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EICC 2013 Rd6-Papp Ga(HUN)

TWIC 966
GM Papp,Gabor won a nice ending in rd6 of the recent European Individual CC.

More on Papp,G

Here is the feature game.

GM Papp massaged black down based on better pawn structure in a RB-RN ending.

Papp,Ga (2570) - Tomashevsky,E (2719) 
Caro-Kann Two Knights [B11]
14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (6.36), 10.05.2013

Position 1

White has the better pawn structure. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

31...Kb5

EICC 2013 Rd8-GM Berkes(HUN)

More on Hungarian Chess
The 62nd Hungarian Ch(Hungarian language).




TWIC 966
GM Berkes gains the bishop pair and an extra P and converts with no problems.

Berkes,F (2688) - Svetushkin,D (2588)
Nimzo-Indian 4.e3 0–0 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 b6 7.0–0 Bb7 8.Na4 [E47]
14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (8.26), 13.05.2013

Position 1
White has a clear extra pawn and the bishop pair. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

27...Ba8

FSGM May 2013 Rd4-GM Berczes,D(HUN)

The Blumenfeld Gambit Declined
GM Berczes was on the white side of the Blumenfeld in the feature game. Here is some background on this sharp defence.




TWIC 966
GM Berczes eventually prevailed in a sharp game where black did not manage to complete development.

Berczes,D (2532) - Annageldyev,O (2397)
Blumenfeld Gambit 5.Bf4[E10]
FSGM May 2013 Budapest HUN (4.2), 07.05.2013

Position 1
Material is even but white is more active. What do you suggest for white?

White to Play

35...Rd8

European Individuall Chess Ch 2013 Rd11 Standings

Hungarian Results
GMs Ruck, Berkes and Papp,G finished with  7/11.

SNo		Name	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.
15	GM	ALMASI Zoltan	2695	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	6.5
18	GM	BERKES Ferenc	2688	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	7
45	GM	BALOGH Csaba	2644	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	0	7
101	GM	PAPP Gabor	2570	1	½	½	0	1	1	0	½	1	½	½	6.5
103	GM	RUCK Robert	2570	1	0	½	1	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	7
125	GM	PAP Gyula	2539	1	0	1	½	0	0	1	0	1	½	1	6
160	GM	FODOR T Jr.	2475	½	½	½	0	1	0	1	0	½	½	1	5.5
218	FM	ANTAL Tibor	2349	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	0	0	0	0	2.5
285		SZONYI Bence	1651	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	1	0	2.5

Overall Standings-Tournament site
MOISEENKO took first on tiebreaks after a 10-way tie for first with 8/11.

More on the tournament.

Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Pts.
1	GM	MOISEENKO Alexander	UKR	2698	8
2	GM	ALEKSEEV Evgeny	RUS	2700	8
3	GM	ROMANOV Evgeny	RUS	2640	8
4	GM	BELIAVSKY Alexander G	SLO	2628	8
5	GM	LUPULESCU Constantin	ROU	2634	8
6	GM	VALLEJO PONS Francisco	ESP	2695	8
7	GM	MOVSESIAN Sergei	ARM	2693	8
8	GM	NEPOMNIACHTCHI Ian	RUS	2710	8
9	GM	DREEV Aleksey	RUS	2654	8
10	GM	MELKUMYAN Hrant	ARM	2622	8
11	GM	KOROBOV Anton	UKR	2705	7.5
12	GM	LYSYJ Igor	RUS	2641	7.5
13	GM	SHIMANOV Aleksandr	RUS	2639	7.5
14	GM	ARESHCHENKO Alexander	UKR	2709	7.5
15	GM	ELJANOV Pavel	UKR	2702	7.5
16	GM	KRAVTSIV Martyn	UKR	2595	7.5
17	GM	DUBOV Daniil	RUS	2622	7.5
18	GM	RAGGER Markus	AUT	2666	7.5
19	GM	HRACEK Zbynek	CZE	2628	7.5
20	GM	POPOV Ivan	RUS	2620	7.5
21	GM	BRUNELLO Sabino	ITA	2580	7.5
22	GM	FEDORCHUK Sergey A.	UKR	2660	7.5
23	GM	POSTNY Evgeny	ISR	2637	7.5
24	GM	ZVJAGINSEV Vadim	RUS	2655	7.5
25	GM	ISTRATESCU Andrei	FRA	2651	7.5
26	GM	SAFARLI Eltaj	AZE	2651	7.5

First Saturday 2013-05

GM
GM Berczes and IM Atabayev(TKM) shared first with 9/12.

GM Berczes(HUN)

Rk.		Name	FIDE	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.
1	GM	Berczes David	2532	HUN	***	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	1 1	½ +	1 1	9
2	IM	Atabayev Yusup	2407	TKM	½ ½	***	½ ½	1 ½	1 ½	1 1	1 1	9
3	IM	Atabayev Maksat	2452	TKM	½ 0	½ ½	***	½ ½	1 ½	1 ½	1 1	7.5
4	GM	Chernyshov Konstantin	2518	RUS	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	***	1 0	1 +	1 1	7.5
5	GM	Annageldyev Orazly	2397	TKM	0 0	0 ½	0 ½	0 1	***	1 1	½ ½	5
6	IM	Kalegin Evgenij	2447	RUS	½ -	0 0	0 ½	0 -	0 0	***	1 0	2
7	WGM	Papp Petra	2307	HUN	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	½ ½	0 1	***	2

FMA
Farkas(HUN) and Haitbaev(TKM) shared first with 7/11.

Rk.		Name	FIDE	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.
1		Farkas Richard	2171	HUN	*	1	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	1	7
2		Haitbaev Hayrulla	2082	TKM	0	*	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
3	FM	Juhasz Bela	2173	HUN	0	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	6
4		Amangeldiyev Gurbangeldi	1989	TKM	½	0	½	*	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	6
5		Darazs Zoltan	2165	HUN	½	1	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	0	½	5.5
6		Juracsik Jozsef	2170	HUN	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	1	1	½	½	5.5
7		Bohus Adam	1869	HUN	1	0	½	0	½	0	*	½	½	1	1	5
8	FM	Mayer Istvan	2037	HUN	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	4.5
9		Posa Norbert	2100	HUN	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	1	4
10	FM	Krstulovic Alex	1945	HUN	0	0	½	0	1	½	0	½	0	*	½	3
11		Steer Jozsef	2025	HUN	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	*	1.5

FMB
Lukacs(HUN) and Marcu(SVK) shared first with 7/10.

Rk.	Name	FIDE	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1	Lukacs Albert	1903	HUN	***	1 ½	1 ½	½ 1	½ ½	1 ½	7
2	Marcu Simon	1874	SVK	0 ½	***	1 1	1 +	1 1	½ 0	7
3	Rekasi Tibor	1633	HUN	0 ½	0 0	***	0 1	1 0	+ +	4.5
4	Brassoi-Tarnovszki Aurel	1594	HUN	½ 0	0 -	1 0	***	0 1	½ 1	4
5	Nemeth Otto	1754	HUN	½ ½	0 0	0 1	1 0	***	½ ½	4
6	Gruz Janos	1869	HUN	0 ½	½ 1	- -	½ 0	½ ½	***	3.5

Tournament Info
First Saturday Prices / FS Contact
(Note-for FM groups Hungarian player fee is 12,000 HUF, foreigners see website list; everything negotiable; No prizes)

Hungarian Chess Federation Tournament Listing(Hungarian Language)
Budapest Entry Fees 2012(Know the market rates! Budapest tournaments are usually very cheap)

Interesting Tournament Coming in August 2013
There will be a nice Open with corresponding GM RR and IM RR at the same site in the heart of downtown Budapest.

Budapest Open Background
Official Site

IM group action Teglas,L(red shirt)
Photo from nice Gallery

More on Budapest

Here is Berczes's rd2 game.

Berczes,D (2532) - Papp,Petra (2307)
Anti-Grunfeld 3.f3 Nc6[E60]
FSGM May 2013 Budapest HUN (2.3), 05.05.2013

Position 1
White has a massive attack going but must first answer the threat to Be3. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

19...f4

Andornaktálya SE Sakkcsapata

More Hungarian chess life.

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Tournament action

 Thinking!

Another master? 

 Having fun

Hungarian Language

The Basics
I should have thought of this before! I was doing my tactical work for the day and stumbled on these.

Budapest Open; Sárkány-Aranytíz GM-IM Norm Tournament August 17-25, 2013

Official Site 2013
It's time to get ready for this year's Budapest Open and the GM-IM group tournaments.

Here is some of last year's action.

The open section with IM To(front left)

The open section -Ready for action

The open section-Thinking hard 

IM Galyas(left) playing in the IM group

Photo Gallery

The IM Group

Rk.		Name	FIDE	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	IM	Galyas Miklós	2412	HUN	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	7
2	IM	Bérczes Csaba	2378	HUN	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	6.5
		Fehér Ádám	2346	HUN	½	½	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	6.5
4	FM	Kojima Shinya	2282	JPN	0	½	0	*	1	½	½	1	1	1	5.5
5	FM	Brustkern Juergen	2235	GER	½	0	½	0	*	½	1	+	1	½	5
6		Szekeres Róbert	2337	HUN	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	4.5
7	FM	Lyell Mark	2225	ENG	½	0	½	½	0	0	*	½	1	1	4
8		Radnai Ádám	2300	HUN	0	0	½	0	-	½	½	*	0	1	2.5
9		Téglás Balázs	2247	HUN	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	*	½	2
10	IM	Roos Jean-Luc	2270	FRA	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	*	1.5

The GM Group

Rk.		Name	FIDE	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	GM	Medvegy Zoltán	2555	HUN	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	7
2	GM	Bérczes Dávid	2530	HUN	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	5.5
3	IM	Kislik Erik Andrew	2409	USA	½	½	*	½	½	½	-	1	½	1	5
4	GM	Gonda László	2547	HUN	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	½	1	1	5
5	FM	Petényi Tamás	2445	SVK	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	5
6	FM	Fodor Tamás Jr.	2503	HUN	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	4.5
7	FM	Illner Achim Dr.	2463	GER	0	½	+	½	½	½	*	0	1	½	4.5
8	FM	Tésik Csaba	2347	HUN	½	0	0	½	0	½	1	*	½	1	4
9	IM	Gonzalez Bernal	2413	CRC	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	3
10	IM	Jakab Attila	2405	HUN	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	*	1.5

TWIC 966(HUN) INDEX 2013 May 14-2013

Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther.

EICC 2013
BALOGH,Csaba is the top Hungarian with 6/8.

SNo		Name	FIDE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts.
45	GM	BALOGH Csaba	2644	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	6
18	GM	BERKES Ferenc	2688	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	5.5
15	GM	ALMASI Zoltan	2695	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	0	5
103	GM	RUCK Robert	2570	1	0	½	1	½	½	1	½	5
101	GM	PAPP Gabor	2570	1	½	½	0	1	1	0	½	4.5
160	GM	FODOR Tamas Jr.	2475	½	½	½	0	1	0	1	0	3.5
125	GM	PAP Gyula	2539	1	0	1	½	0	0	1	0	3.5
218	FM	ANTAL Tibor Kende	2349	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	0	2.5
285		SZONYI Bence	1651	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	1.5

Event Video from Official Site

Overall Standings-From Chess Results
MOISEENKO Alexander is in clear first with 7/8. Balogh is one point back in a group with 6/8.

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	MOISEENKO Alexander	UKR	2698	7
2	GM	LUPULESCU Constantin	ROU	2634	6.5
3	GM	ALEKSEEV Evgeny	RUS	2700	6
4	GM	VALLEJO PONS Francisco	ESP	2695	6
5	GM	LYSYJ Igor	RUS	2641	6
6	GM	BELIAVSKY Alexander G	SLO	2628	6
7	GM	ARESHCHENKO Alexander	UKR	2709	6
8	GM	BALOGH Csaba	HUN	2644	6
9	GM	NAVARA David	CZE	2697	6
10	IM	KOVALEV Vladislav	BLR	2523	6
11	GM	HRACEK Zbynek	CZE	2628	6
12	GM	LAZNICKA Viktor	CZE	2679	6
13	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	ISR	2638	6
14	GM	MELKUMYAN Hrant	ARM	2622	6

First Saturday
The GM and FM-A groups are not finished yet.

IM-A
IM Radlovacki won with 7/9.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	IM	Radlovacki Jovan	2423	SRB	*	1	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	7
2		Bouzidi Ahmed	2161	TUN	0	*	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	6
3	FM	Kantor Gergely	2341	HUN	0	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	6
4	FM	Amdouni Zoubaier	2249	TUN	1	½	½	*	0	0	1	½	½	1	5
5	IM	Krumpacnik Domen	2327	SLO	½	0	0	1	*	½	1	½	½	½	4.5
6	IM	Petran Pal	2317	HUN	0	0	½	1	½	*	0	½	1	½	4
7		Bayramgeldiyev Yusup	2250	TKM	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	1	1	4
8	FM	Lyell Mark	2227	ENG	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	*	0	1	3.5
9	FM	Silapov Azat	2307	TKM	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	*	½	3
10		Aryan Chopra	2120	IND	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	2

IM-B

Li Bo won with 7/9.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1		Li Bo	2252	CHN	***	1 1	½ 0	½ ½	1 1	½ 1	7
2		Atabayev Saparmyrat	2134	TKM	0 0	***	1 ½	0 1	1 1	1 1	6.5
3	IM	Battey Alexander	2306	USA	½ 1	0 ½	***	½ ½	0 1	1 ½	5.5
4	IM	Szeberenyi Adam	2325	HUN	½ ½	1 0	½ ½	***	½ 0	1 0	4.5
5	IM	Szalanczy Emil	2262	HUN	0 0	0 0	1 0	½ 1	***	½ ½	3.5
6	CM	Zaibi Amir	2285	TUN	½ 0	0 0	0 ½	0 1	½ ½	***	3

Sicilian 2…e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 [B40]-TWIC 965

More Bratto Chess
The feature game was won by Hungarian GM Csaba Horvath and was played in Bratto as part of the Italian TCh.



More about Horvath
Hungarian Grandmaster (1993). International Arbiter. 
Hungary Champion 1997. 

GM Horvath,Csaba

Winner of Budapest 1990, St Ingbert 1991, Budapest 1992, Forli Open 1997, Ambassador Open and Helsinki 2001, First Saturday 2002, Cvitanovic Memorial and Zalakaros Open (joint) in 2004, Val Thorens and Chamberry GM in 2005 and Capablanca Open in 2007. 
A participant in 2 Olympiads in 1990 and 1998.

TWIC 965
Here is the feature game. GM Horvath meticulously consolidated an extra P in a technical ending.

Djuric,S (2471) - Horvath,Cs (2515)
Sicilian 2…e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 [B40]
45th Italian Teams 2013 Bratto ITA (6), 30.04.2013

Position 1
Black has a P+ and in the process of consolidating the advantage. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

44.Nc4

Interview with GM Portisch(Hungarian Language)-Video

Interview with Portisch,l(Hungarian Language)



Portisch Simul 2011
GM Portish is still a very popular player.

Capablanca Mem 2013 Rd3-GM Almasi(HUN)

Andrew Martin Analyzes
The featured Almasi game is analyzed by IM Andrew Martin on his Youtube Chanel-The Yately Manor Chess Master.



TWIC 964
GM Almasi rolled out the big guns and went for 6.Bg5 against the Sicilian Najdorf. GM Harikrishna defended with 6...Nbd7 and a sharp battle followed.

Here is the feature game.

Almasi,Z (2689) - Harikrishna,P (2705)
Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qe2 [B94]
48th Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (3.3), 23.04.2013

Position 1
The position is sharp. White has just attacked the queen with 28.Nd7. What do you recommend for black?

• 28...Qb7
• 28...Qc7
• Something else

Black to Play

28.Nd7