FIDE GP Beijing Rd7-GM Leko(HUN)

TWIC 975

Here is GM Leko's only victory in Beijing.

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GM Peter Leko and GM Sergey Karjakin analyzing their game of round 7. FIDE Grand Prix Beijing 2013. Interviewer: Anastasiya Karlovych.

Leko,P (2737) - Karjakin,Sergey (2776) 
Quen’s Indian 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Nbd2 [E15]
FIDE GP Beijing 
Beijing CHN (7.1), 11.07.2013

Position 1

White is trying to make something out of slightly better piece activity. What do you recommend for white now?

White to Play

35...Kf8

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

Tata Steel 2013 A-Rd11 Leko

Here is a beautiful game by Peter Leko from Tata Steel Group A played in rd11. The Tata Steel event was beautifully photographed and organized.

Van Wely defended aggressively with the Sicilian Dragon but Leko invited a RRB-RRN ending and showed some fabulous technique to grind out the win in model fashion.

Leko,P(l) - Van Wely(r) in rd 11

Photo Tatasteelchess 2013 Gallery day11

Leko,P (2735) - Van Wely,L (2679)

Sicilian Dragon 9.0-0-0 d5[B76]

75th Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee NED (11.1), 25.01.2013

Position 1
White has the better structure. How should white continue?

White to Play

28..Kf8

Position 2
Black is preparing a pawn break after playing 47..f6. How should white continue?

White to Play

47...f6

Tata Steel 2013 Group A

Here's Aronian's nice endgame win over Leko from Tata Group A. For more see Tatasteelchess. The site has a fantastic gallery.

Aronian obtains a better pawn structure but Leko has the bishop pair for an active defence. Later the ending is BN-BB but with Aronian having an extra pawn.

Aronian,L - Leko,P

Photo Tatasteelchess Gallery day6

Aronian,L (2802) - Leko,P (2735)

4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 c5[E15]

75th Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee NED (6.3), 18.01.2013

Position 1

White to Play

28...a6

Position 2

White to Play

53...Bc2

Tata Steel 2013 Group A

Here is Leko's win in the Spanish over Caruana. Leko has 4/8 so far.

Leko,P (2735) - Caruana,F (2781)

Spanish 6.d3[C84]

75th Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee NED (5.1), 17.01.2013

Position 1

Black has just blocked the position with 40...g5 and aims to hold the kingside by constructing a dark square defensive wall.

How should white continue the attack?

• 41.fg
• 41.hg
• Something else

White to Play

 

40...g5

TWIC 950(HUN-CAN) Summary Jan 22-2013

Introduction
TWIC-The Week In Chess is the work of Mark Crowther.

There were no Canadians in action this week and still no games from the Panama Open.

75th Tata Steel GpA  2013(After Rd8) Tatasteelchess
Leko,P(HUN) has 4/8.

		Score	FIDE	TPR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Carlsen, M.	6.0	2861	2932		½	½		1	1	½	½	1			1
2	Anand, V.	5.5	2772	2889	½		1	½	½			1	1		½	½
3	Aronian, L.	5.0	2802	2819	½	0			½	½	1		½			1		1
4	Nakamura, H.	5.0	2769	2797		½				½	½		½	1		½	½	1
5	Harikrishna, P.	4.5	2698	2796	0	½	½				½	½	1		1	½
6	Karjakin, S.	4.5	2780	2783	0		½	½				½		1	½		½	1
7	Leko, P.	4.0	2735	2752	½		0	½	½			1		½	½		½
8	Caruana, F.	4.0	2781	2718	½	0			½	½	0					1	1	½
9	van Wely, L.	3.5	2679	2693	0	0	½	½	0					1			1	½
10	Wang, H.	3.5	2752	2655				0		0	½		0		½	½	1	1
11	Giri, A.	3.0	2726	2617		½			0	½	½			½		½	½	0
12	Sokolov, I.	2.5	2667	2629	0	½	0	½	½			0		½	½
13	L'Ami, E.	2.5	2627	2587				½		½	½	0	0	0	½			½
14	Hou, Y.	2.5	2603	2599			0	0		0		½	½	0	1		½

75th Tata Steel GpB 2013(After Rd8)
Rapport, Movsesian and Timman share the lead with 5.5/8.

Rapport-Van Kampen

Photo-Tatasteelchess Gallery day1

		Score	FIDE	TPR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Rapport, R.	5.5	2621	2767		1			½	0	1	1	½	½				1
2	Movsesian, S.	5.5	2688	2765	0		½	½			½	1		1		1		1
3	Timman, J.	5.5	2566	2754		½			0	1	½		½		1		1	1
4	Naiditsch, A.	5.0	2708	2711		½			½	1	0		1	0	1		1
5	Dubov, D.	4.5	2600	2665	½		1	½		½		0			½	1	½
6	Smeets, J.	4.5	2615	2650	1		0	0	½					½	1	1	½
7	Tiviakov, S.	4.0	2655	2629	0	½	½	1				0				1	1	0
8	Edouard, R.	4.0	2686	2619	0	0			1		1		½	1		½		0
9	Turov, M.	4.0	2630	2614	½		½	0				½			½	½	½	1
10	van Kampen, R.	3.5	2581	2586	½	0		1		½		0			0		½	1
11	Grandelius, N.	3.0	2572	2526			0	0	½	0			½	1		0	1
12	Nikolic, P.	3.0	2619	2538		0			0	0	0	½	½		1			1
13	Ipatov, A.	2.0	2587	2423			0	0	½	½	0		½	½	0
14	Ernst, S.	2.0	2556	2438	0	0	0				1	1	0	0		0

TCH-AUT 2012-13
Balogh,C had a great score with 3/4 while other Hungarians were not so sucessful. The talented Juhasz brothers continue to gain valuable experience in international league play.

	Score	Games
Balogh,C	3	4
Ribli,Z	2.5	4
Acs,P	2	3
Feher,A	2	4
Erdos,V	1.5	4
Hera,I	1.5	4
Farago,I	0.5	2
Ruck,R	0.5	1
Juhasz,Kr 1.5/4	1.5	4
Juhasz A 1/3	1	3

TCH-SVK 2012-13
Bokros,A did well.

	Score	Games
Bokros,A	1.5	2
Varga,Z	1	2
Papp,G	1	2

Tashkent FIDE GP 2012

Leko scored 5.5/11 for a solid result.

'... the Italian(Caruana-right) was never close to a win against Peter Leko(l).

Photo Chessvibes Tashkent 2012 GP

 

Rank		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts
1	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2775	RUS	1	*	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	6½
2	GM	Wang Hao	2737	CHN	½	½	*	1	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	6½
3	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2748	RUS	*	0	½	1	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	6½
4	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2786	ITA	0	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6
5	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2764	AZE	½	1	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	6
6	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2696	UZB	½	½	1	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	6
7	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2741	UKR	1	0	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	½	5½
8	GM	Svidler Peter	2747	RUS	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	5½
9	GM	Leko Peter	2732	HUN	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	5½
10	GM	Gelfand Boris	2751	ISR	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	4½
11	GM	Dominguez Perez Leinier	2726	CUB	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	4
12	GM	Kamsky Gata	2762	USA	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	0	*	3½

Here is Leko's only win.

Kamsky,G (2762) - Leko,P (2732)
Nimzo-Indian 8...Nbd7 9.Bd2[E55]
FIDE GP Tashkent Tashkent UZB (8.4), 30.11.2012
White played the harmless 9.Bd2 and got nothing in the opening.

Position 1
Now later, black has just recaptured with 22...Nxd5 and an endgame has begun. How do you assess the position?
-Dead even. The IQP is not a factor due the white's active pieces
-Slightly better for black due to the IQP
-Unclear, it's too soon to tell as the Nc6 gives white a chance to make murky play.

22...Nxd5

Position 2
26.a3 has just been played. The RRB-RRN ending looks complex but really it is not. Black has the better structure and more  useful minor piece. How should black proceed?
-26..Rxa6
-Build slowly with ...f6/..e5
-Play the little hidden tactical blow
-Somthing else

Black to Play

26.a3