Press release by FIDE
GM Gergely Antal emerged as the winner of the 2023 Hungarian Individual Chess Championship.
Men, women, and some invited youngsters aspiring for a place in the Hungarian U25 national team in the 2024 Olympiad in Budapest competed in a shared pool but were ranked separately. All in all, 30 players battled in a 9-round Swiss tournament on December 12-20.
The competition was a very close race of three top-seed participants that was only decided in the final round. Gergely Antal and Adam Kozak jointly led the field after round 8 with 6 points each, closely followed by Tamas Fodor and Adam Horvath on 5½. In the final round, the leaders played with the black pieces: Antal faced Horvath, while Kozak took on Oliver Mihok.
Antal scored a crucial victory after his opponent fell into a trap and lost a piece in a roughly equal position to clinch the title, as Kozak could not do much against Mihok and drew the game, taking silver.
The two deciding games
Let Toptrainer Sokolov show you the ins and outs of middlegames. This course is about the catalan structures vs. semi-slav/triangle setupsMeanwhile, Peter Prohaszka totally outplayed Tamas Fodor to leapfrog his opponent and Horvath to secure bronze. All the three players who reached the podium completed the competition unbeaten.
Zsóka Gaál (pictured below) scored 5/9 points and became the women’s champion, while Julianna Terbe and Barbara Mihók-Juhász both netted 4½/9 and tied for second place. Silver goes to Terbe, thanks to a superior Buchholz.
Zsóka Gaál
Gergely Kantor (pictured below) was the best U25 player with 5½/9. Tamas Vanczak scored equal points with Kantor, but had to settle for silver due to inferior Buchholz. Gleb Dudin is third with 5/9.
Gegely Kantor
Final standings
| 1 |
3 |
|
GM |
Antal, Gergely |
|
HUN |
2569 |
7 |
0 |
43,5 |
47,5 |
36,00 |
9 |
1,45 |
10 |
14,5 |
| 2 |
1 |
|
GM |
Kozak, Adam |
|
HUN |
2588 |
6,5 |
0 |
45 |
49 |
34,50 |
9 |
1,04 |
10 |
10,4 |
| 3 |
2 |
|
GM |
Prohaszka, Peter |
|
HUN |
2579 |
6 |
0 |
46 |
50 |
32,50 |
9 |
0,40 |
10 |
4 |
| 4 |
9 |
|
GM |
Fodor, Tamas Jr. |
|
HUN |
2470 |
5,5 |
0 |
43,5 |
46,5 |
26,75 |
9 |
0,61 |
10 |
6,1 |
| 5 |
6 |
|
GM |
Kantor, Gergely |
|
HUN |
2531 |
5,5 |
0 |
43,5 |
46 |
26,25 |
9 |
-0,25 |
10 |
-2,5 |
| 6 |
11 |
|
GM |
Horvath, Adam |
|
HUN |
2439 |
5,5 |
0 |
43,5 |
46 |
24,00 |
9 |
1,20 |
10 |
12 |
| 7 |
15 |
|
IM |
Nemeth, Miklos |
|
HUN |
2417 |
5,5 |
0 |
41,5 |
43,5 |
24,75 |
9 |
1,07 |
10 |
10,7 |
| 8 |
13 |
|
IM |
Vanczak, Tamas |
|
HUN |
2422 |
5,5 |
0 |
40,5 |
43,5 |
24,25 |
9 |
0,89 |
10 |
8,9 |
| 9 |
8 |
|
IM |
Csonka, Balazs |
|
HUN |
2485 |
5,5 |
0 |
38 |
42 |
24,25 |
9 |
0,00 |
10 |
0 |
| 10 |
5 |
|
IM |
Dudin, Gleb |
|
HUN |
2545 |
5 |
0 |
45,5 |
49 |
24,50 |
9 |
-0,59 |
10 |
-5,9 |
| 11 |
14 |
|
IM |
Bagi, Mate |
|
HUN |
2420 |
5 |
0 |
40,5 |
42 |
21,00 |
9 |
0,43 |
10 |
4,3 |
| 12 |
4 |
|
GM |
Mihok, Oliver |
|
HUN |
2549 |
5 |
0 |
38 |
41 |
21,75 |
9 |
-1,77 |
10 |
-17,7 |
| 13 |
21 |
|
WIM |
Gaal, Zsoka |
w |
HUN |
2325 |
5 |
0 |
35,5 |
37,5 |
18,75 |
9 |
0,78 |
20 |
15,6 |
| 14 |
7 |
|
GM |
Aczel, Gergely |
|
HUN |
2496 |
4,5 |
0 |
40 |
43,5 |
18,75 |
9 |
-1,06 |
10 |
-10,6 |
| 15 |
22 |
|
WIM |
Terbe, Julianna |
w |
HUN |
2279 |
4,5 |
0 |
39 |
43 |
20,00 |
9 |
1,65 |
20 |
33 |
| 16 |
12 |
|
IM |
Krstulovic, Alex |
|
HUN |
2429 |
4,5 |
0 |
38 |
40,5 |
20,25 |
9 |
-1,09 |
10 |
-10,9 |
| 17 |
19 |
|
IM |
Borhy, Marcell Boldizsar |
|
HUN |
2377 |
4,5 |
0 |
37 |
40 |
19,75 |
9 |
0,44 |
10 |
4,4 |
| 18 |
24 |
|
WIM |
Mihok-Juhasz, Barbara |
w |
HUN |
2218 |
4,5 |
0 |
35,5 |
37 |
13,25 |
9 |
1,24 |
20 |
24,8 |
| 19 |
23 |
|
IM |
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia |
w |
HUN |
2256 |
4 |
0 |
39 |
43 |
18,75 |
9 |
1,80 |
10 |
18 |
| 20 |
16 |
|
GM |
Horvath, Jozsef |
|
HUN |
2416 |
4 |
0 |
36,5 |
39,5 |
16,25 |
9 |
-1,10 |
10 |
-11 |
...30 players
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