Fodre, Sandor and Hetenyi, Geza =1st Lila Futo Open 2012-11

Top seeds Fodre, Sandor and Hetenyi, Geza  shared =1st with 5/6. Mester, Attila was not able to match his string of recent sucesses and came =3rd with Karpati, Gabor with 4.5/6

The following players had notable performances.

No. PNo. Name              Score   WP SB PS rat.    TPR               W-We
5. 21 Szlenka, Attila         4.0       23.5 14.75 13.5  1752 1990   +1.81
17 Szurkos, Andras         4.0       20.0 10.50 16.0   1792 1982   +1.45
20 Karpati, Kende Vajk  4.0       20.0 11.50 13.0   1765 1968    +1.53
19 Terbe, Zsuzsanna        4.0       20.0 11.50 12.5   1776 1984    +1.58
26 Fekete, Agnes             3.5       18.0 9.25 12.5   1689 1821     +1.11
34 Pal, Istvan                   3.5       16.5 8.50 9.0     1328 1723     +2.08

Final Ranking after round 6


No. PNo. Name                Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
1. 1 Fodre, Sandor             5.0 23.5 18.75 18.5 2183 2201 +0.33
2 Hetenyi, Geza                  5.0 23.0 18.25 19.0 2180 2218 +0.40

3. 3 Mester, Attila              4.5 22.5 15.50 16.5 2125 2119 +0.20
12 Karpati, Gabor              4.5 17.5 13.00 14.5 1826 1942 +0.97

5. 21 Szlenka, Attila           4.0 23.5 14.75 13.5 1752 1990 +1.81
17 Szurkos, Andras             4.0 20.0 10.50 16.0 1792 1982 +1.45
20 Karpati, Kende Vajk      4.0 20.0 11.50 13.0 1765 1968 +1.53
19 Terbe, Zsuzsanna           4.0 20.0 11.50 12.5 1776 1984 +1.58
4 Czibulka, Zoltan Dr.           4.0 20.0 12.50 12.0 2053 1924 -0.86
14 Szentgyorgyi, Sandor      4.0 18.0 12.75 13.0 1802 1871 +0.54
11. 16
Polyanszky-Tamasi, Z          3.5 22.5 11.50 15.0 1793 1913 +0.99
26 Fekete, Agnes                3.5 18.0 9.25 12.5 1689 1821 +1.11
34 Pal, Istvan                      3.5 16.5 8.50 9.0 1328 1723 +2.08

14. 5 Terbe, Julianna           3.0 22.5 9.00 15.0 1923 1902 -0.19
13 Di Giovanni, Vilmos      3.0 21.0 8.25 12.5 1816 1822 +0.03
8 Karsai, Jozsef Dr.           3.0 20.0 7.50 12.0 1869 1789 -0.59
7 Nguyen, Thanh Do           3.0 20.0 8.00 11.0 1883 1686 -1.43
10 Nyirkos, Peter                3.0 18.5 6.00 10.0 1864 1786 -0.50
11 Palczert, Miklos Dr.       3.0 17.5 9.25 9.5 1841 1790 -0.14
22 Mate, Levente                3.0 16.5 6.25 9.5 1737 1710 -0.19
9 Gruz, Janos                     3.0 15.5 5.50 12.5 1868 1607 -1.54
25 Szoukup, Istvan              3.0 15.5 5.50 9.0 1701 1634 -0.36
23 Truong, Duc                  3.0 12.5 4.50 7.0 1733 1524 -1.46

24. 18 Czimer, Jozsef      2.5 18.5 5.75 11.5 1791 1641 -1.03
6 Bartuszek, Andras           2.5 18.5 6.00 7.0 1917 1649 -2.01
15 Szendeff, Miklos           2.5 18.0 5.50 11.5 1795 1520 -1.65
31 Marko, Csanad           2.5 18.0 5.25 6.0 1443 1620 +0.98

28. 28 Horvath, Zoltan      2.0 16.0 3.00 7.0 1541 1465 -0.51
35 Palczert, Botond          2.0 15.5 1.75 6.0 1257 1283 -0.08
32 Czipp, Janos                2.0 15.0 4.00 7.0 1435 1574 +0.69
33 Kidd, Balint                 2.0 14.0 1.75 5.0 1424 1405 -0.20
32. 29 Czumbel, Peter      1.5 18.5 3.75 6.0 1490 1534 +0.14

27 Toth, Antal                1.5 17.0 7.50 6.5 1601 1667 +0.29
30 Sandor, Laszlo           1.5 14.0 1.50 2.0 1476 1337 -0.68
35. 36 Lendvai, Oliver   1.0 15.5 2.50 4.5 1202 1244 +0.05
37 Miklos, Tamas           1.0 14.0 2.25 6.0 0000 1000 1000
24 Urban, Peter Dr.      1.0 13.0 3.00 3.0 1716 1357 -1.75

ROUND BY ROUND
Pairing of round 1
Table White -Black                                                            Results
1-Fodre, Sandor(0)-Terbe, Zsuzsanna(0) 1-19                         1-0
2-Karpati, Kende Vajk(0)-Hetenyi, Geza(0) 20- 2                   0-1
3-Mester, Attila(0)-Szlenka, Attila(0)-3- 21                               1/2
4-Szoukup, Istvan(0)-Czibulka, Zoltan Dr.---(0) 25-4               0-1
5-Terbe, Julianna(0)-Fekete, Agnes(0)-5- 26                            1-0
6-Mate, Levente(0)-Bartuszek, Andras(0) 22-6                          1/2
7-Toth, Antal-(0)-Nguyen, Thanh Do(0) 27-7                           0-1
8-Karsai, Jozsef Dr.(0)-Truong, Duc Huong(0) 8-23                  1-0
9-Sandor, Laszlo(0)-Gruz, Janos-(0) 30- 9                               0-1
10-Nyirkos, Peter(0)-Horvath, Zoltan(0) 10- 28                        1-0
11-Palczert, Miklos Dr.---(0)-Czumbel, Peter(0) 11- 29           1/2
12-Karpati, Gabor(0)-Marko, Csanad(0) 12- 31                     1/2
13-Kidd, Balint-(0)-Di Giovanni, Vilmos---(0) 33- 13                0-1
14-Czipp, Janos-(0)-Szendeff, Miklos(0) 32- 15                          0-1
15-Polyanszky-Tamasi, Zoltan-(0)-Pal, Istvan-(0) 16- 34           1-0
16-Szurkos, Andras(0)-Lendvai, Oliver(0) 17- 36                     1-0
17-Palczert, Botond(0)-Czimer, Jozsef(0) 35- 18                     0-1

Loss by default: 14 Szentgyorgyi, Sandor; 24 Urban, Peter Dr.
Bye : 37 Miklos, Tamas

Pairing of round 2
Table White -Black                                                                    Results
1-Gruz, Janos-(1)-Miklos, Tamas(1) 9- 37                                      1-0
2-Di Giovanni, Vilmos---(1)-Fodre, Sandor(1) 13-1                        0-1
3-Hetenyi, Geza(1)-Nyirkos, Peter(1)-2- 10                                    1-0
4-Czibulka, Zoltan Dr.(1)Polyanszky-Tamasi, Zoltan(1) 4-16           0-1
5-Szendeff, Miklos(1)-Terbe, Julianna(1) 15-5                                 0-1
6-Nguyen, Thanh Do(1)-Szurkos, Andras(1) 7-17                            0-1
7-Czimer, Jozsef(1)-Karsai, Jozsef Dr.(1) 18-8                                0-1
8-Czumbel, Peter( 0.5)-Mester, Attila( 0.5) 29-3                             0-1
9-Bartuszek, Andras( 0.5)-Karpati, Gabor( 0.5) 6-12                     0-1
10-Szlenka, Attila( 0.5)-Mate, Levente( 0.5) 21-22                        1-0
11-Marko, Csanad( 0.5)-Szentgyorgyi, Sandor(0) 31-14                 0-1
12-Terbe, Zsuzsanna(0)-Sandor, Laszlo(0) 19-30                            1-0
13-Horvath, Zoltan(0)-Karpati, Kende Vajk(0) 28- 20                     0-1
14-Truong, Duc Huong(0)-Czipp, Janos-(0) 23- 32                        0-1
15-Pal, Istvan-(0)-Szoukup, Istvan(0) 34- 25                                  0-1
16-Fekete, Agnes(0)-Kidd, Balint-(0) 26- 33                                  1-0
17-Lendvai, Oliver(0)-Toth, Antal-(0) 36- 27                                  1/2

Loss by default: 11 Palczert, Miklos Dr.; 24 Urban, Peter Dr.
Bye : 35 Palczert, Botond

Pairing of round 3
Table White -Black                                                                              Results
1-Fodre, Sandor(2)-Karsai, Jozsef Dr.(2) 1- 8                                         1-0
2-Polyanszky-Tamasi, Zoltan-(2)-Hetenyi, Geza--(2) 16-2                       0-1
3-Terbe, Julianna(2)-Gruz, Janos-(2)-5- 9                                                1-0
4-Szurkos, Andras(2)-Mester, Attila( 1.5) 17-3                                       0-1
5-Karpati, Gabor( 1.5)-Szlenka, Attila( 1.5) 12-21                                  1/2
6-Terbe, Zsuzsanna(1)-Czibulka, Zoltan Dr.(1) 19- 4                                1-0
7-Miklos, Tamas(1)-Szendeff, Miklos(1) 37- 15                                       0-1
8-Karpati, Kende Vajk---(1)-Nguyen, Thanh Do(1) 20- 7                       1-0
9-Czipp, Janos-(1)-Czimer, Jozsef(1) 32- 18                                            0-1
10-Nyirkos, Peter(1)-Fekete, Agnes(1) 10- 26                                        0-1
11-Szoukup, Istvan(1)-Di Giovanni, Vilmos(1) 25- 13                              0-1
12-Szentgyorgyi, Sandor---(1)-Palczert, Botond(1) 14- 35                       1-0
13-Marko, Csanad( 0.5)-Palczert, Miklos Dr.---( 0.5) 31- 11                 0-1
14-Mate, Levente( 0.5)-Czumbel, Peter( 0.5) 22- 29                             1-0
15-Toth, Antal-( 0.5)-Bartuszek, Andras( 0.5) 27- 6                              1-0
16-Urban, Peter Dr.(0)-Lendvai, Oliver( 0.5) 24- 36                             1/2
17-Sandor, Laszlo(0)-Truong, Duc Huong(0) 30- 23                             0-1
18-Kidd, Balint-(0)-Horvath, Zoltan(0) 33- 28                                       0-1

Bye: 34 Pal, Istvan

Pairing of round 4
Table White -Black                                                                              Results
1-Hetenyi, Geza( 3 )-Fodre, Sandor( 3 )-2- 1                                       1/2
2-Mester, Attila( 2.5)-Terbe, Julianna( 3 )-3- 5                                      1-0
3-Karsai, Jozsef Dr.(2)-Polyanszky-Tamasi, Zoltan-(2)-8- 16                 0-1
4-Szlenka, Attila(2)-Szentgyorgyi, Sandor---(2) 21- 14                           1/2
5-Szendeff, Miklos(2)-Karpati, Kende Vajk---(2) 15- 20                       1/2
6-Gruz, Janos-(2)-Szurkos, Andras(2)-9- 17                                           0-1
7-Di Giovanni, Vilmos---(2)-Terbe, Zsuzsanna(2) 13- 19                         1/2
8-Czimer, Jozsef(2)-Karpati, Gabor(2) 18- 12                                       1/2
9-Fekete, Agnes(2)-Mate, Levente( 1.5) 26- 22                                    1-0
10-Czibulka, Zoltan Dr.---(1)-Palczert, Miklos Dr( 1.5)-4- 11              1-0
11-Palczert, Botond(1)-Nyirkos, Peter(1) 35- 10                                  0-1
12-Nguyen, Thanh Do(1)-Czipp, Janos-(1)-7- 32                                  1-0
13-Horvath, Zoltan(1)-Miklos, Tamas(1) 28- 37                                   1-0
14-Lendvai, Oliver(1)-Szoukup, Istvan(1) 36- 25                                  0-1
15-Truong, Duc Huong(1)-Pal, Istvan-(1) 23- 34                                  0-1
16-Bartuszek, Andras( 0.5)-Marko, Csanad( 0.5)-6- 31                       1-0
17-Czumbel, Peter( 0.5)-Urban, Peter Dr.( 0.5) 29- 24                        1-0
18-Kidd, Balint-(0)-Sandor, Laszlo(0) 33- 30                                       1-0

Absent---: 27 Toth, Antal

Pairing of round 5
Table White -Black                                                                              Results
1-Fodre, Sandor( 3.5)-Mester, Attila( 3.5)-1- 3                                      1/2
2-Terbe, Julianna( 3 )-Hetenyi, Geza( 3.5)-5- 2                                       0-1
3-Szurkos, Andras( 3 )-Fekete, Agnes( 3 ) 17- 26                                  1-0
4-Polyanszky-Tamasi, Zoltan-(3)-Di Giovanni, Vilmos(2.5) 16- 13           1/2
5-Terbe, Zsuzsanna( 2.5)-Szlenka, Attila( 2.5) 19- 21                             1/2
6-Karpati, Gabor( 2.5)-Szendeff, Miklos( 2.5) 12- 15                            1-0
7-Szentgyorgyi, Sandor---( 2.5)-Czimer, Jozsef( 2.5) 14- 18                  1-0
8-Karpati, Kende Vajk---( 2.5)-Karsai, Jozsef Dr.(2) 20- 8                   1-0
9-Nyirkos, Peter(2)-Czibulka, Zoltan Dr(2) 10- 4                                   0-1
10-Szoukup, Istvan(2)-Nguyen, Thanh Do(2) 25- 7                                0-1
11-Pal, Istvan-(2)-Gruz, Janos-(2) 34- 9                                                1/2
12-Mate, Levente( 1.5)-Horvath, Zoltan(2) 22- 28                                  1-0
13-Palczert, Miklos Dr.---( 1.5)-Bartuszek, Andras( 1.5) 11- 6               1-0
14-Truong, Duc Huong(1)-Czumbel, Peter( 1.5) 23- 29                           1-0
15-Czipp, Janos-(1)-Lendvai, Oliver(1) 32- 36                                        1-0
16- Kidd, Balint-(1) -Miklos, Tamas(1)-                                              did not play
17-Marko, Csanad( 0.5)-Palczert, Botond(1) 31- 35                               1-0
18-Urban, Peter Dr.( 0.5)-Sandor, Laszlo(0) 24- 30                                1/2

Win by default: 33 Kidd, Balint
Absent : 27 Toth, Antal; 37 Miklos, Tamas

Pairing of round 6
Table White -Black                                                                                 Results
1-Mester, Attila( 4 )-Hetenyi, Geza( 4.5) 3-2                                             1/2
2-Szurkos, Andras( 4 )-Fodre, Sandor( 4 ) 17- 1                                       0-1
3-Polyanszky-Tamasi, Zoltan-( 3.5)-Karpati, Gabor( 3.5) 16- 12                0-1
4-Szentgyorgyi, Sandor---( 3.5)-Karpati, Kende Vajk( 3.5) 14- 20            1/2
5-Szlenka, Attila( 3 )-Terbe, Julianna( 3 ) 21- 5                                           1-0
6-Czibulka, Zoltan Dr.---( 3 )-Di Giovanni, Vilmos( 3 )4- 13                       1-0
7-Nguyen, Thanh Do( 3 )-Terbe, Zsuzsanna( 3 )-7- 19                                0-1
8-Fekete, Agnes( 3 )-Palczert, Miklos Dr.( 2.5) 26- 11                                1/2
9-Szendeff, Miklos( 2.5)-Pal, Istvan-( 2.5) 15- 34                                       0-1
10-Gruz, Janos-( 2.5)-Mate, Levente( 2.5)-9- 22                                       1/2
11-Czimer, Jozsef( 2.5)-Nyirkos, Peter(2) 18- 10                                       0-1
12-Karsai, Jozsef Dr.(2)-Czipp, Janos-(2)-8- 32                                        1-0
13-Szoukup, Istvan(2)-Kidd, Balint-(2) 25- 33                                           1-0
14-Horvath, Zoltan(2)-Truong, Duc Huong(2) 28- 23                                 0-1
15-Czumbel, Peter( 1.5)-Marko, Csanad( 1.5) 29- 31                                0-1
16-Bartuszek, Andras( 1.5)-Urban, Peter Dr.(1)-6- 24                               1-0
17-Lendvai, Oliver(1)-Palczert, Botond(1) 36- 35                                       0-1

Bye: 30 Sandor, Laszlo
Absent: 27 Toth, Antal; 37 Miklos, Tamas

Hambleton(CAN) gets IM norm at SPICE Open 2012

Robson,R was clear first with 7/9 while Hambleton scored an IM norm with 5/9.

Final Standings 
1 Robson,R                      2602 7.0/9
2 Corrales Jimenez,F         2605 6.5/9
3 Neimer,V                       2384 6.0/9
4 Ramirez,Alej                   2551 6.0/9
5 Mikhalevski,V                2538 6.0/9
6 Perelshteyn,E                 2528 5.5/9
7 Yang,Dar                       2485 5.5/9
8 Leon Hoyos,M              2603 5.5/9
9 Amanov,M                    2507 5.5/9
10 Diamant,A                   2471 5.5/9
11 Gerzhoy,L(CAN)        2469 5.5/9
12 Troff,Kayden W          2312 5.0/9
13 Bykhovsky,An ISR     2522 5.0/9
14 Mogranzini,R               2492 5.0/9
15 Hambleton,A(CAN)    2348 5.0/9
16 Sarkar,J                      2408 5.0/9
17 Finegold,B                  2493 5.0/8
18 Ostrovskiy,Al                2377 5.0/9
19 Charbonneau,P(CAN) 2517 5.0/9
20 Shulman,Y                  2595 5.0/9
21 Hendrickson,Nolan R 2146 5.0/9
(42 players)  

See his nice website Aman Hambleton

Here is Hambleton's tense Rd1 game.

Hambleton,A (2348) - Ramirez,Alej (2551) [A59]
Spice Cup Open Saint Louis USA (1), 16.10.2012

Critical Position 1
How do you assess the position? What's the plan for white? How do you play?

White to Play

Critical Position 2
The b-pawn is white's hope but what now?

White to Play

30th Balaton Open Heviz 2012-09

The Heviz chess festival features a GM RR, an IM RR and an Open tournament.

Sergeev,Vl and Aczel,G shared first in the Open with 7/9.

Final Standings(partial)
1 Sergeev,Vl  2481  7.0/9
2 Aczel,G      2431  7.0/9
3 Wilke,W    2249  6.5/9  

Rd1 Action-From Rigo Chess 

Ruck,T (2296) - Sergeev,Vl (2481) [B28]
30th Balaton Open Heviz HUN (4.1), 26.09.2012

Critical Postion 1
It's time to break out of the hedgehog is it not? But how?

Black to Play

IM Gerzhoy(CAN 2469) =3rd at Bahamas Int 2012-10

Canadian IM Gerzhoy placed equal third at the recent Bahamas International.

Bahamas International 2012 Standings – International Section Final Standings
# Name                                       Ratng St Total     Prize
1 GM Alexander Shabalov         2570 USA 6.5     $2000.00
2 GM Alexander Goldin             2549 USA 6.0     $1200.00
3 IM Leonid Gerzhoy                2469 CAN 5.5     $700.00
4 Yaacov Norowitz                   2420 USA 5.5      $700.00

Here is a game from the Canadian GM hopeful Gerzhoy,Leonid (2469)

Gerzhoy,L-From Google Images-Chessbase.com

Gerzhoy played on the Canadian Olympiad team in Istanbul 2012 previously.

52. Canada (CAN / RtgAvg:2479, Captain: Plotkin, Victor / TB1: 12 / TB2: 261)

Bo. Name Rtg FED                                                                   Pts. Games   Rp
1 GM Sambuev Bator           2523 CAN 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0        3.0     9       2386
2 IM Gerzhoy Leonid            2448 CAN 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0    5.0     9       2474 
3 IM Noritsyn Nikolay          2472 CAN 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 1      6.0     9       2503
4 IM Hansen Eric                  2472 CAN 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1  7.5    10      2646 
5 IM Porper Edward            2418 CAN 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0            3.5      7      2251 

His previous accomplishments include (From CanadianChessBiographies)

• 2011 First place, 8th Philadelphia International, Philadelphia, USA (8/9)
• 2010 Represented Canada at Olympiad
• 2009 Represented Canada at Pan-American Championship
• 2009 Grandmaster Norm, World Open, Philadelphia, USA  
• 2008 2nd place, Jessie Gilbert Celebration International, Coulsdon, England  
• 2007 Canadian Junior Champion  
• 2006 2nd place Canadian Championship
• 2002 International Master  

Gerzhoy,Leonid (2469) - Betaneli,Aleksandr (2223) [D05]
Bahamas International Nassau (7), 27.10.2012

Critical Position 1
Black has sacrificed a pawn and now has strong light square compensation. How should black continue?

Black to Play

Critical Position 2
The complex middlegame has passed and now white has an excellent N vs. B ending with an extra pawn. How should white continue?

White to Play

Budapest Chess News 2012-11

This issue(PDF+CBV file) was just emailed.

(As of Nov 4)
Now available for download Sarkanydse-Budapest-Chess-News
[Thanks NB!]

Contents
Included in the November issue are 79 games. There is a big emphasis on the Budapest Team Championship while the theoretical focus has shifted to the Sicilian Kan, away from the Grunfeld. The games selection includes a new feature on veteran GM Portisch,L, many time Hungarian Champion and Olympiad team member.

Hungarian Tournament Price Summary 2012
Budapest has some modestly priced chess events. Tournaments are of three general categories.

                                                               Normal Entry Fee Range(excluding First Saturday*) EUR
                                                               Low               High
A: One game/day RR                              14                   20
B: One game/day Open                           20                   25
C: Multiple games/day 3-day                   10                   20

*First Saturday(FS) remains the overall price leader by a wide margin and offers no prizes. Entry fees(negotiable) are set at two-tiers. Foreign players pay much higher fees.

Hungarian Team Ch Rd1
This year I am again playing for Rakosligeti(RAC). For this season we have been promoted to Division 1. Our team also has a second team playing in Division 3. Included also is a selection of games from the other teams.

Division I. Lilienthal Csoport
HASE – RAC I 7:5

Division III. Szén Csoport
MLTC IV – RAC II 2,5:9,5

Division IV(unrated) Rd1
Hort SE 4.5–RAC 1.5

Hungarian Team Ch Rd2
RAC was more successful this round and won all its matches.

Division 1 Lilienthal Csoport
Újpesti KSE – RAC I 2,5:9,5

Division III Szén csoport
Sirály II – RAC II 2,5:9,5

Division 4
WSK 2.5-RAC 3.5

Budapest Tournaments

 Josef Varosi Open 2012-10

Mester,A got a great result and won with a perfect 6-0 score. I took =2nd with Mezei, Dombai and Nogrady.

Hungarian Tournaments

• First Saturday FMA2 October 2012-Koczo,K won with 8/9.
• Caissa GM 2012-09-Fodor,T jr won with 7.5/10 and obtained a GM norm.
• Zalakaros Open A 2012-06-This is the Hungarian Open Championship. GM Horvath,J won clear first with 7/9.
• Balaton IM-Young Csonka,B had a big success and won with an undefeated 6.5/9.

International News

• Olympiad Istanbul Women’s Team-12th seeded Hungary finished 17th. Top board Hoang scored 6/10. 
• Indonesia Open-Yu Yangyi and Li Chao shared first with 7.5/9. Hoang Thanh Trang(HUN) got 5.5/9 
• Chess House IM 2012-07 Eggleston,D won clear first with 7/9. Papp,P got 4/9.  
• Arco Open(ITA) http://www.arcoworldchess.com/arco2012 Burmakin took clear first with 7.5/9. Horvath, C was in a large group with 6.5/9. Horvath lost a close game to the eventual winner Burmakin. 
• 7th Americas Continental Mar del Plata 2012-There was a 5-way tie for first at 8.5/11. Granda Zuniga,J(2647),Shabalov,A(2570),Hansen,Eric(CAN-2527) and Kaidanov,G(2587) qualify for the Word Cup. Flores was eliminated in the playoff.  
• TCh-AUT 2012-13-Horvath,A and others played 
• Bundesliga 2012-13-Ribli and others played 

GM Portisch,L
Included is a selection of instructive vintages games in the King’s Indian and Sicilian Defenses featuring the veteran GM.

Theory-Sicilian Kan
This is a selection of key games played in 2012.

Blog Games
These are games that do no fall under any particular category.

Here is an interesting game played in the BTCh that was in the issue. Koxak,A is a promising junior and Zoldy,R is a local tournament organiser.

Kozak,Adam (2036) - Zoldy,Robert (1957) [D34]
BUD tch Lilienthal 12/13 Budapest (1), 30.09.2012
Black tries a daring queen for 3 minor piece sacrifice and is rewarded.[Yip]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qd6 13.Nd2 Ne7 14.Ne4

Black to play

Schneider,V(2313) in the 1. Frauenbundesliga 2012–13

Here is a recent win over a tough opponent in the ladies Bundesliga.

Gaponenko,I (2403) - Schneider,Ve (2313) [B42]
Frau Bundesliga Div1 2012–13 Germany GER (1.1), 06.10.2012
This game can be studied under the following themes

• Pawn structure
• Fighting against pawns
• Endings-extra pawn conversion

Veronika Schneider during Polonia Wroclaw's 5th International Chess Tournament (2010)-From Wikipedia

Critcial Position 1
Black has a compromised pawn structure on the queenside while white's structure remains clean. What should black's plan be? How do you play?

Black to play

Critcial Position 2
Deep into the endgame black has an extra pawn. White however is resisting and has a passed c-pawn and a supported Nd6 deep in black's territory. Converting the extra is not so straightforward. How should black play?

Black to play

2012 Women's World Championship Pairings

The CHN-CAN pairing on board 4 is a big mismatch while HUN-RUS on board 22 is much closer.

4 Zhao, Xue CHN g 2565 - Khoudgarian, Natalia CAN wm 2138
22 Hoang, Thanh Trang HUN g 2470 - Ovod, Evgenija RUS m 2384

Name Country Title Rating - Name Country Title Rating
1 Hou, Yifan CHN g 2606 - Ranasinghe, S D SRI wm 1821
2 Koneru, Humpy IND g 2610 - Frick, Denise RSA wm 1871
3 Muzychuk, Anna SLO g 2586 - Mezioud, Amina ALG wm 2055
4 Zhao, Xue CHN g 2565 - Khoudgarian, Natalia CAN wm 2138
5 Lahno, Kateryna UKR g 2553 - Mona, Khaled EGY wg 2155
6 Kosintseva, Nadezhda RUS g 2539 - Castrillon Gomez, Melissa COL wm 2159
7 Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU g 2524 - Aliaga Fernandez, Ingrid Y PER wf 2175
8 Sebag, Marie FRA g 2521 - Berezina, Irina AUS m 2190
9 Gunina, Valentina RUS m 2517 - Gu, Xiaobing CHN wg 2209
10 Cramling, Pia SWE g 2516 - Ghader Pour, Shayesteh IRI wm 2219
11 Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS g 2515 - Davletbayeva, Madina KAZ wm 2220
12 Harika, Dronavalli IND g 2512 - Soumya, Swaminathan IND wg 2251
13 Khotenashvili, Bela GEO m 2504 - Arribas Robaina, Maritza CUB wg 2273
14 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS g 2501 - Abrahamyan, Tatev USA wg 2304
15 Ju, Wenjun CHN wg 2501 - Pourkashiyan, Atousa IRI wg 2321
16 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL g 2491 - Romanko, Marina RUS m 2355
17 Zhu, Chen QAT g 2491 - Ziaziulkina, Nastassia BLR wg 2367
18 Zatonskih, Anna USA m 2489 - Lujan, Carolina ARG m 2369
19 Pogonina, Natalija RUS wg 2478 - Matveeva, Svetlana RUS m 2377
20 Muzychuk, Mariya UKR m 2476 - Foisor, Cristina-Adela ROU m 2383
21 Danielian, Elina ARM g 2476 - Khukhashvili, Sopiko GEO m 2383
22 Hoang, Thanh Trang HUN g 2470 - Ovod, Evgenija RUS m 2384
23 Krush, Irina USA m 2470 - Li, Ruofan SIN m 2394
24 Galliamova, Alisa RUS m 2468 - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS m 2409
25 Girya, Olga RUS wg 2467 - Rajlich, Iweta POL m 2410
26 Huang, Qian CHN wg 2465 - Shen, Yang CHN wg 2413
27 Mkrtchian, Lilit ARM m 2457 - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan SCO g 2414
28 Javakhishvili, Lela GEO m 2455 - Bodnaruk, Anastasia RUS m 2415
29 Dembo, Yelena GRE m 2454 - Khurtsidze, Nino GEO m 2428
30 Ushenina, Anna UKR m 2452 - Cori T., Deysi PER wg 2429
31 Zhukova, Natalia UKR g 2451 - Guo, Qi CHN wg 2432
32 Socko, Monika POL g 2445 - Skripchenko, Almira FRA m 2441  

Ovod is not to be taken lightly. Here is a recent example of her attacking play earlier this year. 

Ovod,E (2410) - Baryshpolets,A (2487) [E71]
Albena Masters Open 2012 Albena BUL (6.13), 31.05.2012
White had earlier sacrificed a knight for two pawns to break open the kingside and is now on the attack. 

White to play

Bahamas Int 2012-10 GM Shabalov Clear 1st 6.5/9

'The Bahamas International & Amateur was held from October 24-28, 2012 at the Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino, West Bay Street, Cable Beach, Nassau, Bahamas. GM Alex Shabalov won the International Section, finishing with an undefeated 6.5/9 and taking home the $2000 first prize. Just a half-point behind Shabalov was GM Alexander Goldin who collected $1200 for his efforts over the five days. Yaacov Norowitz and Erik Santarius both scored IM norms. Norowitz had secured his norm before his round 9 game began while Santarius his with a last round draw against Goldin....(and results below)'-Bahamas International

'Of the Canadians, IM Leonid Gerzhoy had the best tournament with 5.5/9, undefeated. Despite the large number of draws most of them were fighting draws. A direct hit from Hurricane Sandy provided some distraction for the participants, too. ;-) BTW, I found the GMs at the tournament (Shabalov, Goldin, Friedel, Margvelashvili and of course Bator S) very approachable. Any/all would be good additions if you were looking to add a GM to your tournament roster, imo.-IM O'Donnell on Chesstalk Message Board(CANADA)

Bahamas International 2012 Standings – International Section Final Standings
# Name                                 Ratng St                     Total     Prize
1 GM Alexander Shabalov 2570 USA                    6.5      $2000.00
2 GM Alexander Goldin 2549 USA                        6.0      $1200.00
3 IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2469 CAN                           5.5      $700.00
4 Yaacov Norowitz 2420 USA                               5.5     $700.00
5 GM Giorgi Margvelashvili 2582 GEO                  5.0     *$700.00
6 GM Joshua E Friedel 2495 USA                         5.0     *$700.00
7 IM Justin Sarkar 2408 USA                                5.0      $300.00
8 Erik F Santarius 2278 USA                                 5.0      $600.00
9 FM Alex Betaneli 2223 USA                               5.0      $600.00
10 GM Bator Sambuev 2524 CAN                        4.5     *$700.00
11 IM Tom O’ Donnell 2350 CAN                        4.5
12 FM Alberto Pinheiro Mascarenhas 2261 BRA   4.0
13 Giovanni Carreto 2247 MEX                             4.0
14 Richard Selzler 2200 USA                                 3.5
15 FM Michael Dougherty 2149 CAN                   3.5
16 Nicholas A Tomlin unr. USA                              3.0
17 Matt D Helfst 1965 USA                                   2.0
18 Gary L Cote unr. USA                                       1.5

* Minimum prize $700 to GMs who complete all games with no byes (limited to first 6 GMs to enter).

Here is a GM vs GM battle from Rd8

Sambuev,Bator (2524) - Shabalov,Alexander (2570) [D58]
Bahamas International Nassau (8), 28.10.2012

GM Sambuev-Photo Andre White Bahamas Gallery

In the diagram positon after 17..Rfd8, white went for it with 18.Bd6? but this idea had a tactical flaw. White was hoping (after ..Rxd6 etc) to exploit the pin on the d-file with e4! but this did not work out.

White to play

22nd Metropolitan IM 2012-10-Matikozian,A Clear 1st 7/9

22nd Metropolitan IM 2012-10 Los Angeles USA
-The 22nd Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational concluded on October 14th. IM Andranik Matikozyan placed first with a score of 7-2. No norms were achieved. In the qualifier that ran concurrently, Alexander Gojich and Michael Cooper placed first and second respectively'-MetropolitanChess


                                                        1 2  3 4  5 6  7 8  9 0
1 Matikozian,A            2411 +67     * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1      7.0/9
2 Sevian,Samuel           2336 +53     ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1      6.0/9
3 Amanov,Z                 2374 -30     ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1      5.5/9 23.50
4 Kavutskiy,K              2287 +66     0 1 ½ * ½ 1 0 1 1 ½       5.5/9 22.00
5 Remlinger,L               2322 -12     0  0  0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 1      5.0/9
6 Manukian,G              2260 +17     ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 1     4.5/9
7 Amerkeshev,M         2161 +89     0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1      4.0/9
8 Akopian,R                2093 +37     0 ½ 1 0  0 ½ ½ * 0 0       2.5/9 12.75
9 Duckworth,W           2281 -171     ½ 0  0 0 0 0 1  1 * 0       2.5/9 10.00
10 Casella,M               2235 -120     0 0    0 ½ 0 0   0 1 1 *    2.5/9 7.75

Here is a game from the winner

Remlinger,L (2322) - Matikozian,A (2411) [A61]
22nd Metropolitan IM Los Angeles USA (8), 14.10.2012
Black just played 22...Bd4 and white was under pressure.

White to play

Lila Futo Open Nov 1-3 2012 Entry List

This is a typical 6-round Open Game/90mins tournament. Usually there are more players in the 2000+ range playing.

Nov 1 is a Hungarian public holiday-Hungarian Public Holidays-Wikipedia

All Saints Day

Mindenszentek

It is a day to remember the lost ones. On this day people generally visit all their lost relatives' graves which they decorate with flowers.

Entry List as of  Oct 31-1012
Ssz. Név                                FIDE ID   Szül.idő      ÉLŐ
1 Fodré Sándor                     702684      1953.      2183
2 dr. Hetényi Géza                  703842      1950.      2180
3 Mester Attila                       725587       1974.      2125*
4 Bartuszek András                  759198      1955.     1924
5 Terbe Julianna                       708780      1997      1923
6 Nguyen Thán Do                  714038      1960.      1893
7 Nyirkos Péter                       753165      1958.      1864
8 Gruz János                            703710      1952.      1851
9 Palczert Miklós Dr.                727938      1975.    1841
10 Di Giovanni Vilmos               722235     1948.      1828
11 Kárpáti Gábor                     743682      1963.     1826
12 Szentgyörgyi Sándor             738000     1983.      1802

13 Szendeff Miklós                753068      1952      . 1795
14 Polyánszky-Tamási Zoltán 769169      1975.       1793
15 Czimer József                    723770      1940.       1792
16 Szurkos András                769185       1941        1787
17 Terbe Zsuzsanna                708801      1997        1776
18 Kárpáti Kende Vajk           740195     1998.       1765
19 Szlenka Attila                      770299      1955.       1745
20 Szoukup István Sr.           730920      1948.       1739
21 Truong Duc Huong           714062      1965.       1733
22 Máté Levente                     751359       1996.       1725
23 dr. Urbán Péter                714879       1979.       1716

24 Fekete Ágnes                     755494       1998.       1689
25 Pap Károly                         745979       1940.       1629
26 Tóth Antal                          713180       1939.       1601
27 Horváth Zoltán                     713139       1938.       1551
28 Czumbel Péter                     759708       2002.       1490
29 Sándor László                     759430       1948.       1476
30 Kidd Bálint                          766402       2003.       1452
31 Markó Csanád                     764248       2000.       1443
32 Czipp János                          739294       1947.       1435
33 Palczert Botond                     769908       2003.       1257
34 Lendvai Olivér                     768758       2005.       1201
35 Miklós Tamás                         749710       1991.       0
36 Pál István                               765090       2004.       0
37 Szoukup István                       772283       2004.       0

*Mester Attila just won Josef Varosi 6-0