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Thursday, June 6, 2013

First Saturday 2013-06 Rd5

More About Hungary
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.

Monday, June 3, 2013

First Saturday 2013-06 Rd3 Standings

Results
A clear leader has emerged from every group after only three rounds of play.

More about Hungary

GM
GM Gonda leads with 2.5.3.

Rk.		Name	FIDE	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1	GM	Gonda Laszlo	2524	HUN	*******			½	1	1	2.5
2	GM	Akesson Ralf	2449	SWE		***	½	½	1		2
3	FM	Hujbert Florian	2456	HUN		½	***	½		1	2
4	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	2487	ESP	½	½	½	***			1.5
5	GM	Andreev Eduard	2498	UKR	0	0			***	1	1
6	IM	Szalanczy Emil	2285	HUN	0		0		0	***	0

Sean W C(INA) leads with 2.5/3.

Rk.		Name	FIDE	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1		Sean W C	2186	INA	*	½		1				1			2.5
2		Li Bo	2307	CHN	½	*			½	1					2
3	IM	Szeberenyi A	2309	HUN			*	½			½			1	2
4	IM	Farago S	2277	HUN	0		½	*			1				1.5
	FM	Kantor G	2352	HUN		½			*				1		1.5
6	FM	Torma R	2392	HUN		0				*		½	1		1.5
7	FM	Lyell Mark	2238	ENG			½	0			*	½			1
8		Sisatto Olli	2274	FIN	0					½	½	*			1
9	IM	To N M	2302	HUN					0	0			*	1	1
10	FM	Korpa B	2357	HUN			0						0	*	0

FMA
Juhasz leads with 3/3.

Rk. Name FIDE FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts.

1 FM Juhasz B 2222 HUN * 1 1 1 3

2 Farkas R 2198 HUN * ½ 1 1 2.5

3 Darazs Z 2142 HUN ½ * ½ 1 2

4 Rabovszky G 1913 HUN 0 * 1 1 2

5 Mester Attila 2075 HUN 0 * ½ 1 1.5

6 Juracsik J 2155 HUN ½ * 0 1 1.5

7 Montolio 1972 ESP * ½ ½ ½ 1.5

8 Reh Philipp 2068 GER ½ 0 ½ * 1

9 Jelic Neven 2091 CRO 0 1 * 0 1

10 Burgin Ryan 0 ENG 0 0 1 * 1

11 Szakacs A 1875 HUN 0 0 ½ * 0.5

12 Hocevar N 2005 SLO 0 0 ½ * 0.5

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

FMB

Takacs leads with 2,5/3.

Rk.		Name	FIDE	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.
1		Takacs Z	1830	HUN	*	1	1			½							2.5
2		Marcu S	1879	SVK	0	*		1						1			2
3	FM	Mayer I	2060	HUN	0		*				1			1			2
4		Schmidt Wolfgang	1450	GER		0		*					1		1		2
5		Vasilev S	1521	RUS					*				1		½	½	2
6		Steer J	1938	HUN	½					*	½	½					1.5
7		Mihaly Z	1798	HUN			0			½	*	1					1.5
8		Lukacs A	1917	HUN						½	0	*				1	1.5
9		Szabo M	1322	HUN				0	0				*			1	1
10		Nemeth O	1724	HUN		0	0							*	1		1
11		Brassoi-Tarnovszki Aurel	1642	HUN				0	½					0	*		0.5
12		Csiba T	1587	HUN					½			0	0			*	0.5

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.

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

Révész, Máriusz

The friendly president of the Hungarian Chess Federation

Révész, Máriusz(left) and Yip,Michael(CAN-right)

The friendly handshake before the big battle

Some action from the 2013-04 Rakosmente Open

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)

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.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

First Saturday 2013-06 Rd2 Standings

FS Results
More About Budapest

GM
GM Gonda and FM Hujbert share the lead with 1.5/2.

Rk.		Name	FIDE	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1	GM	Gonda Laszlo	2524	HUN	***			½	1		1.5
2	FM	Hujbert Florian	2456	HUN		***	½			1	1.5
3	GM	Akesson Ralf	2449	SWE		½	***	½			1
	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	2487	ESP	½		½	***			1
5	GM	Andreev Eduard	2498	UKR	0				***	1	1
6	IM	Szalanczy Emil	2285	HUN		0			0	***	0

IM
Sean(INA) shared the lead with a group at 1.5/2

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

FMA
Farkas, Richard and Juhasz, Bela share the lead with 2/2. Burgin, Ryan(ENG); Jelic Neven(CRO) and Montolio, Benedicto Cesar(ESP) are part of a group with 1/2.

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

FMB
Takacs and Schmidt Wolfgang(GER) share the lead with 2/2. Vasilev Sergey(RUS) has 1.5/2.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.
1		Takacs Zsolt	1830	HUN	*				1		1						2
2		Schmidt W	1450	GER		*									1	1	2
3		Lukacs Albert	1917	HUN			*			½			1				1.5
4		Vasilev Sergey	1521	RUS				*					½		1		1.5
5		Marcu Simon	1879	SVK	0				*			1					1
6		Steer Jozsef	1938	HUN			½			*				½			1
7	FM	Mayer Istvan	2060	HUN	0						*			1			1
8		Nemeth Otto	1724	HUN					0			*				1	1
9		Csiba Tibor Dr.	1587	HUN			0	½					*				0.5
10		Mihaly Zoltan	1798	HUN						½	0			*			0.5
11		Szabo Miklos Istvan	1322	HUN		0		0							*		0
12		Brassoi- Tarnovszki Aurel	1642	HUN		0						0				*	0

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.

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

Some action from a previous Rakosmente Open this year

Yip(CAN) on the left playing in round 1

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)

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.

Saturday, June 1, 2013

First Saturday 2013-06 Rd1

Introduction
First Saturday got underway today. 40 players are participating, the same as last month. Usually, the summer is the peak season but so far attendance this year has been nothing special.

	GM Group			IM Group			FMA			FMB
Month	GMs	Other	Total	IMs	Other	Total	2000+	U2000	Total	1800+	U1800	Total	Total
Feb	3	7	10	3	7	10	6	4	10	2	4	6	36
Mar	3	7	10	5	5	10	5	5	10	0	0	0	30
Apr	3	7	10	7	5	12	8	2	10	2	4	6	38
May	3	4	7	6	10	16	8	3	11	3	3	6	40
Jun	3	3	6	3	7	10	8	4	12	4	8	12	40
Total	15	28	43	24	34	58	35	18	53	11	19	30	184

GM
A small group this month.

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

My RAC teammate Mark Lyell is back in action this month.

FM Mark Lyell

No.		Name	FIDE	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	IM	Farago Sandor	2277	HUN	*									½	0.5
2	FM	Lyell Mark	2238	ENG		*							½		0.5
3		Sean Winshand Cuhendi	2186	INA			*					½			0.5
4	FM	Torma Robert	2392	HUN				*			1				1
5	FM	Kantor Gergely	2352	HUN					*						0
6	FM	Korpa Bence	2357	HUN						*					0
7	IM	To Nhat Minh	2302	HUN				0			*				0
8		Li Bo	2307	CHN			½					*			0.5
9		Sisatto Olli	2274	FIN		½							*		0.5
10	IM	Szeberenyi Adam	2309	HUN	½									*	0.5

FMA

Farkas,R continues to win and is on his way to 2200.

No.		Name	FIDE	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.
1		Farkas Richard	2198	HUN	*											1	1
2		Rabovszky Gyorgy	1913	HUN		*									1		1
3		Darazs Zoltan	2142	HUN			*							1			1
4		Montolio Benedicto Cesar	1972	ESP				*					½				0.5
5	FM	Juhasz Bela	2222	HUN					*			1					1
6		Juracsik Jozsef	2155	HUN						*	0						0
7		Jelic Neven	2091	CRO						1	*						1
8		Mester Attila	2075	HUN					0			*					0
9		Szakacs Aron	1875	HUN				½					*				0.5
10		Hocevar Nikola	2005	SLO			0							*			0
11		Reh Philipp	2068	GER		0									*		0
12		Burgin Ryan	0	ENG	0											*	0

FMB

House player FM Mayer is in this group this month.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.
1	FM	Mayer Istvan	2060	HUN	*											1	1
2		Takacs Zsolt	1830	HUN		*									1		1
3		Nemeth Otto	1724	HUN			*							1			1
4		Schmidt Wolfgang	1450	GER				*					1				1
5		Vasilev Sergey	1521	RUS					*			½					0.5
6		Steer Jozsef	1938	HUN						*	½						0.5
7		Lukacs Albert	1917	HUN						½	*						0.5
8		Csiba Tibor Dr.	1587	HUN					½			*					0.5
9		Szabo Miklos Istvan	1322	HUN				0					*				0
10		Brassoi-Tarnovszki Aurel	1642	HUN			0							*			0
11		Marcu Simon	1879	SVK		0									*		0
12		Mihaly Zoltan	1798	HUN	0											*	0

Budapest Tournament Information
First Saturday Prices / FS Contact
(Note-for FM groups Hungarian player fee is 12,000 HUF, foreigners see website list; everything negotiable; No prizes)

Other tournaments
Many bargain tournaments available, all with prizes and modest entry fees. Check the Hungarian Federation event listing for events.

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.

Yip(CAN) on the left playing in round 1

Also
Hungarian Chess Federation Tournament Listing(Hungarian Language)
Budapest Entry Fees 2012(Scroll down to bottom of blog too)

Budapest
Things to see.

Budapest Entry Fee Summary 1 Game/Day RRs

Entry Fees for FIDE 2000

There are some reasonably priced tournaments in Budapest in the ideal format of 1 game/day. The Amator Cup was added in 2012 and was held in the Hungarian Federation(downtown).

Foreign players should note the two-tier pricing system that First Saturday uses. Local players pay a fraction of the advertised prices at the unadvertised local rates.

Also, be aware that all prices are negotiable. You just need to know that they are. Even at the local rates, FS-FMA fees are approximately double the other local tournaments. First Saturday are the only Budapest tournaments returning no prizes.

The Amator Cup is held downtown while the Frech Karolyi and Torokves tournaments need some travel time on subway or tram. However, they are easy to find and need only some patient navigation. The Amator Cup 2012 consisted of four RR groups while the Frech Karolyi was a RR for the top 10 players and an open for the remaining players.

Torokves is run as two(or threee) RRs and an open for the remaining players. The site is the Torokves community center and has a Macdonalds across the street.

Usually, I'm the only foreign player but the odd time there has been another. There are some players who speak a bit English while Russian and German are common second languages.

Everyone is used to seeing me as I am quite active in the local tournaments so now I get to analyze in some broken Hungarian with some English thrown in.

The atmosphere is usually very casual and friendly with the players ranging from youngsters taking getting their experience to retirees devoting their spare time to chess.

Round Robin	Rds	Prizes	HUF	EUR	USD	CAN	2012
Amator Cup	9	Yes	5,000	17.8	23	23	November
Torokves A RR	9	Yes	5,500	19.4	25	25	April
Frech Karolyi	9	Yes	4,000	14	18	18	June
Torokves A RR	9	Yes	5,500	19.4	25	25	Sept
First Saturday(FS-FMA)	9-11	No	40,800	140	180.35	181	Monthly
FS Price for Hungarians		No	12,000	41	53	53	Monthly

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

First Saturday 2013-06 Rd5

Monday, June 3, 2013

First Saturday 2013-06 Rd3 Standings

Sunday, June 2, 2013

First Saturday 2013-06 Rd2 Standings

Saturday, June 1, 2013

First Saturday 2013-06 Rd1

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