Papp,P(2303) at Chess House IM 2012-07

This small IM norm tournament could easily escape one's attention. Papp,Petra one of the rising stars on Hungarian women's chess, gained valuable experience scoring 4/9.

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Final Standings
Eggleston,D won clear first with 7/9. Papp,P got 4/9.

                                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 Eggleston,D             2323 +233     * 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1           7.0/9
2 Semcesen,D            2464 -20        1 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1         6.0/9
3 Andersen,Jack         2328 +88      ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1         5.5/9
4 Pedersen,NicV        2453 -89      0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½         5.0/9 19.75
5 Skytte,R                  2401 -31      0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1         5.0/9 19.00
6 Jacobsen,Bo            2302 +39     0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 1 ½          4.5/9
7 Papp,Petra               2303    0      ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½         4.0/9
8 Hansen,Mads3         2341 -82     0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 * 1 1              3.5/9
9 Hagesaether,H         2278 -54     0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1             3.0/9
10 Sorensen,TorbenK 2181 -105   0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 *             1.5/9

Average elo: 2337 ; Category: 4  

Here is an interesting game.

Papp,Petra (2303) - Hansen,Mads (2341) [C96]

Chess House IM 2012 Aarhus DEN (6.3), 12.07.2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 d5

Critical Position

Black has just played 30...h5. How can this be exploited?

White to play