First Saturday 2013-06 Final Standings

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GM
GMs Gonda and Akesson tied for firs with 7/10.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1	GM	Gonda Laszlo	2524	HUN	***	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	1 1	7
2	GM	Akesson Ralf	2449	SWE	½ ½	***	½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	1 1	7
3	FM	Hujbert Florian	2456	HUN	½ ½	½ ½	***	½ 0	½ ½	1 1	5.5
4	GM	Andreev Eduard	2498	UKR	0 ½	0 ½	½ 1	***	½ ½	1 ½	5
5	IM	Franco Alonso	2487	ESP	½ 0	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	***	½ ½	4
6	IM	Szalanczy Emil	2285	HUN	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 ½	½ ½	***	1.5

FMA
FM Juhasz was clear first with 8.5/11.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.
1	FM	Juhasz B	2222	HUN	*	½	1	½	½	+	1	½	1	1	½	1	8.5
2		Darazs Z	2142	HUN	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	+	8
3		Farkas R	2198	HUN	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	+	8
4		Reh Philipp	2068	GER	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	0	½	+	½	1	6
5		Juracsik J	2155	HUN	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	0	+	1	1	6
6		Jelic Neven	2091	CRO	-	½	½	½	1	*	0	1	½	0	½	1	5.5
7		Mester Attila	2075	HUN	0	0	0	½	½	1	*	1	0	½	1	1	5.5
8		Rabovszky G	1913	HUN	½	0	0	1	½	0	0	*	½	1	½	+	5
9		Hocevar N	2005	SLO	0	0	0	½	1	½	1	½	*	0	½	1	5
10		Burgin Ryan	0	ENG	0	½	0	-	-	1	½	0	1	*	1	½	4.5
11		Montolio B C	1972	ESP	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	*	½	3
12		Szakacs Aron	1875	HUN	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	-	0	½	½	*	1

FMB
Takacs and Mayer tied for first with 8.5/11.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.
1		Takacs Zsolt	1830	HUN	*	1	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	+	1	+	8.5
2	FM	Mayer Istvan	2060	HUN	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	8.5
3		Lukacs Albert	1917	HUN	1	½	*	½	½	0	+	1	1	½	1	+	8
4		Steer Jozsef	1938	HUN	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	8
5		Marcu Simon	1879	SVK	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
6		Mihaly Zoltan	1798	HUN	½	0	1	½	0	*	0	1	1	+	1	+	7
7		Vasilev Sergey	1521	RUS	0	0	-	½	0	1	*	0	½	½	1	+	4.5
8		Schmidt Wolfgang	1450	GER	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	0	1	1	+	4.5
9		Csiba Tibor Dr.	1587	HUN	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	½	0	+	3.5
10		Brassoi-Tarnovszki	1642	HUN	-	0	½	0	0	-	½	0	½	*	1	0	2.5
11		Szabo Miklos	1322	HUN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	*	+	2
12		Nemeth Otto	1724	HUN	-	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: 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.

Rakosmente Open Gallery 2013-04: Part II

More action-Round 2
The tournament is hosted by my club-Rakosligeti(RAC). There are two main playing rooms and a library room which can hold 4 more boards. There is steady stream on young players getting their initial steps in tournament play in small Budapest opens playing in the G/90 format.

The President of the Hungarian Chess Federation-Revesz,Mariusz

Revesz,Mariusz(left) about to play Yip,Michael-CAN(right)

 Strasser,Z(left)

Almost a great pic until someone walked by

Rakosmente Open 2013-04 Rd6 Results

Rd6 Results and Final Standings
Suryani,P(FIDE 2152) and I bothi scored 5-1 but I took first with better tiebreaks. The result would have surely been different had Suranyi asked for a half-point bye for rd1 instead of getting the automatic zero point bye.

He beat me in our individual encounter in rd6 in a tense game. Suryani is my RAC teammate and raced off to play in the Torokves RR(rd 3) right after. I wisely took two byes(friday and sunday) for a more manageable weekend of chess.

Here is my rd6 game with the top seed.

I got a complex position with play for both sides but eventually the better player won.

Suranyi,Pal (2152) - Yip,Michael (1999) 
Semi-Slav Anti-Moscow Gambit[D43] 
Rakosmente Open Budapest, Hungary (6), 21.04.2013

Position 1
Black has been caught in the center. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

16...Rf8

Position 1
White has just sacrificed and now will win a tempo when the queen moves. What do you recommend for black?

• 22...Qb6
• 22...Qc5
• Something else

Black to Play

22.Rd1

Rakosmente Open 2013-04 Rd4

Rd4
Today was a brutal day. I played three rather inconsistent games and won all of them to take clear first with 4/4, with 2 games to play tomorrow.

The last game of the day was a comedy of errors and in the end I was lucky enough to escape with a win. Both players missed tactical shots all over the place but the murky course of the game eventually favored me.

Here is the game.

Position 1
Black has been suffering the whole game but now has a chance to live. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

23.Rb5