Humpy scores fourth win
Continuing her good form, World junior champion Koneru Humpy defeated Hungarian IM Adam Horvath (2490) in the eighth round at the First Saturday GM tournament, in Budapest, Hungary.
Humpy is now placed fifth with 4.5 points.
International Master Tejas Bakre of India defeated Albert Bokros of Hungary in his eighth round match.
The Hungarian GM Ferenc Berkes (2541) defeated IM Sang Cao (2507) of Hungary to lead the tournament with 6 points.
Yugoslavian GM Zlatko Ilincic (2521), Hungarian IM Attila Czebe (2491), Indian IM Tejas Bakre (2446) share the second place with 5 points each.
In the ninth round, Humpy will play with whites against IM Andreas Schenk (2443) of Germany.
The moves:
Adam Horvath (Hungary) vs Koneru Humpy (India)
1. e2-e4 c7-c6 2. d2-d4 d7-d5 3. Nb1-c3 d5xe4 4. Nc3xe4 Nb8-d7 5. Ne4-g5 Ng8-f6 6. Bf1-d3 e7-e6 7. Ng1-f3 Bf8-d6 8. Qd1-e2 h7-h6 9. Ng5-e4 Nf6xe4 10. Qe2xe4 Nd7-f6 11. Qe4-e2 Qd8-c7 12. Bc1-d2 b7-b6 13. O-O-O Bc8-b7 14. Kc1-b1 O-O-O 15. c2-c4 c6-c5 16. Bd2-c3 Nf6-h5 17. g2-g3 c5xd4 18. Nf3xd4 Bb7xh1 19. Rd1xh1 Nh5-f6 20. c4-c5 b6xc5 21. Bd3-a6 Kc8-b8 22. Bc3-a5 Qc7-d7 23. Ba6-b5 c5xd4 24. Bb5xd7 Rd8xd7 25. Rh1-c1 Nf6-d5 26. Qe2-c4 Bd6-e5 27. f2-f4 Be5-f6 28. Qc4-c6 Rd7-b7 29. Rc1-c5 Kb8-a8 30. Rc5-b5 Rh8-b8 31. f4-f5 Nd5-e7 32. Qc6-f3 Ne7-d5 33. Rb5xb7 Rb8xb7 34. f5xe6 f7xe6 35. Qf3-d3 Rb7-e7 36. Ba5-d8 Re7-b7 37. Bd8xf6 Nd5-c3
The standings after the eighth round:
1. Ferenc Berkes (Hungary) - 6 points
2. Zlatko Ilincic (Yugoslavia), Tejas Bakre (India) and Czebe Attila (Hungary) - 5 points
5. Koneru Humpy (India) and Schenk Andreas (Germany) - 4.5 points
7. Horvath Jozsef (Hungary), Zoltan Varga (Hungary) and William Paschall (USA) - 4 points
10. Ruben Felgaer (Argentina) - 3.5 points
11. Sang Cao (Hungary) and Gergely Antal (Hungary) - 3 points
13. Albert Bokros (Hungary) - 2.5 points
14. Adam Horvath (Hungary) - 2 points
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Source: www.koneruhumpy.com