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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Budapest in May(Non-Chess)

The Budapest Car Wash
May 1 is a public holiday. Time to play some chess, go for a walk, get your car washed etc...

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Budapest Life(ctd)

Coffee Break-Photos by Thomas Heyl
Well I've been blogging pretty hard so time to sit back and relax a bit. I used to complain endlessly about the small European coffee cups, but not today.

One coffee-LARGE!

Oh yeah, Deee-licious!

Coffee and tactics with Nunn book

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Budapest Life 2013-03

Budapest Life
Photos by-Diana Mihajlova

Here's what my life is like in Budapest. Study, study and eat. Then blog, blog and blog some more. Then play chess.

Studying Hard

Mike Yip and Suze, the wonder rabbit

Making Friends

Mike Yip, new friend, and My System at Easter

Note the little chocolate ladybugs

Diana's Chess Art

Diana does fabulous reports for Chessbase like this CB Anya-Corke-a-special-talent-from-hong-kong,

Anya Corke

and also art like this.

The Rook by Diana Mihajlova

Budapest Entry Fee Summary

Entry Fees for FIDE 2000

There are some reasonably priced tournaments in Budapest in the ideal format of 1 game/day. The Amator Cup was added in 2012 and was held in the Hungarian Federation(downtown).

Foreign players should note the two-tier pricing system that First Saturday uses. Local players pay a fraction of the advertised prices at the unadvertised local rates.

Also, be aware that all prices are negotiable. You just need to know that they are. Even at the local rates, FS-FMA fees are approximately double the other local tournaments. First Saturday are the only Budapest tournaments returning no prizes.

The Amator Cup is held downtown while the Frech Karolyi and Torokves tournaments need some travel time on subway or tram. However, they are easy to find and need only some patient navigation. The Amator Cup 2012 consisted of four RR groups while the Frech Karolyi was a RR for the top 10 players and an open for the remaining players.

Torokves is run as two(or threee) RRs and an open for the remaining players. The site is the Torokves community center and has a Macdonalds across the street.

Usually, I'm the only foreign player but the odd time there has been another. There are some players who speak a bit English while Russian and German are common second languages.

Everyone is used to seeing me as I am quite active in the local tournaments so now I get to analyze in some broken Hungarian with some English thrown in.

The atmosphere is usually very casual and friendly with the players ranging from youngsters taking getting their experience to retirees devoting their spare time to chess.

Round Robin	Rds	Prizes	HUF	EUR	USD	CAN	2012
Amator Cup	9	Yes	5,000	17.8	23	23	November
Torokves A RR	9	Yes	5,500	19.4	25	25	April
Frech Karolyi	9	Yes	4,000	14	18	18	June
Torokves A RR	9	Yes	5,500	19.4	25	25	Sept
First Saturday(FS-FMA)	9-11	No	40,800	140	180.35	181	Monthly
FS Price for Hungarians		No	12,000	41	53	53	Monthly

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