Road to the Grandmaster title - Kumania round 11 - Final Conclusion
In the final round I played with the Hungarian FIDE-master Tibor Bódi, who made an international Master norm in the tourney after 9 rounds.
He played the Ben-oni defense. I did not remember how to play the lines where black sacrifice a piece for counterplay, so I decided to play more positionally, but I miscalculated and his active pieces became quickly too strong and I could not avoid the loss of material:
The Final Ranking after 11 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 6 | IM | Mendonca Leon Luke | IND | 2516 | 9,0 | 45,75 | 7 | 0,0 | 10 | 7,6 | |
| 2 | 7 | GM | Aczel Gergely | HUN | 2543 | 8,5 | 40,00 | 8 | 0,0 | 10 | -0,9 | |
| 3 | 1 | FM | Bodi Tibor | HUN | 2337 | 8,0 | 36,50 | 7 | 0,0 | 20 | 47,2 | |
| 4 | 12 | GM | Arkell Keith C | ENG | 2383 | 7,0 | 31,50 | 5 | 0,0 | 10 | 6,6 | |
| 5 | 9 | Souhardo Basak | IND | 2216 | 5,5 | 27,50 | 4 | 0,0 | 20 | 34,8 | ||
| 6 | 5 | FM | Csiki Endre | HUN | 2231 | 5,5 | 26,50 | 3 | 0,0 | 20 | 30,2 | |
| 7 | 11 | IM | Turzo Attila | HUN | 2303 | 5,0 | 25,50 | 3 | 0,0 | 10 | -0,8 | |
| 8 | 10 | IM | Issa Rafat | JOR | 2365 | 5,0 | 21,00 | 4 | 0,0 | 10 | -10,8 | |
| 9 | 8 | FM | Ongut Tamas Gunes | HUN | 2332 | 4,5 | 17,75 | 4 | 0,0 | 20 | -20,8 | |
| 10 | 4 | IM | Priehoda Vitezslav | CZE | 2294 | 3,5 | 13,25 | 2 | 0,0 | 10 | -14,6 | |
| 11 | 2 | FM | Pasti Aron | HUN | 2227 | 2,5 | 11,50 | 2 | 0,0 | 20 | -28,6 | |
| 12 | 3 | CM | Balogh David | HUN | 2221 | 2,0 | 9,75 | 0 | 0,0 | 20 | -37,0 |
The final game was a good general example to show what should I work on to improve. I need to overview the openings which I play. I like to play active positions where I have enough space. I decided to review the games of Gary Kasparov and Bobby Fischer. Maybe also the games of Magnus Carlsen.
The most important thing is to improve my calculation skills. I decided to work on tactics at least 1 hour daily until I feel more confident about calculation.
I started pretty well with 5 point out of 7 games then lost the last 4 games with basic blunders.
My expected score was 5,08 points, so I lost only 1 rating point. Good learning experience, which helped me to setup new goals and new dedication.
Please help me on my journey and learn together!
You can follow my preparation and Live analysis of my games on my twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/attilaturzo
Thank you for your support!
