Budapest Entry Fee Summary 2012

The new season has begun already. 

Here is some useful entry information for Budapest tournaments if you are considering a visit. Usually I play in the non-First Saturday(FS) RRs, the game/day opens and as many of the small 90/game opens as physically possible as the events are truly bargain priced. 

All tournaments have modest prizes(except FS) but usually no-one is entering as a professional player to make money.

I won the Siralyi Open a couple of times and the prize included a bottle of wine from the sponsor.

Key information is at the Hungarian Federation tournament listing Chess.hu

Budapest at night

One Game/Day 
These are the hidden bargains of Budapest. Imagine a nice RR for under 20 EUR just waiting to be found. Usually I am the only foreign player playing.

Round Robins

Round Robin	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee(FIDE 2000+)
			HUF	EUR	USD	CAN	2012
Amator Cup	9	Yes	5,000	17.8	23.1	22.9	November
Torokves A RR	9	Yes	5,500	19.4	25	25	April
Frech Karolyi	9	Yes	4,000	14	17.67	18	June
Torokves A RR	9	Yes	5,500	19.4	25	25	Sept
First Saturday(FS)**	9-11	No	40,800	140	180.35	180.9	Monthly
FS Price for Hungarians*		No	12,000	41.2	53.07	53.23	Monthly

*Unadvertised

** For details see Firstsaturday 2012-13 (Note-All prices negotiable. Location is in a hotel downtown and the tournaments run concurrently with IM and GM norm RRs.)

Open Tournaments

Open 1 Game/day	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee(FIDE 2000+)
			HUF	EUR	USD	CAN	2012
Perenyi Memorial	9	Yes	5,500	18.9	24.3	24.4	Jan
Budapest Open	9	Yes	7,000	24.6	30.9	30.5	August

Multiple Games/Day

These are 90/game limited to players under 2200.

Open 1+ Game/day	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee(FIDE 2000+)
			HUF	EUR	USD	CAN	2012
Xmas Open	7	Yes	3,500	12	15.9	15.8	Dec
Josef Varosi Open	7	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4	Mar,Oct
Siralyi Open	7	Yes	5,500	18.9	24.3	24.4	Feb
Kobanya Open	6	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4	June,Sept,Dec
Lila Futo Open	6	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4	June,Aug,Nov
Rakosmete Open	7	Yes	1,600	5.5	7	7.1	Feb,Mar,July