
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.
Halftime report

The tournament venu in Paks, Hungary

The Paks Nuclear
Power Plant, for which the town is famous, is 5 km from the center of the
town. It is the only operating nuclear power complex in Hungary. It has four
reactors which produce more than 40 percent of the electrical power generated
in the country.

A view of the playing areas in Paks

Viktor Korchnoi playing 6.Bd3 in the round two Slav against Harikrishna (draw)

Actually he is thinking... Korchnoi in his round three loss to Balogh

Peter Acs (right) playing Viktor Korchnoi in round four (Korchnoi won)

Viktor Korchnoi vs Ferenc Berkes in round five (1-0)

Ferenc Berkes (right) vs Peter Acs, both from Hungary, in round two (1-0)

It's just a Scheveningen, Hou... Round two game Hou Yifan vs Csaba Balogh (1-0)

Round 4: Pentala Harikrishna of India vs Csaba Balogh of Hungary (draw)

Round 5:Hou Yifan (right) of China vs Harikrishna (0-1)
Standings after three rounds

The draw average has climbed to 26%, which is still sensationally low. White
has been successful in 47% of the games, Black in 27%. In the Grandmaster B
tournament IM Gábor Papp and GM Attila Grószpéter remain in the lead, with 4.0/5
points each.

The Grandmaster B tournament during round four

Indian WGM Tania Sachdev, 21 years old, 2393. And no,
we cannot provide readers with email and telephone number...
Remaining schedule
Date |
Time |
GM |
GM B |
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. |
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15th August |
11:00 |
Round X. |
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19:00 |
Closing |
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