Czech Open A 2013 Rd1-GM Boros,D

TWIC 977-Pardubice 2013
GMs Boros(HUN) and Gonda(HUN) finished with 6/9.

Life was not so easy for GM Boros in the first round as he battled hard against the Sicilian Dragon. The old 11.Bh6 was nothing special but it did induce black to weaken his pawns. However, white could not break through on the kingside and the game turned to black's favor.

Nice chess lady 

Photo-Pardubice Gallery

Hungarian Results

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

Boros,De (2504) - Le Ruyet,L (2273)
Sicilian Dragon 9.0–0–0 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bh6 [B76]
Czech Open A 2013
Pardubice CZE (1.32), 19.07.2013

Position 1
Black had a fine position and went to the attack with 27...Nc4. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

27...Nc4

Budapest TCh 2012-13 Div III Rd7

Here is a game from board 1 played by the Rakosligeti second team in Divsion III. We won the match by a big score,

RAC II – Sárkány DSE IV 11,5:0,5

Horváth,Csaba (1861) - Bán,Dániel Péter (2093)

Sicilian Dragon Yugoslav 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rb8 [B78]

Bp Csb 2012/13 III Szén Budapest (7.1), 03.02.2013

Position 1
The position is sharp and white has just made the normal king shuffle with 23.Kb1. What do you suggest for black?

Black to Play

23.Kb1

Tata Steel 2013 A-Rd11 Leko

Here is a beautiful game by Peter Leko from Tata Steel Group A played in rd11. The Tata Steel event was beautifully photographed and organized.

Van Wely defended aggressively with the Sicilian Dragon but Leko invited a RRB-RRN ending and showed some fabulous technique to grind out the win in model fashion.

Leko,P(l) - Van Wely(r) in rd 11

Photo Tatasteelchess 2013 Gallery day11

Leko,P (2735) - Van Wely,L (2679)

Sicilian Dragon 9.0-0-0 d5[B76]

75th Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee NED (11.1), 25.01.2013

Position 1
White has the better structure. How should white continue?

White to Play

28..Kf8

Position 2
Black is preparing a pawn break after playing 47..f6. How should white continue?

White to Play

47...f6

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