No More Displays of Rating On Game Pages

One thing has come to my mind recently. I will avoid showing the rating points in my games from now on.
The common chess-player thinks that rating is everything, that players play according to their rating and that their games are worth that much accordingly. That may be the case with players who participate in tournaments on a regular basis, but with those for whom playing in more than 1 tournament during 2 consecutive months is a rare and extraordinary event, it certainly isn't. In their case, the rating will at some time in the future match the play, but until then there is nothing surprising about it when they perform well above the number denoting the actual rating...

Of course, I still have a long road to go, and even putting aside the conditions mentioned in the previous blog entry I am still far away from playing real chess, having a lot to learn even to be comparable at all to an IM, but I love this game, chess, and try to make use of the miriads of books I have as much as I can.
I learn alone, without any coach, and get to a tournament every 2-3 months on average. The disadvantage is tremendous compared even to modern players in their teens, with huge support from parents, sponsors, etc, who have virtually unlimited opportunities to play in tournaments and/or to analyze with stronger players.
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Playing After Sleepless Nights Far Away From Home

I participated in three individual tournaments from August 20 to September 27, playing 19 games.
Due to the excessive lack of sleep and other unusual conditions, I lost or drew several games to weaker opposition. And most of the losses were after being the first to achieve a "+-" (winning) position.
Let's see what happened.
During the August tournament in the country, I managed to sleep only a total of 4 hours throughout the 3 nights. ..
Then at the middle of September, I was very sick and at the verge of fainting during the first two morning games, after an hour of travelling in a car in the mornings and being compelled to start the games immediately, without time for recreation.
Finally at the end of the same month, sharing a room again with another player, a total of 2 hours of sleep throughout the 2 whole nights had its impacts on my play...
All these circumstances resulted in losing 9 rating points rather than gaining 40-50, which could have been a realistic expectation versus those opponents.

The same happened in a February tournament, also with the nights spent far away from home, with a final result of +0 -4 =0, also against not very good opposition, having to play after 0 (zero/null) hour of sleep.
And in July, the only decent result (27+ rating points, beating a 2300-FM, drawing an IM, etc) had very much to do to the fact that that event, the sole one in this "series", was held in a place that was easily reachable from home in the mornings--I was sleeping at home...
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Sarret Cup, the 3rd, in Tetétlen (summary+games)

I came in 1st place (+5 -0 =2) on the 3rd day of this 7-round open tournament for players below 2200 FIDE rating.
All my games are analyzed with some engine (i.e. Rybka 3 Dynamic-w32, mostly) and downloadable from the link above. (The entry title is a link.)

The first and the third game (against Lenke and Csomós, respectively) were the most horrible of all, the latter because of 0 (zero) minute's sleep during the previous night... That day I played 3 games and scored 2.5 points, which certainly could not have been achieved against stronger opposition.

Well, this had been my first 1st place in an individual tournament with more than 50 participants, as far as I can remember. I was happy, but...

Selected game(s) of mine:

• Hóember vs. Vass, László -> with and without analyzis
  
• Hóember vs. Molnár, Tibor -> with and without analyzis
  

The final ranking list

Rk.


Name
FED
1.Rd
2.Rd
3.Rd
4.Rd
5.Rd
6.Rd
7.Rd
Pts.
 TB1 
 TB2 
 TB3 
 
1


Bakk Zoltan
HUN
 45s1
 33w1
 14s1
  2s½
 10w1
  5w1
  4s½
6,0
25,5
21,5
201,0
 
2


Horvath Kalman
HUN
 26s1
 15w1
  7s1
  1w½
  4s½
  6w1
  8s½
5,5
24,0
24,0
202,0
 
3


Antal Tibor Kende
HUN
 20s1
  6w1
 11s1
  4w½
  8s0
 15w1
  9s1
5,5
23,0
23,0
205,5
 
4


Varga Klara
HUN
 42s1
 32w1
  9s1
  3s½
  2w½
  8w½
  1w½
5,0
23,0
23,5
204,0
 
5


Molnar Tibor
HUN
 46w1
 29s½
 10w½
 30s1
 11w1
  1s0
 17s1
5,0
20,5
20,0
185,0
 
6


Magi Tibor
HUN
 53w1
  3s0
 12w1
 25w1
  7s1
  2s0
 14w1
5,0
20,0
22,5
189,5
 
7


Erdei Lajos
HUN
 50s1
 35w1
  2w0
 24s1
  6w0
 27s1
 15s1
5,0
20,0
19,0
191,5
 
8


Cozma-Callini Adrian
HUN
 29w0
 41s1
 27w1
 33s1
  3w1
  4s½
  2w½
5,0
19,5
20,5
202,5
 
9


Kun Imre
HUN
 12w1
 28s1
  4w0
 18s1
 14w½
 10s1
  3w0
4,5
20,5
22,0
195,0
 
10


Vass Laszlo
HUN
 52s1
 27w1
  5s½
 19w1
  1s0
  9w0
 16s1
4,5
20,5
21,0
180,5
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Karneval Cup [team round robin] in Debrecen (summary+games)

I came in 3rd place (+3 -2 =1) in this 6-round team open tournament. It really was team, but the players were also ranked according to the individual performance.
All my games are analyzed with some engine (i.e. Rybka 2.3.2-w32, mostly) and downloadable from the link above. (The entry title above is a link.)
In my game against FM Gál... Well, I played White and was standing += throughout the game until move 48, when I blundered in the drawn endgame. Apart from the outcome, that is my favorite game, when I made a lot of good moves and the play was very exciting. (O.K. the latter also can be said about my game against Horváth, which was a draw.) Áts blundered horribly after a dubious opening, while Kelemen completely misjudged the position and went for a pawn before my final blow. They are not so bad, but this was not their tournament.
As for the last round's defeat, which was the shortest one of the entire tournament with its 16 moves, again I didn't sleep much.

Selected game(s) of mine:

• Hóember vs. FM Gál -> with and without analyzis
  
• Horváth vs. Hóember -> with and without analyzis
  
• Hóember vs. Kelemen -> with and without analyzis
  

The final ranking list

Rank  Name            Rtg    Team            Pts. Rp    Bo. +
1    Dani Peter       2164   Charlie         6,0  2406  2   6
2    FM Gal Jozsef    2336   Hajdúböszörmény 5,5  2475  1   5
3    Bakk Zoltan      1986   Derecske        3,5  2196  1   3 
4    Maraczi Erno     2127   Erdőkertes      3,5  2162  1   3
5    Horvath Karoly   2247   Charlie         3,5  2142  1   2
6    Rakaczki Csaba   2081   He1!            2,5  2232  1   2
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Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	Pts.	Rp	Bo.	+	megj.
1		Dani Peter	2164	Charlie	6,0	2406	2	6
2	FM	Gal Jozsef	2336	Hajdúböszörmény	5,5	2475	1	5
3		Bakk Zoltan	1986	Derecske	3,5	2196	1	3
4		Maraczi Erno	2127	Erdőkertes	3,5	2162	1	3
5		Horvath Karoly	2247	Charlie	3,5	2142	1	2
6		Rakaczki Csaba	2081	He1!	2,5	2232	1	2
7		Karikas Marianna	1616	Hajdúböszörmény Ifi	2,5	1995	2	2	Ifi 1.
8		Miko Valer	2057	He1!	2,5	1988	2	2
9		Szakaly Balazs	2081	Erdőkertes	2,5	1941	2	1
10		Toviskes Antal	2072	Hajdúböszörmény	2,0	2064	2	2
11		Kanyadi Zoltan	2103	Szervezők	2,0	2062	1	0
12		Szava Miklos	2098	Szervezők	2,0	0	2	2
13		Uzonyi David	1879	Hajdúböszörmény Ifi	1,5	1957	1	1	Ifi 2.
14		Ats Laszlo Gyorgy	2148	Szervezők	1,5	1905	2	0
15		Gal Csaba	1929	Derecske	0,5	1614	2	0
16		Szabo Laszlo	1982	Hajdúböszörmény	0,5	0	2	0
17		Kelemen Imre	2099	He1!	0,0	1390	1	0

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Puspokladany Open, the 2nd, in Püspökladány (summary+games)

Because of having the worse Buchhholz, I came in only 2nd (+7 -1 =1) after the 9th round of this 4-day open tournament for sub-2200 players.
All my games are analyzed with an engine (i.e. Rybka 2.3.2-w32, mostly) and downloadable from the link above. (The entry title above is a link.)
As for the dropped 1.5 points, there were sleepless nights again. There was a time during the tournament when I had to ask somebody for a place where I could sleep for an hour or two before the next round... Usually it takes quite an effort for me to fall asleep at usual hours, especially when I must sleep. (Sorry for my bad English, I am beginning to feel I have to practice even more.)
Unfortunately, day one of this event became a nightmare for me (at least, as for the quality of my game after a certain point), but this time thanks to my opponent. He kept speaking to me during the game, even when I was to move, we even had a quarell about it
I could name only a few games in which I didn't mistakes that could have proven faithful against stronger opponents: the ones against Hegedűs (round 3), Solymosi (r5), and Ress (r7). But when I didn't, my opponents did.

Selected game(s) of mine:

• Solymosi vs. Hóember -> with and without analyzis

The final ranking list

Rank Name             Score M/F BH    SB     Rating  TPR   W-We   PS    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1    Berek, Geza      7.5   M   53.5  43.75  2194    2269  +0.84  39.5  1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
2    Bakk, Zoltan     7.5   M   47.5  37.25  2016    2250  +2.34  37.0  1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
3    Solymosi, Istvan 7.0   M   53.5  40.25  2169    2191  +0.34  36.5  1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
4    Erdei, Lajos     6.0   M   47.5  30.5   1989    2159  +1.33  31.0  1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
5    Arva, Karoly     6.0   M   47.0  27.0   1990    2005  +0.25  31.0  1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1
6    Ress, Tamas      5.5   M   54.0  30.25  2171    2053  -1.11  34.5  1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
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7 Szabo, Istvan 5.5 M 48.5 27.0 1976 1943 -0.25 31.0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
8 Pinczes, Gyula 5.5 M 47.5 25.0 1720 1909 +1.59 28.5 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
9 Egri, Laszlo Jr. 5.5 M 43.0 23.75 1896 1737 -0.82 28.5 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
10 Arva, Gergo 5.5 M 40.5 21.25 1825 1775 -0.31 28.0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
11 Jakobei, Jozsef 5.5 M 44.0 23.75 1985 1779 -1.08 28.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
12 Baranyai, Antal 5.5 M 47.0 25.25 1849 1981 +0.81 27.5 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1
13 Kecze, Matyas 5.5 M 42.5 23.5 0 1870 1870 26.5 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
14 Keseru, Tibor 5.5 M 43.0 24.25 1814 1978 +0.59 26.0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
15 Boka, Robert 5.5 M 40.0 22.25 1823 1680 -0.73 24.5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
16 Adorjan, Attila 5.0 M 48.0 22.0 1959 1854 -0.73 29.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
17 Vass, Laszlo 5.0 M 46.0 24.5 1921 1913 -0.09 28.5 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
18 Lovas, David 5.0 M 41.0 19.0 0 1733 1733 23.5 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
19 Gerda, Emil 5.0 M 44.5 24.5 1639 1719 +0.24 23.5 0 1 1 1 - 1 0 1 1
20 Hegedus, Sandor 4.5 M 42.5 17.75 1954 1762 -1.04 26.5 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
21 K. Szabo, Jozsef 4.5 M 46.0 21.75 0 1949 +0.50 24.5 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
22 Lovas, Peter 4.5 M 39.0 16.5 0 1875 1875 24.0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
23 Balatoni, Gyorgy 4.5 M 38.5 16.75 1947 1252 -0.89 22.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
24 Donka, Dorottya Bianka 4.5 F 39.0 16.0 0 1788 1788 21.5 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
25 Meszaros, Karoly 4.5 M 38.5 18.25 1872 1655 -0.56 21.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
26 Szoboszlai, Laszlo 4.5 M 40.5 14.75 0 1631 1631 20.5 0 + 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
27 Gal, Hanna Krisztina 4.5 F 35.5 17.25 1897 0 +0.00 18.0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
28 Hercz, Richard 4.5 M 36.0 14.5 0 1737 1737 17.5 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
29 Kriszteszku, Istvan 4.0 M 44.5 18.0 0 1838 1838 25.0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
30 Zagonyi, Krisztian 4.0 M 42.0 13.75 0 1460 1460 22.5 + 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
31 Racz, Bence 4.0 M 36.5 12.75 0 1670 1670 20.5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
32 Marosan, Szabolcs 4.0 M 41.5 17.75 0 1743 1743 20.0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
33 Donka, Mate Salamon 4.0 M 34.5 13.75 1746 1186 -0.27 19.0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
34 Benyei, Piroska 4.0 F 34.5 12.75 0 1436 0 17.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1
35 Kajtar, Bence 4.0 M 36.0 13.5 0 1601 1601 17.0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
36 Szanto, Imre 3.5 M 38.0 11.75 0 1683 1683 19.0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
37 Truong, Duc Huong 3.5 M 35.5 12.0 1838 1219 -0.34 18.0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
38 Papp, Attila 3.5 M 38.0 12.75 0 1675 1675 18.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
39 Kajtar, Dora 3.5 F 32.0 9.0 1645 1255 -0.11 17.5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
40 Kajtar, Gergo 3.5 M 34.5 11.25 0 1685 1685 16.5 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
41 Mate, Levente 3.5 M 34.5 8.75 0 1632 1632 15.5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 +
42 Gal, Kristof 3.5 M 33.0 8.5 0 1589 1589 13.5 0 1 1 0 0 1 + 0 1
43 Erdei, Ferenc 3.0 M 35.5 8.25 0 1194 1194 17.5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
44 Pabar, Sandor 3.0 M 29.5 5.75 0 1034 1034 13.0 0 0 + 0 0 1 1 1 0
45 Erdei, Roland 2.5 M 31.5 5.5 0 1989 0 12.5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 + 0
46 Zagonyi, Judit Abigel 2.5 F 26.0 4.25 0 910 0 8.0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 1 1
47 Dudas, Attila 2.0 M 32.0 2.75 0 1281 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 + 1 0 0

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simultan (GM Almási vs. Hóember)

the position when White decided to resign ->

[Event "simultaneous display"]
[Site "Debrecen Pláza in Debrecen, Hungary"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[White "GM Almási, Zoltán"]
[Black "Bakk, Zoltán"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventType "simul"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Bg5 Qh5 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. c5 d5 14. d4 Rh6 15.
h4 e4 16. Ng5 Ne7 17. f3 Rf6 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. c6 bxc6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Qb4
Qe8 22. Nh3 Nf5 23. Rf1 Nxg3 24. Rxf6 Kg7 25. Rf2 e3 26. Rf3 Nxe2+ 27. Kf1 Ba6
0-1

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It's incredible, but true: today in a 25-board simultaneous display I managed to win against GM Zoltán Almási, a 2674 player, who is currently 47th-ranked in the world and 3rd in Hungary.
O.K., he was far from his best in this simultan game, but he is a top GM nevertheless.
Who does not know him...?

Apart from two games from 12 years ago, today was the 1st time that I had played an OTB game against a grandmaster, and now I am very very very very very HAPPPY. (I was so happy this evening that I could have screamed.)

You can take a look at the scan of the scoresheet. (With the GM's signature on it.)

I heard that I was the only one who managed to win, even though at least three players were 2100+ and I could name a "2200+"-player, too. (the GM's statisctics after all games: +20 =4 -1)

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