TWIC 982{HUN) INDEX-Sept 3 2013

Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther.

Summary
13th Zug Young Masters  2013-GM Prohaszka leads with 6/7.
TCh-ROM 2013-Banusz,T 3/3

13th Zug Young Masters  2013
GM Prohaszka leads with 6/7.

GM Prohaszka

More about Zug

Zug is a German-speaking city in Switzerland. The name 'Zug' originates from fishing vocabulary; in the Middle Ages it referred to the right to 'pull up' fishing nets and hence to the right to fish. 

The city of Zug is located in the Canton of Zug and is its capital. The lake Zug and old part of the city are the main touristic spots.

Ranking 7 round

1. GM Prohaszka,Peter 6.0
2. GM Fedorchuk,Sergey 5.0
3. GM Sumets,Andrey 4.5
4. FM Georgiadis,Nico 4.0
5. FM Rindlisbacher,Lars 4.0
6. FM Studer,Noel 3.5
7. GM Svetushkin,Dmitry 3.0
8. FM Grandadam,Nicolas 2.0
9. IM Kurmann,Oliver 2.0
10. FM Schiendorfer,Emanuel 1.0

TCh-ROM 2013

GM had a perfect 3/3 in team play.

GM Banusz,T 3/3
GM Berkes F 2.5/3
GM Erdos V 2/3

Here is Prohaszka's rd7 attacking victory.

Prohaszka,P (2567) - Kurmann,O (2421)

Queen’s Gambit Exchange[D35]

13th Zug Young Masters

Zug SUI (7.3), 02.09.2013

Position 1

White is on the attack but what is the best way to continue?

White to Play

20..Kc7

TWIC 979(HUN) INDEX-August 13 2013

Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther.

Summary
Arad Open 2013(ROM)-GM Czebe 7.5/9 equal 1st
FIDE World Cup Tromso 2013-GM Polgar was eliminated while GM Leko went through to round 2.
GB Ch 2013-GM Howell won with 9.5/11. IM Meszaros G(HUN) got 7/11.
Vecindario GM  2013-Rudolf, A(HUN) 3.5/9

Arad Open 2013
Czebe 7.5/9 =1st
Balog I 5.5/9

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.
1	IM	Tarlev Konstantin	UKR	2545	UCRAINA	7.5
2	GM	Czebe Attila	HUN	2467	UNGARIA	7.5
3	IM	Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian	ROU	2419	Acs De Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti	7
4	IM	Enchev Ivajlo	BUL	2450	BULGARIA	7
5	IM	Filip Lucian	ROU	2453	Csm Lugoj	7
6	NM	Doros Radu-Marian	ROU	2307	Lps Satu Mare	7
7	FM	Dobre Claudiu-Cristian	ROU	2331	Cs Conpet Ploiesti	7
8	GM	Stojanovic Dalibor	BIH	2514	BOSNIA HERTEGOVINA	7
9	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	ISL	2385	ISLANDA	7
10	IM	Bogdan Dan	ROU	2365	Sah Club Cugir	7
11	GM	Shishkin Vadim	UKR	2508	UCRAINA	6.5
12	GM	Sedlak Nikola	SRB	2586	SERBIA	6.5
13	IM	Cvetkovic Srdjan	SRB	2352	SERBIA	6.5
14	IM	Kozhuharov Spas	BUL	2461	BULGARIA	6.5
15	CM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2224	Sah Club Ramnicu Valcea	6.5
16	IM	Anton Teodor	ROU	2442	Cs Studentesc Medicina Timisoa	6.5
17	NM	Bonte Andrei-Mihai	ROU	2270	CS Sah Club Galati	6.5
18	CM	Dolana Andrei-Theodor	ROU	2178	Cs Petrom Flacara Moreni	6.5
19	IM	Petrisor Adrian-Marian	ROU	2401	Cs Muncitorul Resita	6.5
20	IM	Szalai Kornel	HUN	2419	UNGARIA	6.5
21	WIM	Foisor Mihaela-Veronica	ROU	2212	Css Nr. 1 Timisoara	6.5

FIDE World Cup Tromso 2013
GM Polgar was eliminated.
GM Leko went through to round 2.

GB Ch 2013
GM Howell won with 9.5/11. IM Meszaros G(HUN) got 7/11.

GM Gawain Jones

Photo-Gallery of Brendan O-Gorman

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	Rating
1	GM Howell, David W L	9.5	ENG	2639
2	GM Jones, Gawain C B	8	ENG	2643
3	GM Hebden, Mark L	8	ENG	2555
4	GM Gordon, Stephen J	8	ENG	2521
5	GM Gormally, Daniel W	7.5	ENG	2496
6	GM Lalic, Bogdan	7.5	CRO	2489
7	GM Wells, Peter K	7.5	ENG	2479
8	IM Zhou, Yang-Fan	7.5	ENG	2469
9	GM Flear, Glenn C	7.5	ENG	2456
10	GM Arkell, Keith C	7.5	ENG	2444
11	IM Ghasi, Ameet K	7	ENG	2459
12	IM Palliser, Richard J D	7	ENG	2453
13	GM Ward, Chris G	7	ENG	2432
14	IM Fernandez, Daniel Howard	7	SIN	2346
15	FM Carr, Neil L	7	ENG	2290
16	Longson, Alexander	7	ENG	2279
17	IM Meszaros, Gyula	7	HUN	2255
18	Weaving, Richard	7	ENG	2196

Vecindario GM  2013/ Chess Results
Rudolf A 3.5/9

Rk.		Name	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	FM	Alvarado Diaz	ESP	*	½	1	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	6
2		Herrera Reyes	ESP	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	6
3	IM	Antoli Royo	ESP	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	5
4	GM	Barlov Dragan	SRB	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	5
5	IM	Ramiro Ovejero	ESP	½	0	½	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	4.5
6	IM	Tatai Stefano	ITA	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	4.5
7	FM	Bressac Stephane	FRA	1	½	½	0	1	½	*	0	½	0	4
8		Garcia Blanco	ESP	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	*	0	1	4
9	WGM	Rudolf Anna	HUN	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	*	0	3.5
10	FM	Gutierrez Olivares	ESP	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	1	*	2.5

ZMDI Open 2013
Prohaszka,P
Farago I

TWIC 977(HUN) INDEX Aug 6, 2013

Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther.

Summary
14th ch-EUR Ind w  2013-GM Hoang,Thanh Trang 9/11 clear first and new champion. Papp,Petra 5.5/11.
4th Terre degli Elimi 2013(Sicily)-Amato Andrea won with 6/7. Rudolf,An(HUN) 5.5/7.

Politiken Cup 2013-Portisch,L 6.5/10
41st GM Dortmund GER  2013-GM Adams won. GM Leko had 4.5 for shared 4th.
GB Ch 2013-Meszaros G
3rd Riga Tech Uni Op  2013-Hera,I
Under 16 OL 2013-Csonka B, Gledura B; Kantor G and Antal T.

14th ch-EUR Ind w  2013-Chess Results
This is the big news of the week.
GM Hoang,Thanh Trang 9/11 clear first and new champion. Papp,Petra 5.5/11.

New Champion-GM Hoang Thanh Trang(HUN) 

The final press conference.

Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Pts.
1	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	HUN	2467	9
2	IM	Melia Salome	GEO	2428	8
3	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	ARM	2454	8
4	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	LTU	2497	8
5	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	2489	8
6	IM	Khotenashvili Bela	GEO	2512	8
7	GM	Socko Monika	POL	2435	8
8	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	RUS	2334	7.5
9	WGM	Arabidze Meri	GEO	2320	7.5
10	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	RUS	2478	7.5
11	WGM	Kovanova Baira	RUS	2371	7.5
12	GM	Muzychuk Anna	SLO	2594	7.5
13	WGM	Girya Olga	RUS	2437	7.5
14	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	BUL	2497	7.5
15	WGM	Ozturk Kubra	TUR	2293	7.5
16	GM	Cramling Pia	SWE	2523	7.5
17	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	GEO	2465	7.5
18	IM	Atalik Ekaterina	TUR	2430	7.5
19	IM	Milliet Sophie	FRA	2396	7.5
20	GM	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	SCO	2385	7.5

4th Terre degli Elimi  2013(Sicily)
Amato Andrea won with 6/7. Rudolf,An(HUN) 5.5/7. Here is a report.

4th International Chess Festival "Terre degli Elimi" in Erice(from Chessbase)
by Alessandro Monaco

'The third edition of last year ended with the victory of the Russian grandmaster Vladimir Epishin, Georgian IM Sopiko Guramishvili placing second and IM Tapani Sammalvuo from Finland third.(more)' 

Andrea Amato(left) drew Anna Rudolf(right)

in the last round to win the event

Final standing (top 10)

#	Title	Player	Rating	Pts	Perf.
1		Amato Andrea	2291	6.0	2511
2	GM	Georgiev Vladimir	2544	5.5	2444
3	WGM	Przezdziecka Marta	2297	5.5	2443
4	IM	Arnaudov G. Petar	2487	5.5	2456
5	--	Van Dongen Cor	2357	5.5	2336
6	IM	Van Assendelft Floris	2381	5.5	2411
7	IM	Adrian Claude	2221	5.5	2332
8	WGM	Rudolf Anna	2301	5.5	2429
9	FM	Lammens Tim	2316	4.5	2299
10	IM	Masternak Grzegorz	2339	4.5	2271

41st GM Dortmund GER  2013
'Winner of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund on Sunday the Englishman Michael Adams. The 41-year-old grandmaster scored 7.0 points from nine games and referred Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), who won 6.5 points, to second place. 

In the final round Adams and Kramnik broke up after about two hours draw, the series winner of Dortmund was black with no means to defeat the British.'

GM Leko had 4.5 for shared 4th.

GM Leko(left)-GM Adams(right)

GM Adams(left)-GM Kramnik(right)

Breisacher Memorial  2013-(SUI)
Rapport finished last.

Rapport(left)

The winners

Politiken Cup 2013
GM Parimarjan Negi was clear first with 9/10. Portisch,L 6.5/10

Pl.	Player	ELO	Total
1	3. GM Parimarjan Negi (Sportfreunde Katernberg 1913 e.V.)	2634	9
2	1. GM Ivan Cheparinov ()	2678	8
3	2. GM Romain Édouard (L´Echiquier Chalonnais)	2662	8
4	12. GM Sebastien Maze (Marseille Echecs)	2547	8
5	11. GM Sune Berg Hansen (Helsingør Skakklub)	2549	8
6	8. GM Jan H. Timman (Schachgemeinschaft Porz e.V.)	2584	8
7	7. GM Sabino Brunello ()	2593	8
8	6. GM Robin Van Kampen ()	2595	8
9	5. GM Sergey Erenburg ()	2615	7½
10	4. GM Hrant Melkumyan (Sfrd. Berlin 1903 e.V.)	2632	7½
11	26. IM Simon Bekker-Jensen (Philidor)	2414	7½
12	13. GM Krzysztof Bulski (Klub Szachowy "Hetman")	2534	7½
13	37. FM Bjørn Møller Ochsner (Jetsmark Skakklub)	2343	7½

3rd Riga Tech Uni Op 2013
GM Hera,I

Under 16 OL 2013
Csonka B, Gledura B; Kantor G and Antal T.

GB Ch 2013
Meszaros G is playing. Here is his rd4 game.

Ghasi,A (2459) - Meszaros,Gyu (2255)
King’s Indian Attack vs QGD[A05]
100th ch-GBR 2013
Torquay ENG (4.8), 01.08.2013

Position 1
Black has played the opening poorly and is now caught in the center. What do you recommend for white?(more than one solution).

White to Play

16...Nc5

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

#	Name	Rtg	Perf	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts
1	Bacrot, Etienne	2714	2813		1½	½	½	½½	1	4.5
2	Ding, Liren	2714	2758	0½		½1	1	½	½	4
3	Moiseenko, Alexander	2699	2759	½	½0		½	½	11	4
4	Vachier-Lagrave, M	2719	2757	½	0	½		11	½½	4
5	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2717	2608	½½	½	½	0		½	2.5
6	Rapport, Richard	2693	2552	0	½	0	½½	½		2

Pardubice 2013

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

SNo		Name	FIDE	FED	Pts.	Rk.
15	GM	Gonda Laszlo	2538	HUN	6	21
32	GM	Boros Denes	2504	HUN	6	33
44	IM	Sipos Istvan	2471	HUN	5	93
45	IM	Toth Ervin	2471	HUN	5	85

USA Results

SNo		Name	FIDE	FED	Pts.	Rk.
57	IM	Smith Bryan	2456	USA	5	70
91	WGM	Nemcova Katerina	2382	USA	4	168
109	IM	Kislik Erik Andrew	2345	USA	5	83
125	IM	Battey Alexander	2304	USA	4.5	99

Overall Standings

Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Pts.
1	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	ROU	2670	7.5
2	GM	Oleksienko Mikhailo	UKR	2568	7.5
3	GM	Shyam Sundar	IND	2505	7
4	GM	Lalith Babu	IND	2571	7
5	GM	Petr Martin	CZE	2523	7
6	GM	Yagupov Igor	RUS	2389	6.5
7	GM	Chernyshov Konstantin	RUS	2514	6.5
8	IM	Das Debashis	IND	2478	6.5
9	GM	Kononenko Dmitry	UKR	2610	6.5
10	GM	Teske Henrik	GER	2517	6.5
11	GM	Mirzoev Azer	AZE	2536	6.5
12	IM	Belyakov Bogdan	RUS	2430	6.5

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.		Name	FED	FIDE	Pts.
1	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	HUN	2467	6
2	GM	Gunina Valentina	RUS	2507	6
3	IM	Melia Salome	GEO	2428	5.5
4	WGM	Arabidze Meri	GEO	2320	5.5
5	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	RUS	2478	5.5
6	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	GEO	2443	5.5
7	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2558	5.5
8	GM	Muzychuk Anna	SLO	2594	5.5
9	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	2489	5.5
10	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	RUS	2334	5
11	WGM	Daulyte Deimante	LTU	2363	5
12	WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	RUS	2401	5
13	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	RUS	2407	5
14	IM	Khotenashvili Bela	GEO	2512	5
15	WGM	Charochkina Daria	RUS	2326	5
16	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	LTU	2497	5
17	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	ARM	2454	5
18	IM	Lomineishvili Maia	GEO	2351	5
19	WGM	Mammadova Gulnar	AZE	2322	5
20	GM	Socko Monika	POL	2435	5
21	WIM	Schut Lisa	NED	2277	5
22	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	UKR	2484	5

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)

Photo-Official Site

Rk.	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	Vovk Andrey GM	UKR	2567	7.5
2	Rodshtein Maxim GM	ISR	2641	7
3	Vazquez Igarza Renier GM	ESP	2571	7
4	Iturrizaga Eduardo GM	VEN	2643	7
5	Norwood David R GM	AND	2491	7
6	Narciso Dublan Marc GM	ESP	2536	7
7	Gozzoli Yannick GM	FRA	2523	7
8	Hamitevici Vladimir IM	MDA	2482	7
9	Gaudineau Eric	FRA	2358	6.5
10	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel GM	ESP	2547	6.5
11	Demuth Adrien IM	FRA	2463	6.5
12	Tania Sachdev IM	IND	2430	6.5
13	Steingrimsson Hedinn GM	ISL	2557	6.5
14	Massoni Michael IM	FRA	2373	6.5
15	Peralta Fernando GM	ARG	2622	6.5
16	Wegerle Joerg IM	GER	2445	6.5
17	Macias Murillo Bryan IM	ECU	2298	6.5

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