Budapest Entry Fee Summary 2012

The new season has begun already. 

Here is some useful entry information for Budapest tournaments if you are considering a visit. Usually I play in the non-First Saturday(FS) RRs, the game/day opens and as many of the small 90/game opens as physically possible as the events are truly bargain priced. 

All tournaments have modest prizes(except FS) but usually no-one is entering as a professional player to make money.

I won the Siralyi Open a couple of times and the prize included a bottle of wine from the sponsor.

Key information is at the Hungarian Federation tournament listing Chess.hu

Budapest at night

One Game/Day 
These are the hidden bargains of Budapest. Imagine a nice RR for under 20 EUR just waiting to be found. Usually I am the only foreign player playing.

Round Robins

Round Robin	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee(FIDE 2000+)
			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

Open 1 Game/day	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee(FIDE 2000+)
			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

Multiple Games/Day

These are 90/game limited to players under 2200.

Open 1+ Game/day	Rounds	Prizes	Entry Fee(FIDE 2000+)
			HUF	EUR	USD	CAN	2012
Xmas Open	7	Yes	3,500	12	15.9	15.8	Dec
Josef Varosi Open	7	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4	Mar,Oct
Siralyi Open	7	Yes	5,500	18.9	24.3	24.4	Feb
Kobanya Open	6	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4	June,Sept,Dec
Lila Futo Open	6	Yes	3,000	10.3	13.3	13.4	June,Aug,Nov
Rakosmete Open	7	Yes	1,600	5.5	7	7.1	Feb,Mar,July

First Saturday 2012-12 FMA

Here is a nice positional game from Farkas,Richard from the recent First Saturday this month. Farkas shared first in the tournament with Bohus,Adam with 6.5/9.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1		Bohus Adam	1819	HUN	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	+	½	1	6.5
2		Farkas Richard	2115	HUN	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	6.5
3		Juracsik Jozsef	2145	HUN	0	½	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	6
4		Grimm Gyorgy	2043	HUN	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	6
5		Montolio Benedicto Cesar	1962	ESP	½	0	0	½	*	1	0	½	1	1	4.5
6		Lukacs Albert	1858	HUN	½	0	0	½	0	*	1	1	½	1	4.5
7	FM	Mayer Istvan	2058	HUN	0	½	0	½	1	0	*	1	½	½	4
8		Kuehn Matthias	1958	GER	-	½	½	0	½	0	0	*	1	1	3.5
9		Marcu Simon	1909	SVK	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	2.5
10		Brassoi Tarnovszki A	0	HUN	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	*	1

Farkas is a regular in the FMA group of First Saturday playing practically every month. Usually the FMA group has around 2/3 of the participants over 2000. Here are the rating distributions for the 2012 FMA tournaments. (See FS website for price info Firstsaturday Programme_2012_2013 Prices)

	UNR	U1800	1800-1999	2000-2199	2200+	Total
Feb			2	8		10
Feb			6	3	1	10
Mar	2	1	2	6		11
Apr	1		2	3		6
May			2	9		11
Jun			3	7		10
Jul	1		2	6	1	10
Jul			3	3		6
Aug			4	8		12
Sept		1	4	6	1	12
Oct			3	6	1	10
Oct			4	5	1	10
Nov				5	1	6
Dec	1		5	4		10
	5	2	42	79	6	134

Farkas,R (2115) - Montolio Benedicto,C (1962)
King’s Indian Classical 6.h3[E90]
FSFMA December 2012 Budapest HUN (5.3), 06.12.2012

Position 1
The king's are on opposite sides for a sharp game. What do you suggest for black?

Black to Play

12.0-0-0

Position 2
Black has just offered a queen trade with 24..Qb5. What do you suggest for white?
-Middlegame kill with queens on
-Endgame squeeze with a queen trade

White to Play

24...Qb5

Morin,Y(CAN) in Budapest

Mr. Yves Morin(CAN) played in a RR in Budapest this month at First Saturday scoring 2.5/9.

Yves Morin(CAN)

Photo Chess-db

			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts
1	Hou,Qiang	2345	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	7.5/9
2	Kislik,E	2361	0	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	6.5/9
3	Kantor,G	2306	½	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	5.5/9
4	Szeberenyi,A	2331	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	5.0/9
5	Grimm,D	2198	½	0	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	4.5/9
6	Lyell,M	2226	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	0	1	4.5/9
7	Kahn,E	2255	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	3.5/9
8	Boguszlavszkij,J	2208	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	3.0/9
9	Morin,Y(CAN)	2201	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	0	*	0	2.5/9
10	Szalanczy,E	2259	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	2.5/9

Here is his nice win against FM Lyell. 


Morin,Y (2201) - Lyell,M (2226)
Reti[A06]
FSIM December 2012 Budapest HUN (4.5), 05.12.2012

Critical Position 1
Black is tied up and under big pressure. The e5 pawn is about to fall also. What should white play?

• 29.Nxe5
• 29.Bxe5
• Something else

White to Play

28...Bd8

First Saturday 2012 Standings Rd9

FMB
Nemeth, Otto takes the lead with 6.5/9. Mihajlova, Diana is at second with 6/9. Mihajlova wrote a nice report for Chessbase that is worth a look.

A panorama of Budapest with a view over the Danube and the Houses of Parliament

Photo and Report by Mihajlova Diana [See Chessbase]

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	Pts.
1		Nemeth Otto	1781	HUN	***	0	0 1	1 1	1 1	6.5
2		Mihajlova Diana	1479	ENG	1	***	1 0	1 1	½ 1	6
3		Engelbrecht Imre Dr.	1640	HUN	1 0	0 1	***	1	½ 1	5
4		Czipp Janos	1445	HUN	0 0	0 0	0	***	1 ½	2.5
5		Bella Zsolt	1401	HUN	0 0	½ 0	½ 0	0 ½	***	2.5
6		Dickel Hans	0	GER	0 0	1 0	½ 0	0 0	0	1.5

FMA
Bohus Adam and Farkas Richard shared first with 6.5/9.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1		Bohus Adam	1819	HUN	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	+	½	1	6.5
2		Farkas Richard	2115	HUN	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	6.5
3		Juracsik Jozsef	2145	HUN	0	½	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	6
4		Grimm Gyorgy	2043	HUN	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	6
5		Montolio Benedicto Cesar	1962	ESP	½	0	0	½	*	1	0	½	1	1	4.5
6		Lukacs Albert	1858	HUN	½	0	0	½	0	*	1	1	½	1	4.5
7	FM	Mayer Istvan	2058	HUN	0	½	0	½	1	0	*	1	½	½	4
8		Kuehn Matthias	1958	GER	-	½	½	0	½	0	0	*	1	1	3.5
9		Marcu Simon	1909	SVK	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	2.5
10		Brassoi Tarnovszki A	0	HUN	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	*	1

GM
IM Antipov Mikhail took clear first with 6.5/9

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	IM	Antipov Mikhail Al.	2456	RUS	*	1	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	6.5
2	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	2480	ESP	0	*	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	6
3	GM	Czebe Attila	2481	HUN	1	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5.5
4	IM	Radlovacki Jovan	2419	SRB	1	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	5
5	GM	Lalic Bogdan	2484	CRO	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	0	½	½	4.5
6	GM	Varga Zoltan	2455	HUN	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	4
7	FM	Dastan Muhammed Batuhan	2370	TUR	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	1	½	4
8	FM	Tesik Csaba	2369	HUN	0	½	½	0	1	0	0	*	½	1	3.5
9	FM	Bagi Mate	2364	HUN	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	0	3
10	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	2384	ISL	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	*	3

IM
Hou Qiang(CHN) won with 7.5/9.

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	FM	Hou Qiang	CHN	2345	7.5
2	IM	Kislik Erik Andrew	USA	2361	6.5
3	FM	Kantor Gergely	HUN	2306	5.5
4	IM	Szeberenyi Adam	HUN	2331	5
5		Grimm Daniel	HUN	2198	4.5
6	FM	Lyell Mark	ENG	2226	4.5
7	IM	Kahn Evarth Dr.	HUN	2255	3.5
8	IM	Boguszlavszkij Jevgenyij	HUN	2208	3
9		Morin Yves	CAN	2201	2.5
10	IM	Szalanczy Emil	HUN	2259	2.5

First Saturday 2012 Rd8 Results/Standings

FMB

Mihajlova Diana continues to lead with 6.5/8.

The Mihajlova Express

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1		Mihajlova Diana	1479	ENG	***	1	1	½ 1	1 1	0 1	6.5
2		Nemeth Otto	1781	HUN	0	***	0 1	1	1 1	1 1	6
3		Engelbrecht Imre Dr.	1640	HUN	0	1 0	***	½ 1	1	½ 1	5
4		Bella Zsolt	1401	HUN	½ 0	0	½ 0	***	0 ½	1	2.5
5		Czipp Janos	1445	HUN	0 0	0 0	0	1 ½	***	1	2.5
6		Dickel Hans	0	GER	1 0	0 0	½ 0	0	0	***	1.5

FMA
Farkas Richard and Bohus Adam share first with 5.5/8.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1		Farkas Richard	2115	HUN	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1		5.5
2		Bohus Adam	1819	HUN	½	*	½	1	½	1	½		½	1	5.5
3		Grimm Gyorgy	2043	HUN	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1		1	5
4		Juracsik Jozsef	2145	HUN	½	0	½	*		1	1	½	1	½	5
5		Montolio Benedicto Cesar	1962	ESP	0	½	½		*	0	1	½	1	1	4.5
6	FM	Mayer Istvan	2058	HUN	½	0	½	0	1	*		1	½	½	4
7		Lukacs Albert	1858	HUN	0	½	½	0	0		*	1	½	1	3.5
8		Kuehn Matthias	1958	GER	½		0	½	½	0	0	*	1	1	3.5
9		Marcu Simon	1909	SVK	0	½		0	0	½	½	0	*	1	2.5
10		Brassoi Tarnovszki A	0	HUN		0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	*	1

GM
IM Franco Alonso remains in clear first with 6/8.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	2480	ESP	*		1	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	6
2	IM	Antipov Mikhail Al.	2456	RUS		*	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	5.5
3	GM	Czebe Attila	2481	HUN	0	1	*	½		½	1	1	½	½	5
4	IM	Radlovacki Jovan	2419	SRB	0	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	1		4.5
5	GM	Lalic Bogdan	2484	CRO	½	½		½	*	½	1	½	0	½	4
6	GM	Varga Zoltan	2455	HUN	0	0	½	½	½	*		½	1	½	3.5
7	FM	Dastan Muhammed Batuhan	2370	TUR	½	0	0	½	0		*	½	1	1	3.5
8	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	2384	ISL	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*		1	3
9	FM	Tesik Csaba	2369	HUN	½	0	½	0	1	0	0		*	½	2.5
10	FM	Bagi Mate	2364	HUN	½	0	½		½	½	0	0	½	*	2.5

First Saturday 2012 Rd7 Standings

FMB

Mihajlova Diana remains in clear first with 5.5/7.

Guard Your King-Mihajlova may do this to your castle

Youtube Stadium Demolition Atlanta

 

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1		Mihajlova Diana	1479	ENG	***	1	1	½ 1	1 1	0	5.5
2		Engelbrecht Imre Dr.	1640	HUN	0	***	1	½ 1	1	½ 1	5
3		Nemeth Otto	1781	HUN	0	0	***	1	1 1	1 1	5
4		Bella Zsolt	1401	HUN	½ 0	½ 0	0	***	0	1	2
5		Czipp Janos	1445	HUN	0 0	0	0 0	1	***	1	2
6		Dickel Hans	0	GER	1	½ 0	0 0	0	0	***	1.5

FMA
Grimm, Farkas and Juracsik share the lead with 4.5/7.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1		Farkas Richard	2115	HUN	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1			4.5
2		Juracsik Jozsef	2145	HUN	½	*	½			1	½	1	1		4.5
3		Grimm Gyorgy	2043	HUN	½	½	*	½	½		1	½		1	4.5
4		Bohus Adam	1819	HUN	½		½	*		1		½	½	1	4
5		Montolio Benedicto Cesar	1962	ESP	0		½		*	0		1	1	1	3.5
6	FM	Mayer Istvan	2058	HUN	½	0		0	1	*	1		½		3
7		Kuehn Matthias	1958	GER	½	½	0			0	*		1	1	3
8		Lukacs Albert	1858	HUN	0	0	½	½	0			*	½	1	2.5
9		Marcu Simon	1909	SVK		0		½	0	½	0	½	*	1	2.5
10		Brassoi Tarnovszki A	0	HUN			0	0	0		0	0	0	*	0

GM
IM Franco(ESP) has a full point lead with 5.5/7.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	2480	ESP	*	1		1	½	½	1	1	½		5.5
2	GM	Czebe Attila	2481	HUN	0	*	1	½		1	½	1		½	4.5
3	IM	Antipov Mikhail Al.	2456	RUS		0	*	0	½		1	1	1	1	4.5
4	IM	Radlovacki Jovan	2419	SRB	0	½	1	*	½	½	½		1		4
5	GM	Lalic Bogdan	2484	CRO	½		½	½	*	1		½	0	½	3.5
6	FM	Dastan Muhammed Batuhan	2370	TUR	½	0		½	0	*		½	1	1	3.5
7	GM	Varga Zoltan	2455	HUN	0	½	0	½			*	½	1	½	3
8	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	2384	ISL	0	0	0		½	½	½	*		1	2.5
9	FM	Tesik Csaba	2369	HUN	½		0	0	1	0	0		*	½	2
10	FM	Bagi Mate	2364	HUN		½	0		½	0	½	0	½	*	2

First Saturday Rd6 Standings

Rd6 standings

FMB

Mihajlova remains in the lead with 4.5/6.

Mihajlova vs Your Position

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1		Mihajlova,Diana	1479	ENG	***	1	1	½ 1	1	0	4.5
2		Engelbrecht Imre Dr.	1640	HUN	0	***	1	½	1	½ 1	4
3		Nemeth Otto	1781	HUN	0	0	***	1	1 1	1	4
4		Bella Zsolt	1401	HUN	½ 0	½	0	***	0	1	2
5		Czipp Janos	1445	HUN	0	0	0 0	1	***	1	2
6		Dickel Hans	0	GER	1	½ 0	0	0	0	***	1.5

FMA

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1		Juracsik Jozsef	2145	HUN	*	½		½	½	1	1		1		4.5
2		Farkas Richard	2115	HUN	½	*	½	½	½		1	1			4
3		Bohus Adam	1819	HUN		½	*	½		1	½		½	1	4
4		Grimm Gyorgy	2043	HUN	½	½	½	*			½	½		1	3.5
5		Kuehn Matthias	1958	GER	½	½			*	0			1	1	3
6	FM	Mayer Istvan	2058	HUN	0		0		1	*		1	½		2.5
7		Lukacs Albert	1858	HUN	0	0	½	½			*		½	1	2.5
8		Montolio Benedicto Cesar	1962	ESP		0		½		0		*	1	1	2.5
9		Marcu Simon	1909	SVK	0		½		0	½	½	0	*		1.5
10		Brassoi Tarnovszki A	0	HUN			0	0	0		0	0		*	0

GM

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	2480	ESP	*	1	1	½		½		1	½		4.5
2	GM	Czebe Attila	2481	HUN	0	*		1	1		1	½		½	4
3	IM	Radlovacki Jovan	2419	SRB	0		*	½	1	½		½	1		3.5
4	FM	Dastan Muhammed Batuhan	2370	TUR	½	0	½	*			½		1	1	3.5
5	IM	Antipov Mikhail Al.	2456	RUS		0	0		*	½	1	1	1		3.5
6	GM	Lalic Bogdan	2484	CRO	½		½		½	*	½		0	½	2.5
7	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	2384	ISL		0		½	0	½	*	½		1	2.5
8	GM	Varga Zoltan	2455	HUN	0	½	½		0		½	*		½	2
9	FM	Tesik Csaba	2369	HUN	½		0	0	0	1			*	½	2
10	FM	Bagi Mate	2364	HUN		½		0		½	0	½	½	*	2

First Saturday 2012 Rd5 Standings

Rd5 Results are as follows.

FMB
Mihajlova Diana takes the lead with 3.5/5.

Mihajlova Diana-Facebook

Always castle and then get insurance

Mihajlova on the Attack(Youtube)

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1		Mihajlova Diana	1479	ENG	***	1	1	½	1	0	3.5
2		Engelbrecht Imre Dr.	1640	HUN	0	***	1	½	1	½	3
3		Nemeth Otto	1781	HUN	0	0	***	1	1	1	3
4		Bella Zsolt	1401	HUN	½	½	0	***	0	1	2
5		Czipp Janos	1445	HUN	0	0	0	1	***	1	2
6		Dickel Hans	0	GER	1	½	0	0	0	***	1.5

FMA
Farkas Richard and Juracsik Jozsef share the lead with 3.5/5.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1		Farkas Richard	2115	HUN	*	½	½	½	1			1			3.5
2		Juracsik Jozsef	2145	HUN	½	*		½		½	1		1		3.5
3		Bohus Adam	1819	HUN	½		*		½		1		½		2.5
4		Grimm Gyorgy	2043	HUN	½	½		*	½					1	2.5
5		Lukacs Albert	1858	HUN	0		½	½	*				½	1	2.5
6		Kuehn Matthias	1958	GER		½				*	0		1	1	2.5
7	FM	Mayer Istvan	2058	HUN		0	0			1	*	1			2
8		Montolio Benedicto Cesar	1962	ESP	0						0	*	1	1	2
9		Marcu Simon	1909	SVK		0	½		½	0		0	*		1
10		Brassoi Tarnovszki A	0	HUN				0	0	0		0		*	0

GM
Veteran GM Czebe Attila leads with 4/5.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	GM	Czebe Attila	2481	HUN	*				1	1	1	½	½		4
2	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	2480	ESP		*	1	½	½				1	½	3.5
3	IM	Radlovacki Jovan	2419	SRB		0	*	½	½		1			1	3
4	GM	Lalic Bogdan	2484	CRO		½	½	*		½	½	½			2.5
5	FM	Dastan Muhammed Batuhan	2370	TUR	0	½	½		*	½				1	2.5
6	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	2384	ISL	0			½	½	*		1	½		2.5
7	IM	Antipov Mikhail Al.	2456	RUS	0		0	½			*		1	1	2.5
8	FM	Bagi Mate	2364	HUN	½			½		0		*	½	½	2
9	GM	Varga Zoltan	2455	HUN	½	0				½	0	½	*		1.5
10	FM	Tesik Csaba	2369	HUN		½	0		0		0	½		*	1

First Saturday 2012-12 Rd4 Standings

Round 4 Standings

FM-B
Local favorite Mihajlova,D is in hot pursuit of my RAC teammate Nemeth,Otto.

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1	Nemeth Otto	1781	HUN	***		0	1	1	1	3
2	Mihajlova Diana	1479	ENG		***	1	1	0	½	2.5
3	Engelbrecht Imre Dr.	1640	HUN	1	0	***		½	½	2
4	Czipp Janos	1445	HUN	0	0		***	1	1	2
5	Dickel Hans	0	GER	0	1	½	0	***		1.5
6	Bella Zsolt	1401	HUN	0	½	½	0		***	1

FM-A

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1		Juracsik Jozsef	2145	HUN	*	½		1			½		1		3
2		Farkas Richard	2115	HUN	½	*	½		1						2
3		Bohus Adam	1819	HUN		½	*	1					½		2
4	FM	Mayer Istvan	2058	HUN	0		0	*		1	1				2
5		Lukacs Albert	1858	HUN		0			*			½	½	1	2
6		Montolio Benedicto Cesar	1962	ESP				0		*			1	1	2
7		Kuehn Matthias	1958	GER	½			0			*			1	1.5
8		Grimm Gyorgy	2043	HUN					½			*		1	1.5
9		Marcu Simon	1909	SVK	0		½		½	0			*		1
10		Brassoi Tarnovszki A	0	HUN					0	0	0	0		*	0

GM
Veteran Czebe leads with 3/4.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	GM	Czebe Attila	2481	HUN	*					½	½	1	1		3
2	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	2480	ESP		*	1		½			½		½	2.5
3	IM	Radlovacki Jovan	2419	SRB		0	*	1				½		1	2.5
4	IM	Antipov Mikhail Al.	2456	RUS			0	*	½		1			1	2.5
5	GM	Lalic Bogdan	2484	CRO		½		½	*	½			½		2
6	FM	Bagi Mate	2364	HUN	½				½	*	½			½	2
7	GM	Varga Zoltan	2455	HUN	½			0		½	*		½		1.5
8	FM	Dastan Muhammed Batuhan	2370	TUR	0	½	½					*	½		1.5
9	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	2384	ISL	0				½		½	½	*		1.5
10	FM	Tesik Csaba	2369	HUN		½	0	0		½				*	1

First Saturday 2012-12 Participants List

There is one Canadian player-Morin,Yves, this month.
(More see Firstsaturday Results)

GM
Franco Alonso A.	IM	ESP	2480
Radlovacki Jovan	IM	SRB	2419
Tesik Csaba	FM	HUN	2369
Lalic Bogdan	GM	CRO	2484
Varga Zoltan	GM	HUN	2455
Czebe Attila	GM	HUN	2481
Arngrimsson Dagur	IM	ISL	2384
Bagi Mate	FM	HUN	2364
Antipov Mikhail Al	IM	RUS	2456
Dastan Muhhamed B.	FM	TUR	2370

IM
Mark Lyell(ENG), a Budapest resident, returns from playing in e2e4 tournaments to play again in FS. There are 5 IMs in the group. IM Kislik(USA) has been resident in Budapest for several years now and will shortly be returning to California.

IM
Boguszlavszkij J.	IM	HUN	2208
Morin Yves		CAN	2201
Mark Lyell	FM	ENG	2226
Hou Qiang	FM	CHN	2345
Grimm Daniel		HUN	2198
Kahn Ewarth Dr.	IM	HUN	2255
Kislik Erik A.	IM	USA	2361
Szalanczy Emil	IM	HUN	2259
Kantor Gergely	FM	HUN	2306
Szeberenyi Adam	IM	HUN	2331

FMA
Montolio Benedicto C.		ESP	1962
Kuehn Matthias		GER	1958
Mayer Istvan	FM	HUN	2058
Marcu Simon		SVK	1909
Farkas Richard		HUN	2115
Grimm Gyorgy		HUN	2043
Lukacs Albert		HUN	1858
Bohus Adam		HUN	1819
Juracsik Jozsef		HUN	2145
Brassoi Tarnovszki A.		HUN	UNR

FMB
Local expat favorite Mihajlova,Diana(ENG) returns again.

Mihajlova,Diana

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FMB
Mihajlova Diana		ENG	1479
Czipp János		HUN	1445
Hans Dickel		GER	UNR
Engelbrecht Imre Dr.		HUN	1640
Németh Ottó		HUN	1781
Bella Zsolt		HUN	1401

First Saturday 2012-11

Summary
There were 4 double RRs with the IM group being the only single RR.
FS GM 2012-11: GM Szabo Krisztian won by a clear point with 8/14.
FS IM 2012-11: Liu Guanchu(CHN) won by a clear point with 9/11. FM Kojima Shinya(JPN) did well with 7/11.
FS FMA 2012-11: IM Szalanczy Emil dominated and won clear first with 8/10.
FS FMB 2012-11: FM Mayer Istvan crushed the field with 9/10.
FS FMC 2012-11: Nemeth Otto took clear first with 7.5/10.

FS GM 2012-11
GM Szabo, Krisztian won by a clear point with 8/14. Also of note 13-year old Gledura, Benjamin made an IM norm.

GM Szabo Krisztian

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FM Gledura Benjamin at the Agria Chess Festival
Photo By Diana Mihajlova  Chessbase

Final Ranking crosstable after 14 Rounds
Rk. Name                     Rtg FED           1 2 3 4 5 6 7                                    Pts.
1 GM Szabo Krisztian 2541 HUN         *** ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1      8
2 GM Bakre Tejas      2481 IND           ½ ½ *** ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½      7
3 GM Varga Zoltan      2456 HUN      ½ ½ ½ ½ *** ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0      6.5
4 FM Gledura Benjamin 2336 HUN      ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ *** 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½      6.5
5 IM Hagen Andreas Skytte 2418 DEN 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 *** ½ ½ 0 +      5.5
6 IM Arngrimsson Dagur 2386 ISL      0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ *** 1 ½         5
7 IM Kharous Ernest      2367 RUS      0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 - 0 ½ ***           3.5

FS IM 2012-11
Liu Guanchu(CHN) won by a clear point with 9/11. FM Kojima Shinya(JPN) did well with 7/11.

Kojima Shinya

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Final Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED                               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12      Pts.
1 Liu Guanchu                2233 CHN      * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1           9
2 FM Massoni Michael 2381 FRA      0 * 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1                8
3 FM Kojima Shinya      2339 JPN      0 0 * 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1           7
4 FM Hou Qiang           2289 CHN      ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1           6
5 IM Kislik Erik Andrew 2413 USA      0 1 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1           6
6 Aryan Chopra           2051 IND           ½ 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½      5.5
7 IM Szeberenyi Adam 2347 HUN      0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½      5
8 FM Holm Sejer           2274 DEN      0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 0           4.5
9 IM Wittmann Walter      2245 AUT    0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1      4.5
10 IM Battey Alexander 2362 USA      ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½      4
11 FM Stigar Petter           2290 NOR ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½      3.5

FS FMA 2012-11
IM Szalanczy Emil dominated and won clear first with 8/10.

Final Ranking crosstable after 10 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED                          1 2 3 4 5 6                               Pts.
1 IM Szalanczy Emil 2237 HUN      *** ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1          8
2 Schenkerik Csaba 2074 HUN      ½ 0 *** ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 -           6
3 Farkas Richard 2107 HUN           ½ 0 ½ ½ *** ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1      5.5
4 Juracsik Jozsef 2157 HUN           0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ *** ½ ½ 1 ½      4.5
5 Egri Laszlo Jr. 2134 HUN            0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ *** 1 ½       4
6 Atnilov Boris 2118 ISR                0 0 0 + 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ***           2

FS FMB 2012-11
FM Mayer Istvan crushed the field with 9/10. Not sure what happened with players 5,6.

Final Ranking crosstable after 10 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED                               1 2 3 4 5 6                          Pts.
1 FM Mayer Istvan HUN                      *** 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 + 1 +      9
2 Marcu Simon SVK                           0 ½ *** 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 + 1 +      6.5
3 Csetneki Mark HUN                          0 ½ 0 ½ *** 0 ½ 1 + + +    5.5
4 Burghardt Michael GER                     0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ *** 1 0 1 +      5
5 Tessedik Karoly HUN                      0 - 1 - 0 - 0 1 *** - -           2
6 Havaskori Laszlo HUN                     0 - 0 - - - 0 - + - ***           1

FS FMC 2012-11
Nemeth Otto took clear first with 7.5/10. Local favorite Mihajlova turned in a strong performance with 6/10.

Mihajlova Diana

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Final Ranking crosstable after 10 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED                     1 2 3 4 5 6                               Pts.
1 Nemeth Otto 1790 HUN           *** 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1          7.5
2 Mihajlova Diana 1445 ENG      1 0 *** 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1           6
3 Merk Andras 1498 HUN           1 0 1 1 *** 0 0 - ½ 1 1          5.5
4 Schmidt Wolfgang 1390 GER      ½ 0 1 0 1 1 *** 0 1 ½ 0      5
5 Szalay Tibor 1804 HUN           0 0 0 0 - ½ 1 0 *** 1 1           3.5
6 Szabo Miklos Istvan 1342 HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ***         1.5

Here is a nice attacking game from the GM group by the winner.

Hagen,Andr (2418) - Szabo,Krisz(2541) [E97]
FSGM Nov 2012 Budapest HUN (6.2), 08.11.2012
Typical mutual attacks are in progress. How doesblack continue? Protect the queenside or charge ahead on the kingside?

Black to Play