More on Wroclaw Poand The feature game was played in rd2 TCh-POL Ekstraliga held Wroclaw so here is more on the city.
TWIC 968
The ending was played out and GM Hera makes something from nothing and an equal ending. Hnydiuk,A (2409) - Hera,I (2555) CK 4..Bf5 5.Nc5 Qc7 [B18] TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2013 Wroclaw POL (2), 25.05.2013 Position 1 The e-pawn is under attack.What do you recommend for black? Black to Play
GM GM Gonda and FM Hujbert share the lead with 1.5/2.
Rk.
Name
FIDE
FED
1
2
3
4
5
6
Pts.
1
GM
Gonda Laszlo
2524
HUN
***
½
1
1.5
2
FM
Hujbert Florian
2456
HUN
***
½
1
1.5
3
GM
Akesson Ralf
2449
SWE
½
***
½
1
IM
Franco Alonso Alejandro
2487
ESP
½
½
***
1
5
GM
Andreev Eduard
2498
UKR
0
***
1
1
6
IM
Szalanczy Emil
2285
HUN
0
0
***
0
IM Sean(INA) shared the lead with a group at 1.5/2
Rk.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Pts.
1
Li Bo
2307
CHN
*
½
1
1.5
2
IM
Farago Sandor
2277
HUN
*
½
1
1.5
Sean
Winshand Cuhendi
2186
INA
½
*
1
1.5
4
IM
Szeberenyi Adam
2309
HUN
½
*
1
1.5
5
FM
Torma Robert
2392
HUN
0
*
1
1
FM
Kantor Gergely
2352
HUN
*
1
1
7
FM
Lyell Mark
2238
ENG
0
*
½
0.5
Sisatto Olli
2274
FIN
0
½
*
0.5
9
FM
Korpa Bence
2357
HUN
0
*
0
IM
To Nhat Minh
2302
HUN
0
0
*
0
FMA Farkas, Richard and Juhasz, Bela share the lead with 2/2. Burgin, Ryan(ENG); Jelic Neven(CRO) and Montolio, Benedicto Cesar(ESP) are part of a group with 1/2.
Rk.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Pts.
1
Farkas R
2198
HUN
*
1
1
2
2
FM
Juhasz Bela
2222
HUN
*
1
1
2
3
Darazs Zoltan
2142
HUN
*
½
1
1.5
4
Burgin Ryan
0
ENG
0
*
1
1
5
Rabovszky G
1913
HUN
0
*
1
1
Jelic Neven
2091
CRO
0
*
1
1
7
Montolio Benedicto Cesar
1972
ESP
*
½
½
1
8
Reh Philipp
2068
GER
½
0
*
0.5
9
Szakacs Aron
1875
HUN
0
½
*
0.5
Hocevar N
2005
SLO
0
½
*
0.5
11
Juracsik J
2155
HUN
0
*
½
0.5
Mester Attila
2075
HUN
0
½
*
0.5
FMB Takacs and Schmidt Wolfgang(GER) share the lead with 2/2. Vasilev Sergey(RUS) has 1.5/2.
Rk.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Pts.
1
Takacs Zsolt
1830
HUN
*
1
1
2
2
Schmidt W
1450
GER
*
1
1
2
3
Lukacs Albert
1917
HUN
*
½
1
1.5
4
Vasilev Sergey
1521
RUS
*
½
1
1.5
5
Marcu Simon
1879
SVK
0
*
1
1
6
Steer Jozsef
1938
HUN
½
*
½
1
7
FM
Mayer Istvan
2060
HUN
0
*
1
1
8
Nemeth Otto
1724
HUN
0
*
1
1
9
Csiba Tibor Dr.
1587
HUN
0
½
*
0.5
10
Mihaly Zoltan
1798
HUN
½
0
*
0.5
11
Szabo Miklos
Istvan
1322
HUN
0
0
*
0
12
Brassoi-
Tarnovszki Aurel
1642
HUN
0
0
*
0
Budapest Tournament Information There are bargain tournaments available, all with prizes and modest entry fees. Check the Hungarian Federation event listing for events. June has some nice events.
Some action from a previous Rakosmente Open this year
With prizes. Game/90. For Fide under 2200.
Entry fee FIDE 2000+: 3,000HUF(10.3EUR)
Frech Károly Emlékverseny June 22-30[see Ujpestikse] This RR at the normal 1 game/day pace is one of my favorite events(a bargain at 15EUR!). There is also a small open running at the same time.
With prizes. -RR(120 mins +30 sec/move) -Open tournament (120-120)
Entry fee FIDE 2000-2199: 4,400HUF(15.2EUR)
Budapest Open-August 17-25 2013 This is a wonderful event on the calender that I played in last year. This should be a great event again.
Yip(CAN) on the left playing in round 1
For More Tournament Information
The secret to Hungarian chess is knowing where to find the tournament information-it's not so obvious. Then know the market prices to find the bargains.
Budapest Entry Fees 2012-Useful for entry fee comparisons (Scroll down to bottom of blog too) First Saturday Prices / FS Contact (Note-for FM groups Hungarian player fee is 12,000 HUF, foreigners see website list; everything negotiable; No prizes)
Note also there is a Budapest Tournament discount card that gives you 10% off participating tournaments. It's not really a card, they add you to a list that organizers access at registration time.
Results Gal, Lajos; Szurovszky Elek and Werner Anna shared first with 7/9. The ambitious sisters did well with Terbe, Julianna scoring 6/9 and Terbe Zsuzsanna.5.5/9. Also notable was Simon Lili with 5.5/9. More on Zalakaros
e2e4ChessNews FR Advance Review June 2013 Here is a summary of recent and potential white ideas that defenders must be aware of. I also surveyed a 3...b6 which can be used as a backup to the main line 3..c5. My favorite game is game 2 where Toth completely dominated GM Gonda in the TCh-HUN 2010–11.
Games 1-3 3...b6(Backup)
Games 4-6 3...c5(Main Line)
Example Background Video All games come with a background video.
Game 1 This is a key game showing black's potential in the 3...b6 line. White got a bit behind in development which allowed Short to favorably open up the position. Khalifman,Alexander (2690) - Short,Nigel D (2676) FR Advance 3…b6 [C02] Moscow Fide.com Cup Moscow (3), 26.03.2001
Black to Play
Game 2 A really fantastic example of play over the whole board and positional domination.
Game 4 Black had an excellent position from the opening but allowed white too much counterplay. GM Williams recommends 6..f6 against 6.a3 but other moves are possible.
Strange,M (2335) - Pavlovic,Milos (2509)
FR Advance 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 Nh6[C02] Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013 Koge DEN (5.8), 23.04.2013
Black to Play
Game 5 The usual plan for black is ...b6 followed by ...Ba6 to trade light bishops. Black tried a new way to engineer the bishop trade(5...a6/..Bb5) and got an equal game. Later black lost an exiting back and forth battle.
Cubas,Jo (2550) - Gutierrez,Ca (2253) FR Advance 4.c3 Bd7 5.Nf3 a6 [C02] VIII American Continental 2013 Cochabamba BOL (3.12), 09.05.2013
Black to Play
Game 6
Black was fine in the opening using the 6...c4 line which adds to black's options as Vitiugov recommends 6...Nh6 in The French Defence Reloaded (Chess Stars 2012).
Motylev,A (2669) - Fodor,T jr (2475) FR Advance 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 [C02] 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (8.66), 13.05.2013
Introduction First Saturday got underway today. 40 players are participating, the same as last month. Usually, the summer is the peak season but so far attendance this year has been nothing special.
GM Group
IM Group
FMA
FMB
Month
GMs
Other
Total
IMs
Other
Total
2000+
U2000
Total
1800+
U1800
Total
Total
Feb
3
7
10
3
7
10
6
4
10
2
4
6
36
Mar
3
7
10
5
5
10
5
5
10
0
0
0
30
Apr
3
7
10
7
5
12
8
2
10
2
4
6
38
May
3
4
7
6
10
16
8
3
11
3
3
6
40
Jun
3
3
6
3
7
10
8
4
12
4
8
12
40
Total
15
28
43
24
34
58
35
18
53
11
19
30
184
GM A small group this month.
Rk.
Name
FIDE
FED
1
2
3
4
5
6
Pts.
1
GM
Andreev Eduard
2498
UKR
***
1
1
2
GM
Akesson Ralf
2449
SWE
***
½
0.5
IM
Franco Alonso Alejandro
2487
ESP
***
½
0.5
GM
Gonda Laszlo
2524
HUN
½
***
0.5
FM
Hujbert Florian
2456
HUN
½
***
0.5
6
IM
Szalanczy Emil
2285
HUN
0
***
0
IM
My RAC teammate Mark Lyell is back in action this month.
FM Mark Lyell
No.
Name
FIDE
FED
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Pts.
1
IM
Farago Sandor
2277
HUN
*
½
0.5
2
FM
Lyell Mark
2238
ENG
*
½
0.5
3
Sean Winshand
Cuhendi
2186
INA
*
½
0.5
4
FM
Torma Robert
2392
HUN
*
1
1
5
FM
Kantor Gergely
2352
HUN
*
0
6
FM
Korpa Bence
2357
HUN
*
0
7
IM
To Nhat Minh
2302
HUN
0
*
0
8
Li Bo
2307
CHN
½
*
0.5
9
Sisatto Olli
2274
FIN
½
*
0.5
10
IM
Szeberenyi Adam
2309
HUN
½
*
0.5
FMA
Farkas,R continues to win and is on his way to 2200.
No.
Name
FIDE
FED
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Pts.
1
Farkas Richard
2198
HUN
*
1
1
2
Rabovszky Gyorgy
1913
HUN
*
1
1
3
Darazs Zoltan
2142
HUN
*
1
1
4
Montolio Benedicto
Cesar
1972
ESP
*
½
0.5
5
FM
Juhasz Bela
2222
HUN
*
1
1
6
Juracsik Jozsef
2155
HUN
*
0
0
7
Jelic Neven
2091
CRO
1
*
1
8
Mester Attila
2075
HUN
0
*
0
9
Szakacs Aron
1875
HUN
½
*
0.5
10
Hocevar Nikola
2005
SLO
0
*
0
11
Reh Philipp
2068
GER
0
*
0
12
Burgin Ryan
0
ENG
0
*
0
FMB
House player FM Mayer is in this group this month.
Rk.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Pts.
1
FM
Mayer Istvan
2060
HUN
*
1
1
2
Takacs Zsolt
1830
HUN
*
1
1
3
Nemeth Otto
1724
HUN
*
1
1
4
Schmidt Wolfgang
1450
GER
*
1
1
5
Vasilev Sergey
1521
RUS
*
½
0.5
6
Steer Jozsef
1938
HUN
*
½
0.5
7
Lukacs Albert
1917
HUN
½
*
0.5
8
Csiba Tibor Dr.
1587
HUN
½
*
0.5
9
Szabo Miklos Istvan
1322
HUN
0
*
0
10
Brassoi-Tarnovszki
Aurel
1642
HUN
0
*
0
11
Marcu Simon
1879
SVK
0
*
0
12
Mihaly Zoltan
1798
HUN
0
*
0
Budapest Tournament Information First Saturday Prices / FS Contact (Note-for FM groups Hungarian player fee is 12,000 HUF, foreigners see website list; everything negotiable; No prizes) Other tournaments Many bargain tournaments available, all with prizes and modest entry fees. Check the Hungarian Federation event listing for events. Budapest Open-August 17-25 2013 This is a wonderful event on the calender that I played in last year. This should be a great event again.
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French Defence Tarrasch Review June 2013-e4ChessNews A review of 9 interesting recent games that should be of interest to French Defense and 1.e4 players. My favorite games were
Game 4-Kamsky's strategic suffocation of Shabalov in the US Ch(1)
Game 9-Fedorchuk's technical R-R ending in the Agzamov Memorial(3)
Material usually has background video(s) for example-Tashkent,Uzbekistan.
Game 1 GM Volkov kept pushing his IQP to dominate the position. The ending was not perfect but the French Defence earned a valuable victory. Petenyi,T (2455) - Volkov,Sergey (2610) FR Tarrasch 3…a6[C03] 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (8.69), 13.05.2013
Black to play
Game 2 GM Arizmendi Martinez defended with the ambitious 3...Be7 line and grabbed a pawn but allowed GM Sjugirov fantastic piece play.
Sjugirov,S (2654) - Arizmendi Martinez,J (2571) FR Tarrasch 3…Be7[C03]14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (7.23), 11.05.2013
White to play
Game 3 GM Howell got nothing special from the opening but GM Williams slowly lost control of the position.
