Budapest TCh Div 4 2012-12-03 Rd4

Sztaki-EVM II 2.5-RAC 3.5
My team won this evening.

Board	Name	Rating	Result	Name	Rating
1	Varannaj,L	1912	0-1	Yip,M	2087
2	Dolanyi,J	1727	0.5-0.5	Dolday,F	1964
3	Szenrei,L	1437	0-1	Szili,A	1935
4	Kelemen,G	1463	0-1(Def)	Paal,G	1944
5	Ninimiz,I	1563	1-0	Balla,A	1764
6	Daraban,B	UNR	1-0	Aranyi,F	1621

Yip,M (2087) - Varannai,L (1912)
QGA 4..g6 [D25]
BTCh Div 4 (4), 03.12.2012[Yip]
Black too far too many liberties in the opening and early middlegame. Now white has a winning attack and is looking for the kill. What do you suggest?

White to Play

BTCh Div 4 Rd2: Wesselenyi SK 2.5-Rakosligeti AC 3.5

RAC won the monday night match against the Blind Institute 3.5-2.5 despite fielding only 5 of the 6 required players.

Wesselenyi            RAC
Eros,P     0      -    Nadasi,B 1
Rev,M     +
Vojan,I    0      -     Stenner     1
Nemes,G 0      -    Yip,M      1
Almadi,B 1      -    Szili,A     0
Denes,J    0     -     Balla.A     1

After the round I visited the Hungarian High School Team Ch which was nearby. I was promised some pictures for the blog by one the the coaches-GM Joseph Horvath who was particularly happy as his team was in the lead. The event will last a couple more days.

Here is my game from this evening(Monday Oct 29).

Vemes,G (2007) - Yip,M (2087)
Sicilian Kan[B42]
Division 4 BTCh (2), 29.10.2012

White tried an unsound queen sacrifice early in the opening and is now being pushed back. Black has Q+P for 3 minors pieces and has consolidated nicely.

Black to play

Budapest TCh Rd1-Benko Gambit

The Benko Gambit has been getting a lot of attention lately.

The Dynamic Benko Gambit-NIC

Here is an interesting effort from the Budapest TCh Rd1.

Farkas,Lajos Dr (2228) - Juhasz,Mark (2155) [A59]
BUD tch Lilienthal 12/13 Budapest (1), 30.09.2012
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 d6 8.e4 Bxf1 9.Kxf1 Bg7 10.g3 0–0 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.a4 Qb6 13.Qe2 Rfc8N


Critical Position 1
Black has just played the novelty 13...Rfc8. Normally black would play ..Rfb8 with play on the a.b files. Now black can support ...c4 and follow with ...Nc5-d3 with light square play. How do you assess the move? What should white do next? Seek a refuation? Play a normal move and keep the tension?

White to Play

Critical Position 2
The position is complicated. What is the right plan for black?

Black to Play