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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Biel Rd9-GM Rapport(HUN) Video Report

Round 9 with GM Danny King-Chessbase Report
A brief on-the-spot report of round 9 of the Biel Grandmasters Tournament including post-game interviews with Ding Liren, Etienne Bacrot, Richard Rapport and Alexander Moiseenko.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Biel 2013 Rd8(Video Report)-GM Rapport

Presented by GM Danny King
A brief on-the-spot report of round 8 of the Biel Grandmasters Tournament including post-game interviews with Ding Liren, Etienne Bacrot and Ian Nepomniachtchi.

120th ch-SCO 2013 Rd9-GM Hera(HUN)

TWIC 977
120th ch-SCO 2013 and Blog
GM Hera(HUN) shared first with GMs Jones and Gormally with 7/9. GM Farago,I(HUN) finished with 6/9.

More About Helensburgh Scotland-Host of the Tournament
With a population at the 2004 census of 20,626, Helensburgh (Baile Eilidh in Gaelic) is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde and the eastern shore of the entrance to the Gareloch. 

Helensburgh was founded in 1776 when Sir James Colquhoun of Luss built spa baths on the site of Ardencaple Castle, which dated back to about 1600. He then had the seaside resort town constructed to the east of the spa on a formal layout in the style of Edinburgh New Town, and named it after his wife Helen.



Hera,I (2558) - Strikovic,A (2504)
King’s Indian g3[E63]
120th ch-SCO 2013
Helensburgh SCO (9.3), 14.07.2013

Position 1
White is well placed and has the open g-file while Qa5 is a spectator on the queenside. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play


22...b5

TWIC 977(HUN) INDEX July 30, 2013

Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther.

Events
GM Hoang won the EICC W Ch with 6/7 and GM Hera shared first in the Scottish Ch.
  • Dortmund-Leko
  • Biel-Rapport
  • Pardubice-Gonda,Boros
  • Politiken Cup-Portisch,L
  • EICC W-Hoang(winner);Papp,P
  • Andorra Open-Lyell,M(ENG)
  • SCO-Ch-Hera(winner) and Farago,I

41st GM Dortmund GER  2013
GM Leko has 2/4 so far.

GM Leko-GM Adams

Breisacher Memorial  2013-(SUI)Rd7
Rapport has 2/7.


GM Rapport-GM Bacrot

Video
Rd5 Bacrot-Rapport



#NameRtgPerf123456Pts
1Bacrot, Etienne27142813½½½½14.5
2Ding, Liren27142758½11½½4
3Moiseenko, Alexander26992759½½0½½114
4Vachier-Lagrave, M27192757½0½11½½4
5Nepomniachtchi, Ian27172608½½½½0½2.5
6Rapport, Richard269325520½0½½½2

A group of Hungarian players participated included two US IMs based in Hungary,
-IM Battey(US) 5/9
-IM Kislik(US) 4.5/9

Hungarian Results

SNoNameFIDEFEDPts.Rk.
15GMGonda Laszlo2538HUN621
32GMBoros Denes2504HUN633
44IMSipos Istvan2471HUN593
45IMToth Ervin2471HUN585


USA Results

SNoNameFIDEFEDPts.Rk.
57IMSmith Bryan2456USA570
91WGMNemcova Katerina2382USA4168
109IMKislik Erik Andrew2345USA583
125IMBattey Alexander2304USA4.599


Overall Standings
Rk.NameFEDFIDEPts.
1GMNisipeanu Liviu-DieterROU26707.5
2GMOleksienko MikhailoUKR25687.5
3GMShyam SundarIND25057
4GMLalith BabuIND25717
5GMPetr MartinCZE25237
6GMYagupov IgorRUS23896.5
7GMChernyshov KonstantinRUS25146.5
8IMDas DebashisIND24786.5
9GMKononenko DmitryUKR26106.5
10GMTeske HenrikGER25176.5
11GMMirzoev AzerAZE25366.5
12IMBelyakov BogdanRUS24306.5


Politiken Cup 2013
Portisch,L is playing.

Interview
(We) met the Hungarian chess legend Lajos Portisch in the lobby and got a short interview.


Mr. Portisch told us, that this is his third appearance in Politiken Cup and he likes the tournament because of the nice surroundings, the Konventum hotel, the good food and the nice atmosphere. 

We asked why he so far has not attended any senior chess competitions, Portisch answered, that he has no ambition to become a senior world champion, when he never became world champion in his best period as a chess player. 

“In my age, you choose your tournaments very carefully. Of course if the organizers of the senior world championship gave me a nice offer, I would consider, but my main ambition these days is to sing.(more)..'


GM Portisch,L

14th ch-EUR Ind w  2013-Chess Results
GMs Hoang,Thanh Trang and Gunina,Valentina 6/7. Papp,Petra 4/7.


Champion
GM Hoang Thanh Trang(HUN) 




Rk.NameFEDFIDEPts.
1GMHoang Thanh TrangHUN24676
2GMGunina ValentinaRUS25076
3IMMelia SalomeGEO24285.5
4WGMArabidze MeriGEO23205.5
5WGMPogonina NatalijaRUS24785.5
6IMKhurtsidze NinoGEO24435.5
7GMDzagnidze NanaGEO25585.5
8GMMuzychuk AnnaSLO25945.5
9GMKosteniuk AlexandraRUS24895.5
10WGMKashlinskaya AlinaRUS23345
11WGMDaulyte DeimanteLTU23635
12WGMGoryachkina AleksandraRUS24015
13IMKovalevskaya EkaterinaRUS24075
14IMKhotenashvili BelaGEO25125
15WGMCharochkina DariaRUS23265
16GMCmilyte ViktorijaLTU24975
17IMMkrtchian LilitARM24545
18IMLomineishvili MaiaGEO23515
19WGMMammadova GulnarAZE23225
20GMSocko MonikaPOL24355
21WIMSchut LisaNED22775
22IMMuzychuk MariyaUKR24845


Andorra Open 2013-Chess Results
GM Vovk was clear first with 7.5/9. FM Lyell,M(ENG) who is based in Budapest got 5/9.

Marcos Camacho(ESP)

Rk.NameFEDRtgPts.
1Vovk Andrey GMUKR25677.5
2Rodshtein Maxim GMISR26417
3Vazquez Igarza Renier GMESP25717
4Iturrizaga Eduardo GMVEN26437
5Norwood David R GMAND24917
6Narciso Dublan Marc GMESP25367
7Gozzoli Yannick GMFRA25237
8Hamitevici Vladimir IMMDA24827
9Gaudineau EricFRA23586.5
10Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel GMESP25476.5
11Demuth Adrien IMFRA24636.5
12Tania Sachdev IMIND24306.5
13Steingrimsson Hedinn GMISL25576.5
14Massoni Michael IMFRA23736.5
15Peralta Fernando GMARG26226.5
16Wegerle Joerg IMGER24456.5
17Macias Murillo Bryan IMECU22986.5


120th ch-SCO 2013 and the Blog
GM Hera(HUN) shared first with GMs Jones and Gormally with 7/9. GM Farago,I(HUN) finished with 6/9.

Report-Day 7
'...Today is the longest day.  Surprising, given that we are going to be here until nearly 11pm tonight, Alex and I are in good spirits and there is some serious banter taking place.  To anyone listening, you would think we are abusing each other.  Not Alex and me :D(more)'


Veteran GM Farago

Monday, July 29, 2013

Pannónia-Nitrokémia Kupa 2013 Final Standings

Final Standings
IM Aczel, Gergely took clear first with 6.5/7.

Rk. NameFEDRtgPts.
1IMAczel GergelyHUN24516.5
2IMSzabolcsi JanosHUN23506
3 Michalicka MilanSVK22525.5
4 Koczo KristofHUN22695.5
5IMNagy GaborHUN24495.5
6 Szajbely ZsigmondHUN21645.5
7FMNagy BenceHUN23605
8FMSzabo BalazsHUN23005
9IMTo Nhat MinhHUN22925
10 Balint VilmosHUN22165
11IMGalyas MiklosHUN24095
12 Ongai ErikHUN20135
13 Budai DavidHUN23044.5
14 Farkas Lajos Dr.HUN22054.5
15 Szegi TomasSVK22224.5
16 Bodo BenceHUN21714.5
17 Zentai PeterHUN22344.5
18 Odor IstvanHUN21524.5
19 Farkas AdamHUN21524.5
20IMRigo JanosHUN22714.5
21IMSzalanczy EmilHUN22974.5
22 Orosz AndrasHUN20444.5
23FMRadnai AdamHUN23274.5
24 Szabo ZsoltHUN21834.5
25 Papp TamasHUN20594.5
26 Varga RichardHUN19114.5
27 Smideliusz MarkHUN21254
28 Weber DirkGER22724
29 Laza SzabolcsHUN19684
30 Sardy PeterHUN23604
31 Varadi BenedekHUN21274
32 Forgacs AttilaHUN21554
33 Grimsholm OlaSWE20984
34 Mester AttilaHUN20734
35FMBiro AndrasHUN22684
36 Gaal EdeHUN20514
37 Marosi LeventeHUN20754
38 Dankhazi AndrasHUN21864
39 Csire BenceHUN20684
40 Ruck RobertHUN20554

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Lila Futo 2013-07 Final Standings

Takacs,L and Halak,M shared first with 5.5/6. Szoukup, Istvan had a strong tournament with 4/6 and a TPR of 2101(!).

Final Standings
No.PNo.NameFIDETPRScore
13Takacs, Lajos214923915.5
5Halak, Miklos213223585.5
31Fodre, Sandor215322084.5
6Piroska, Istvan211121864.5
2Hetenyi, Geza215320864.5
8Valis, Janos207120754.5
77Bodrogi, Mihaly208619504
26Szoukup, Istvan173421014
12Tomasek, Tamas Mate200019244
4Pesztericz, Laszlo213220064
10Varga, Attila201219204
22Zahonyi Abel, Mark182319404
15Toth, Tamas187718194
1450Sterbenz, Tamas Dr.019523.5
11Legradi, David200418513.5
13Szalay, Balazs194818213.5
21Bartuszek, Andras183519613.5
9Mitlasovszki, Imre201918633.5
19Karpati, Kende Vajk185317963.5
23Gruz, Janos182018743.5
14Rozsa, Sandor193318513.5
49Oszvald, peter018323.5
2329Truong, Duc Huong169817933
20Karpati, Gabor183618193
27Toth, Tibor172816733
31Fabian, Laszlo165617483
25Szurkos, Andras178018503
33Berki, Zsofi Anna161816793
39Kovacsy, Barnabas151817343
3018Granicz, Janos185318012.5
32Pinter, Tamas165517542.5
28Czimer, Jozsef170416732.5
16Doroszlai, Erik187216132.5
51Vagi, Laszlo016962.5
24Szlenka, Attila181514682.5
45Belovai, Gergo015272.5
3730Kovacs, Judit166915982
17Lakat, Gyula186314802
47Davidhazy, Robert017042
38Lipcsei, Daniel156411312
40Eros, Janos142515232
35Videki, Imre159014872
42Kidd, Balint138115252
44Viola, Gellert129514672
46David, Robert015232
4643Kelemen, Szabolcs134215431.5
34Toth, Antal160318101.5
36Gyombolai, Balint157414081.5
41Ongut, Tamas Gunes139913491.5
5048Orosz, Tamas013051
52Virag, Balint08741
37Ongut, Selcuk157311421

Friday, July 26, 2013

Pannónia-Nitrokémia Kupa(Blitz) 2013 Final Standings-FM Radnai,A(HUN)

Final Standings
[Please note that this was only a blitz tournament. The main tournament is still going on, we just started the 5th round.]
FM Radnai,Adam; Bodi, Tibor and Koczo, Kristof shared first with 7/9. Radnai is my RAC teammate so well done.


Rk.NameFEDRtgPts.
1Bodi TiborHUN20317
2FMRadnai AdamHUN23277
3Koczo KristofHUN22697
4Haszon DavidHUN22906.5
5IMTo Nhat MinhHUN22926.5
6Fodor BalazsHUN18426
7Zentai PeterHUN22345.5
8Csolig RobertHUN21355.5
9Terbe ZsuzsannaHUN19025.5
10Farkas Lajos Dr.HUN22055.5
11IMSzalanczy EmilHUN22975
12Molnar Marton MarcelloHUN19575
13Horvath CsabaHUN22085
14Kaufmann PeterHUN18645
15Ghadiri RadmehrIRI17865
16Katona JozsefHUN05
17Terbe JuliannaHUN19534.5
18Bege AronHUN20154.5
19Bege MateHUN16394.5
20Polyik PeterHUN18954.5
21Balint VilmosHUN22164
22Bege LeventeHUN18274
23Pallag GergelySVK20664
24Kovacs BenceHUN18644
25Marton JozsefHUN22204
26Javor JanosHUN17384
27Marton BenedekHUN14644
28Baranyi RobertHUN04

FSFMA July 2013-FM Resika,N(USA)

TWIC 976
FM Resika Nathan A(USA) completely dominated the field with 9.5/10.


Americans in Budapest, 
FM Resika, Nathan(right) and Wu, Christopher(left)


Rk.NameRtgFED1234567891011Pts.
1FMResika Nathan2186USA*1111111½119.5
2Kertesz Zsolt2084HUN0*11½1½01117
3Juracsik Jozsef2136HUN00*1½0111½16
4Andersen Soren2115DEN000*½1½11116
5FMJuhasz Bela2222HUN0½½½*11½0½15.5
6Farkas Richard2198HUN00100*1½1½15
7Laza Szabolcs1968HUN0½0½00*11104
8FMMayer Istvan2050HUN0100½½0*0½13.5
9Zhou Hao0CHN½0001001*013.5
10Darazs Zoltan2161HUN00½0½½0½1*½3.5
11Steer Jozsef1937HUN000000100½*1.5

Game 1
Resika,N (2186) - Juracsik,J (2136)
English Symmetrical[A39]
FSFMA July 2013 
Budapest HUN (1.5), 06.07.2013

Position 1
White is on the verge of breaking through on the queenside so black is now rushing to generate something on the kingside. What do you recommend for white now?

White to Play


25...Ng5


Game 2
Farkas,R (2198) - Resika,N (2186)
King’s Indian Saemisch[E81]
FSFMA July 2013 
Budapest HUN (2.3), 07.07.2013

Position 1
White's position is tactically suspicious. The unprotected Ra1 is begging to be exploited. What do you recommend for Black?

Black to Play


22.Nd1


Coming to Budapest for Chess?
First Saturday Prices / FS Contact 
These are the most expensive tournaments in the city by far and offer no prizes. The target market is foreign tourists. Local players get an unadvertised discount fee which is a well guarded little secret.

The standard Hungarian player fee for FM groups is 12,000 HUF(40EUR/ 54USD; 54CAN). Foreigners see website list. Note that everything is negotiable and there are no prizes.

This is the price range for FS-FMA RRs.
RatingHUFEURUSDCAN
LowHigh
Unrated59,220200264.92272.84
1800190053,298180238.43245.56
1901200047,376160211.94218.28
2001210041,454140185.45190.99
2101220035,532120158.95163.71
2200225029,610100132.46136.42


Foreign players(for example FIDE 2000) are charged approximately QUADRUPLE the local player rates. 

Other Tournaments
Hidden from tourists are some real bargains. Budapest is the home of affordable tournaments. Many cheap tournaments are available, all with prizes and modest entry fees. 

Some diligent digging is required to find these events. Check the Hungarian Federation event listing for events.

For more information:
Hungarian Chess Federation Tournament Listing(Hungarian Language)
Budapest Entry Fees 2012(Scroll down to bottom of blog too)

Other RRs
I usually play 4-5 RRs per year for very modest entry fees. These events are harder to find and advertised only in Hungarian. Here is a nice example of an alternative Budapest RR event.

Frech Karolyi Final Standings-Group A
This tournament is one example of the hidden little gems Budapest has to offer. I played this event in June for the bargain price of 3,900HUF (14EUR/ 18USD/18CAN). This was net of the Budapest Tournament Card holder 10% discount.


RankNameScoreRatingTPR
1Koczo, Kristof7.522692355
2Nagy, Aron5.521402176
3FM Juhasz, Bela5.522222167
4Kormos, Adam522112131
5Bodrogi, Mihaly521092143
6Stern, Tibor4.520252109
7Varga, Attila420122067
8Yip, Michael3.520072031
9Bodrogi, Laszlo2.520361942
10Zoldy, Robert219751895

Entry Fee Range for 1 Game/Day RRs
Here is the entry fee range in Budapest for a FIDE 2000 player(as an example). This summary shows how far out of line with the overall market First Saturday is(approx 8X the average).

Round RobinRdsPrizesHUFEURUSDCAN2013
Amator Cup9Yes5,000 17.82323November
Torokves A RR9Yes5,500 19.42525April
Frech Karolyi9Yes4,000 141818June
Torokves A RR9Yes5,500 19.42525Sept
First Saturday(FS-FMA)9-11No40,800 140180181Monthly
FS Price for HungariansNo12,000 415353Monthly