First Saturday 2012-12 IM

Here is a game by Erik Kislik from the recent First Saturday IM RR. Kislik has been living in Budapest for a few years now and plans to return to the U.S. soon.

IM Kislik,E(r) analyzing with GM Hou Yi Fan(left) at the Hungarian Federation in Budapest

Photo chess-db Kislik

The monthly IM norm tournaments usually have about 30% of the participants above 2300 with the occaisional 2400 and are popular in the summer peak months.


Breakdown by Rating Class

	UNR	U2200	2201-2300	2301-2400	2400+	Total
Feb	1	1	5	3	1	11
Mar	0	1	7	2	1	11
Apr	0	2	5	1	2	10
May	0	2	5	3	1	11
Jun	0	2	2	1	1	6
Jun	0	4	5	1	0	10
Jul	0	3	5	3	0	11
Aug	0	4	4	2	1	11
Aug	0	3	6	1	1	11
Sept	0	0	8	2	2	12
Oct	0	0	2	3	1	6
Nov	0	2	5	4	1	12
Dec	0	1	5	4	0	10
Total	1	25	64	30	12	132
%	0.8%	18.9%	48.5%	22.7%	9.1%	100%

The net-of-IM participation breakdown shows more clearly that peak participation is in the June-July-August period and that overall about slighlty over half the participants are candidate IMs.


Breakdown by Title Class

	IM	Non-IM	Total
Feb	6	5	11
Mar	5	6	11
Apr	7	3	10
May	4	7	11
Jun	3	3	6
Jun	5	5	10
Jul	4	7	11
Aug	4	7	11
Aug	4	7	11
Sept	7	5	12
Oct	3	3	6
Nov	4	8	12
Dec	5	5	10
Total	61	71	132
%	46.2%	53.8%	100%

Kislik,E (2361) - Szalanczy,E (2259)
Sicilian Dragon 9.0-0-0 a5[B76]
FSIM December 2012 Budapest HUN (5.5), 06.12.2012

Position 1
Black has declined the normal central break(...d5) in favor of the rare flank advance ...a5-a4. How should white play now?

White to Play

13...Ne5

Position 2
The position is a bit more defined now after 19...ed. How should white play now? What about taking the d-pawn?

White to Play

19...ed

Position 3
Black is fully active after 24...Re8 but so is white. Material favors white with a knight for two pawns but the queenside is shattered. Black has activity on the e-file and the dark squares and is well placed to resist. How should white continue?

White to Play

24...Re8