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

Capablanca Memorial 2013 Rd8-GM Almasi, Z(HUN)

TWIC 964
The Berlin Wall Declined(4.d3)
GM Almasi won a complex defensive battle against GM Harikrishna,P in rd8.

Almasi offered to defend the Berlin Wall but white declined with 4.d3 preferring a complex middlegame. Almasi chose the fresh defensive plan of ..Re8 to support e5 while delaying moving the d-pawn and quickly reached an original position after 7...Bb6(diagram)

7...Bb6

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Here is the feature game.

Harikrishna,P (2705) - Almasi,Z (2689)
Spanish 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 0–0 6.0–0 Re8 [C65]
48th Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (8.2), 29.04.2013

Position 1
White has sacrificed a rook for a quick knockout on the kingside. A precise defense is required. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

14.Qd4

Capablanca Mem Elite 2013 Rd9-GM Almasi,Z(HUN)

TWIC 965
GM Almasi won with a blend of solidarity and aggression from the black side of a Four Knights game with the odd looking 4...Bd6!?(diagram)

4...Bd6!?

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Here is the feature game.

Inarkiev,E (2688) - Almasi,Z (2689) 
Four Knights 4…Bd6[C48] 
48th Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (9.3), 30.04.2013

Position 1
Black is pressing the kingside and has the better structure. What do you recommend for black?(more than one answer)

Black to Play

29.Bxc4

Capablanca Mem Elite 2013 Rd4-GM Almasi,Z(HUN)

TWIC 964
GM Almasi took clear first in the recent Capablanca Memorial. In round 4 he won with a nice attack using the ever popular English Attack against the Sicilian Kan.

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Interview(in Hungarian)



Interview in English by Cebalo(who also translates)

Here is the feature game.

Almasi,Z (2689) - Inarkiev,E (2688) 
Sicilian Kan English Attack
4… Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0–0–0 Be7 9.f3 [B48]
48th Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (4.1), 24.04.2013

Position 1

White has a nice attack going. The g,h files have been cleared; white's queenside is secure from counterattack and Ba6 is just a spectator. What do you recommend for white now?

White to Play

28...f5

Capablanca Memorial 2013-GM Almasi,Z(HUN) Clear First

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ChessBase Report
'For the first time since 2010 the Capablanca Memorial Elite group did not include GM Vassily Ivanchuk among its participants. In his six trips to Havana, the Ukrainian has only lost two games and only once was his ultimate triumph in danger.

His unfortunate absence led to a variety of predictions and more than a few hoped GM Leinier Dominguez would win his third title in this event. As it was, the best chess player in Latin America, with 2723 Elo, finished in third place.

GM Almasi

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In the Elite there were several unexpected results. In his first trip to Havana, the Hungarian Zoltan Almasi (2689) left a very good impression, and dominated the group with 6.5/10, thanks to four wins, five draws and a lone setback.

The veteran player, aged 37, added fifteen Elo points and will now return to the ever expanding list of players rated over 2700. (more)'

Final Standings

	Player	FED	Total
1	Zoltan Almasi	HUN	6.5
2	Yuniesky Quesada Perez	CUB	6
	Leinier Dominguez Perez	CUB	6
4	Dmitry Andreikin	RUS	4.5
5	Ernesto Inarkiev	RUS	4
6	P. Harikrishna	IND	3

 

 

Here is an Almasi Game From the Tournament 

Comments by IM Andrew Martin from his Youtube chanel.

 

TWIC 963(HUN) INDEX-April 23 2013

Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther. This was a busy week for Hungarian players, who were playing all over the world from Cuba to Thailand.

TCh AUT 2 East 2012-13
GM Gonda had a fantastic result winning all 5 games.

Gonda L 5/5
Flumbort 2.5/5
Fodor 2.5/4
Papp, G 2/4
Banusz T 1.5/2
Horvath Ad 1.5/3

Videcki 1/3
Bokros A 0.5/2
Molnar At 0.5/3
Steiner A 2/4
Pataki G 1.5/3
Gergacz A 4/5
Takacs B 1/2
Horvath T 3/6

Renova FIDE GP Zug  2013

GM Leko (left)

	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts
GM	Morozevich Alexander	2758	RUS	*			½	1	½	½						2½
GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2733	UKR		*		1		½	½	½					2½
GM	Topalov Veselin	2771	BUL			*		½			½		½		1	2½
GM	Caruana Fabiano	2772	ITA	½	0		*		½					1		2
GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2709	UZB	0		½		*	½				1			2
GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2766	AZE	½	½		½	½	*							2
GM	Karjakin Sergey	2786	RUS	½	½					*		½		½		2
GM	Giri Anish	2727	NED		½	½					*	½		½		2
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2767	USA							½	½	*	½		½	2
GM	Kamsky Gata	2741	USA			½		0				½	*		½	1½
GM	Radjabov Teimour	2793	AZE				0			½	½			*	½	1½
GM	Leko Peter	2744	HUN			0						½	½	½	*	1½

48th Capablanca Mem Elite  2013

GM Inarkiev,E

	Name	FIDE	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Andreikin,D	2727	*		½		½		1.0/2
2	Dominguez Perez,L	2723		*		½	½		1.0/2
3	Harikrishna,P	2705	½		*			½	1.0/2
4	Almasi,Z	2689		½		*		½	1.0/2
5	Inarkiev,E	2688	½	½			*		1.0/2
6	Quesada Perez,Yu	2608			½	½		*	1.0/2

 
Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013
Top Hungarian was GM Horvath,A with 6.5/9.

Report From Bangkok CC
'In a multinational field of over 300 players, Australian number one, GM Zhao Zong-Yuan has won the Thailand Open 2013 ahead of big name favorites. 

Australian Grandmaster Zhao Zong-Yuan takes the Thailand Open Crown

GM Zhao had a rating performance just under 2700 overall including a dramatic win over GM Nigel Short in the eighth round. He finished with 7.5 points from nine rounds.

Following Zhao Zong-Yuan were six players on seven points. On tiebreaks, IM Wan Yunguo took 2nd place and a GM norm. GM Jan Gustafsson, who admitted that “he’s just on holiday” when asked about the tournament, finishes in 3rd place.

The top seed GM Nigel Short, a familiar and welcome presence at the Thailand Open, played fighting chess throughout the tournament making a decisive result in all but one game. He struggled at times pushing too hard for wins. The world’s 3rd highest rated female player GM Humpy Koneru had a solid tournament, not losing any games.(more)'

SNo		Name	FIDE	FED	Pts.
11	GM	Horvath Jozsef	2534	HUN	5.5
14	GM	Horvath Adam	2509	HUN	6.5
19	GM	Czebe Attila	2479	HUN	6
21	GM	Varga Zoltan	2472	HUN	5.5
46	FM	Juhasz Kristof	2330	HUN	5

Overall Standings-Chess-Results

Zhao Zong-Yuan took clear first with 7.5/9.

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	AUS	2537	7.5
2	IM	Wan Yunguo	CHN	2494	7
3	GM	Gustafsson Jan	GER	2621	7
4	GM	Vajda Levente	ROU	2632	7
5	GM	Hansen Sune Berg	DEN	2561	7
6	GM	Laylo Darwin	PHI	2491	7
7	GM	Barbosa Oliver	PHI	2563	7
8	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	PHI	2527	6.5
9	IM	Wang Chen	CHN	2485	6.5
10	GM	Koneru Humpy	IND	2597	6.5
11	GM	Short Nigel D	ENG	2697	6.5
12	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	IND	2508	6.5
13		Ma Zhonghan	CHN	2372	6.5
14	GM	Schebler Gerhard	GER	2445	6.5
15	GM	Horvath Adam	HUN	2509	6.5
16		Rishi Sardana	IND	2232	6.5