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Monday, May 20, 2013

Budapest Chess News 2013-05 Ready for Download

GM Spraggett's Blog BCN 2013-05
The 2013-05 Chessbase file is ready for download.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Budapest Chess News 2013-01 Now Available

Budapest Chess News 2013-01 pdf and CBV(Chessbase) files are now available for download from

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GM Kevinspraggett's blog

These files contain the games and annotations of the 2012-12 blog entries.

Contents

	Page
Introduction	1
Budapest Tournament Price Summary 2012	4
Budapest Team Championship	5
Budapest Tournaments	42
Hungarian Tournaments	64
International News	76
Canadian Corner	111
GM Master Class	156
Theory	168
King’s Indian Saemisch	169
Dutch Defence	181
Sicilian Defence	185
1.d4 d5 Noteboom(D31)	206
Nimzo-Indian	209
Grunfeld Defence	214
Benko Gambit	233
Maroczy Bind via King’s Indian Saemisch	241
Hungarian Tournament Information	246
File Download Sites	246
New Blog	246
Contact	246

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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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Monday, May 20, 2013

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Budapest Chess News 2013-01 Now Available

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