Biel Rd9-GM Rapport(HUN) Video Report

Round 9 with GM Danny King-Chessbase Report
A brief on-the-spot report of round 9 of the Biel Grandmasters Tournament including post-game interviews with Ding Liren, Etienne Bacrot, Richard Rapport and Alexander Moiseenko.

Biel 2013 Rd8(Video Report)-GM Rapport

Presented by GM Danny King
A brief on-the-spot report of round 8 of the Biel Grandmasters Tournament including post-game interviews with Ding Liren, Etienne Bacrot and Ian Nepomniachtchi.

120th ch-SCO 2013 Rd9-GM Hera(HUN)

TWIC 977
120th ch-SCO 2013 and Blog
GM Hera(HUN) shared first with GMs Jones and Gormally with 7/9. GM Farago,I(HUN) finished with 6/9.

More About Helensburgh Scotland-Host of the Tournament
With a population at the 2004 census of 20,626, Helensburgh (Baile Eilidh in Gaelic) is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde and the eastern shore of the entrance to the Gareloch. 

Helensburgh was founded in 1776 when Sir James Colquhoun of Luss built spa baths on the site of Ardencaple Castle, which dated back to about 1600. He then had the seaside resort town constructed to the east of the spa on a formal layout in the style of Edinburgh New Town, and named it after his wife Helen.

Hera,I (2558) - Strikovic,A (2504)

King’s Indian g3[E63]

120th ch-SCO 2013

Helensburgh SCO (9.3), 14.07.2013

Position 1
White is well placed and has the open g-file while Qa5 is a spectator on the queenside. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

22...b5

TWIC 977(HUN) INDEX July 30, 2013

Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther.

Events
GM Hoang won the EICC W Ch with 6/7 and GM Hera shared first in the Scottish Ch.

• Dortmund-Leko
• Biel-Rapport
• Pardubice-Gonda,Boros
• Politiken Cup-Portisch,L
• EICC W-Hoang(winner);Papp,P
• Andorra Open-Lyell,M(ENG)
• SCO-Ch-Hera(winner) and Farago,I

41st GM Dortmund GER  2013

GM Leko has 2/4 so far.

GM Leko-GM Adams

Breisacher Memorial  2013-(SUI)Rd7
Rapport has 2/7.

GM Rapport-GM Bacrot

Video
Rd5 Bacrot-Rapport

#	Name	Rtg	Perf	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts
1	Bacrot, Etienne	2714	2813		1½	½	½	½½	1	4.5
2	Ding, Liren	2714	2758	0½		½1	1	½	½	4
3	Moiseenko, Alexander	2699	2759	½	½0		½	½	11	4
4	Vachier-Lagrave, M	2719	2757	½	0	½		11	½½	4
5	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2717	2608	½½	½	½	0		½	2.5
6	Rapport, Richard	2693	2552	0	½	0	½½	½		2

Pardubice 2013

A group of Hungarian players participated included two US IMs based in Hungary,
-IM Battey(US) 5/9
-IM Kislik(US) 4.5/9

Hungarian Results

SNo		Name	FIDE	FED	Pts.	Rk.
15	GM	Gonda Laszlo	2538	HUN	6	21
32	GM	Boros Denes	2504	HUN	6	33
44	IM	Sipos Istvan	2471	HUN	5	93
45	IM	Toth Ervin	2471	HUN	5	85

USA Results

SNo		Name	FIDE	FED	Pts.	Rk.
57	IM	Smith Bryan	2456	USA	5	70
91	WGM	Nemcova Katerina	2382	USA	4	168
109	IM	Kislik Erik Andrew	2345	USA	5	83
125	IM	Battey Alexander	2304	USA	4.5	99

Overall Standings

Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Pts.
1	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	ROU	2670	7.5
2	GM	Oleksienko Mikhailo	UKR	2568	7.5
3	GM	Shyam Sundar	IND	2505	7
4	GM	Lalith Babu	IND	2571	7
5	GM	Petr Martin	CZE	2523	7
6	GM	Yagupov Igor	RUS	2389	6.5
7	GM	Chernyshov Konstantin	RUS	2514	6.5
8	IM	Das Debashis	IND	2478	6.5
9	GM	Kononenko Dmitry	UKR	2610	6.5
10	GM	Teske Henrik	GER	2517	6.5
11	GM	Mirzoev Azer	AZE	2536	6.5
12	IM	Belyakov Bogdan	RUS	2430	6.5

Politiken Cup 2013
Portisch,L is playing.

Interview
(We) met the Hungarian chess legend Lajos Portisch in the lobby and got a short interview.

Mr. Portisch told us, that this is his third appearance in Politiken Cup and he likes the tournament because of the nice surroundings, the Konventum hotel, the good food and the nice atmosphere. 

We asked why he so far has not attended any senior chess competitions, Portisch answered, that he has no ambition to become a senior world champion, when he never became world champion in his best period as a chess player. 

“In my age, you choose your tournaments very carefully. Of course if the organizers of the senior world championship gave me a nice offer, I would consider, but my main ambition these days is to sing.(more)..'

GM Portisch,L

14th ch-EUR Ind w  2013-Chess Results
GMs Hoang,Thanh Trang and Gunina,Valentina 6/7. Papp,Petra 4/7.

Champion

GM Hoang Thanh Trang(HUN) 

Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Pts.
1	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	HUN	2467	6
2	GM	Gunina Valentina	RUS	2507	6
3	IM	Melia Salome	GEO	2428	5.5
4	WGM	Arabidze Meri	GEO	2320	5.5
5	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	RUS	2478	5.5
6	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	GEO	2443	5.5
7	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2558	5.5
8	GM	Muzychuk Anna	SLO	2594	5.5
9	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	2489	5.5
10	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	RUS	2334	5
11	WGM	Daulyte Deimante	LTU	2363	5
12	WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	RUS	2401	5
13	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	RUS	2407	5
14	IM	Khotenashvili Bela	GEO	2512	5
15	WGM	Charochkina Daria	RUS	2326	5
16	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	LTU	2497	5
17	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	ARM	2454	5
18	IM	Lomineishvili Maia	GEO	2351	5
19	WGM	Mammadova Gulnar	AZE	2322	5
20	GM	Socko Monika	POL	2435	5
21	WIM	Schut Lisa	NED	2277	5
22	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	UKR	2484	5

Andorra Open 2013-Chess Results
GM Vovk was clear first with 7.5/9. FM Lyell,M(ENG) who is based in Budapest got 5/9.

Marcos Camacho(ESP)

Photo-Official Site

Rk.	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	Vovk Andrey GM	UKR	2567	7.5
2	Rodshtein Maxim GM	ISR	2641	7
3	Vazquez Igarza Renier GM	ESP	2571	7
4	Iturrizaga Eduardo GM	VEN	2643	7
5	Norwood David R GM	AND	2491	7
6	Narciso Dublan Marc GM	ESP	2536	7
7	Gozzoli Yannick GM	FRA	2523	7
8	Hamitevici Vladimir IM	MDA	2482	7
9	Gaudineau Eric	FRA	2358	6.5
10	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel GM	ESP	2547	6.5
11	Demuth Adrien IM	FRA	2463	6.5
12	Tania Sachdev IM	IND	2430	6.5
13	Steingrimsson Hedinn GM	ISL	2557	6.5
14	Massoni Michael IM	FRA	2373	6.5
15	Peralta Fernando GM	ARG	2622	6.5
16	Wegerle Joerg IM	GER	2445	6.5
17	Macias Murillo Bryan IM	ECU	2298	6.5

120th ch-SCO 2013 and the Blog
GM Hera(HUN) shared first with GMs Jones and Gormally with 7/9. GM Farago,I(HUN) finished with 6/9.

Report-Day 7
'...Today is the longest day.  Surprising, given that we are going to be here until nearly 11pm tonight, Alex and I are in good spirits and there is some serious banter taking place.  To anyone listening, you would think we are abusing each other.  Not Alex and me :D(more)'

Veteran GM Farago

Pannónia-Nitrokémia Kupa 2013 Final Standings

Final Standings
IM Aczel, Gergely took clear first with 6.5/7.

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	IM	Aczel Gergely	HUN	2451	6.5
2	IM	Szabolcsi Janos	HUN	2350	6
3		Michalicka Milan	SVK	2252	5.5
4		Koczo Kristof	HUN	2269	5.5
5	IM	Nagy Gabor	HUN	2449	5.5
6		Szajbely Zsigmond	HUN	2164	5.5
7	FM	Nagy Bence	HUN	2360	5
8	FM	Szabo Balazs	HUN	2300	5
9	IM	To Nhat Minh	HUN	2292	5
10		Balint Vilmos	HUN	2216	5
11	IM	Galyas Miklos	HUN	2409	5
12		Ongai Erik	HUN	2013	5
13		Budai David	HUN	2304	4.5
14		Farkas Lajos Dr.	HUN	2205	4.5
15		Szegi Tomas	SVK	2222	4.5
16		Bodo Bence	HUN	2171	4.5
17		Zentai Peter	HUN	2234	4.5
18		Odor Istvan	HUN	2152	4.5
19		Farkas Adam	HUN	2152	4.5
20	IM	Rigo Janos	HUN	2271	4.5
21	IM	Szalanczy Emil	HUN	2297	4.5
22		Orosz Andras	HUN	2044	4.5
23	FM	Radnai Adam	HUN	2327	4.5
24		Szabo Zsolt	HUN	2183	4.5
25		Papp Tamas	HUN	2059	4.5
26		Varga Richard	HUN	1911	4.5
27		Smideliusz Mark	HUN	2125	4
28		Weber Dirk	GER	2272	4
29		Laza Szabolcs	HUN	1968	4
30		Sardy Peter	HUN	2360	4
31		Varadi Benedek	HUN	2127	4
32		Forgacs Attila	HUN	2155	4
33		Grimsholm Ola	SWE	2098	4
34		Mester Attila	HUN	2073	4
35	FM	Biro Andras	HUN	2268	4
36		Gaal Ede	HUN	2051	4
37		Marosi Levente	HUN	2075	4
38		Dankhazi Andras	HUN	2186	4
39		Csire Bence	HUN	2068	4
40		Ruck Robert	HUN	2055	4

Lila Futo 2013-07 Final Standings

Takacs,L and Halak,M shared first with 5.5/6. Szoukup, Istvan had a strong tournament with 4/6 and a TPR of 2101(!).

Final Standings

No.	PNo.	Name	FIDE	TPR	Score
1	3	Takacs, Lajos	2149	2391	5.5
	5	Halak, Miklos	2132	2358	5.5
3	1	Fodre, Sandor	2153	2208	4.5
	6	Piroska, Istvan	2111	2186	4.5
	2	Hetenyi, Geza	2153	2086	4.5
	8	Valis, Janos	2071	2075	4.5
7	7	Bodrogi, Mihaly	2086	1950	4
	26	Szoukup, Istvan	1734	2101	4
	12	Tomasek, Tamas Mate	2000	1924	4
	4	Pesztericz, Laszlo	2132	2006	4
	10	Varga, Attila	2012	1920	4
	22	Zahonyi Abel, Mark	1823	1940	4
	15	Toth, Tamas	1877	1819	4
14	50	Sterbenz, Tamas Dr.	0	1952	3.5
	11	Legradi, David	2004	1851	3.5
	13	Szalay, Balazs	1948	1821	3.5
	21	Bartuszek, Andras	1835	1961	3.5
	9	Mitlasovszki, Imre	2019	1863	3.5
	19	Karpati, Kende Vajk	1853	1796	3.5
	23	Gruz, Janos	1820	1874	3.5
	14	Rozsa, Sandor	1933	1851	3.5
	49	Oszvald, peter	0	1832	3.5
23	29	Truong, Duc Huong	1698	1793	3
	20	Karpati, Gabor	1836	1819	3
	27	Toth, Tibor	1728	1673	3
	31	Fabian, Laszlo	1656	1748	3
	25	Szurkos, Andras	1780	1850	3
	33	Berki, Zsofi Anna	1618	1679	3
	39	Kovacsy, Barnabas	1518	1734	3
30	18	Granicz, Janos	1853	1801	2.5
	32	Pinter, Tamas	1655	1754	2.5
	28	Czimer, Jozsef	1704	1673	2.5
	16	Doroszlai, Erik	1872	1613	2.5
	51	Vagi, Laszlo	0	1696	2.5
	24	Szlenka, Attila	1815	1468	2.5
	45	Belovai, Gergo	0	1527	2.5
37	30	Kovacs, Judit	1669	1598	2
	17	Lakat, Gyula	1863	1480	2
	47	Davidhazy, Robert	0	1704	2
	38	Lipcsei, Daniel	1564	1131	2
	40	Eros, Janos	1425	1523	2
	35	Videki, Imre	1590	1487	2
	42	Kidd, Balint	1381	1525	2
	44	Viola, Gellert	1295	1467	2
	46	David, Robert	0	1523	2
46	43	Kelemen, Szabolcs	1342	1543	1.5
	34	Toth, Antal	1603	1810	1.5
	36	Gyombolai, Balint	1574	1408	1.5
	41	Ongut, Tamas Gunes	1399	1349	1.5
50	48	Orosz, Tamas	0	1305	1
	52	Virag, Balint	0	874	1
	37	Ongut, Selcuk	1573	1142	1

Pannónia-Nitrokémia Kupa(Blitz) 2013 Final Standings-FM Radnai,A(HUN)

Final Standings
[Please note that this was only a blitz tournament. The main tournament is still going on, we just started the 5th round.]
FM Radnai,Adam; Bodi, Tibor and Koczo, Kristof shared first with 7/9. Radnai is my RAC teammate so well done.

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1		Bodi Tibor	HUN	2031	7
2	FM	Radnai Adam	HUN	2327	7
3		Koczo Kristof	HUN	2269	7
4		Haszon David	HUN	2290	6.5
5	IM	To Nhat Minh	HUN	2292	6.5
6		Fodor Balazs	HUN	1842	6
7		Zentai Peter	HUN	2234	5.5
8		Csolig Robert	HUN	2135	5.5
9		Terbe Zsuzsanna	HUN	1902	5.5
10		Farkas Lajos Dr.	HUN	2205	5.5
11	IM	Szalanczy Emil	HUN	2297	5
12		Molnar Marton Marcello	HUN	1957	5
13		Horvath Csaba	HUN	2208	5
14		Kaufmann Peter	HUN	1864	5
15		Ghadiri Radmehr	IRI	1786	5
16		Katona Jozsef	HUN	0	5
17		Terbe Julianna	HUN	1953	4.5
18		Bege Aron	HUN	2015	4.5
19		Bege Mate	HUN	1639	4.5
20		Polyik Peter	HUN	1895	4.5
21		Balint Vilmos	HUN	2216	4
22		Bege Levente	HUN	1827	4
23		Pallag Gergely	SVK	2066	4
24		Kovacs Bence	HUN	1864	4
25		Marton Jozsef	HUN	2220	4
26		Javor Janos	HUN	1738	4
27		Marton Benedek	HUN	1464	4
28		Baranyi Robert	HUN	0	4

FSFMA July 2013-FM Resika,N(USA)

TWIC 976
FM Resika Nathan A(USA) completely dominated the field with 9.5/10.

Americans in Budapest, 

FM Resika, Nathan(right) and Wu, Christopher(left)

Photo-Chessbase Report

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.
1	FM	Resika Nathan	2186	USA	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	9.5
2		Kertesz Zsolt	2084	HUN	0	*	1	1	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	7
3		Juracsik Jozsef	2136	HUN	0	0	*	1	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	6
4		Andersen Soren	2115	DEN	0	0	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	6
5	FM	Juhasz Bela	2222	HUN	0	½	½	½	*	1	1	½	0	½	1	5.5
6		Farkas Richard	2198	HUN	0	0	1	0	0	*	1	½	1	½	1	5
7		Laza Szabolcs	1968	HUN	0	½	0	½	0	0	*	1	1	1	0	4
8	FM	Mayer Istvan	2050	HUN	0	1	0	0	½	½	0	*	0	½	1	3.5
9		Zhou Hao	0	CHN	½	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	*	0	1	3.5
10		Darazs Zoltan	2161	HUN	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	*	½	3.5
11		Steer Jozsef	1937	HUN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	*	1.5

Game 1
Resika,N (2186) - Juracsik,J (2136)
English Symmetrical[A39]
FSFMA July 2013 

Budapest HUN (1.5), 06.07.2013

Position 1
White is on the verge of breaking through on the queenside so black is now rushing to generate something on the kingside. What do you recommend for white now?

White to Play

25...Ng5

Game 2
Farkas,R (2198) - Resika,N (2186)
King’s Indian Saemisch[E81]
FSFMA July 2013 

Budapest HUN (2.3), 07.07.2013

Position 1
White's position is tactically suspicious. The unprotected Ra1 is begging to be exploited. What do you recommend for Black?

Black to Play

22.Nd1

Coming to Budapest for Chess?

First Saturday Prices / FS Contact 
These are the most expensive tournaments in the city by far and offer no prizes. The target market is foreign tourists. Local players get an unadvertised discount fee which is a well guarded little secret.

The standard Hungarian player fee for FM groups is 12,000 HUF(40EUR/ 54USD; 54CAN). Foreigners see website list. Note that everything is negotiable and there are no prizes.

This is the price range for FS-FMA RRs.

Rating		HUF	EUR	USD	CAN
Low	High
	Unrated	59,220	200	264.92	272.84
1800	1900	53,298	180	238.43	245.56
1901	2000	47,376	160	211.94	218.28
2001	2100	41,454	140	185.45	190.99
2101	2200	35,532	120	158.95	163.71
2200	2250	29,610	100	132.46	136.42

Foreign players(for example FIDE 2000) are charged approximately QUADRUPLE the local player rates. 

Other Tournaments
Hidden from tourists are some real bargains. Budapest is the home of affordable tournaments. Many cheap tournaments are available, all with prizes and modest entry fees. 

Some diligent digging is required to find these events. Check the Hungarian Federation event listing for events.

For more information:
Hungarian Chess Federation Tournament Listing(Hungarian Language)
Budapest Entry Fees 2012(Scroll down to bottom of blog too)

Other RRs
I usually play 4-5 RRs per year for very modest entry fees. These events are harder to find and advertised only in Hungarian. Here is a nice example of an alternative Budapest RR event.

Frech Karolyi Final Standings-Group A
This tournament is one example of the hidden little gems Budapest has to offer. I played this event in June for the bargain price of 3,900HUF (14EUR/ 18USD/18CAN). This was net of the Budapest Tournament Card holder 10% discount.

Rank	Name	Score	Rating	TPR
1	Koczo, Kristof	7.5	2269	2355
2	Nagy, Aron	5.5	2140	2176
3	FM Juhasz, Bela	5.5	2222	2167
4	Kormos, Adam	5	2211	2131
5	Bodrogi, Mihaly	5	2109	2143
6	Stern, Tibor	4.5	2025	2109
7	Varga, Attila	4	2012	2067
8	Yip, Michael	3.5	2007	2031
9	Bodrogi, Laszlo	2.5	2036	1942
10	Zoldy, Robert	2	1975	1895

Entry Fee Range for 1 Game/Day RRs
Here is the entry fee range in Budapest for a FIDE 2000 player(as an example). This summary shows how far out of line with the overall market First Saturday is(approx 8X the average).

Round Robin	Rds	Prizes	HUF	EUR	USD	CAN	2013
Amator Cup	9	Yes	5,000	17.8	23	23	November
Torokves A RR	9	Yes	5,500	19.4	25	25	April
Frech Karolyi	9	Yes	4,000	14	18	18	June
Torokves A RR	9	Yes	5,500	19.4	25	25	Sept
First Saturday(FS-FMA)	9-11	No	40,800	140	180	181	Monthly
FS Price for Hungarians		No	12,000	41	53	53	Monthly