Budapest Xmas Open 2012

Final Standings
Mihalka, Zsolt took clear first as the top seeds dominated. I had the worst tournament of the year since January but managed to win both games on the last day to finish with 4/7.

No.	Name	Score	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	Mihalka, Zsolt	6	2183	2349	1.27
2	Dombai, Istvan	5.5	2183	2248	0.59
	Bodi, Tibor	5.5	2046	2179	1.25
	Gubics, Peter	5.5	2127	2160	0.43
5	Mester, Attila	5	2128	2150	0.33
	Nemeth, Miklos	5	2095	2118	0.38
7	Marosi, Levente	4.5	2033	2070	0.51
	Medve, Mark	4.5	1972	2059	0.99
	Bodrogi, Laszlo	4.5	2059	2049	0.07
	Csabai, Viktor	4.5	2024	1984	-0.07
	Bartuszek, Andras	4.5	1887	1996	1.16
	Czibulka, Zoltan Dr.	4.5	2053	1944	-0.65
	Krstulovic, Alex	4.5	1845	1944	1.07
14	Balogh, Lajos	4	1989	1973	0
	Kiss, Peter	4	2020	1962	-0.39
	Szurkos, Andras	4	1805	1770	-0.23
	Lakat, Gyula	4	1885	1832	-0.27
	Yip, Michael	4	2074	1812	-1.92
	Toth, Laszlo	4	1631	1799	1.23
	Krizsany, Laszlo Sr.	4	1863	1873	0.27
	Kovacs, Miklos	4	1527	2457	2.23
22	Palla, Akos Botond	3.5	1966	1906	-0.44
	Szlenka, Attila	3.5	1785	1824	0.24
	Karacsonyi, Gellert	3.5	1514	1806	2.31
	Banhidi, Ferenc	3.5	1783	1776	-0.21
	Bolyai, Istvan	3.5	2018	1811	-1.64
	Csurgo, Jozsef	3.5	1750	1747	0.01
	Koltai, Daniel	3.5	1503	1750	2.02
29	Szendeff, Miklos	3	1770	1846	0.36
	Abraham, Lajos	3	1827	1612	-1.62
	Kelemen, Lajos Dr.	3	1439	1591	1.11
	Toth, Antal	3	1578	1731	0.76
	Budai, Istvan	3	1683	1568	-0.82
	Nemes Nagy, Peter	3	1515	1566	0.26
35	Papp, Laszlo	2.5	1815	1561	-1.86
	Czimer, Jozsef	2.5	1745	1722	-0.36
	Viola, Gellert	2.5	0	1724	1724
	Kalman, Tamas	2.5	1575	1457	-1.01
	Kovacsy, Barnabas	2.5	1538	1510	-0.27
	Revesz, Mariusz	2.5	1623	1367	-2.03
	Bella, Zsolt	2.5	1401	1529	0.82
42	Zsatkovics, Endre	2	1727	1504	-2.13
	Wallis, Janos	2	0	1321	1321
	Viola, Arpad Dr.	2	0	1527	1527
	Horvath, Zoltan	2	1519	1519	-0.18
	Revesz, Hunor	2	1386	1261	-1.01
47	Ronyai, Imre	1.5	1640	1479	-1.16
	Koltai, Dora	1.5	0	1219	1219
49	Karacsonyi, Kata	1	1263	1299	0.08
50	Bayer, Jozsef Dr.	0	1700	782	-1.48

Here is my tough Rd7 win against Szendeff,M where I eventually won on time.

Yip(standing) checking out the game beside

Yip(standing) checking out the position as Szendeff,M is thinking in rd7

Photos Thomas Heyl(Thanks!)

Szendeff,M(1770)-Yip,M(2075)
Philidor Queenless Game[B07]
Xmas Open (7), 30.12.2012

Position 1
Black has won a pawn but it's doubled and is attacking another(a4). White has the bishop pair and no obvious threats. What should black do now?
-19...N(either)xa4
-19...Nbd7 and occupy e5 immediately
-Something else

Black to Play

19.h5

Position 2
The game is going roughly as planned with black fighting for key dark squares, especially e5. How should black continue?

Black to Play

31.Rg6