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This tournament is being held in commemoration of the famous physicist György Marx, and is intended to give the most talented young local grandmasters an opportunity to gain experience. The main patron of the tournament is József Kovács, the director-general of Nuclear Power Plant Ltd. Paks. The venue is College of Paks, Dózsa György str. 95, Paks.
There are two tournaments: the main GM event is a double round robin event with six players, the GM B tournament is a ten player round robin. Time controls are 100 minutes for 40 moves + 50 minutes for 20 moves + 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds move increment from the first move. The "Sophia rule" is in effect: players can offer a draw in the first 40 moves only with arbiter's permission and in special cases.
Title | Name | Rating |
Country |
GM | Harikrishna, Pentala | 2664 |
IND |
GM | Korchnoi, Viktor | 2610 |
SUI |
GM | Berkes, Ferenc | 2597 |
HUN |
GM | Balogh, Csaba | 2568 |
HUN |
GM | Ács, Péter | 2530 |
HUN |
WGM | Hou, Yifan | 2523 |
CHN |
Title | Name | Rating |
Country |
GM | Yu, Shaoteng | 2524 |
CHN |
GM | Nevednichy, Vladislav | 2523 |
ROU |
GM | Grószpéter, Attila | 2522 |
HUN |
IM | Flumbort, András | 2509 |
HUN |
IM | Szabó, Krisztián | 2482 |
HUN |
IM | Papp, Gábor | 2474 |
HUN |
IM | Grunberg, Mihai | 2472 |
ROU |
IM | Smerdon, David | 2461 |
AUS |
WGM | Tania, Sachdev | 2393 |
IND |
Pataki, Gyozo | 2382 |
HUN |
Date | Time | GM | GM B |
04th August | 19:00 | Opening | Opening |
05th August | 15:00 | Round I. | Round I. |
06th August | 15:00 | Round II. | Round II. |
07th August | 15:00 | Round III. | Round III. |
08th August | 15:00 | Round IV. | Round IV. |
09th August | 15:00 | Round V. | Round V. |
10th August | 15:00 | Rest day | Round VI. |
11th August | 15:00 | Round VI. | Round VII. |
12th August | 15:00 | Round VII. | Round VIII. |
13th August | 15:00 | Round VIII. | Round IX. |
14th August | 15:00 | Round IX. | |
15th August | 11:00 | Round X. | |
19:00 | Closing |
There are also an Open and a Rapid event being held in Paks.
They are 63 years apart in age and 87 points on the Elo scale: Viktor Korchnoi,
76, 2610, and Hou Yifan, 13, 2523. The more experienced player won with black.
Pentala Harikrishna vs Peter Acs in round one (Acs won)
Internal affairs: Peter Acs facing Ferenc Berkes in round two (Berkes won)
Start of Hou Yifan vs Hungarian GM Csaba Balogh (Hou won)
Indian WGM Tania Sachdev, 21, 2393, playing in the GM B tournament
Petra Korchnoi (and a young spectator) watching the action
A view of the playing area with the main GM group under way
Photos by Gyula Molnár
Standings after three rounds
Astonishing the drawing average so far: only 22% of the games were without decision, White won 67% and Black 11%. In the Grandmaster B tournament IM Gábor Papp and GM Attila Grószpéter are in the lead.
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