This long running series of events in Hungary is an excellent way to work toward FIDE titles. The schedule for the 2nd half of 2009 appears below as well as contact information.
"FIRST SATURDAY”-
Budapest , HUNGARY
monthly chess tournament series for
IGM-, IM-, FM-norms and ELO-rating
Organizer: Nagy László
Phone/fax: (36-1)-263-2859 E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
mobile:(36)-30-230-1914 www.firstsaturday.hu
Programme for the year 2009 from July
Tournament
type
Grandmaster
Cat. VI-VII-VIII.
International
master
FIDE master
FM candidate
Average ELO
Above 2381
Above 2231
above 2050
1750 – 2050
No. of rounds
Minimal 9 – maximal 13 g a m e s
Starting dates
4th of July, 1st of August, 5th of September,
3rd of October, 7th of November, 5th of December
Time control
120 min for the whole game, + 30 sec.increments after each moves
Start of the rounds
First day at 14:00, the other days at 16:00, last day usually from 10:00 a.m.
but declared before the 3rd round
Prizes
Written certificates about the participation in the tournament
Venue
Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor,
close to the red metro station KOSSUTH square
ELO/EURO
below 2301/400
2301-2350/360
2351-2400/330
2401-2450/300
2451-2500/280
above 2501/250
2150-2200/275
2201-2250/250
2251-2300/225
2301-2350/200
2351-2400/175
above 2401/150
nonrated 200
below 2051/160
2051-2100/140
2101-2200/120
2201-2250/ 80
2251-2300/ 60
above 2301/ 40
nonrated 200
below 1900/140
1901-2000/ 120
2001-2050/ 100
2101-2150/ 80
above 2151/ 60
Licence to play
in HUN
The HUN CHESS FEDERATION takes yearly 6 EURO fee
for the playing licence from every player, who plays in Hungary.
1 EURO about = 280 Ft – Jan 2009 rate/,
15 EURO fee for tournament registration
Payment
In cash, before the first round, preferable in Ft,
according to the buying rate of the Western Union organisation.
Phone No. of them: 00-(361)-311-1610
There are many famous chessplayers, who reached grandmaster norms in the FIRST SATURDAY tournaments in Budapest from the start 1992 until 2006:LÉKÓ, Péter /HUN/, DAO, Thien Hai /VIE/, LISS, Eran /ISR/, BEIM, Valery /ISR/, MEDVEGY, Zoltán /HUN/, ÁCS, Péter /HUN/, MIKHALEVSKI, Viktor /ISR/, MIKHALEVSKI, Alexander /ISR/, SADLER, Matthew /ENG/, BERKES, Ferenc /HUN/, JAKAB, Attila /HUN/, RADJABOV, Teimour /AZE/, GUSEINOV, Gadir /AZE/, McDONALD, Neil /ENG/, STOCEK, Jiri /CZE/, MILOV, Vadim /SWZ /, YEMELIN, Aleksei /RUS/, VARAVIN, Viktor /RUS/, NISIPIANU /ROM/, GODENA, Michele /ITA/, KEITLINGHAUS, Ludger /GER/, LUGOVOI, Aleksei /RUS/, NGUYEN, Ngoc Truongson /VIE/, BUI, Vinh /VIE/, BÉRCZES, Dávid /HUN/, BOROS,Dénes /HUN/, PROHÁSZKA, Péter /HUN/.
"FIRST SATURDAY”-
Budapest , HUNGARY
monthly chess tournament series for
IGM-, IM-, FM-norms and ELO-rating
Organizer: Nagy László
Phone/fax: (36-1)-263-2859 E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
mobile:(36)-30-230-1914 www.firstsaturday.hu
Programme for the year 2009 from July
Tournament
type
Grandmaster
Cat. VI-VII-VIII.
International
master
FIDE master
FM candidate
Average ELO
Above 2381
Above 2231
above 2050
1750 – 2050
No. of rounds
Minimal 9 – maximal 13 g a m e s
Starting dates
4th of July, 1st of August, 5th of September,
3rd of October, 7th of November, 5th of December
Time control
120 min for the whole game, + 30 sec.increments after each moves
Start of the rounds
First day at 14:00, the other days at 16:00, last day usually from 10:00 a.m.
but declared before the 3rd round
Prizes
Written certificates about the participation in the tournament
Venue
Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor,
close to the red metro station KOSSUTH square
ELO/EURO
below 2301/400
2301-2350/360
2351-2400/330
2401-2450/300
2451-2500/280
above 2501/250
2150-2200/275
2201-2250/250
2251-2300/225
2301-2350/200
2351-2400/175
above 2401/150
nonrated 200
below 2051/160
2051-2100/140
2101-2200/120
2201-2250/ 80
2251-2300/ 60
above 2301/ 40
nonrated 200
below 1900/140
1901-2000/ 120
2001-2050/ 100
2101-2150/ 80
above 2151/ 60
Licence to play
in HUN
The HUN CHESS FEDERATION takes yearly 6 EURO fee
for the playing licence from every player, who plays in Hungary.
1 EURO about = 280 Ft – Jan 2009 rate/,
15 EURO fee for tournament registration
Payment
In cash, before the first round, preferable in Ft,
according to the buying rate of the Western Union organisation.
Phone No. of them: 00-(361)-311-1610
There are many famous chessplayers, who reached grandmaster norms in the FIRST SATURDAY tournaments in Budapest from the start 1992 until 2006:LÉKÓ, Péter /HUN/, DAO, Thien Hai /VIE/, LISS, Eran /ISR/, BEIM, Valery /ISR/, MEDVEGY, Zoltán /HUN/, ÁCS, Péter /HUN/, MIKHALEVSKI, Viktor /ISR/, MIKHALEVSKI, Alexander /ISR/, SADLER, Matthew /ENG/, BERKES, Ferenc /HUN/, JAKAB, Attila /HUN/, RADJABOV, Teimour /AZE/, GUSEINOV, Gadir /AZE/, McDONALD, Neil /ENG/, STOCEK, Jiri /CZE/, MILOV, Vadim /SWZ /, YEMELIN, Aleksei /RUS/, VARAVIN, Viktor /RUS/, NISIPIANU /ROM/, GODENA, Michele /ITA/, KEITLINGHAUS, Ludger /GER/, LUGOVOI, Aleksei /RUS/, NGUYEN, Ngoc Truongson /VIE/, BUI, Vinh /VIE/, BÉRCZES, Dávid /HUN/, BOROS,Dénes /HUN/, PROHÁSZKA, Péter /HUN/.
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