			Kulman Alexander		AUT	1370	2,0	19,0	0,0	10,0	1065	6	2	4,35	-2,35	40	-94,0
22	17			Molnar Dalma Reka	w	HUN	1113	2,0	19,0	0,0	9,0	1044	4	1	1,31	-0,31	40	-12,4
23	16			Farkas Sara	w	HUN	1134	2,0	17,5	0,0	8,0	1077	4	1	1,17	-0,17	40	-6,8
24	26			Toth Fanni	w	HUN	0	2,0	17,5	0,0	6,0	916	4	0
25	18			Kiss Jeremias		HUN	1106	2,0	12,5	0,0	6,0	1046	3	0	0,61	-0,61	40	-24,4
26	21			Horvath Greta	w	HUN	1089	1,5	14,5	0,0	3,5	934	5	0,5	2,11	-1,61	40	-64,4
27	27			Veres-Pataky Marton		HUN	0	1,0	13,5	0,0	3,0	833	4	0
28	28			Yuvraj		IND	0	0,0	13,5	0,0	0,0	298	5	0

my games (I will try to go through the games in more detail later)

 

Yip-Giang

QGA 3.e4

Premium International A Rd5

After 28..Bf5(Diagram)

White sacrificed a pawn to establish the strong Ne4 but now Black seeks to limit its influence and block the dangers on the b1-h7 diagonal

What do you recommend for White?

 

More new titles available from New in Chess

Here is a small sampling of the new titles

Another Dvoretsky offering

More on Pawn Play by Shankland

 

Monsters galore! this time in the endgame

 

The Safest Grunfeld Reloaded

More ideas, more lines and … more work!

Keeping up with Delchev continues

selected games features GM Jones,G 

 

Rodshtein-Jones,G

Exchange Variation  7.Bc4

35th ECC Open 2019 Rd6

After 28..Ba8(Diagram)

The Ba8 is passive and White has a central majority. Black is on the way to causing some trouble on the kingside

What do you recommend of White?

 

 

 

The latest issue of TWIC is now available

selected games

 

Erdos-Xiong

Slav Defence

St Louis Winter A 2019 Rd7

After 22.Ne1(Diagram)

Black is clearly on the attack but White has secured g2 and f3 with his last move

What do you recommend for Black now?

 

selected games

Keeping up with Delchev is quite a chore but the last couple of weeks have been quite kind to Grunfelders

 

 

Fridman-Howell

g3 Grunfeld 7.Qb3 a5

22nd European Teams Rd9

After 36.Rxa3(Diagram)

White has the outside passed a-pawn but the worse structure in terms of pawn islands while the Rf8 has yet to come into play

What do you recommend for Black?

The latest issue of TWIC is now available

selected games

GM Erdos is playing in a St Louis RR and is off to a quiet start

 

Naroditsky-Erdos

London System

St Louis Winter A 2019 Rd1

After 21.Rf2(Diagram)

Black is going about his business of snuffing the life out of the game and taking no risk. Black has a safe structure with a sensitive but not weak e6-pawn while White’s kingside is a bit suspicious. The Nf5 is more active than its counterpart but the issue now is can Black aim for more than just holding his ground

What do you recommend for Black(probably there is more than one good move) as there is not much happening in the position.

 

MTK 4-Hort 2

I contributed a win with Black on board 2 but we had to suffer with a cellphone forfeit loss on board 3.

 

Bokros-Yip

Caro-Kann 4..Nd7

Board 2

After 23.Qh3(Diagram)

Black has a clear extra centre pawn but really needs a plan

What do you recommend for Black?

 

The latest issue of TWIC is now available

selected games

 

Bosiocic-Aczel

Queen’s Indian Defence g3

29th TCh-SLO National Rd2.4

After 18.Ne4(Diagram)

White is going for a mate with the immediate idea of planting the queen on g7

What do you recommend for Black?

 

selected games feature 4.Qc2

 

Steingrimsson-Bruzon Batista

Nimzo 4.Qc2 d6

SPICE Cup Open 2019 Rd6

After 17.d5(Diagram)

White has the bishops and the g-file for potential attacking chances but his king is still in the centre

What do you recommend for Black?

 

Yip Becomes Youngest American Female IM Ever(full story)

“With her 5.0/9 score at the 2019 SPICE Cup, which included two draws and a win against grandmasters, Carissa Yip has unofficially become the youngest female international master in U.S. history (pending certification from FIDE)…”-Klein,Mike