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Budapest Chess News Budapest Chess News December 2012 Available From -GM Spraggett's blog www.kevinspraggett.blogspot.com -The Sarkany Sport Club of Budapest www.sarkanydse.hu Thanks to these sites for hosting the files for downloading and to everyone who contributed to this issue. Games reports and crosstables are from TWIC. See Blog http://budapestchesnews.blogspot.hu/ Introduction Included in this issue are 105 games. Hungarian Tournament Price Summary 2012 For foreign players planning trips to Budapest, here are some typical Budapest tournament entry fees. Rounds Prizes Entry Fee(>FIDE 2000) HUF EUR USD CAN$ Round Robin(1 Game/day) Amator Cup 9 Yes 5,000 17.8 23.1 22.9 November Torokves A RR 9 Yes 5,500 19.4 25.0 25.0 April, Sept Frech Karolyi 9 Yes 4,000 14.0 17.7 18.0 June First Saturday(FS) FM groups 9-11 No 40,800 140.0 180.4 180.9 FS Price for Hungarians* No 12,000 41.2 53.1 53.2 Open(1 Game/day) Perenyi Memorial 9 Yes 5,500 18.9 24.3 24.4 January Budapest Open 9 Yes 7,000 24.6 30.9 30.5 August *Unadvertised. Readers’ Submissions A game by Zoltan Polyanszky−Tamasi(1793) from the Lila Futo Metinda Open played 01.11.2012. Budapest Team Ch Rds 3-4 My Team(RAC) did not do so well. Rd 3 RAC I – BEAC III 4:8 RAC II – BEAC V 3,5:8,5 Rd 4 Vasas SC II - Rákosligeti AC I: 6,5-5,5 Budapest Chess News December 2012 HÜSI SC II - Rákosligeti AC II: 1,5-10,5 Budapest Tournaments Amator Cup 2012-11 Final Standings Group D Czibulka,Zoltan and Bodrogi,Laszlo shared first place with 6.5/9. I was equal third with a modest 5/9 after suffering a quick last round loss. Lila Futo 2012-11 Top seeds Fodre, Sandor and Hetenyi, Geza shared =1st with 5/6. Mester, Attila was not able to match his string of recent successes and came =3rd with Karpati, Gabor with 4.5/6. Hungarian Tournaments A selection of games from the following tournaments. • 30th Balaton GM 2012-Horvath,Ad won with 6.5/9 but narrowly missed the GM norm. • 30th Balaton Open 2012-Sergeev,Vl and Aczel,G shared first with 7/9. • 62nd ch-HUN 2012 • Hungarian TCh 2012-13 International News(Hungarian Players) A selection of games from the following events. • AUT-TCh 2012-13 • e2e4 Basingstoke Int Open 2012-Ghasi,A clear first with 6.5/9. Lyell,M(Lives in HUN) got 4.5/9. • e2e4 Brighton Int Open 2012-11-GMs Wells and Arkell shared first with 4.5/5. FM Lyell(ENG) got 3/5. • Chigorin Memorial 2012-Areshchenko,A and Socko,B =1st 7.5/9. Almasi,Z 6/9 and Portisch,L 5/8 • Frau Bundesliga 2012-13 • Thanksgiving Open St Louis USA-GM Boros,D(HUN) shared first with 5/6. • UNAM Open MEX WWC HUN-RUS GM Hoang Thanh Trang(HUN) eliminated Ovod,E in round 1. GM Hoang Thanh Trang was eliminated in the second round of the knockout by GM Kosintseva,T. WYCC HUN Preview A selection of games played by the Hungarian Juniors as part of their prepatory cycle. WYCC HUN Juhasz, Judit was the top scorer of the Hungarian team. Canadian Corner A selection of games from the following events. © Michael Yip, Budapest Hungary 2 Budapest Chess News December 2012 • 38th Guernsey Open 2012-Narciso Dublan,M and Hebden,M tied for first with 6/7. Morin,Y(CAN) got 4.5/7. • 7th Kavalier Open(AUT) 2012-Stanec,N took clear first with 6/7. Suller,L(CAN) got 4.5/7. • Bahamas International 2012-GM Alexander Shabalov won clear first 6.5/9. • SPICE Open 2012-GM Robson won with 7/9.Gerzhoy,L(CAN) was top Canadian with 5.5/9. Hambleton gets IM norm with 5/9. Charbonneau,P was also 5pts. • 12th Sautron Open 2012-GM OLEKSIENKO clear first 7.5/9. IM PIASETSKI Leon 6/9. • Guelph Nov Pro-Am-GM Bator Sambuev won with 5/5. • Ottawa Wnter Open November 16-18-Open-Aman Hambleton took clear first 5- 0.GM Sambuev was 2nd with 4/5. Under 1900-Adam Adriaanse took first with 4.5/5. Under 1600-Srikanth Rapaka took first with 4.5/5 • University of Texas Dallas Fall GM Inv 2012-IM Calugar,A(CAN) got 1.5/9 in a tough field. • World Seniors-IM Kristiansen Jens won with 9/11. Top Canadian was IM Piasetski Leon CAN with 7.5/11 • Mexico 2nd UNAM Open 2012- Macieja,B took clear first with 8.5/9. GM Hansen,Eric(CAN) 2539 and Hambleton,A(CAN) 2404 got 7/9 and obtained the IM title. • UNAM w Prelim A rapid 2012-Orlova,Y(CAN) got 3.5/20 in a strong field. • UNAM w Prelim C rapid MEX 2012-Botez,Alexandra put in a strong effort in a tough field to score 7/20 WWC CAN Khoudgarian,N was knocked out in the first round of the knockout tournament Khanty- Mansiysk by GM Zhao,Xue(CHN 2565). WYCC CAN Preview Here are some recent games from Canadian team members. WYCC CAN IM Wang,Richard won the bronze medal for the <14 Open. Portisch,L Here is a selection of the Hungarian GM’s games in the e3 Nimzo-Indian in which he is a specialist. Nimzo-Indian 4.e3 a selection of modern games in the 4.e3 Rubinstein Variation. Other This is blog material that is not otherwise classified. © Michael Yip, Budapest Hungary 3 Budapest Chess News December 2012 Table of Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................... 1 Hungarian Tournament Prices Summary 2012................................................................... 5 Readers' Submissions.......................................................................................................... 6 Budapest Team Championship ........................................................................................... 9 Budapest Tournaments...................................................................................................... 15 Amator Cup Group D.................................................................................................... 16 Lila Futo 2012-11 ......................................................................................................... 46 First Saturday................................................................................................................ 50 Hungarian Tournaments.................................................................................................... 63 International News(Hungarian Players)............................................................................ 79 WWCh 2012 HUN-RUS................................................................................................ 104 WYCC HUN Preview..................................................................................................... 113 WYCC HUN................................................................................................................... 122 Canadian Corner ............................................................................................................. 130 WCC CAN...................................................................................................................... 205 WYCC Canada Preview ................................................................................................. 210 WYCC Canada................................................................................................................ 216 Portisch,L........................................................................................................................ 246 Nimzo-Indian 4.e3 .......................................................................................................... 258 Other ............................................................................................................................... 273 © Michael Yip, Budapest Hungary 4 Budapest Chess News December 2012 Hungarian Tournament Prices Summary 2012 For foreign players planning trips to Budapest, here are some typical Budapest tournament entry fees. First Saturday(FS) remains the overall price leader by a wide margin and offers no prizes. Also note the two-tier pricing levels. Foreign players pay much higher fees. GM and IM norm tournaments are run concurrently and snacks are provided. Rounds Prizes Entry Fee(>FIDE 2000) HUF EUR USD CAN$ Round Robin(1 Game/day) Amator Cup 9 Yes 5,000 17.8 23.1 22.9 November Torokves A RR 9 Yes 5,500 19.4 25.0 25.0 April, Sept Frech Karolyi 9 Yes 4,000 14.0 17.7 18.0 June First Saturday(FS) FM groups 9-11 No 40,800 140.0 180.4 180.9 Monthly FS Price for Hungarians* No 12,000 41.2 53.1 53.2 Open(1 Game/day) Perenyi Memorial 9 Yes 5,500 18.9 24.3 24.4 January Budapest Open 9 Yes 7,000 24.6 30.9 30.5 August Open 6 Rounds(2+ games/day) Rakosmente Open 7 Yes 1,600 5.5 7.0 7.1 Twice /yr Josef Varosi Open 7 Yes 3,000 10.3 13.3 13.4 Twice /yr Siralyi Open 7 Yes 5,500 18.9 24.3 24.4 Kobanya Open 6 Yes 3,000 10.3 13.3 13.4 3 times/yr Lila Futo Open 6 Yes 3,000 10.3 13.3 13.4 4 times/yr Kobanya Open 6 Yes 3,000 10.3 13.3 13.4 Sept/Dec *Unadvertised. All FS prices are negotiable. © Michael Yip, Budapest Hungary 5 Budapest Chess News December 2012 Readers' Submissions Zoltan Polyanszky−Tamasi is a 37−year−old analyst working at the National Development Agency − a government institution responsible for the management of the Hungarian share of EU Funds. He played his first chess tournaments in Italy, about a year ago. His playing style changes with the colors, playing rather positional games with white, and unorthodox tactical stuff with black. Czibulka,Z (2053) − Polyanszky,Z (1793) 18.Bc1 Ne3 19.fxe3 dxe3 20.Kh1 Bxc4 Reti Revese Benoni[A09] 21.Bxe3 Rxe3 22.dxc4 Rxb3 23.Rb1 Rxb1 Lila Futo Metinda POLYANSZKY (2), 24.Qxb1 Qxb1 25.Rxb1 Nb4 ½-½ Ivanov,I 01.11.2012 (2530)−Constantineau,Y/Quebec 1983/EXT 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 The Reverse Benoni 2002] branch of the Reti Opening.[Yip] 3.b4 g6 4.Bb2 7...Ne7 [4.g3 Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.Bg2 h6 7.0-0 Ne7 8.a4 Preferring to stay in a complex 0-0 9.Nfd2
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