„F I R S T S A T U R D A Y”

„F I R S T   S A T U R D A Y”- 

Budapest , HUNGARY 

monthly chess tournament series for 

IGM-, IM- Titles, 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 years 2010-2011
Tournament  type	Grandmaster  Cat. VI-VII-VIII.	International  master	FM-A	FM-B
Average ELO	Above 2381	Above 2231	above 2050	1600 – 1800
No. of rounds	Minimal 9   –  maximal  11   g  a  m  e  s
Starting dates	4th September 2010,  2nd October, 6th November,  4th December 5th February 2011, 5th March, 2nd April, 7th May, 4th June, 2nd July, 6th August, 3rd Sept, 1st October, 5th November, 3rd December.
Time control	(90-90 min for 40 moves, then 30-30min/all) + 30 sec. after each move
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 ter (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  2001-2100/  100  2101-2150/  80    above 2151/ 60
License to play  in HUN	The HUN CHESS FEDERATION  takes  6 EURO/year fee  for playing license from every player, who plays in Hungary.  1 EURO about = 285 Ft –  Sept 2010 rate/,  15 EURO fee for tournament registration
Payment	In cash, before the first round, preferable in HUF,  according to the buying rate of the Western Union  organization.  Phone No. of them: 00-(361)-311-1610

There are many famous chess-players, who reached grandmaster norms at FIRST SATURDAY tournaments in Budapest from the start 1992 until 2010: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 Liviu-Dieter /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/, RAPPORT Richárd /HUN/, BALOG Imre /HUN/, Pap Gyula (HUN), Mihók Olivér HUN)….

List of accommodation possibilities in Budapest for chessplayers for 2010/2011 years

 

1.     GRANDSLAMPARK Hotel 3***, district No.11. Kapolcs Str.2/A,
Station name BALATONI út

With continental breakfast
single room 25, double room 35, triple room 50 EURO,

 
- 30-40 min to travel
to get to the tournament hall
(Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor),

By tram No.41 until Szabadsag bridge (green) cross the bridge
then by tram No.2 to Szalai utca(it is the second stop in front of the Parliament)From there two minutes walk.

2. MEDOSZ hotel 3***. district No.6, Jokai square 9,

buffet breakfast, single room 39, double room 46 EURO,

10 min to travel to the tournament hall,2 stops by tram Nr.4 or 6 from Oktogon to Jaszai Mari ter,then 3 minutes walk to Falk Miksa utca(street) Nr.10

3. Private rooms in the flat of the HUN chess loving people,
15 EURO per bed per night, no breakfast,

4. PREMIUM APARTMAN HOUSE,
studios with kitchen and breakfast,
single 35, double 40 EURO.

30 min to travel to the tournament hall,

district No.13, Orszagbiro Str.44-46.

5. CASA SOL Hotel, 4****,
single room 39, double room 46 EURO, district No.8,

Baross Str.108, 25-30 min to travel to the tournament hall.

6. NOVA APARTMENTS,
high standard whole flats, with kitchen,
Akácfa Str.24-26. close to the red metro station BLAHA, Lujza ter,
20 min to travel to the tournament hall,
from 1st November  until 1st April
single 29 €, double 32 €,
from 1st of April until 1st of November
single 44 €, double 47 € per night,

no breakfast (in this case payment done in € cash to the owner).

7. BUDAI SPORT HOTEL 3***, Janoshegyi Str.,
single room 25 €, double room 35 € with buffet breakfast,
8-10 minutes to walk from the 90 A bus NORMAFA station,
altogether 30-40 min to travel to the tournament hall.

The hotel is located in a very green area of the Buda mountain called Janos-hegy.

Beautiful view from the mountain to the city, very clean air.