Hunting norms in Budapest

by Priyadarshan Banjan
11/21/2014 – The very first "First Saturday tournament" in Budapest was played in 1987. The idea behind this successful series is simple: make it easier for young players to get round robin norms you need for the title. Since 1987 countless ambitious talents, among them several future chess superstars, have made their norms in Budapest. But that is not always easy.
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A tradition: The First Saturday tournaments in Budapest

Since 1987 the First Saturday tournaments held in Budapest on the first Saturday of every month (except January) have been an important breeding ground for many ambitious chess players. From the very beginning Mr. Laszlo Nagy - also known as Mr. First Saturday in the chess world - has organized the tournament series with utmost dedication.

Many of the current generation of chess super stars gained GM/IM norms in Budapest, including Peter Leko, Koneru Humpy, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Hou Yifan and more recently Richard Rapport. For many young and ambitious players the trip to Budapest proved to be an 'educational experience'.

Koneru Humpy, 2001

No prizes for guessing who the little kid is!

Hikaru Nakamura, 2002

Hou Yifan, 2008

The white side of the board looks a bit too 'normal', right? This is Richard Rapport! (2009)

Mr. "First Saturday "at work!

The November 2014 edition of this tournament was conducted from 1st November to 11th November 2014 at the Hotel Madosz in central Budapest. The Hotel Madosz has been the venue for this tournament since February 2011 and takes special care of its chess guests. First Saturday tournaments are traditionally conducted in 4 different groups: the Grandmaster section, the International Master section, the FIDE Master-A and the FIDE Master-B sections. The time control of this event was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with a 30 second increment from move 1. IA Miklos Orso was the chief arbiter of the tournament.

The grandmaster tournament was a six player double round robin. Newly minted Vietnamese Grandmaster Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy began the tournament as top seed and won comfortably, half a point ahead of second seed GM Zoltan Varga. The Hungarian GM Dr. Andras Flumbort displayed remarkable attacking skills and finished third. As the three grandmasters dominated the event no candidate could score title norms.

GM Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy (Elo 2492)

Final standings:

Here is a selection of two games for you to enjoy. The game by GM Varga shows a simple idea that might prove useful to you in your games.

 
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56.Bb6 Bh4 57.Bf2 Bd8 57...Bxf2 58.Kxf2 Kxa5 59.h4 58.Be1 Kb5 59.Kf3 Be7 60.Kg4 Bf6 61.Bd2 Bd8 62.a6! Kxa6 63.Bg5 Ba5 64.h4 Kb7 65.Kf5 Kc6 66.h5 Kd7 67.h6 Bc3 68.Bf6 1–0
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Varga,Z2470Aharon,O23271–02014A00First Saturday GM November 20141.3

FM Aharon Ofir of Israel (Elo 2327) and Hungarian GM Zoltan Varga (Elo 2470)

The next game is a pretty attacking performance by GM Andras Flumbort in an isolated queen's pawn structure (IQP). Let IM Sagar Shah guide you through this fast paced game.

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 The Queen's Gambit Accepted is an extremely solid opening for Black players. However, in return for an Isolated Queen Pawn, White gets excellent free flowing development. 6.0-0 a6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.Bg5 0-0 White pieces are excellently positioned. The question now remains on how to deploy the rooks. Nimzowitch was of the opinion that the rooks should be placed on c1 and d1 in such structures and he mentions it in his very famous book: My System. But over the years it has been found out that the White rooks belong on d1 and e1. This is true because he is putting all his money on a successful kingside attack and doesn't care what is going on on the queenside. 11.Qd2 b5 12.Rad1 Na5 13.Bc2! Just like the Ruy Lopez bishop, this one is just too precious to be given up. Nc4 14.Qf4! Bb7 14...Nxb2 This move somehow reminds me of the game Polugaevsky-Tal 1969 in which the White player shows phenomenal preparation and crashes through the World champions defenses. A must watch game. 15.Bxf6 gxf6 15...Bxf6 16.Qe4 g6 17.Qxa8± 16.Rb1 16.Qe4 f5 17.Qxa8 Nxd1 18.Rxd1 Qc7 16...Nc4 17.Qg4+ Kh8 18.Qe4 f5 19.Qxa8± 15.d5! I really like this move. Getting rid of the IQP with d4-d5 is one of the common ideas in this structure. White's attack develops very naturally here. The main idea of this move is to open the e-file for the rook as we shall see in the game. exd5 15...Bxd5 16.Qh4 h5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Nd4 16.Qh4 g6? 16...h5! was the best defense available for Black. This is a very nice idea that Black has at his disposal and should become a pattern of your arsenal. The point is that if White wants to win the h5 pawn then he will have to give up his bishop for the f6 knight which will make it extremely difficult for him to crash through Black's defenses. 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Qxh5 g6 19.Bxg6 fxg6 20.Qxg6+ Kh8 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Qe7∞ and Black is clinging on. 17.Rfe1! simple and strong. A sacrifice on e7 is going to finish off the game. h6 18.Qxh6 Ng4 19.Qh4 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 Nf6 21.Qh6! A very subtle and killer move. The rook is going to come to h4 very soon to finish off the game. Qb6? 21...Qc7 was the only defensive move in the position. 22.Bxg6 Qxf2+ White is of course not going to fall for this small trick. 23.Kh1 23.Kxf2? Ng4+± 23...Ne3 24.Rxe3 Qxe3 25.Bh7+ A beautiful attacking game by Dr Andras Flumbort. 25.Bh7+ Kh8 25...Nxh7 26.Qxh7# 26.Qxf6# 1–0
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Flumbort,A2458Farkas,R23051–02014A00First Saturday GM November 20142.3

GM Andras Flumbort of Hungary (Elo 2458)

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Be7 12.b3 0-0 ½–½
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Flumbort,A2458Nguyen,H2492½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20141.1
Farkas,R2305Tran,T2391½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20141.2
Varga,Z2470Aharon,O23271–02014A00First Saturday GM November 20141.3
Nguyen,H2492Aharon,O2327½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20142.1
Tran,T2391Varga,Z2470½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20142.2
Flumbort,A2458Farkas,R23051–02014A00First Saturday GM November 20142.3
Farkas,R2305Nguyen,H24920–12014A00First Saturday GM November 20143.1
Varga,Z2470Flumbort,A2458½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20143.2
Aharon,O2327Tran,T23911–02014A00First Saturday GM November 20143.3
Nguyen,H2492Tran,T2391½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20144.1
Flumbort,A2458Aharon,O2327½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20144.2
Farkas,R2305Varga,Z2470½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20144.3
Varga,Z2470Nguyen,H2492½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20145.1
Aharon,O2327Farkas,R23051–02014A00First Saturday GM November 20145.2
Tran,T2391Flumbort,A2458½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20145.3
Nguyen,H2492Flumbort,A2458½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20146.1
Tran,T2391Farkas,R2305½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20146.2
Aharon,O2327Varga,Z2470½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20146.3
Aharon,O2327Nguyen,H24920–12014A00First Saturday GM November 20147.1
Varga,Z2470Tran,T2391½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20147.2
Farkas,R2305Flumbort,A24580–12014A00First Saturday GM November 20147.3
Nguyen,H2492Farkas,R23051–02014A00First Saturday GM November 20148.1
Flumbort,A2458Varga,Z2470½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20148.2
Tran,T2391Aharon,O2327½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20148.3
Tran,T2391Nguyen,H2492½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20149.1
Aharon,O2327Flumbort,A2458½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 20149.2
Varga,Z2470Farkas,R23051–02014A00First Saturday GM November 20149.3
Nguyen,H2492Varga,Z2470½–½2014A00First Saturday GM November 201410.1
Farkas,R2305Aharon,O23271–02014A00First Saturday GM November 201410.2
Flumbort,A2458Tran,T23910–12014A00First Saturday GM November 201410.3

The International Master section had ten players playing a 9 round all play all event. As in the Grandmaster tournament no candidate made a norm. The event was won by the untitled German player Kevin Hoegy who scored 5.5/9 and finished equal first with IM Adam Szeberenyi and CM Tran Minh Thang but won on tie-break.

Kevin Hoegy of Germany (Elo 2257)

Final standings:

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Bxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd1 0-0 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nc3 Ra7 14.a4 b4 15.Nd5 Qh4 16.f3 a5 17.g3 Qd8 18.Rf2 Kh8 19.Ne3 Qf6 20.Kg2 Nd7 21.Ng4 Qg6 22.Qd4 Nc5 23.Ne5 Qh5 24.Nd3 Nxd3 25.cxd3 Ra6 26.Rc1 c5 27.Qe3 f5 28.Bd5 Ra7 29.Qf4 Rf6 30.Rxc5 dxc5 31.Qb8 Rf8 32.Qxa7 fxe4 33.Bxe4 Bh3+ 34.Kg1 c4 35.Qe3 cxd3 36.Rd2 Rc8 37.Rxd3 Qe5 38.Rd2 Qe6 39.Kf2 Bf5 40.Bb7 Qxe3+ 41.Kxe3 Re8+ 42.Be4 Be6 43.Rd6 Bb3 44.Ra6 Bxa4 45.Rxa5 Bc6 46.Ra6 Bd5 47.Rb6 b3 48.h4 Bf7 49.g4 g6 50.Kf4 Kg7 51.Rd6 Re7 52.g5 Ra7 53.Ke3 hxg5 54.hxg5 Ra2 55.Rd2 Ra5 56.f4 Ra1 57.f5 gxf5 58.Bxf5 Rg1 59.Rd7 Rxg5 60.Kf4 Rg1 61.Be6 Rf1+ 62.Kg4 Kf8 63.Rxf7+ Rxf7 64.Bxf7 Kxf7 65.Kf5 Ke7 66.Ke5 Kd7 67.Kd5 Kc7 68.Kc5 Kb7 69.Kb5 Kc7 70.Kc5 Kb7 71.Kc4 Kc6 72.Kb4 Kb6 73.Ka4 Ka6 74.Ka3 Ka5 75.Kxb3 Kb5 76.Ka3 Ka5 77.b3 Kb5 78.b4 Kb6 79.Kb3 Kb5 80.Kc3 Kb6 81.Kc4 Kc6 82.b5+ Kb6 83.Kb4 Kb7 84.Ka5 Ka7 85.b6+ Kb7 86.Kb5 Kb8 87.Kc6 Ka8 88.Kb5 Kb8 89.Kc6 Kc8 90.Kd6 Kb7 91.Kc5 Kb8 92.Kc4 Kb7 93.Kb5 Kb8 94.Ka6 Ka8 95.b7+ Kb8 ½–½
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Szalanczy,E2232Balint,V2158½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20141.1
Tran,M2066Petesch,G22631–02014A00First Saturday IM November20141.2
Szeberenyi,A2316Boguszlavszkij,J2262½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20141.3
Lyell,M2294Martic,Z23211–02014A00First Saturday IM November20141.4
Hoegy,K2257Grimm,D2252½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20141.5
Balint,V2158Grimm,D22521–02014A00First Saturday IM November20142.1
Martic,Z2321Hoegy,K2257½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20142.2
Boguszlavszkij,J2262Lyell,M2294½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20142.3
Petesch,G2263Szeberenyi,A23161–02014A00First Saturday IM November20142.4
Szalanczy,E2232Tran,M20660–12014A00First Saturday IM November20142.5
Tran,M2066Balint,V2158½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20143.1
Szeberenyi,A2316Szalanczy,E2232½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20143.2
Lyell,M2294Petesch,G22630–12014A00First Saturday IM November20143.3
Hoegy,K2257Boguszlavszkij,J2262½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20143.4
Grimm,D2252Martic,Z23210–12014A00First Saturday IM November20143.5
Balint,V2158Martic,Z23211–02014A00First Saturday IM November20144.1
Boguszlavszkij,J2262Grimm,D2252½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20144.2
Petesch,G2263Hoegy,K22570–12014A00First Saturday IM November20144.3
Szalanczy,E2232Lyell,M22941–02014A00First Saturday IM November20144.4
Tran,M2066Szeberenyi,A2316½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20144.5
Szeberenyi,A2316Balint,V21581–02014A00First Saturday IM November20145.1
Lyell,M2294Tran,M20661–02014A00First Saturday IM November20145.2
Hoegy,K2257Szalanczy,E22321–02014A00First Saturday IM November20145.3
Grimm,D2252Petesch,G22631–02014A00First Saturday IM November20145.4
Martic,Z2321Boguszlavszkij,J22621–02014A00First Saturday IM November20145.5
Balint,V2158Boguszlavszkij,J22620–12014A00First Saturday IM November20146.1
Petesch,G2263Martic,Z23211–02014A00First Saturday IM November20146.2
Szalanczy,E2232Grimm,D22521–02014A00First Saturday IM November20146.3
Tran,M2066Hoegy,K22570–12014A00First Saturday IM November20146.4
Szeberenyi,A2316Lyell,M22941–02014A00First Saturday IM November20146.5
Lyell,M2294Balint,V21581–02014A00First Saturday IM November20147.1
Hoegy,K2257Szeberenyi,A2316½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20147.2
Grimm,D2252Tran,M20660–12014A00First Saturday IM November20147.3
Martic,Z2321Szalanczy,E22320–12014A00First Saturday IM November20147.4
Boguszlavszkij,J2262Petesch,G22631–02014A00First Saturday IM November20147.5
Balint,V2158Petesch,G22631–02014A00First Saturday IM November20148.1
Szalanczy,E2232Boguszlavszkij,J2262½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20148.2
Tran,M2066Martic,Z23211–02014A00First Saturday IM November20148.3
Szeberenyi,A2316Grimm,D22521–02014A00First Saturday IM November20148.4
Lyell,M2294Hoegy,K22571–02014A00First Saturday IM November20148.5
Hoegy,K2257Balint,V2158½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20149.1
Grimm,D2252Lyell,M22941–02014A00First Saturday IM November20149.2
Martic,Z2321Szeberenyi,A2316½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20149.3
Boguszlavszkij,J2262Tran,M2066½–½2014A00First Saturday IM November20149.4
Petesch,G2263Szalanczy,E22321–02014A00First Saturday IM November20149.5

The 14-year old Vietnamese Candidate Master Tran Minh Thang did not manage to make a norm but the tournament still was a success for him: he won no less than 33 Elo-points.

Tran Minh Thang

The following game by him shows a variety of ideas. An attack on the queenside, standard tactics in similar positions and a black king on the run!

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0-0-0 Bb4 9.f3 Ne5 10.Bg5 b5 11.Kb1 Be7 12.g4 Bb7 13.h4 b4 14.Nce2 Nexg4 15.Rg1 15.fxg4 Nxe4 16.Qe3 Nxg5 15...Ne5 16.Ng3 h6 17.Bf4 Rc8 18.Bd3 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.e5 Nd5 21.Nh5 g6 22.Ng7+ Kd8 23.Bxh6 Kc7 24.Rg4 Kb8 25.h5 gxh5 26.Nxh5 Nc3+ 27.bxc3 bxc3 28.Qc1 Bxf3 29.Rf4 Bxd1 30.Qxd1 Qb4+ 31.Nb3 Qa3 32.Rb4+ Qxb4 33.Bc1 Qb7 34.a4 Rc4 35.Nf6 Bxf6 36.exf6 Rh1 37.Qd6+ Ka7 38.Qa3 Qb4 39.Ka2 Qxa3+ 40.Kxa3 Rxc1 41.Nxc1 Rf4 42.Nd3 Rxf6 43.Kb4 d6 0–1
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Szalanczy,E2232Tran,M20660–12014A00First Saturday IM November20142.5

The FM-A group had 6 players competing in a double round robin and was won by resident Hungarian Jozsef Juracsik with 8.0/10 points.

Jozsef Juracsik (Elo 2109)

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 0-0 6.Be2 Nc6 7.0-0 e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 f4 12.f3 g5 13.g4 Ng6 14.b4 Nf6 15.c5 Rf7 16.Nb2 Bf8 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nc4 h5 19.h3 Rh7 20.Rf2 Nh4 21.Rh2 Bd7 22.a4 Be7 23.Be1 Ng6 24.Bf2 Qf8 25.Kh1 hxg4 26.hxg4 Rxh2+ 27.Kxh2 Qh6+ 28.Kg2 Kf7 29.Qh1 Qg7 30.Qg1 b6 31.Bd3 Nh4+ 32.Bxh4 gxh4 33.Kf1 Rc8 34.Nb5 Bxb5 35.axb5 Rc7 36.Be2 Qg8 37.Kg2 Qc8 38.Rc1 Qd7 39.Rc2 Kg7 40.Qc1 Qxb5 41.Qb2 Qd7 42.Na3 Qc8 43.Qc1 Rxc2 44.Qxc2 Qxc2 45.Nxc2 a5 46.bxa5 bxa5 47.Bb5 Nh7 48.Na3 Bd8 49.Be2 Ng5 50.Nc4 Bc7 51.Kh2 Kf6 52.Kg2 Ke7 53.Bd1 Kd8 54.Na3 Bb6 55.Nc4 Kc7 56.Bc2 h3+ 57.Kh2 Bf2 58.Nd2 Bg3+ 59.Kh1 Be1 0–1
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Ditze,T1907Nagy,L18770–12014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20141.1
Bihari,M2030Marcu,S1912½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20141.2
Juracsik,J2109Schenkerik,C2071½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20141.3
Nagy,L1877Schenkerik,C20710–12014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20142.1
Marcu,S1912Juracsik,J21091–02014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20142.2
Ditze,T1907Bihari,M2030½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20142.3
Bihari,M2030Nagy,L1877½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20143.1
Juracsik,J2109Ditze,T19071–02014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20143.2
Schenkerik,C2071Marcu,S1912½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20143.3
Nagy,L1877Marcu,S19121–02014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20144.1
Ditze,T1907Schenkerik,C20711–02014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20144.2
Bihari,M2030Juracsik,J21090–12014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20144.3
Juracsik,J2109Nagy,L18771–02014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20145.1
Schenkerik,C2071Bihari,M2030½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20145.2
Marcu,S1912Ditze,T1907½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20145.3
Nagy,L1877Ditze,T19071–02014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20146.1
Marcu,S1912Bihari,M20301–02014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20146.2
Schenkerik,C2071Juracsik,J2109½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20146.3
Schenkerik,C2071Nagy,L18771–02014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20147.1
Juracsik,J2109Marcu,S19121–02014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20147.2
Bihari,M2030Ditze,T19071–02014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20147.3
Nagy,L1877Bihari,M2030½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20148.1
Ditze,T1907Juracsik,J21090–12014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20148.2
Marcu,S1912Schenkerik,C2071½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20148.3
Marcu,S1912Nagy,L1877½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20149.1
Schenkerik,C2071Ditze,T19071–02014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20149.2
Juracsik,J2109Bihari,M20301–02014A00First Saturday FM-A November 20149.3
Nagy,L1877Juracsik,J21090–12014A00First Saturday FM-A November 201410.1
Bihari,M2030Schenkerik,C2071½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-A November 201410.2
Ditze,T1907Marcu,S19120–12014A00First Saturday FM-A November 201410.3

The FM-B group had ten players competing in a 9 round all play all format. The 1944 born veteran Istvan Oberfrank stood clear first with 7.0/9 points.

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1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nbd2 Bxf4 6.exf4 Qd6 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Ndf3 Qb4+ 9.c3 Qxb2 10.Qc1 Qxc1+ 11.Rxc1 Bd7 12.Bd3 Nh5 13.g3 f6 14.Ng6 hxg6 15.Bxg6+ Ke7 16.f5 exf5 17.0-0 Kd6 18.Rfe1 Ne7 19.Nh4 Rh6 20.Rxe7 Kxe7 21.Re1+ Kd6 22.Bxf5 g5 23.Bxd7 Kxd7 24.Nf5 Rh7 25.Re2 Re8 26.Rb2 Re1+ 27.Kg2 b6 28.Kf3 Ng7 29.Nxg7 Rxg7 30.Kg2 Rc1 31.a4 Rxc3 32.a5 Ra3 33.axb6 axb6 34.Rb4 Re7 35.Rb2 Re4 36.Rd2 Ra4 37.Rd3 Rexd4 38.Rf3 Ke6 39.Rc3 c5 40.Rb3 Rab4 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Szabo,M1332Szurkos,A17410–12014A00First Saturday FM-B November20141.1
Ongut,T1685Bacsi,A17691–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20141.2
Szlenka,A1757Gruz,J17801–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20141.3
Oberfrank,I1755Alkire,B16131–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20141.4
Ambrus,F1397Steer,J18040–12014A00First Saturday FM-B November20141.5
Szurkos,A1741Steer,J1804½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-B November20142.1
Alkire,B1613Ambrus,F13971–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20142.2
Gruz,J1780Oberfrank,I17550–12014A00First Saturday FM-B November20142.3
Bacsi,A1769Szlenka,A1757½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-B November20142.4
Szabo,M1332Ongut,T16850–12014A00First Saturday FM-B November20142.5
Ongut,T1685Szurkos,A1741½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-B November20143.1
Szlenka,A1757Szabo,M13321–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20143.2
Oberfrank,I1755Bacsi,A17691–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20143.3
Ambrus,F1397Gruz,J17800–12014A00First Saturday FM-B November20143.4
Steer,J1804Alkire,B16131–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20143.5
Szurkos,A1741Alkire,B16131–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20144.1
Gruz,J1780Steer,J1804½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-B November20144.2
Bacsi,A1769Ambrus,F13971–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20144.3
Szabo,M1332Oberfrank,I17550–12014A00First Saturday FM-B November20144.4
Ongut,T1685Szlenka,A17571–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20144.5
Szlenka,A1757Szurkos,A1741½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-B November20145.1
Oberfrank,I1755Ongut,T1685½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-B November20145.2
Ambrus,F1397Szabo,M13320–12014A00First Saturday FM-B November20145.3
Steer,J1804Bacsi,A1769½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-B November20145.4
Alkire,B1613Gruz,J17800–12014A00First Saturday FM-B November20145.5
Szurkos,A1741Gruz,J17801–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20146.1
Bacsi,A1769Alkire,B16131–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20146.2
Szabo,M1332Steer,J18042014A00First Saturday FM-B November20146.3
Ongut,T1685Ambrus,F13971–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20146.4
Szlenka,A1757Oberfrank,I17551–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20146.5
Oberfrank,I1755Szurkos,A17411–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20147.1
Ambrus,F1397Szlenka,A17570–12014A00First Saturday FM-B November20147.2
Steer,J1804Ongut,T16851–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20147.3
Alkire,B1613Szabo,M13321–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20147.4
Gruz,J1780Bacsi,A17690–12014A00First Saturday FM-B November20147.5
Szurkos,A1741Bacsi,A1769½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-B November20148.1
Szabo,M1332Gruz,J17801–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20148.2
Ongut,T1685Alkire,B1613½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-B November20148.3
Szlenka,A1757Steer,J1804½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-B November20148.4
Oberfrank,I1755Ambrus,F13971–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20148.5
Ambrus,F1397Szurkos,A17410–12014A00First Saturday FM-B November20149.1
Steer,J1804Oberfrank,I1755½–½2014A00First Saturday FM-B November20149.2
Alkire,B1613Szlenka,A17571–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20149.3
Gruz,J1780Ongut,T16850–12014A00First Saturday FM-B November20149.4
Bacsi,A1769Szabo,M13321–02014A00First Saturday FM-B November20149.5

A glimpse of the tournament hall

FM Gabriel Petesch of USA (Elo 2263)

IM Zlatco Martic of Crotia (Elo 2321)

Group photo of the participants of First Saturday tournament, November 2014

Impressions from Budapest

Fisherman's Bastion

Heroes' Square

Hungarian Parliament

Tournament photos: Miklos Szabo
Photos of Humpy, Caruana, Yifan, Nakamura and Rapport: Laszlo Nagy (private)
Information: IM Miklos Orso, International Arbiter
Official tournament site

Priyadarshan Banjan is a 23-year-old club player from India. He works as an editor for ChessBase News and ChessBase India. He is a chess fanatic and an avid fan of Vishy Anand. He also maintains a blog on a variety of topics.

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