FSFMB July 2013-Balla,A(HUN)

TWIC 976
RAC Team captain Balla, Attila was clear first with a convincing 9/10.

Balla, Attila(left seated)

FMB Final Standings

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.
1	Balla Attila	1762	HUN	*	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	9
2	Lukacs Albert	1915	HUN	0	*	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	7.5
3	Bacsi Andras	1860	HUN	½	0	*	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	7.5
4	Engegard Odon Toth	1809	NOR	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
5	Ghadiri Radmehr	1786	IRI	0	0	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	1	1	5.5
6	Gruz Janos	1820	HUN	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	5
7	Bakos Viktor	1550	HUN	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	4.5
8	Takacs Zsolt Otto	1847	HUN	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	*	1	½	1	3.5
9	Brassoi-Tarnovszki	1622	HUN	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	1	3
10	Al Faras Abdulaziz	0	KUW	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	*	1	2
11	Al Faras Thamer	0	KUW	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	*	0.5

Balla,A (1762) - Engegard,Odon Toth (1809)

King’s Indian Attack[A07]

FSFMB July 2013

Budapest HUN (1.5), 06.07.2013

Position 1
Black has a weak kingside. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

22...Nxe5

First Saturday Monthly Tournaments
Official Website; FS Entry Fees
Note that foreign pay substantially more and there are NO PRIZES. Hungarian players receive an unadvertised discount fee. Not generally known is that all fees are negotiable.

These tournaments cater to tourists. 

FMB Entry Fees-Foreign Players

Rating		HUF	EUR	USD	CAN
Low	High
	Unrated	59,220	200	264.92	272.84
1500	1700	53,298	180	238.43	245.56
1701	1800	47,376	160	211.94	218.28
1801	1850	41,454	140	185.45	190.99
1851	1900	35,532	120	158.95	163.71
1901	2000	29,610	100	132.46	136.42

Standard Fee for Hungarian Players

Rating
Low	High	HUF	EUR	USD	CAN
Any	Any	12,000	40.53	53.68	55.29

Budapest and Hungarian Tournaments

The normal entry fees in Budapest are quite modest and substantially lower than First Saturday. Also, all tournaments offer prizes but these are quite modest too.

For more information

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

One Game/Day Events
These are the hidden bargains of Budapest. There RRs for under 20 EUR just waiting to be found. The fee range to expect is,

Round Robins(For a FIDE 2000 player)

Round Robin	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee
			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(For a FIDE 2000 player)

Open 1 Game/day	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee
			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

First Saturday 2013-07 Final Standings

Chess Results
GM-IM Blomqvist Erik(SWE) was clear first 7.5/10.
IM-Jia Haoxiang(CHN) won with 8/11.
FMA-Resika Nathan A(USA) won with 9.5/10.
FMB-RAC Team captain Balla, Attila was clear first with 9/10.

FMB
RAC Team captain Balla, Attila was clear first with a convincing 9/10.

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.
1	Balla Attila	1762	HUN	*	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	9
2	Lukacs Albert	1915	HUN	0	*	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	7.5
3	Bacsi Andras	1860	HUN	½	0	*	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	7.5
4	Engegard Odon Toth	1809	NOR	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
5	Ghadiri Radmehr	1786	IRI	0	0	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	1	1	5.5
6	Gruz Janos	1820	HUN	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	5
7	Bakos Viktor	1550	HUN	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	4.5
8	Takacs Zsolt Otto	1847	HUN	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	*	1	½	1	3.5
9	Brassoi-Tarnovszki	1622	HUN	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	1	3
10	Al Faras Abdulaziz	0	KUW	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	*	1	2
11	Al Faras Thamer	0	KUW	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	*	0.5

FMA
Resika Nathan A(USA) completely dominated the field with 9.5/10.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.
1	FM	Resika Nathan	2186	USA	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	9.5
2		Kertesz Zsolt	2084	HUN	0	*	1	1	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	7
3		Juracsik Jozsef	2136	HUN	0	0	*	1	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	6
4		Andersen Soren	2115	DEN	0	0	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	6
5	FM	Juhasz Bela	2222	HUN	0	½	½	½	*	1	1	½	0	½	1	5.5
6		Farkas Richard	2198	HUN	0	0	1	0	0	*	1	½	1	½	1	5
7		Laza Szabolcs	1968	HUN	0	½	0	½	0	0	*	1	1	1	0	4
8	FM	Mayer Istvan	2050	HUN	0	1	0	0	½	½	0	*	0	½	1	3.5
9		Zhou Hao	0	CHN	½	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	*	0	1	3.5
10		Darazs Zoltan	2161	HUN	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	*	½	3.5
11		Steer Jozsef	1937	HUN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	*	1.5

GM
IM Blomqvist Erik(SWE) was clear first 7.5/10.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1	IM	Blomqvist Erik	2483	SWE	***	0 1	1 ½	½ ½	1 1	1 1	7.5
2	GM	Gonda Laszlo	2538	HUN	1 0	***	½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	1 1	6.5
3	GM	Savchenko S	2498	UKR	0 ½	½ ½	***	½ ½	1 1	1 1	6.5
4	GM	Varga Zoltan	2446	HUN	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	***	1 ½	½ ½	5.5
5	IM	Vuilleumier A	2321	SUI	0 0	½ 0	0 0	0 ½	***	1 1	3
6	WGM	Schneider V	2294	HUN	0 0	0 0	0 0	½ ½	0 0	***	1

IM
Jia Haoxiang(CHN) won with 8/11. My RAC teammate FM Lyell(ENG) and Budapest resident scored a modest 4/11.

FM Mark Lyell

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.
1		Jia Haoxiang	2340	CHN	*	½	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	8
2	IM	Szeberenyi A	2313	HUN	½	*	1	½	½	0	1	½	½	1	½	1	7
3		Sean Winshand	2259	INA	1	0	*	0	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	7
4		Li Bo	2363	CHN	0	½	1	*	½	0	1	1	0	1	1	½	6.5
5	IM	Estrada Nieto	2262	MEX	0	½	½	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	6.5
6	IM	Szabolcsi J	2350	HUN	0	1	½	1	½	*	½	0	½	0	1	1	6
7	IM	To Nhat Minh	2292	HUN	0	0	1	0	1	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	6
8	IM	Farago Sandor	2280	HUN	½	½	0	0	0	1	½	*	1	1	0	0	4.5
9	IM	Szalanczy Emil	2297	HUN	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	0	*	0	1	½	4.5
10	FM	Lyell Mark	2228	ENG	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	*	0	1	4
11		Bird Andrew	2231	AUS	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	1	*	½	3.5
12	WFM	Toth Sarolta	2178	HUN	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	*	2.5

Coming to Budapest for Chess?
First Saturday Prices / FS Contact 
These are the most expensive tournaments in the city by far.
(Note-for FM groups the standard Hungarian player fee is 12,000 HUF(40EUR/ 54USD;54CAN), foreigners see website list; everything is negotiable; No prizes)

Other Tournaments
Hidden from tourists are some real bargains. Budapest is the home of affordable tournaments. Many bargain tournaments available, all with prizes and modest entry fees. 

Some diligent digging is required to find these events. Check the Hungarian Federation event listing for events.

Budapest Open-August 17-25 2013-Coming Soon 
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

For more information:
Hungarian Chess Federation Tournament Listing(Hungarian Language)
Budapest Entry Fees 2012(Scroll down to bottom of blog too)

Frech Karolyi Final Standings-Group A
This tournament is one example of the hidden little gems Budapest has to offer. I played this event in June for 3,900HUF(14EUR/18USD/18CAN).

Rank	Name	Score	Rating	TPR
1	Koczo, Kristof	7.5	2269	2355
2	Nagy, Aron	5.5	2140	2176
3	FM Juhasz, Bela	5.5	2222	2167
4	Kormos, Adam	5	2211	2131
5	Bodrogi, Mihaly	5	2109	2143
6	Stern, Tibor	4.5	2025	2109
7	Varga, Attila	4	2012	2067
8	Yip, Michael	3.5	2007	2031
9	Bodrogi, Laszlo	2.5	2036	1942
10	Zoldy, Robert	2	1975	1895

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