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
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Nc4 b5 9.Ne3 Nf6 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 Nb4 12.a3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Be6 14.Ncd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Rc8 16.c3 f5 17.Be3 fxe4 18.Qxe4 Rc4 19.Qd3 Rf7 20.a4 Bf8 21.axb5 axb5 22.f4 Bf5 23.Qd2 Ra4 24.Rad1 Qe8 25.h3 Re4 26.Rde1 Qc6 27.Nb4 Qb7 28.Ra1 exf4 29.Bxf4 d5 30.Qxd5 Qxd5 31.Nxd5 Be6 32.Rad1 Bxd5 33.Rxd5 Rexf4 34.Rxf4 Rxf4 35.Rxb5 Kf7 36.b3 Ke6 37.c4 Bd6 38.Ra5 Be5 39.Rb5 h5 40.Rb6+ Kf5 0–1
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| Horvath,A | 2439 | Antal,G | 2569 | 0–1 | 2023 | | Hungarian Championship 2023 | 9.1 |
| Mihok,O | 2549 | Kozak,A | 2588 | ½–½ | 2023 | | Hungarian Championship 2023 | 9.2 |
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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 |
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