Road to the Grandmaster title - March GM final standing
One man who visited the tournament on Monday got a positive covid test and because of that, the Hungarian Chess Federation wanted to stop the tourney after round 6.
My 7th round opponent Alex Krstulovic withdrew from the tourney, so I got a point without a game.
I share a game which I played with him a few years ago:
He won the Budapest Blitz Championship 4 years ago. He is a 18 years old FIDE-master and European champion in the under 8 years old category. He has a very serious study plan, studies 4 days a week with a chess coach and also on his own. I studied the opening we played in the blitz game and I got a small edge out of the opening, the pair of bishops.
Just when all pieces were developed, he blundered a pawn, but he could get counterplay. Before I started my pawn winning moves I decided to allow the counterplay and hope for the best.
He put his king to the worst place which allowed me to create checkmate treats instead of capturing back a piece.
I miscalculated and missed a 5 moves checkmate, instead I played a move to win material and the game.
Can you find the 5 moves checkmate?
I decided to wait what happen and play my games if I can.
After the 7th round the organizer called me and said the tourney should be cancelled, so we got the final standing after 7 round:
Rank after Round 7
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 8 | GM | Varga Zoltan | HUN | 2432 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 18,25 | 10 | 9,4 | |
| 2 | 6 | FM | Velikanov Alexander | USA | 2328 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 13,50 | 20 | 35,2 | |
| 3 | 4 | IM | Turzo Attila | HUN | 2302 | 4,0 | 1,0 | 13,25 | 10 | 10,2 | |
| 7 | GM | Pacher Milan | SVK | 2415 | 4,0 | 1,0 | 13,25 | 10 | 2,1 | ||
| 5 | 10 | IM | Krstulovic Alex | HUN | 2347 | 4,0 | 1,0 | 11,75 | 20 | 28,4 | |
| 6 | 9 | GM | Nagy Gabor | HUN | 2516 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 13,50 | 10 | -13,7 | |
| 7 | 5 | FM | Karacsonyi Gellert | HUN | 2321 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 8,75 | 20 | 6,0 | |
| 8 | 2 | IM | Spalir Jernej | SLO | 2390 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 8,50 | 10 | -6,4 | |
| 9 | 3 | FM | Bodi Tibor | HUN | 2380 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 6,75 | 20 | -6,4 | |
| 10 | 1 | FM | Hess Max | GER | 2441 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 3,50 | 10 | -33,2 |
I won 10,2 rating points and got 3rd place. I was happy with the final result.
I lost only 1 game and also in 2 of the games where I got draw I was way ahead.
I continue my preparation and will play my next tournament from Wednesday 04.14.2021. in Budapest.
