Amator Cup Rd8 2012-11

I made another draw from a sharp and dubious looking position.

At the end of Rd7 there was a 5-way tie for first with the following all at 4.5/7

• Zilhani,G
• Bodrogi.L
• Czibulka,Z
• Molnar,L
• Yip,M 

Bodrogi resumed his winning ways and beat Zilhani and sits in first with 5.5/8. The others were still playng when I left.

Round 9 on 2012/11/24 at 14:00
Czibulka and Bodrogi,L are showing great strength in the late going while I am limping along to the finish.

Bo. No. Rtg Name             Result          Name                     Rtg No.
1 5 2085 Yip Michael                           Molnar Laszlo         1993 10 (10:00am!!)
2 6 2038 Bodrogi Laszlo                       Nagy Laszlo           1958 4
3 7 1935 Szili Andras                            Zilahi Gabor            1940 3
4 8 1932 Szlabey Geza                         Bodrogi Mihaly       2076 2
5 9 2053 Czibulka Zoltan                      Dr. Katona Jozsef   1922 1

Round 8 on 2012/11/23 at 16:30 Chess-results
Bo. No. Rtg Name               Result Name Rtg No.
1 10 1993 Molnar Laszlo      0 - 1 Czibulka Zoltan Dr. 2053 9
2 1 1922 Katona Jozsef        1 - 0 Szlabey Geza 1932 8
3 2 2076 Bodrogi Mihaly      1 - 0 Szili Andras 1935 7
4 3 1940 Zilahi Gabor           0 - 1 Bodrogi Laszlo 2038 6
5 4 1958 Nagy Laszlo           ½ - ½ Yip Michael 2085 5

Rank after Round 8 Chess-results Standings
Bodrogi and Czibulka take the lead with 5.5/8 and I am in second with 5/8.

Rk. Name FED Rtg                          Pts.      TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Bodrogi Laszlo HUN 2038           5.5        20.50 5 2133
2 Czibulka Zoltan Dr. HUN 2053    5.5        19.00 4 2136
3 Yip Michael CAN 2085                5.0       16.50 3 2077
4 Bodrogi Mihaly HUN 2076           4.5       18.50 3 2034
5 Zilahi Gabor HUN 1940                4.5        16.00 3 2050
6 Katona Jozsef HUN 1922             4.5        16.00 3 2038
7 Molnar Laszlo HUN 1993             4.5        14.00 4 2025
8 Nagy Laszlo HUN 1958                2.5        9.00 1 1851
9 Szili Andras HUN 1935                2.0        8.00 0 1814
10 Szlabey Geza HUN 1932            1.5        3.50 1 1740


Here is my Rd8 game.

Nagy,L (1958) - Yip,M (2085)

Old Indian[A53]

Amator Cup (8), 23.11.2012

White has parted with a pawn for an attack and black accidentally dared white to come the the 7th rank. Assess this sharp position. The long diagonal is blocked, h7 and g7 are covered and black is threatening to consolidate with ...Rad8. The ..Bxg3+ threat lingers but is very dangerous. I was not worried at this point.

What do you think?

• The position is complex and unclear
• Black is better
• The position is even. White has nothing and black holds on with precision defence
• White has compensation for the pawn but nothing concrete
• White can force a stable advantage
• White has a combination
• Something else

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