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.