Czech Open A 2013 Rd7-IM Kislik E(USA)

TWIC 977 Pardubice Gallery
IM Kislik(USA) has been based in Hungary for several years now. This is his instructive round 7 victory. IMs Kislik and Battey(USA) are two of a handful of foreign players based in Hungary.

Hard thinking

US results

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

Kislik,E (2345) - Sochacki,C (2459)
English Defence 4...f5[A40]
Czech Open A 2013
Pardubice CZE (7.40), 25.07.2013

Position 1
The technical phase has began as white has a clear extra pawn. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

30...Rc8

Reykjavik Open 2013 Rd7 Standings

Rd7 Chess-results
IM Kislik lost to IM Schreiner, Peter(AUT 2439)

Title	Name	FIDE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.
GM	Shulman Yury	2563	1	1	1	0	1	½	0	4.5
IM	Krush Irina	2460	1	½	1	½	½	0	0	3.5
IM	Bartholomew John	2435	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	5
NM	Norowitz Yaacov	2432	1	0	1	1	1	½	½	5
IM	Kislik Erik Andrew	2359	1	0	1	1	½	½	0	4
IM	Prosviriakov Vladimir	2297	1	0	1	0	1	½	½	4
FM	Jayakumar Adarsh	2271	½	1	1	½	1	0	½	4.5
	Jablon Stephen	1896	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3
	Hisnay Gregory	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	1	3
	Evenson Kent	0	0	0	1	0	1	½	0	2.5
	Kruglyak Mikhail	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	0	2

Reykjavik Open 2013 Rd5-Kislik(USA)

IM Kislik,E drew a tricky ending against Huang(2478) but it's not clear that white maximized his chances in the K+P ending.

Huang,Qian (2478) - Kislik,Erik Andrew (2359)
QGD Anti-Tartakower[D55]
Reykjavik Open 2013 (5.15), 22.02.2013

Position 1
Only white is playing for more than the draw after 45.Kd2. How should black defend?

Black to Play

45.Kd2

Reykjavik Open 2013 Rd5 Standings(USA)

Rd5 chess-results
Budapest resident IM Kislik,E drew WGM Huang Qian(2478) and has 3.5/5.

	Name	RtgI	1	2	3	4	5	Pts.
GM	Shulman Yury	2563	1	1	1	0	1	4
IM	Krush Irina	2460	1	½	1	½	½	3.5
IM	Bartholomew John	2435	1	1	0	1	0	3
NM	Norowitz Yaacov	2432	1	0	1	1	1	4
IM	Kislik Erik Andrew	2359	1	0	1	1	½	3.5
IM	Prosviriakov Vladimir	2297	1	0	1	0	1	3
FM	Jayakumar Adarsh	2271	½	1	1	½	1	4
	Jablon Stephen	1896	0	1	0	1	0	2
	Hisnay Gregory	0	0	0	½	½	1	2
	Evenson Kent	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
	Kruglyak Mikhail	0	0	0	1	½	½	2

Reykjavik Open 2013 Rd4-Kislik(USA)

Black's kingside defenders were stripped away as white mounted a kingside attack to decide quickly as Kislik won in rd4.

Kislik,Erik Andrew (2359) - Frick,Renato (2075) 
Grunfeld Exchange[D85] 
Reykjavik Open 2013 Reykjavik, Iceland (4.44), 21.02.2013

Position 1
The offside Na5 and bare kingside are the strategic hints for white to begin the attack. What do you suggest for white?

White to Play

19..Kh7

Reykjavik Open 2013 Rd3-Kislik(USA)

The bishop pair and weak pawn structure worked in black's favor as IM Kislik won in rd3. White gave an exchange in a desperate bid for counterplay black defended accurately and the RR-RN conversion was no problem.

Johannesson,Oliver (1988) - Kislik,Erik Andrew (2359) 
Benoni via King’s Indian[A65]
Reykjavik Open 2013 Reykjavik, Iceland (3.46), 20.02.2013

Position 1

Black dominates the position and the d-pawn is weak. What do you recommend for black now?

Black to Play

24.Re1

Reykjavik Open 2013 Rd2(USA) Results and Standings

Rd2 Chess-results
IM Kislik lost to GM Wesley So today. Kislik has been living in Budapest for several years now.

IM Kislik,Erik

SNo		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FED	1	2	3	Pts.
25	GM	Shulman Yury	2563	0	USA	1	1		2
43	IM	Krush Irina	2460	0	USA	1	½		1.5
46	IM	Bartholomew John	2435	0	USA	1	1		2
47	NM	Norowitz Yaacov	2432	0	USA	1	0		1
66	IM	Kislik Erik Andrew	2359	0	USA	1	0		1
75	IM	Prosviriakov Vladimir	2297	0	USA	1	0	1	2
81	FM	Jayakumar Adarsh	2271	2349	USA	½	1		1.5
158		Jablon Stephen	1896	1880	USA	0	1		1
178		Hisnay Gregory	0	1778	USA	0	0	½	0.5
190		Evenson Kent	0	1709	USA	0	0	1	1
199		Kruglyak Mikhail	0	1638	USA	0	0	1	1

Here is Kislik's rd 2 game.

Kislik,Erik Andrew (2359) - So,Wesley (2684)

Grunfeld 3.f3 d5 [D70]

Reykjavik Open 2013 (2.2), 20.02.2013

Position 1

Black is making a big effort to press the pawn center with 13...Qe6. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

13..Qe6

Reykjavik Open 2013 Rd1(USA) Standings

Rd1 chess-results
IM Kislik, currently living in Budapest, won his first game and will play Wesley So in rd2.

SNo		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FED	1	Pts.
25	GM	Shulman Yury	2563	0	USA	1	1
43	IM	Krush Irina	2460	0	USA	1	1
46	IM	Bartholomew John	2435	0	USA	1	1
47	NM	Norowitz Yaacov	2432	0	USA	1	1
66	IM	Kislik Erik Andrew	2359	0	USA	1	1
75	IM	Prosviriakov Vladimir	2297	0	USA	1	1
81	FM	Jayakumar Adarsh	2271	2349	USA	½	0.5
158		Jablon Stephen	1896	1880	USA	0	0
178		Hisnay Gregory	0	1778	USA	0	0
190		Evenson Kent	0	1709	USA	0	0
199		Kruglyak Mikhail	0	1638	USA	0	0

First Saturday 2012-12 IM

Here is a game by Erik Kislik from the recent First Saturday IM RR. Kislik has been living in Budapest for a few years now and plans to return to the U.S. soon.

IM Kislik,E(r) analyzing with GM Hou Yi Fan(left) at the Hungarian Federation in Budapest

Photo chess-db Kislik

The monthly IM norm tournaments usually have about 30% of the participants above 2300 with the occaisional 2400 and are popular in the summer peak months.


Breakdown by Rating Class

	UNR	U2200	2201-2300	2301-2400	2400+	Total
Feb	1	1	5	3	1	11
Mar	0	1	7	2	1	11
Apr	0	2	5	1	2	10
May	0	2	5	3	1	11
Jun	0	2	2	1	1	6
Jun	0	4	5	1	0	10
Jul	0	3	5	3	0	11
Aug	0	4	4	2	1	11
Aug	0	3	6	1	1	11
Sept	0	0	8	2	2	12
Oct	0	0	2	3	1	6
Nov	0	2	5	4	1	12
Dec	0	1	5	4	0	10
Total	1	25	64	30	12	132
%	0.8%	18.9%	48.5%	22.7%	9.1%	100%

The net-of-IM participation breakdown shows more clearly that peak participation is in the June-July-August period and that overall about slighlty over half the participants are candidate IMs.


Breakdown by Title Class

	IM	Non-IM	Total
Feb	6	5	11
Mar	5	6	11
Apr	7	3	10
May	4	7	11
Jun	3	3	6
Jun	5	5	10
Jul	4	7	11
Aug	4	7	11
Aug	4	7	11
Sept	7	5	12
Oct	3	3	6
Nov	4	8	12
Dec	5	5	10
Total	61	71	132
%	46.2%	53.8%	100%

Kislik,E (2361) - Szalanczy,E (2259)
Sicilian Dragon 9.0-0-0 a5[B76]
FSIM December 2012 Budapest HUN (5.5), 06.12.2012

Position 1
Black has declined the normal central break(...d5) in favor of the rare flank advance ...a5-a4. How should white play now?

White to Play

13...Ne5

Position 2
The position is a bit more defined now after 19...ed. How should white play now? What about taking the d-pawn?

White to Play

19...ed

Position 3
Black is fully active after 24...Re8 but so is white. Material favors white with a knight for two pawns but the queenside is shattered. Black has activity on the e-file and the dark squares and is well placed to resist. How should white continue?

White to Play

24...Re8