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

IM

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.