Big Slick IM Rd6-FM Lyell(ENG)

Big Slick IM
Budapest resident FM Lyell,Mark 4.5/9 and IM Meszaros(HUN) 4/9. Merry(ENG) got an IM norm with 7.5/9.

FM Lyell,Mark

Final Standings
Merry 7.5
Sarakauskas 7
House 4.5
Lyell 4.5
McClement 4.5
Olsarova 4.5
Meszaros 4
Rudd 4
Vogel 3
Bates 1.5

Meszaros,Gyula (2255) - Lyell,Mark (2238)

Dutch 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 [A80]

Big Slick IM (6), 27.06.2013

Position 1
White won a pawn early in the game but the conversion phase produced an interesting sharp ending. Black has just attacked Nb3 with 51...a4 in the sharp NN-R ending. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

51...a4

Jersey Masters 2013 Rd9-FM Lyell,M(ENG)

Round 9

Budapest resident FM Mark Lyell scored 4.5/9 against a strong field. GM Hebden played a strong game against Lyell in round 9 and won after a nice massage combined with a strong passed d-pawn.

FM Mark Lyell

Hebden,M (2518) - Lyell,M (2227) 
QGA 7.Bb3[D27]
Jersey Masters 2013 St Clement Bay JCI (9), 10.03.2013

Position 1

White has a strong passed pawn and controls the play. The correct way to continue is not so clear. How should white continue?

White to Play

24..Rc8

Gibraltar Tradewise 2013

Here is Mark Lyell's rd2 game. Lyell built up a fabulous position but unfortunately allows white to slip away.

FM Lyell,Mark(ENG)

Poetsch,Hagen (2437) - Lyell,Mark (2235)

Caro-Kann Advance 3…c5[B12]

Tradewise Gibratar Chess Festival 2013 (2.52), 23.01.2013

Position 1

Black to Play

20.f4

Gibraltar Tradewise 2013 Rd1

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Canadians at Gibratar Gibraltarchesscongress Pairings_results
3 Canadians are playing in the Masters group.

IM Piasetski

Photo John Saunders 2013TradewiseGibraltarChessFestival Round1And2

SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	1	Pts.
93	IM	Piasetski Leon	2310	CAN	1	1
184		Fairbairn Stephen	2021	CAN	0	0
208		Agbabishvili Lali	1954	CAN	0	0

Hungary
3 Hungarians led by GM Hoang are playing.

GM Hoang Thanh Trang

SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	1	Pts.
52	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	2469	HUN	1	1
91	WGM	Rudolf Anna	2312	HUN	1	1
213		Lochte Szilvia	1923	HUN	0	0

USA
5 Americans are playing led by the veteran GM Gata Kamsky.

SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	1	Pts.
2	GM	Kamsky Gata	2740	USA	½	0.5
22	GM	Ehlvest Jaan	2603	USA	1	1
46	IM	Zatonskih Anna	2491	USA	1	1
188		Hutton Jack	2017	USA	½	0.5
225		Kang Leo J	1814	USA	½	0.5

England

A massive group of English players including Budapest resident FM Mark Lyell are playing.

SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	1	Pts.
3	GM	Adams Michael	2725	ENG	1	1
10	GM	Short Nigel D	2690	ENG	1	1
17	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2632	ENG	1	1
34	GM	Gordon Stephen J	2533	ENG	1	1
57	IM	Zhou Yang-Fan	2439	ENG	1	1
60	IM	Trent Lawrence	2429	ENG	1	1
63	IM	Houska Jovanka	2416	ENG	1	1
73	IM	Quillan Gary	2398	ENG	1	1
99		Chapman Terry P D	2292	ENG	1	1
113	FM	Storey Charles H	2245	ENG	1	1
118	FM	Lyell Mark	2235	ENG	1	1
121		Spence David J	2226	ENG	½	0.5
135		Jaunooby Ali R	2178	ENG	0	0
139		Byron Alan M	2167	ENG	0	0
148	CM	Walton Alan J	2153	ENG	0	0
149		Burrows Martin P	2153	ENG	0	0
161		Cawley Paul F	2113	ENG	0	0
164		Mckenna Jason P	2110	ENG	0	0
174	CM	Reuben Stewart	2054	ENG	1	1
180		Stewart Ashley	2040	ENG	0	0
182	WFM	Grigoryan Meri	2025	ENG	½	0.5
183		Hamer Martyn	2025	ENG	0	0
190		Spanton Tim R	2017	ENG	0	0
191		Hackner Oskar A	2015	ENG	0	0
210		Tranter Stephen	1938	ENG	½	0.5
214		Openshaw David K	1923	ENG	0	0
216		Dennis Nigel W	1904	ENG	0	0
223		Wilson Matthew R	1827	ENG	0	0
231		Whatley Stephen A J	1717	ENG	0	0
233		Ramdewar Ishan	1658	ENG	0	0
237		Collins Andrew	1638	ENG	0	0
239		Williamson Ian	1602	ENG	0	0

e2e4 Brighton Open 2012-11 Results

Brighton Open e2e4 Brighton Nov 2012 Open

GMs Wells and Arkell shared first with 4.5/5 in the increasingly popular e2e4 weekend tournament series. FM Lyell got 3/5.

Rank Name                   Score Fed. Rating
1 GM Wells, Peter K      4.5     ENG 2488
2 GM Arkell, Keith C     4.5     ENG 2462
3 Jones, Steven A           4         ENG 1987
4 FM Sowray, Peter J     3.5     ENG 2362
5 FM Ledger, Dave J      3.5     ENG 2268
6 Player, Edmund C         3.5     ENG 2215
7 Seymour, Timothy P     3.5     ENG 2057

8 Kirk, Ezra                     3 ENG 2258
9 FM Lyell, Mark             3 ENG 2194
10 Murphy, Hugh W         3 ENG 2152
11 Myall, Ivan J                3 ENG 2092
12 De Coverly, Roger D 3 ENG 2038
13 Prior, Stephen C V     3 ENG 1993
14 Boardman, Jeffrey      3 NZL 1990

15 Lim, Zhuo Ren 2.5 MAS 2183
16 Tozer, Philip A A 2.5 ENG 2179
17 Maullin, Robert E 2.5 ENG 2138
18 Skulte, Christopher 2.5 AUS 1969
19 McCarthy, Damian 2.5 ENG 1879
20 Anderson, John 2 ENG 2179
21 Coates, David H 2 ENG 2085
22 WIM Maroroa, Sue 2 ENG 2055
23 Harnett, Robert J 2 ENG 2018
24 WFM Norinkeviciute, Rasa 2 LTU 2010
25 Craft, Isaac 2 ENG 2005
26 Briggs, John Nicholas 2 ENG 1979
27 Kirk, Jason 2 FRA 1954
28 Payne, Matthew J 2 ENG 1952
29 Oyama, Akito 2 ENG 1866
30 Gupta, Arul 2 ENG 1730
31 Kouis, Marios 1.5 GRE 1851
32 Wood, Peter R 1 ENG 1947
33 Waters, Andrew 1 ENG 1918 *
34 Charpidou, Anna 1 GRE 1754
35 Lee, Shane 0.5 IRL 1842
36 Stone, Mark R 0 ENG 1615

Here is a key game between one of the winners GM Wells and Budapest resident FM Mark Lyell.

Wells,Peter K (2488) - Lyell,Mark (2194)
Queen's Gambit Accepted(D26)
e2e4 Brighton Open Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, Eng (4), 11.11.2012
White played for queenside pressure with the IQP and black sacrificed an exchange rather than endure a passive defence.

Critical Position
White has big pressure going on the queenside but what's next?

White to Play

FM Lyell(ENG) 4.5/9 at e2e4 Basingstoke Int Open 2012

Budapest resident FM Lyell(ENG) scored 4.5/9 at e2e4 Basingstoke Internatioal Open.

Basingstoke Country Hotel, Scures Hill, Nately Scures, Nr. Hook, Hampshire, England 

Photo-e2e4 Basingstoke-Oct 2012

Ghasi,A clear first with 6.5/9. FM Lyell,M got 4.5/9.

1 Ghasi,A 2430 -1 +½ -1 +1 -½ +1 -½ +½ -½ 6.5/9
2 Arkell,K 2456 +1 -½ +1 -½ +½ +½ -½ -½ +½ 5.5/9
3 Ziska,H 2474 +1 -½ +1 -0 +1 -½ -½ +½ -½ 5.5/9
4 Hawkins,Jo 2511 +1 -½ +½ -½ +1 -½ +½ -½ +½ 5.5/9
5 Cobb,J 2423 +1 +½ -½ -1 +0 -½ +½ +½ -1 5.5/9
6 Hanley,C 2406 -½ +½ -1 +½ -1 +½ +½ -½ -½ 5.5/9
7 Eggleston,D 2337 -½ +1 -0 +1 -0 +1 +½ -½ +1 5.5/9
8 Player,E 2215 +0 -1 +½ -0 +½ -1 +½ -1 -1 5.5/9
15 Lyell,M(ENG) 2219 -0 +1 -1 +0 -0 +½ -0 +1 -1 4.5/9

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Here is one of Lyell's games

Lyell,M (2219) - Rudd,J (2335)

Two Knights Defence[C57]

e2e4 Basingstoke Int Open Basingstoke ENG (8.11), 31.10.2012
The situation on the kingside is rather tense. How should white secure his king?

White to Play