First Saturday 2013-06 Rd5

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From the BBC.



GM
GMs Akesson and Gonda share the lead with 3.5/5.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1	GM	Akesson Ralf	2449	SWE	***	½	½	½	1	1	3.5
	GM	Gonda Laszlo	2524	HUN	½	***	½	½	1	1	3.5
3	FM	Hujbert Florian	2456	HUN	½	½	***	½	½	1	3
4	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	2487	ESP	½	½	½	***	½	½	2.5
5	GM	Andreev Eduard	2498	UKR	0	0	½	½	***	1	2
6	IM	Szalanczy Emil	2285	HUN	0	0	0	½	0	***	0.5

IM
Li Bo leads with 4/5.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1		Li Bo	2307	CHN	*	½	½	1					1	1	4
2		Sean Winshand	2186	INA	½	*			½	1	½	1			3.5
3	FM	Kantor G	2352	HUN	½		*			1		1	1		3.5
4	FM	Torma R	2392	HUN	0			*		½	1	½	1		3
5	IM	Szeberenyi A	2309	HUN		½			*	½	½		½	1	3
6	IM	Farago Sandor	2277	HUN		0	0	½	½	*	1				2
7	FM	Lyell Mark	2238	ENG		½		0	½	0	*	½			1.5
8		Sisatto Olli	2274	FIN		0	0	½			½	*		½	1.5
9	IM	To Nhat Minh	2302	HUN	0		0	0	½				*	1	1.5
10	FM	Korpa Bence	2357	HUN	0				0			½	0	*	0.5

FMA
Juhasz is in clear first with 4/5.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.
1	FM	Juhasz B	2222	HUN	*	1		1				1				1	4
2		Farkas R	2198	HUN	0	*	½		1		1		1				3.5
3		Darazs Z	2142	HUN		½	*		1		½	1			½		3.5
4		Mester A	2075	HUN	0			*		1	½			½		1	3
5		Rabovszky G	1913	HUN		0	0		*		1		½		1		2.5
6		Jelic Neven	2091	CRO				0		*	0	½		1		1	2.5
7		Burgin R	0	ENG		0	½	½	0	1	*						2
8		Hocevar N	2005	SLO	0		0			½		*	½	1			2
9		Montolio	1972	ESP		0			½			½	*		½	½	2
10		Juracsik J	2155	HUN				½		0		0		*	½	1	2
11		Reh Philipp	2068	GER			½		0				½	½	*		1.5
12		Szakacs A	1875	HUN	0			0		0			½	0		*	0.5

FMB
Mayer and Marcu share the lead with 4/5.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.
1	FM	Mayer I	2060	HUN	*				0	1	1	1		1			4
2		Marcu Simon	1879	SVK		*			0		1	1		1		1	4
3		Steer J	1938	HUN			*	½	½	½	1			1			3.5
4		Lukacs Albert	1917	HUN			½	*	1	0				+	1		3.5
5		Takacs Z	1830	HUN	1	1	½	0	*	½							3
6		Mihaly Zoltan	1798	HUN	0		½	1	½	*					1		3
7		Schmidt W	1450	GER	0	0	0				*		1			1	2
8		Vasilev Sergey	1521	RUS	0	0						*	½		½	1	2
		Brassoi-Tarnovszki	1642	HUN							0	½	*	0	½	1	2
10		Nemeth Otto	1724	HUN	0	0	0	-					1	*			1
11		Csiba Tibor Dr.	1587	HUN				0		0		½	½		*	0	1
12		Szabo M	1322	HUN		0					0	0	0		1	*	1

Budapest Tournament Information
There are bargain tournaments available, all with prizes and modest entry fees. Check the Hungarian Federation event listing for events. June has some nice events with very reasonable entry fees.

Rakosmente Open June 14-16
This event is held at my club Rakosligeti(RAC).

Révész, Máriusz

The friendly president of the Hungarian Chess Federation

 

Some action from the 2013-04 Rakosmente Open

With prizes.
Game/90.
For Fide under 2200.

Entry fee
FIDE 2000+: 3,000HUF(10.3EUR)

Frech Károly Emlékverseny June 22-30 [see Ujpestikse]
This RR at the normal 1 game/day pace is one of my favorite events(a bargain at 15EUR!). There is also a small open running at the same time.

With prizes.
-RR(120 mins +30 sec/move)
-Open tournament (120-120)

Entry fee
FIDE 2000-2199: 4,400HUF(15.2EUR)

Budapest Open-August 17-25 2013
This is a wonderful event on the calender that I played in last year. This should be a great event again.

Mihaly, Zoltan(right)

For More Tournament Information

The secret to Hungarian chess is knowing where to find the tournament information-it's not so obvious. Then know the market prices to find the bargains.

Hungarian Chess Federation Tournament Listing(Hungarian Language)

Budapest Entry Fees 2012-Useful for entry fee comparisons (Scroll down to bottom of blog too)
First Saturday Prices / FS Contact
(Note-for FM groups Hungarian player fee is 12,000 HUF, foreigners see website list; everything negotiable; No prizes)

Note also there is a Budapest Tournament discount card that gives you 10% off participating tournaments. It's not really a card, they add you to a list that organizers access at registration time.

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

Kobanya Open 2012-12 14-16th

Another nice Budapest weekend tournament starts today. This is a typcial 90-90 6-round open with modest prizes. The tournament is organized by the Kobanya Sport Club KobanyaSC.hu. This is how Hungarian kids get introduced to chess-through clubs-and they get their initial taste of tournaments in small tournaments like these.

Nice girl on left went to WYCC 2012(Karacsonyi Kata)

Photo KobanyaSC Sakk

Beautiful Budapest at night

	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee(FIDE 2000+)
			HUF	EUR	USD	CAN	2012
Open 1+ Game/day
Josef Varosi Open	7	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4
Siralyi Open	7	Yes	5,500	18.9	24.3	24.4
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	March,July

Tournament Info
First round later today-see you there. Hopefully someone will bring a camera.

Kőbánya Open

[For all Hungarian tournament info see Chess.hu]
A verseny célja:
Értékszám-szerzési lehetőséget biztosítani 2200 Fide-élő pont alatti sakkozók részére.

A verseny rendezője:
Bagira Oktatási és Sport Közhasznú Egyesület

A verseny helyszíne:
1102 Budapest, Halom utca 37/B, a Fidesz kőbányai irodaházában. Megközelítés: 28-as vagy 62-es villamossal a Blaha Lujza térről (Népszínház utcából), vagy 3-as villamossal az Örs vezér teréről a Szent László térig, onnan gyalog pár perc a Kőrösi (volt Pataky) Művelődési ház előtt elsétálva, a Halom utcán.

A verseny időpontja: 2012. december 14-16.

Fordulók rendje:
2012. december
14.-én. pénteken 17-20 óra között,
15.-én szombat 9-12, 13-16, 16,30 - 19,30 között
16.-án vasárnap pedig 9 - 12, valamint 13-16 között.

Versenyforma:
6 fordulós svájci rendszer.

Versenybíró: Krizsány László és Gyömbér Tamás

Időbeosztás:
Összesen 3 óra, 2x90 perc a FIDE Quickplay Finish szabályai szerint.

Nevezési díj: [Entry Fee]
2000 Fide-élő felettieknek 3.000 forint,
1600 Fide-élő felettieknek 4.000 forint,
mindenki másnak 5.000 forint.
Ifjúsági, női és szenior kedvezmény: a nevezési díjból 1.000 Ft. A Kőbánya SC és a REAC játékosai 2.500 Ft nevezési díjat fizetnek

Nevezési tudnivalók:
Határidő 2012. december 12. A nevezéseket csak a versenyterem 67 fős befogadóképességének megteltéig fogadjuk, esetleges helyszíni nevezést pedig a verseny kezdete előtt legkésőbb fél órával tudunk elfogadni, a maximális létszám eléréséig! A versenyen csak 2012-ik évre érvényes versenyengedéllyel lehet részt venni, külföldi játékos esetében pedig csak rendezett FRD esetén.

Díjazás:
1. 12.000 Ft, 2. 7.000 Ft, 3. 5.000 Ft, a legjobb, nem díjazott ifjúsági, női, kőbányai és szenior versenyző különdíjat kap. A pénzdíjakat nem osztjuk meg. Holtversenyes helyezések eldöntése: Buchholz, progresszív, egymás elleni.

Nevezés:
e-mail: sakk.jatek@gmail.com

Budapest RR Prices(1 Game/Day) Non-Norm Tournaments

Budapest offers a wide variety of RR tournaments to choose from for non-norm seekers. The prices are quite close together for non-monthly tournaments. These are good value and are the ones I seek out to play in.

First Saturday has a long runnning a monthly series priced at a premium rate.

Budapest at night

Budapest(Non-Monthly) [See-Hungarian Chess Federation Tournament Listing-chess.hu]
Finding these tournaments is not obvious for foreign players, but now I have the hang of it. The trick is to find the general tournament listing of the Hungarian Chess Federation and follow the breadcrumbs to the indvidual advertisement(usually in Hungarian) and then decipher them. The cheap prices make it worth the effort.

I played in all the following this past year. The Amator Cup was held in the downtown Hungarian Federation builiding. I liked this one best of all. It was a strange feeling to be the only foreign player, but I had the consolation of being the top-rated player.

	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee(FIDE 2000+)
			HUF	EUR	USD	CAN	2012
Round Robin
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(Monthly)
First Saturday(FS) programme 2012-13 First Saturday 2012-13
FS contact and other info see First Saturday

These are the most well-known and offer no prizes. Non-norm tournaments run beside IM and GM norm tournaments. The non-norm tournaments are classified as FM tournaments with various subcategories. Prices are summarized from their 2012-13 programme as follows.

[Exchange rates were from xe.com]

Exchange Rate		EUR Rate		USD Rate	CAN Rate
3/12/2012		282.7		1.30547	1.29875

FM-A(FIDE 2000+)
I played in this type of group in 2009 several times.

Rating		HUF	EUR	USD	CAN
Low	High
	Unrated	56,540	200	261.09	259.75
1800	1900	50,886	180	234.98	233.78
1901	2000	45,232	160	208.88	207.80
2001	2100	39,578	140	182.77	181.83
2101	2200	33,924	120	156.66	155.85
2200	2250	28,270	100	130.55	129.88

FM-B(FIDE 1600-1800)

Rating			EUR	USD	CAN
Low	High
	Unrated	56,540	200	261.09	259.75
1500	1700	50,886	180	234.98	233.78
1701	1800	45,232	160	208.88	207.80
1801	1850	39,578	140	182.77	181.83
1851	1900	33,924	120	156.66	155.85
1901	2000	28,270	100	130.55	129.88

FM-C(FIDE under 1600)

Rating			EUR	USD	CAN
Low	High
	Unrated	56,540	200	261.09	259.75
1200	1400	50,886	180	234.98	233.78
1401	1500	45,232	160	208.88	207.80
1501	1600	39,578	140	182.77	181.83
1601	1700	33,924	120	156.66	155.85
1700	Any	28,270	100	130.55	129.88

Local Player Rates
Hungarian players pay a standard unadvertised entry fee of 12,000HUF which is still very expensive by local standards(a monthly transit pass is 9,800HUF).

HUF	EUR	USD	CAN
12,000	42.45	55.41	55.13

Foreign players living in the city who know this rate also get this rate. Incoming foreign player tourists are usually unaware of this pricing practive. It took me a year to find out this key piece of information in late 2009.  Also note that FS prices are negotiable at all levels, you just have to know this in advance.

Conclusions
Usually for RR tournaments I expect to be paying in the 20EUR(25CAD/25USD) range and always for prizes(which are quite modest). FS falls far outside of this range and offer no prizes so I don't play in their events.

There are many bargain level tournaments in all formats(RRs, opens and weekenders)  in Budapest. The key is to know where to look.

The Bargain Chess of Budapest

I love the chess in Budapest. Especially the prices. The key is to how to find the events.

Beautiful Budapest

The most important resource is the Hungarian Chess Federation Tournament Listing Chess.hu.
From there you have to decipher to Hungarian language advertisements (or email the contact for an English version and hope for some luck).

My favorite event of 2012 was the Budapest Open sarkanydse Budapest Open/GM/IM which was played along the strongest GM tournament of the year in Budapest and an IM norm tournament.

By luck, I also met organizers of the Budapest Team Championship and was invited to play on the Rakosligeti team(RAC). This is my third season with the RAC team.

Here is a summary of the events I played in for 2012 so far. Usually I play in everything humanly possible except First Saturday(FS). I took part in 9 FS RRs in 2009 but have since not participated. FS prices are out of line with the market, of which I was not aware of at the time. Also FS does not offer prizes, as is usual in all other tournaments here.

One Game Per Day RR Events
I played 5 RR events this year. These were gruelling events not usually available in Canada. The CAN$18-25 range should make Canadian players take notice. However, they are not easy to play in and demand an intense level of energy. First Saturday also has a monthly series of RR events. See their program Firstsaturday 2012_2013.

	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee(FIDE 2000+)
			HUF	EUR	USD	CAN	2012
Round Robin
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	April, Sept

One Game Per Day Open Events
There is also the Spring Festival Open which I did not play in. I loved the Budapest Open best.

	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee(FIDE 2000+)
			HUF	EUR	USD	CAN	2012
Open 1 Game/day
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

1+ Games Per Day Weekend Open Events
These are 90 mins/game sudden death FIDE rated events restricted to players under 2200. These are very gruelly events filled with up and coming juniors eager to prove themselves.

	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee(FIDE 2000+)
			HUF	EUR	USD	CAN	2012
Open 1+ Game/day
Josef Varosi Open	7	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4
Siralyi Open	7	Yes	5,500	18.9	24.3	24.4
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
Rakosmete Open	7	Yes	1,600	5.5	7	7.1	March,July

Hungarian Amator Cup 2012-11 Player List

Budapest is the home of bargain priced chess!(well it seems like this if you are Canadian)

Entry Fees
The range for one game/day RRs in Budapest

                              Rounds Prizes       Entry Fee(For FIDE under;2000)
                                                        HUF    EUR    USD   CAN
Torokves A            9          Yes       5,500    19.4    25.0    25.0    April,Sept
Frech Karolyi         9          Yes       4,000    14.0    17.7    18.0    June
Amator Cup           9          Yes       5,000    17.8    23.1    22.9    November

First Saturday FM groups(FS) are also monthly see  First Saturday Programme 2012-13


Here are the groups as of today.
A-B csoport
Palócz Katalin 1359 759422 A
Deák Tamás 1476 769983 A
Sándor László 1476 759430 A
Kidd Bálint 1424 766402 A
Horváth Zoltán 1541 713139 B
Miklósi Domonkos 1570 756520 B
Szűcs Zoltán 1608 738093 B
Tóth Antal 1608 713180 B
Szőnyi Bence 1635 769304 B

B-C csoport átlag :1725
Pap Károly 1631 745979 B
Bakacs János 1688 766275 B
Dr. Bayer 1700 769274 B
Barla János 1706 737364 C
Zsatkovics Endre 1724 721549 C
Trung Duc Huong 1733 714062 C
Szlenka Attila 1752 770299 C
dr. Hegedus Péter 1760 713945 C
Felméry Tamás 1768 747777 C
Mihály Zoltán 1788 754862 C

C csopor átlag: 1825
Czimer József 1791 723770 C
Szurkos András 1792 769185 C
Polyánszky-Tamási Zoltán 1793 769169 C
Füredi Erik 1794 768871 C
Ábrahám Lajos 1816 158942 C
Sr. Krizsány László 1851 712108 C
Grúz János 1868 703710 C
Rajcsányi Péter 1873 712361 C
Lakat Gyula 1880 705918 C
Nguyen Thán Do 1883 714038 C

D csoport átlag: 1973
Katona József 1922 738670 D
Orfei Rolando 1931 822779 C(ITA)
Szlabey Géza 1932 702277 D
Szili András 1935 735973 D
Zilahi Gábor 1940 708941 D
Nagy László 1958 715867 D
Bubenko József 1967 731420 D
Molnár László 1993 707473 D
Bodrogi Mihály 2076 707040 D
Michael Yip 2085 2601313 D(CAN)

Budapest Tournament Prices to October 2012

Budapest Tournament Prices to October 2012
	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee(>FIDE 2000)
			HUF	EUR	USD	CAN
Round Robin
First Saturday FM groups(FS)	9-11	No	40,800	140	180.35	180.9
FS Price for Hungarians		No	12,000	41.2	53.07	53.23
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
Open
Perenyi Memorial	9	Yes	5,500	18.9	24.3	24.4
Rakosmete Open	7	Yes	1,600	5.5	7	7.1
Josef Varosi Open	7	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4
Siralyi Open	7	Yes	5,500	18.9	24.3	24.4
Kobanya Open	6	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4	June
Lila Futo  Open	6	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4	June
Rakosmete Open	7	Yes	1,600	5.5	7	7.1	July
Budapest Open	9	Yes	7,000	24.6	30.9	30.5	August
Lila Futo  Open	6	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4	Aug-Sept
Kobanya Open	6	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4	Sept
Comments
FS has a two-tier pricing system. Hungarians are charged a much lower price. Free snacks provided
Budapest discount card gives 10% off all entry fees-cost 1000HUF