Magyar Korcsoportos Sakk-Bajnokság Budapest 2013 Rd4-FM Krstulovic,Alex(HUN)

Rd4
Here is an interesting battle between two fast rising Hungarian juniors at the Hungarian Junior Ch qualifying tournament. 

Karácsonyi,Gellért (1583) - Krstulovic,Alex (1893)

Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bc4[B87]

Magyar Korcsoportos Sakk-Bajnokság Budapest (4.1), 31.03.2013

Position 1

White has initiated tactical play with 19.Rxb5 and attacks Qc7. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

19.Rxb5

Position 2

White has just attacked Ba4. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

28.b3

Neckar Open 2013 Rd4-GM Erdos V(HUN)

TWIC 960
GM Erdos got nowhere for the early part of the game but in the late middlegame, black loosen his position to allow Erdos to swoop in for the win.

Erdos,V (2636) - Zaragatski,I (2467)

Keres Defence 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 c5 4.a3 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 [A40]

17th Neckar Open Deizisau GER (4.4), 30.03.2013

Position 1
Black's kingside is looking a bit loose. What do you suggest for white?

White to Play

36...Ne6

Neckar Open 2013 Rd4-GM Rapport R(HUN)

TWIC 960
GM Rapport used forceful piece play on the black side of a Caro-Kann to overcome resistance.

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Here is the feature game.
Forcen Esteban,D (2469) - Rapport,R (2646)
Caro-Kann Advance 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.Nf3 [B12]
17th Neckar Open Deizisau GER (4.3), 30.03.2013

Position 1
Black is up a pawn and is committed to a kingside attack but now Qg3 is under attack.What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

34.Rf3

17th Neckar Open Deizisau Rd3-GM Rapport,R(HUN)

TWIC 960
GM Rapport won the 17th Neckar Open on tiebreaks. Here is a nice win from round 3 in a Nge2 Nimzo-indian where Rapport had great coordination with the NN pair working with the queen.

Rapport,R (2646) - Fedorovsky,M (2392)

Nimzo-Indian 5.Nge2[E46]

17th Neckar Open Deizisau GER (3.4), 29.03.2013

Position 1
Material is even but white is pressing hard in a QNN-QNN position. What do you recommend for white now?

White to Play

39...Kh7

TWIC 960(HUN) INDEX-April 3,2013

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17th Neckar Open  2013
Rapport scored 7/9 and took first on tiebreaks. Other Hungarians were

• GM Erdos,V 6.5/9
• GM Farago,I  6/9
• GM Banusz,T  5.5/9

Report ChessDom
The 17th edition of the Neckar Open had a dramatic finish with 13 players sharing the first place after obtaining 7/9 points each. Hungarian GM Richard Rapport took the top prize thanks to his tiebreak score.  GM Arkadij Naiditsch, who eventually landed on fourth, arrived to the last round in the best position, as he had a good tiebreak score and had to face a lower rated opponent with the white pieces.

GM Richard Rapport

However, Polish GM Kacper Piorun (2529) proved to be up to the task and gained advantage in the game. Naiditsch offered the draw to avoid a painful loss. 

This is the opposite to what happened in the B group of the Tata Steel tournament this year, where Naiditsch edged Rapport on tiebreaks and earned the ticket for next year’s A Group.

Rank	Title	Name	FIDE	FED	Pts
1	GM	Rapport,Richard	2673	HUN	7
2	GM	Bacrot,Etienne	2705	FRA	7
3	GM	Solodovnichenko,Yuri	2559	UKR	7
4	GM	Naiditsch,Arkadij	2706	GER	7
4	GM	Saric,Ivan	2616	CRO	7
6	GM	Istratescu,Andrei	2651	FRA	7
7	GM	Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter	2677	ROU	7
8	GM	Edouard,Romain	2680	FRA	7
8	GM	Wirig,Anthony	2490	FRA	7
8	IM	Neuman,Petr	2465	CZE	7
11	IM	Anton Guijarro,David	2546	ESP	7
12	GM	Piorun,Kacper	2529	POL	7
12	IM	Zaragatski,Ilja	2467	GER	7

O2C Doeberl Cup Premier 2013
GM Li Chao won with 7.5/9. Hungarians playing were 

• GM Horvath A 6.5/9
• GM Czebe,A 5/9
• GM Varga Z 5.5/9

ChessDom-GM Li Chao wins O2C Doeberl Cup 2013
GM Li Chao won the O2C Doeberl Cup 2013 which was held on 28 March – 1 April at the Olympus Room of the Hellenic Club of Canberra in Australia.

 The Chinese arrived as rating favorite and got clear first place with 7.5/9 points, despite a big setback on the 5th round, when he lost against Hungarian GM Attila Czebe. Li Chao followed with four straight wins to take the $4,000 first prize.

GM Li Chao

He repeated the success from 2010 when he won the same event. Czech GM Jiri Stocek and Dutch GM Loek van Wely both finished with 7/9. Stocek got the second place on tiebreaks.

Rank	Title	Name	FIDE	Total
1	GM	Li Chao	2686	7.5
2	GM	Stocek Jiri	2557	7
3	GM	Van Wely Loek	2684	7
4	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2532	6.5
5	GM	Horvath Adam	2509	6.5
6	IM	Ly Moulthun	2428	6.5
7	GM	Vajda Levente	2632	6
8	–	Li Zuhao Luke	2285	6
9	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	2537	6
10	–	Smirnov Anton	2194	5.5
11	IM	Lane Gary W.	2412	5.5
12	GM	Johansen Darryl K.	2430	5.5
13	–	Lei Tingjie	2232	5.5
14	FM	Cheng Bobby	2425	5.5
15	FM	Wallis Christopher	2261	5.5
16	WFM	Otgonjargal Sengerav	2171	5.5
17	FM	Stojic Dusan	2228	5.5
18	IM	Illingworth Max	2423	5.5
19	–	Garner David J	2150	5.5
20	GM	Varga Zoltan	2446	5.5
21	IM	Akshat Khamparia	2383	5.5
22	IM	Solomon Stephen J.	2390	5
23	GM	Czebe Attila	2492	5
24	FM	Dragicevic Domagoj	2204	5
25	GM	Laxman R.R.	2435	5
26	IM	Palit Somak	2442	5
27	–	Dale Ari	2225	5
28	IM	Morris James	2388	5
29	–	Rishi Sardana	2232	5
30	–	Schon Eugene	2169	5
31	IM	Stany G.A.	2449	5
32	–	Zelesco Karl	2148	5

Budapest Spring Festival 2013
FM Hujbert, Florian and Koczo, Kristof tied for first with 7/9. 40 players took part, the lowest turnout on record.

Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Rp	Pts.
1	FM	Hujbert Florian	HUN	2429	2434	7
2		Koczo Kristof	HUN	2219	2324	7
3	IM	Nagy Ervin	HUN	2256	2351	6.5
4	FM	Kubacsny Laszlo	HUN	2256	2266	6.5
5	IM	Szalanczy Emil	HUN	2237	2268	6.5
6		Piroska Istvan	HUN	2082	2218	6
7	FM	Keschitz Gyorgy	HUN	2223	2254	5.5
8		Farkas Richard	HUN	2121	2237	5.5
9		Juracsik Jozsef	HUN	2136	2148	5.5

3rd HD Bank Cup 2013 Rd8-GM Berkes(HUN)

Rd8
GM Berkes made good use of his mobile queenside majority and ultimately prevaied in a sharp contest against Tran Tuan Minh.

Berkes,F (2702) - Tran Tuan Minh (2310)

Bogo-Indian 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 [E11]

3rd HD Bank Cup 2013 Ho Chi Minh City VIE (8.4), 23.03.2013

Position 1
White is up a pawn in a sharp position. Now 20..Bf5 attacks the queen. How should white respond?

White to Play

20...Bf5

3rd HD Bank Cup 2013 Rd3-GM Berkes(HUN)

Rd3
GM Berkes ground out a subtle positional win on the black side of the Caro-Kann by seemingly doing nothing. Eventually black's attention turned to the d4 square and eventually Berkes won this square and then the game.

Sukandar,I (2367) - Berkes,F (2702)
Caro-Kann 4…Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.Qe2 Bd6 8.N1f3 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 [B17]
3rd HD Bank Cup 2013 Ho Chi Minh City VIE (3.11), 20.03.2013

Position 1
Black has been fighting for the d4 outpost for most of the game, which white has just secured d4 with 29.Rd3. What do you recommend for black now?

Black to Play 

29.Rd3