Hunting for Mistakes * Stephen vs. Bob

"r4rk1/1p1q1ppp/p3b3/4p3/P2nB3/6R1/1PP1QPPP/2B1R1K1 w - - 0 0"

It is White to move

The game was played in a county team championship, in March, 2010.
After long thinking (20+ minutes), Stephen, a 2200-player, went 1.Bxh7+ and offered a draw, although the opponent was rated hundreds of points lower. (It is not worth it.)
Did Stephen choose the strongest move over-the-board? (If not, why?)

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Hunting for Mistakes * FM RAT, Dan-Ovidiu vs. me

"1b3k2/pp3p2/2p1pq2/2Pr2r1/1P1P4/4Q1PR/PB2R1K1/8 b - - 0 31"

After White's last 31.Rh4-h3??
it is Black to move

The game was played in the national team championship, on Dec-21, 2008.
I was the second player and missed the move that would have made White resign on the spot, due to excessive lack of sleep.
(Just a remark: I wouldn't like to boast myself here, but even if White had not blundered, Black had a superior position by move 30, almost winning.)

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Hunting for Mistakes * GÁL, Hanna vs. me

"2kr4/p4p2/8/2b4p/3Nb1rP/5PP1/PPPR4/2K1R3 b - - 0 27"

After White's last 27.f2-f3??
it is Black to move

The game was played in the county team championship, on Jan-17, 2010.
I was the second player and in my time trouble I missed to exploit White's blunder and made a weak move. (It was time pressure on my part, while the opponent had plenty of time...)

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Hunting for Mistakes * FM MENYHÁRT, Tibor vs. me

"6r1/5p2/4pk1p/p2pRP2/2PP1K2/5R2/P4r1P/8 b - - 0 38"

After White's last 38.Re3-f3
it is Black to move

The game was played in the national team championship, on Dec-7, 2009.
I was the second player and failed to find the best move.

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Hunting for Mistakes * me vs. PETRÓ, János

"r6k/6bp/p1qp1np1/2pN4/2Q1PP2/7P/1rPB2P1/R4RK1 w - - 0 25"

After Black's last 24..Rb8xb2??
it is White to move

The game was played in the national team championship, on Feb-28, 2010.
I was the first player and found a winning move.

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Hunting for Mistakes * BOBÁK, Sándor vs. me

"2r2rk1/pp2np1p/1q3bp1/3pNb2/3P4/2B4P/PPBR1PP1/1Q3RK1 b - - 0 19"

After White's last 19.Nf3-e5?
it is Black to move

The game was played in the county team championship, on Feb-21, 2010.
I was the second player and missed to win a piece in the position, but still won the game.

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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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Szabolcs County Team Ch. (Paszerbovics vs. Hóember)

the position after White's 30th move ->

[Event "Szabolcs County chT (2)"]
[Site "Balkány, HUNGARY"]
[Date "2008.02.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paszerbovics, Dr., Sándor"]
[Black "Bakk, Zoltán"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[WhiteTeam "Balkány"]
[BlackTeam "Lokomotív 2."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. f4 a5
9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. cxb5
c4 16. Bc3 Nd5 17. Qd2 N7f6 18. Rfc1 h6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Qe1 Nexc3 21. Rxc3 Nxc3
22. Qxc3 Qc7 23. Ne5 h5 24. Bf3 Bd6 25. Bc6+ Kd8 26. Qxc4 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Ke7 28.
e4 g6 29. Re1 Qd8 30. Qc3 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Qd1+ 32. Re1 Qa4 33. Qd3 Rcd8 34. Qxg6
Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Rhf8 36. Qg5+ Kf7 37. Bf3 1-0

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* to be continued...

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Szabolcs County Team Ch. (Hóember vs. Palicz)

the position after White's 28th move ->

[Event "Szabolcs County Team Ch."]
[Site "Nyíregyháza (Hungary)"]
[Date "2008.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bakk, Zoltán"]
[Black "Palicz, László"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[WhiteTeam "Lokomotív SzSE 2."]
[BlackTeam "Piremon 2. Apáczai"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Qe7 8. Ne5
O-O 9. Bd3 g6 10. f4 Nh5 11. O-O f5 12. Be2 Ndf6 13. a4 Ng7 14. Qc1 Rd8 15. Ba3
Nge8 16. a5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. a6 c5 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qxc5 23. Kf2 Qc7 24. axb7 Bxb7 25. Qd4 a6 26. Rd1 Bc8 27. Qd8
Qxd8 28. Rxd8 Kf8 29. c5 Ke7 30. Nc6+ Kf7 31. Bxa6 Rxa6 32. Rxc8 Ra2+ 33. Kg3
Re2 34. Nd4 Rxe3+ 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Rd8 Nf6 37. c6 Nd5 38. Rd7+ Ke8 39. Nxe6 Nb4
40. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 41. Ke3 Nb4 42. g4 fxg4 43. c7 Kd7 44. Nf8+ Kxc7 45. Nxh7 Kd6
46. Kxe4 Nd5 47. Nf8 Ne7 48. b4 Nd5 49. Nxg6 Nxb4 50. Ne5 Ke6 51. Nxg4 Nc6 52.
f5+ Kf7 53. Ne5+ 1-0

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Major improvements:
* 23.Kf2? (23.Qd8! Qf8 24. axb7 Bxb7 25. Qd7 Qg7 26. Qxe6+ +- with a huge attack and material advantege)
* 31.Bxa6!? (31.b4 doesn't let Black's pieces back into play, but the text is winning as well)
* 34.Nd4?? gives away the huge advantage (34.Ne5+ Ke7 35.Nc4 Kd7 36.Ra8 Nf6 37.b4 Kc6 38.Ne5+ Kb5 39.Rb8+ Ka4 40.Nc4 +-)
* 40.Rxd3? (40.Ng7+ and now Black has to sacrifice something for the c-pawn)
* to be continued...

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Szabolcs County Team Ch. (Bakk vs. Békési)

the position after White's 35th move ->

[Event "Szabolcs County Team Ch."]
[Site "Nyíregyháza (Hungary)"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bakk, Zoltán"]
[Black "Békési, János"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "(2053)"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[WhiteTeam "Lokomotív SzSE 2."]
[BlackTeam "Újfehértó"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Nh5 9. Nd2 Nf4 10. g3 Nh5 11. Be2 Nhf6 12. g4 c6 13. g5 Ne8 14. h4 Nc7 15. h5
cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. b4 Nd7 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Bxb6 Qe7 21. Be3 Na6
22. Qb3 Bd7 23. a4 Rfc8 24. a5 Rc7 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rc1 Rf8 27. Kd2 Rf7 28.
Na4 Bxa4 29. Qxa4 Qf8 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Kxc1 Qc8+ 33. Kd2 Bf8 34.
Bxa6 bxa6 35. Qc6 Qb8 36. Kc3 Be7 37. Qxa6 1-0

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Hajdú-Bihar County Team Ch. (Bakk vs. Bényei)

the position after Black's 9th move ->

[Event "Hajdú-Bihar County Team Ch."]
[Site "Derecske, HUNGARY"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bakk, Zoltán"]
[Black "Bényei, Antal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[WhiteTeam "Derecske"]
[BlackTeam "DEAC 2."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Ne4 8.
Bf4 Nxc3 9. Qd2 e5 10. dxe5 Bb4 11. a3 Nc5 12. Rc1 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Na2+ 14. axb4
Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Nxc1 0-1

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Major improvements:
*5.Nf3
*7.
*8.Fxd3
*10.Bxe5

He was the very type of opponent I should have beaten no matter what--only having survived the opening part...
Having gone through the game again, I am not very fond of the whole idea of exchanging pawns on d5 early and, of course, that 8.Bf4?? was something resembling my early days of playing in OTB tournaments, when once I got checkmated as early as in 7--as White... :)
I don't think anything like this could ever happen on occassions when I am calm and have had a good night's sleep before the game. But this time, I could have said _days_ before the game, without being sure of the identity of the oppponent, that I am only sure that I will be unable to pay attention to chess... I simply couldn't get myself at all to practice. :-(
However, at times like this, when I am not in good mood and the opponent is weaker, I should at least try using different openings, which keep the position closed until when my king has castled and moved to safety. Sadly, I had neglected to consider that.

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Szabolcs County Team Ch. (Bakk vs. Tóth Tibor)

the position after White's 26th move ->

[Event "Szabolcs County Team Ch."]
[Site "Nyíregyháza (Hungary)"]
[Date "2007.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bakk, Zoltán"]
[Black "Tóth, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[WhiteTeam "Lokomotív SzSE 2."]
[BlackTeam "Volán-Sényő Sport Club"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. a3 Nc6 5. e3 dxe3 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bxe3 Nxe5 8.
Nc3 Ne7 9. Rd1+ Bd7 10. Be2 a6 11. f4 N5c6 12. Bg4 f5 13. Bf3 Ke8 14. Nge2 Be6
15. Nd5 Rc8 16. O-O Kf7 17. b4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nd8 19. Nd4 g6 20. Rfe1 Bg7 21.
Ne6 Bf6 22. Nc5 Bb2 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Re8 25. Rd3 Kf8 26. Rde3 Kf7 27. d6
cxd6 28. Nxb7 Nxb7 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Bxa6 Ra8 31. Be2 Nd5 32. Bf3 Nxe3 33. Bxa8
Ng4 34. a4 Nf6 35. g3 Rc4 36. Rb1 Ke7 37. a5 Ne4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. b5 Kd7 40.
b6 Kc8 41. a6 Ra4 42. Rc1+ Kb8 43. Rc6 Rxa6 44. Rxd6 Kb7 45. Rd7+ Kc8 46. b7+
Kb8 47. Rxh7 Re6 48. Kf2 Re8 49. Ke3 Ka7 50. g4 Kb6 51. Rg7 1-0

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Major improvements:
* 27.Bd1 (instead of d6) in connection with 28.Ba4 (or Bb3)
* 42.b7+ (instead of Rc1+) 42..Kb8 43.Rb6 is much stronger

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Hajdú-Bihar County Team Ch. (Bakk vs. Dede)

the position after White's 25th move ->

[Event "Hajdú-Bihar County Team Ch."]
[Site "Hajdúszoboszló, HUNGARY"]
[Date "2007.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bakk, Zoltán"]
[Black "Dede, Ernő (FM)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[WhiteTeam "Derecske"]
[BlackTeam "Hajdúszoboszlói Sakkiskola SE"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. d5 Nce7 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 f5 11. Bd3 Qd7 12. g4 f4 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Bc2 Kf7 15. Ba4
c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bb3 c5 18. Ba4 Qc8 19. O-O-O a6 20. Qd3 Qe6 21. f3 Rac8
22. h4 g5 23. Be1 Rhd8 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Nd5 Nexd5 26. cxd5 Qe7 27. Qxa6 Ra8
28. Qc4 Qa7 29. Bb3 Nd7 30. Qe2 Rdb8 31. Bc3 1/2-1/2

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Major improvements:
* 12.exf5 (instead of g4)
12..Nxf5 13.g4 +/- (or +-)
* 26.exd5 (instead of cxd5) and the Queen heads for f5. +-
(It still remained +- but that would have been even stronger.)

The game was of course +- when I (as White) offered a draw on move 31.
(I may be a coward, but I don't care. I had had bitter memories from the past, and my opponent was rated 260 points higher than me. I would have been glad with this result before the game.)

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Pairing for Hajdú-Bihar County Team Championship 2007/08

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Pairing for Group Barcza of Hungarian TCh-Div3 (aka NB2) season 2007/08

The pairing for Hungarian team championships came out last weekend.
Here you can see the entire table for Group Barcza.

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Hajdú-Bihar County Team Ch. (Bakk vs. Törös)

Today I played OTB (over the board) as White -- for the first time in a game for Elo-rating since 2004:

Can you see how I am trying to hide the secret chess thoughts from the opponent? :) (Yes, I am the one with hands folded over the forehead.)



I must admit that neither this opponent showed much resistance.

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National Team Champ/Div. 3/Group Barcza (Hazír vs. Bakk)

Today I won again. It was my 9th (nineth) game in a row with Black... (Surprising as it may sound, since 2004 I have been playing in team tournaments only, and since 2000 I have not played a single game for Elo-rating in any individual tournament.)




So, I have won all three of Black games in this season. I must admit that my opponents did not show much resistance, yet I am glad.

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Hajdú-Bihar County Team Ch. (Kovács, Lajos vs. Bakk)

Today I won again in the county club championship.
It was a blunder at the end that resulted in a 4-move checkmate (remember, my MGPG were on!), nevertheless I was satisfied, because I had been sick for days and did not sleep a single minute the night before the game.


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