TWIC 977(HUN) INDEX Aug 6, 2013

Introduction
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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

Czech Open A 2013 Rd1-GM Boros,D

TWIC 977-Pardubice 2013
GMs Boros(HUN) and Gonda(HUN) finished with 6/9.

Life was not so easy for GM Boros in the first round as he battled hard against the Sicilian Dragon. The old 11.Bh6 was nothing special but it did induce black to weaken his pawns. However, white could not break through on the kingside and the game turned to black's favor.

Nice chess lady 

Photo-Pardubice Gallery

Hungarian Results

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

Boros,De (2504) - Le Ruyet,L (2273)
Sicilian Dragon 9.0–0–0 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bh6 [B76]
Czech Open A 2013
Pardubice CZE (1.32), 19.07.2013

Position 1
Black had a fine position and went to the attack with 27...Nc4. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

27...Nc4

Terre degli Elimi 2013-WGM Rudolf,A(HUN)

From Chessbase
4th International Chess Festival "Terre degli Elimi" in Erice-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.

This year the participation of foreign players has been remarkable: 35 players from 14 countries! At the start 82 players in the Open A and 18 in the Open B! For the Sicily an absolute record! 100 players in total.(more-See full report)

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

Art Pub Kupa August 9-11 2013

Start List-from Hungarian Chess Federation
Playing Site; More info Geniusz Sakk and BenyedaChess
This is one of the hidden little treasures of Budapest. There is one foreign player already-SCHWEIGHOFFER(SUI)-and me makes two so now it's a little international Open.

Note the cheap entry fees!

Format: 
6-round FIDE rated open(G/90mins) for under FIDE 2200 rated players.

The Art Pub

Organizers

Horvath, Csaba

Benyeda,Tibor-BenyedaChess

Entry Fee
A csoport:

FIDE	HUF	EUR	USD	CAN
2000+	3500	11.7	15.6	16.2
1600+	4000	13.4	17.8	18.5
Other	4500	15.1	20.0	20.8

B csoport: 

egységesen 3000 Ft.

Pre-Registered(so far)
50 players so far.

Ssz.	Cím	Név	Ország	Élő
1.		LÁSZLÓ Imre	HUN	2177
2.	FM	FODRÉ Sándor	HUN	2153
3.		NÁDASI Balázs	HUN	2145
4.		PIROSKA István	HUN	2089
5.		MESTER Attila	HUN	2073
6.		STERN Tibor	HUN	2054
7.		MOLNÁR László	HUN	2036
8.		YIP Michael	CAN	2023
9.		MITLASOVSZKI Imre	HUN	2019
10.		DARÓCZY Sándor	HUN	1955
11.		BOHUS Ádám	HUN	1917
12.		SULCZ István	HUN	1912
13.		SCHWEIGHOFFER Martin	SUI	1870
14.		NYIRKOS Péter	HUN	1861
15.		SZENTGYÖRGYI Sándor	HUN	1856
16.		KOVÁCS Bence	HUN	1854
17.		BARTUSZEK András	HUN	1844
18.		FODOR Balázs	HUN	1842
19.		SCHATZER András	HUN	1827
20.		BEGE Levente	HUN	1826
21.		SZLENKA Attila	HUN	1815
22.		BALLA Attila	HUN	1813
23.		KÖKÉNY Norbert Adrián	HUN	1811
24.		POLYÁNSZKY-TAMÁSI Zoltán	HUN	1800
25.		SZURKOS András	HUN	1786
26.		BEGE Vencel	HUN	1737
27.		LENGYEL Andrea	HUN	1714
28.		TRUONG Duc Huong	HUN	1698
29.		DILLER Denis	HUN	1671
30.		FÁBIÁN László Béla	GER	1656
31.		PINTÉR Tamás	HUN	1655
32.		KEREKES Lajos	HUN	1640
33.		BEGE Máté	HUN	1639
34.		BERKI Zsófi Anna	HUN	1639
35.		SZŰCS Zoltán	HUN	1633
36.		BENYEDA Tibor	HUN	1632
37.		TÓTH Antal	HUN	1603
38.		DILLER Kevin	HUN	1573
39.		KOVÁCS Gábor Etele	HUN	1571
40.		BARANYAI-MOLNÁR Ádám	HUN	1502
41.		DIBUSZ Domonkos	HUN	1451
42.		LAKATOS Tamás	HUN	1448
43.		KIDD Bálint	HUN	1381
44.		PALÓCZ Katalin	HUN	1359
45.		BREZNYÁN Annamária	HUN	1302
46.		BENYEDA Mónika	HUN	1285
47.		BREZNYÁN Dorina	HUN	1261
48.		GOMBÓCZ Ferenc ifj.	HUN	1209
49.		OROSZ Tamás	HUN	0
50.		GOMBÓCZ Judit	HUN	0

Czech Open A 2013 Rd7-IM Battey(USA)

TWIC 977 Pardubice Gallery

IM Battey(USA) has been based in Hungary for several years now. This is his instructive round 7 victory. IMs Battey and Kislik(USA) are two of a handful of foreign players based in Hungary.

Here is Battey's tough rd7 endgame victory against the popular King's Indian.

Man in motion

US results

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

Battey,A (2304) - Sipila,V (2423) 
King’s Indian Classical 6…Na6[E91]
Czech Open A 2013 
Pardubice CZE (7.49), 25.07.2013

Position 1
White has more space and has a mild bind on the queenside. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

23...Nfd8

Position 2
White has a strong Nc5 but black has just threatened everything on the second rank with 44..Ra2. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

44...Ra2

Czech Open A 2013 Rd7-IM Kislik E(USA)

TWIC 977 Pardubice Gallery
IM Kislik(USA) has been based in Hungary for several years now. This is his instructive round 7 victory. IMs Kislik and Battey(USA) are two of a handful of foreign players based in Hungary.

Hard thinking

US results

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

Kislik,E (2345) - Sochacki,C (2459)
English Defence 4...f5[A40]
Czech Open A 2013
Pardubice CZE (7.40), 25.07.2013

Position 1
The technical phase has began as white has a clear extra pawn. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

30...Rc8

Politiken Cup 2013 Rd4-GM Portisch(HUN)

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Politiken Cup 2013
Veteran GM Portisch used subtle pawn structure management and eventually converted a N-B technical ending for the victory in the Politiken Cup.

GM Portisch,L

More About Helsingor, Denmark(Wikipedia)
Helsingør [hɛlseˈŋøɔ̯ˀ], also known by its English name Elsinore, is a city in Helsingør municipality on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. 

It is known internationally as the setting of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. The name is derived from *Hals meaning "narrow strait" and it referred to the narrow passage between what is now Elsinore and Helsingborg.

Prior to the Middle Ages it was just a marketplace where people sold goods, including women. About 1200 AD the first church, Sct Olai Church, was built. A number of convents once surrounded the church, but now all that remains is the church building, today the cathedral of the Diocese of Elsinore.

Portisch,L (2479) - Haugli,P (2287) 
Queeen’s Gambit Accepted 3.e3 e5[D20]
Politiken Cup 2013 
Helsingor DEN (4.19), 29.07.2013

Position 1
White voluntarily accepted doubled e-pawns earlier to control d4. What do you recommend for white now?

White to Play

23...f5

Biel Rd 10-GM Rapport(HUN)

Rd10-Chessbase Report
Summary
A brief on-the-spot report of round 10 of the Biel Grandmasters Tournament including post-game interviews with Etienne Bacrot, Richard Rapport, Alexander Moiseenko, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.



Ian Nepomniachtchi and Richard Rapport discuss their round 10 game with Daniel King.

14th ch-EUR Ind w 2013-Hoang Thanh Trang(HUN)

TWIC 977

14th ch-EUR Ind w  2013-Chess Results
GMs Hoang,Thanh Trang and Gunina,Valentina tied for first with 6/7. Here is one of her games featuring strong technical play in a R-R ending.

Champion

GM Hoang Thanh Trang(HUN) 

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Hoang Thanh Trang (2467) - Daulyte,D (2363)
Grunfeld Russian System 7…Nc6 [D97]
14th ch-EUR Ind w 2013
Belgrade SRB (7.3), 29.07.2013

Position 1
Black was not able to resist white's technical play with the active rook and outside passed pawn.

Black to play

45.Ra2