Budapest Xmas Open 2012 Rd5

Here's my rd5 game. I was winning for a large part of the game and then received a shock on the last move of the game.

Reader's comments
'You should at least say that 63. ... cxb4 ?? is the Blunder. The answer 64.Qf7 would have been more striking...And your comment "wins the trapped bishop" is funny. Why on earth shall someone win this useless bishop?'-Thomas Heyl

Toth,A(1578)-Yip,M(2075)
Philidor[C41]
Xmas Open (5), 29.12.2012

Position 1
Black has a great positon. White is playing without Ba2 and has a completely static pawn structure. How should black continue?


Black to Play

51.Ne3

Position 2
Things look bleak for white. Black threatens ...Qa3# and is a pawn up with a fantastic knight. What should white do?


White to Play

69...Ke5

(3am-Dec 30 2012: Analysis of late stages updated.)

Budapest Xmas Open 2012 Rd4

Here's my round 4 game.

Karacsonyi,G(1514)-Yip,M(2075)
Philidor Ending[B07]
Xmas Open(4),29.12.2012

Final Position
Black is in check and facing the loss of a piece, politely resigned. During the post-mortem analysis, someone suggested that I should have played on. And they were right! Apparently I resigned in a winning position(or at least a non-resignable position).

Black to Play

32.Nd5+

Canadian Jr Ch 2012 Rd4 Results

Rd4
Wang and Qin won.

Joey Qin

Photo -Cjcc 2012

Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg
2454	IM	Wang Richard	1-0		Kraiouchkine Nikita	2351
2392		Szalay Karoly	½ - ½		Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta	2187
2368	FM	Kleinman Michael	½ - ½	FM	Jiang Louie	2406
2449		Qin Zi Yi (joey)	1-0	FM	Sapozhnikov Roman	2440
2322		Song Michael	½ - ½		Preotu Razvan	2300

Crosstable after Rd4
Richard Wang takes the sole lead with 3.5/4.

Name	Title	FIDE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts
Joey Qin		2263		½	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	½	3
Michael Song		2177	½		½	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	1
Razvan Preotu		2109	0	½		-	-	-	-	½	½	-	1 ½
Roman Sapozhnikov	FM	2334	0	-	-		-	-	½	0	0	-	½
Louie Jiang	FM	2328	-	-	-	-		½	1	1	½	-	3
Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratté		2064	-	-	-	-	½		½	½	-	0	1 ½
Nikita Kraiouchkine		2245	-	-	-	½	0	½		-	-	0	1
Karoly Szalay		2159	-	-	½	1	0	½	-		-	-	2
Michael Kleinman	FM	2307	-	1	½	1	½	-	-	-		-	3
Richard Wang	IM	2370	½	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-		3 ½

Schachfestival Erfurt 2012 Rd4(Partial) Standings

Rd4
IM-elect Hambleton moves up to 3.5/4.

Rg.		Name	FED	Elo	Pts
1	GM	Zubarev Alexander	UKR	2594	4
2	GM	Jaracz Pawel	POL	2548	3.5
3	FM	Hess Christian	GER	2269	3.5
4		Lubbe Nikolas	GER	2406	3.5
	IM	Hetey Laszlo Dr.	GER	2373	3.5
	IM	Seger Rüdiger	GER	2390	3.5
7	IM	Köpke Christian	GER	2359	3.5
8	FM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2422	3.5
9	GM	Kasparov Sergey	BLR	2475	3
10	GM	Slobodjan Roman	GER	2529	3
11	IM	Lammers Markus	GER	2371	3
12	GM	Tischbierek Raj	GER	2472	3
13	GM	Petr Martin	CZE	2521	3
		Skibbe Willi	GER	2251	3
	FM	Eichner Sebastian	GER	2292	3
16	IM	Thinius Marco	GER	2355	3
		Schreiner Till	GER	2250	3
	FM	Michna Christian	GER	2279	3
19	FM	Ducarmon Quinten	NED	2402	3
		Graf Roland	GER	2174	3
21		Hundack Rolf	GER	2196	3
	CM	Hansch Torsten	GER	2096	3
23	FM	Müller Michael	GER	2239	3
24		Dehmel (R2) Jens	GER	2064	3

Groningen 2012 Rd7 Standings(Partial)

Standings
GM Andriasian, Zaven(ARM) takes the sole lead with 6/7. Hansen drew and has 4.5/7. Piasetski remains with 3/7.

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	6	7
1	GM Andriasian, Zaven	6	ARM	M	2605	1	1
2	GM Kovchan, Alexander	5.5	UKR	M	2579	1	½
3	GM Ernst, Sipke	5.5	NED	M	2562	1	½
4	IM Pancevski, Filip	5.5	MKD	M	2512	1	½
5	GM Michalik, Peter	5.5	SVK	M	2508	1	½
6	GM Kampen van, Robin	5	NED	M	2570	0	½
7	GM Deviatkin, Andrei	5	RUS	M	2569	1	½
8	IM Bok, Benjamin	5	NED	M	2522	1	0
9	GM Gormally, Daniel W	5	ENG	M	2495	0	1
10	IM Hausrath, Daniel	5	GER	M	2483	½	1
11	IM Hovhanisian, Mher	5	ARM	M	2477	0	1
12	IM Das, Arghyadip	5	IND	M	2476	1	1
13	IM Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	5	IND	M	2441	0	1
14	GM Barua, Dibyendu	5	IND	M	2410	0	1
15	Overdam van, Julian	5	NED	M	2268	1	1
16	IM Hansen, Eric	4.5	CAN	M	2539	1	½
17	IM Breder, Dennis	4.5	GER	M	2438	½	½
18	IM Pacher, Milan	4.5	SVK	M	2436	½	1
19	FM Drozdowski, Kacper	4.5	POL	M	2426	½	1
20	IM Wallace, John Paul	4.5	AUS	M	2398	0	1
21	GM Brunello, Sabino	4	ITA	M	2583	½	½
22	IM Burg, Twan	4	NED	M	2498	0	0
23	IM Naroditsky, Daniel	4	USA	M	2483	0	1
24	IM Plat, Vojtech	4	CZE	M	2483	1	0
25	IM Nestorovic, Nikola	4	SRB	M	2429	0	1
26	IM Donchenko, Alexander	4	GER	M	2401	1	0
27	IM Matnadze, Ana	4	ESP	F	2401	½	½
28	IM Baghdasaryan, Vahe	4	ARM	M	2388	1	0
29	IM Arslanov, Shamil	4	RUS	M	2386	1	½
30	FM Schoorl, Rob	4	NED	M	2366	0	1
31	WGM Mammadova, Gulnar	4	AZE	F	2363	1	½
32	IM Berkovich, Mark	4	ISR	M	2359	0	1
33	FM Eggleston, David	4	ENG	M	2352	½	1
34	Pijpers, Arthur	4	NED	M	2351	1	0
35	Ben Artzi, Ido	4	ISR	M	2297	0	1
36	WGM Mamedjarova, Turkan	4	AZE	F	2277	½	½
37	FM Beukema, Stefan	4	BEL	M	2262	½	0
38	Maatman, Nick	4	NED	M	2167	½	½
39	Basencyan, Mark	4	ARM	M	2112	1	1
40	Dehn, Marcus	4	GER	M	2105	1	0
41	Maris, Ivo	4	NED	M	2086	0	1
42	IM Jong de, Migchiel	3.5	NED	M	2372	1	½
43	IM Estremera Panos, Sergio	3.5	ESP	M	2367	0	1
44	IM Afek, Yochanan	3.5	ISR	M	2311	1	0
45	FM Pel, Bonno	3.5	NED	M	2288	1	0
46	FM Heemskerk, Wim	3.5	NED	M	2253	1	½
47	Mostertman, Milan	3.5	NED	M	2250	1	0
48	Kerigan, Demre	3.5	TUR	M	2233	1	½
49	Bosker, Peter	3.5	NED	M	2170	½	0
50	Ypma, Peter	3.5	NED	M	2157	1	½
51	Majhi, Ankit	3.5	NED	M	1984	½	1
52	IJzermans, Gijs	3.5	NED	M	1966	1	1
53	IM Assendelft van, Floris	3	NED	M	2403	0	½
54	FM Goudriaan, Etienne	3	NED	M	2366	0	½
55	IM Piasetski, Leon	3	CAN	M	2310	0	0
56	WGM Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	3	ESP	F	2286	0	1
57	FM Duijker, Rick	3	NED	M	2242	1	0
58	FM Lyell, Mark	3	ENG	M	2226	½	½
59	WIM Umudova, Nargiz	3	AZE	F	2220	½	1
60	Go, Benjamin	3	NED	M	2168	0	1
61	FM Vogel, Jaap	3	NED	M	2166	1	0
62	Lee, Kai Jie Edward	3	SIN	M	2165	0	0
63	Schoehuijs, Erik	3	NED	M	2160	½	0
64	Overdam van, Jan	3	NED	M	2157	1	0
65	Meijenfeldt von, Bart	3	NED	M	2155	0	1
66	Jacobs, Florian	3	NED	M	2151	1	½
67	WIM Dhar-Barua, Saheli	3	IND	F	2091	0	1
68	Osch van, Mees	3	NED	M	2090	1	0
69	Henseler, Jorgen	3	NED	M	2076	0	½
70	WFM Grigoryan, Meri	3	ENG	F	2025	1	1
71	Senders, Mischa	3	NED	M	1967	1	½

Budapest Xmas Open 2012 Rd2

More scenes from the tournament hall.

Photos-Thomas Heyl(Thanks!)

Here is my Rd2 game against Mark Medve.

Position 1
Black has some activity now and I have to make a critical decision. What am I playing for? and what do I play?

White to Play

30..Qe3

Budapest Xmas Open 2012 Rd3

I lost my morning game with white against Mark Medve(1974) in a long game. Rd2 saw some upsets and at least I was not the only one. Medve is another rising Hungarian junior.

Here is my rd3 draw played in the afternoon. Both sides had chances in a tense and sloppy game.

Xmas Open Playing Hall

Left Corner board 1 in play

Yip,M(l) playing Lakat,G(r) in Rd3

Yip,M(l) playing Lakat,G(r) in Rd3

Photos Thomas Heyl-Thanks!

Yip,M(2075)-Lakat,G(1885)
Nimzo-Indian/Queen’s Indian Double Fianchetto[A50]
Budapest Xmas Open(3),28.12.2012

Position 1
Black's back rank and dark squares look suspicious and Na6 is out of play. How to exploit this though? What should white play?

White to Play

30...Qd5

Pere Noel Montreal 2012 Rd2

Rd2 GM Sambuev's win.

Pere Noel Montreal 2012 Rd1

Here is GM Sambuev's rd1 game.

GM Bator Sambuev

Position 1

Black is able to grind out the win starting with a better structure and slightly more active pieces.

Black to Play

28.Re2

Canadian Jr Ch 2012 Results

Rd3
Wang, Jiang,Qin and Kleinman win.

FM Jiang,Louie

Photo Cjcc 2012

Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg
2322		Song Michael	0 - 1	IM	Wang Richard	2454
2300		Preotu Razvan	0 - 1		Qin Zi Yi (joey)	2449
2440	FM	Sapozhnikov Roman	0 - 1	FM	Kleinman Michael	2368
2406	FM	Jiang Louie	1-0		Szalay Karoly	2392
2187		Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta	½ - ½		Kraiouchkine Nikita	2351

Groningen 2012 Rd6 (Partial) Standings

Rd6 Standings
There's a 6-way tie for first with 5/6. GM Hansen,E moves up to 4/6. IM Piasetski stays at 3/6.

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	5	6
1	GM Andriasian, Zaven	5	ARM	M	2605	½	1
2	GM Kovchan, Alexander	5	UKR	M	2579	1	1
3	GM Ernst, Sipke	5	NED	M	2562	1	1
4	IM Bok, Benjamin	5	NED	M	2522	1	1
5	IM Pancevski, Filip	5	MKD	M	2512	1	1
6	GM Michalik, Peter	5	SVK	M	2508	0	1
7	GM Kampen van, Robin	4.5	NED	M	2570	1	0
8	GM Deviatkin, Andrei	4.5	RUS	M	2569	1	1
9	IM Hansen, Eric	4	CAN	M	2539	½	1
10	IM Burg, Twan	4	NED	M	2498	1	0
11	GM Gormally, Daniel W	4	ENG	M	2495	1	0
12	IM Hausrath, Daniel	4	GER	M	2483	1	½
13	IM Plat, Vojtech	4	CZE	M	2483	½	1
14	IM Hovhanisian, Mher	4	ARM	M	2477	1	0
15	IM Das, Arghyadip	4	IND	M	2476	0	1
16	IM Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	4	IND	M	2441	½	0
17	IM Breder, Dennis	4	GER	M	2438	1	½
18	GM Barua, Dibyendu	4	IND	M	2410	1	0
19	IM Donchenko, Alexander	4	GER	M	2401	1	1
20	IM Baghdasaryan, Vahe	4	ARM	M	2388	½	1
21	Pijpers, Arthur	4	NED	M	2351	1	1
22	Overdam van, Julian	4	NED	M	2268	1	1
23	FM Beukema, Stefan	4	BEL	M	2262	1	½
24	Dehn, Marcus	4	GER	M	2105	1	1
25	GM Brunello, Sabino	3.5	ITA	M	2583	1	½
26	IM Pacher, Milan	3.5	SVK	M	2436	½	½
27	FM Drozdowski, Kacper	3.5	POL	M	2426	0	½
28	IM Matnadze, Ana	3.5	ESP	F	2401	0	½
29	IM Wallace, John Paul	3.5	AUS	M	2398	1	0
30	IM Arslanov, Shamil	3.5	RUS	M	2386	0	1
31	WGM Mammadova, Gulnar	3.5	AZE	F	2363	0	1
32	IM Afek, Yochanan	3.5	ISR	M	2311	½	1
33	FM Pel, Bonno	3.5	NED	M	2288	½	1
34	WGM Mamedjarova, Turkan	3.5	AZE	F	2277	½	½
35	Mostertman, Milan	3.5	NED	M	2250	1	1
36	Bosker, Peter	3.5	NED	M	2170	½	½
37	Maatman, Nick	3.5	NED	M	2167	0	½
38	IM Naroditsky, Daniel	3	USA	M	2483	0	0
39	IM Nestorovic, Nikola	3	SRB	M	2429	0	0
40	IM Jong de, Migchiel	3	NED	M	2372	1	1
41	FM Schoorl, Rob	3	NED	M	2366	½	0
42	IM Berkovich, Mark	3	ISR	M	2359	½	0
43	FM Eggleston, David	3	ENG	M	2352	0	½
44	IM Piasetski, Leon	3	CAN	M	2310	0	0
45	Ben Artzi, Ido	3	ISR	M	2297	1	0
46	FM Heemskerk, Wim	3	NED	M	2253	½	1
47	FM Duijker, Rick	3	NED	M	2242	1	1
48	Kerigan, Demre	3	TUR	M	2233	0	1
49	FM Vogel, Jaap	3	NED	M	2166	½	1
50	Lee, Kai Jie Edward	3	SIN	M	2165	½	0
51	Schoehuijs, Erik	3	NED	M	2160	½	½
52	Overdam van, Jan	3	NED	M	2157	½	1
53	Ypma, Peter	3	NED	M	2157	0	1
54	Basencyan, Mark	3	ARM	M	2112	0	1
55	Osch van, Mees	3	NED	M	2090	½	1
56	Maris, Ivo	3	NED	M	2086	0	0

Schachfestival Erfurt 2012 Rd2 Standings(Partial)

Rd2 Standings
Hambleton drew in rd1 and won in rd2.

Rg.		Name	FED	EloI	Pts
1	GM	Zubarev Alexander	UKR	2594	2
	GM	Jaracz Pawel	POL	2548	2
	GM	Petr Martin	CZE	2521	2
	GM	Kasparov Sergey	BLR	2475	2
	GM	Tischbierek Raj	GER	2472	2
	GM	Slobodjan Roman	GER	2529	2
		Lubbe Nikolas	GER	2406	2
	IM	Hetey Laszlo Dr.	GER	2373	2
	IM	Lammers Markus	GER	2371	2
	IM	Thinius Marco	GER	2355	2
	FM	Schulz Karsten	GER	2333	2
	FM	Michna Christian	GER	2279	2
		Krklec Daniel	GER	2265	2
		Skibbe Willi	GER	2251	2
	FM	Hess Christian	GER	2269	2
	FM	Eichner Sebastian	GER	2292	2
		Günther Christian	GER	2115	2
		Kuhnle Joachim	GER	0	2
19	FM	Ducarmon Quinten	NED	2402	1.5
	IM	Seger Rüdiger	GER	2390	1.5
	IM	Köpke Christian	GER	2359	1.5
	IM	Brüggemann Joachim	GER	2344	1.5
		Hellwig Tobias	GER	2161	1.5
		Jacobi Robin	GER	2140	1.5
		Reyer Ulli	GER	2182	1.5
		Hansch Karsten	GER	2057	1.5
27	FM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2422	1.5
	IM	Sobolevsky Leonid	UKR	2221	1.5
		Kürsten (R2) Rüdiger	GER	2159	1.5
		Hoffmann Lukas	GER	2162	1.5
	WIM	Kasparova Tatiana	BLR	2122	1.5
		Lam Daniel King-Wai	HKG	2102	1.5
	CM	Schellmann Frank	GER	2135	1.5
34		Böttger Lukas	GER	2253	1.5
		Grigorian Spartak	GER	2141	1.5
	FM	Pitschka Claus	GER	2196	1.5
		Wehner Janis	GER	2152	1.5
		Urban Lars	GER	2073	1.5
		Graf Roland	GER	2174	1.5

Xmas Open(BP) Rd1

50 players are in this 7-round 90/game open. The field is limited to U2200s but is very strong. There will be pictures later I am promised.

Rd1 Standings

Place	PNo.	Name	Score	FIDE	TPR
1	1	Dombai, Istvan	1	2183	2518
	2	Mihalka, Zsolt	1	2183	2518
	3	Mester, Attila	1	2128	2485
	5	Nemeth, Miklos	1	2095	2462
	6	Yip, Michael	1	2074	2418
	7	Bodrogi, Laszlo	1	2059	2394
	8	Czibulka, Zoltan Dr.	1	2053	2388
	9	Bodi, Tibor	1	2046	2381
	10	Marosi, Levente	1	2033	2368
	11	Csabai, Viktor	1	2024	2359
	12	Kiss, Peter	1	2020	2355
	13	Bolyai, Istvan	1	2018	2353
	14	Balogh, Lajos	1	1989	2324
	15	Medve, Mark	1	1972	2307
	16	Palla, Akos Botond	1	1966	2301
	17	Bartuszek, Andras	1	1887	2222
	18	Lakat, Gyula	1	1885	2220
	19	Krizsany, Laszlo Sr.	1	1863	2198
	20	Krstulovic, Alex	1	1845	2180
	21	Abraham, Lajos	1	1827	-
	22	Papp, Laszlo	1	1815	-
	23	Szurkos, Andras	1	1805	-
	24	Szlenka, Attila	1	1785	-
24	4	Gubics, Peter	0.5	2127	1745
	28	Czimer, Jozsef	0.5	1745	2127
26	25	Banhidi, Ferenc	0	1783	1448
	26	Szendeff, Miklos	0	1770	1435
	27	Csurgo, Jozsef	0	1750	1393
	29	Zsatkovics, Endre	0	1727	1360
	30	Bayer, Jozsef Dr.	0	1700	-
	31	Budai, Istvan	0	1683	1339
	32	Ronyai, Imre	0	1640	1305
	33	Toth, Laszlo	0	1631	1296
	34	Revesz, Mariusz	0	1623	1288
	35	Toth, Antal	0	1578	1243
	36	Kalman, Tamas	0	1575	1240
	37	Kovacsy, Barnabas	0	1538	1203
	38	Kovacs, Miklos	0	1527	-
	39	Horvath, Zoltan	0	1519	1184
	40	Nemes Nagy, Peter	0	1515	1180
	41	Karacsonyi, Gellert	0	1514	1179
	42	Koltai, Daniel	0	1503	1168
	43	Kelemen, Lajos Dr.	0	1439	1104
	44	Bella, Zsolt	0	1401	1066
	45	Revesz, Hunor	0	1386	1051
	46	Karacsonyi, Kata	0	1263	928
	47	Koltai, Dora	0	0	1092
	48	Viola, Arpad Dr.	0	0	1080
	49	Viola, Gellert	0	0	1070
	50	Wallis, Janos	0	0	1050

Here's my rd1 effort

I had a very strong game early and won a clear exchange for nothing. Then I fell asleep and made problems for myself.

Budai,I(1683)-Yip,M(2075)
Philidor 4.d5[B07]
Xmas Open (1), 27.12.2012

Position 1
White has compensation for the exchange. But now what?

White to Play

47...Kd7

Canadian Jr Ch 2012 Rd2

Results
There were 3 decisive games in rd 2.

Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg
2454	IM	Wang Richard	1-0		Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta	2187
2351		Kraiouchkine Nikita	0 - 1	FM	Jiang Louie	2406
2392		Szalay Karoly	1-0	FM	Sapozhnikov Roman	2440
2368	FM	Kleinman Michael	½ - ½		Preotu Razvan	2300
2449		Qin Zi Yi (joey)	½ - ½		Song Michael	2322

Here is a powerful game by IM Richard Wang

IM Richard Wang at the WYCC 2012

Photo-FB WYCC 2012

Richard Wang(2454)-Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratté(2187)
Benoni 7.Bf4[A61]
CJCC Toronto, ON The Briton House, Toronto, ON (2), 26.12.2012

Position 1
White has pressure on the queenside but black has the bishop pair. How should white proceed?

White to Play

33...Bc8