Press Release on First Saturday Budapest December events

15 years old Korpa Bence (HUN) hit GM level at First Saturday Budapest

Despite his young age Korpa Bence (15, HUN) is quite an experienced player.

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FM KORPA, Bence /HUN/

He is nine times National Champion in several age groups and with teams. He won bronze medal in U14 EU Championship (Mureck, AUT) in 2011 and came at 2-5th tied at Prague 2014. He is a student of Zrinyi Ilona Grammar School in Miskolc (HUN) visiting lessons regularly. He showed up amazingly resourceful skills always finding defence in the most difficult positions so he well deserved his first GM norm. His coach is GM Hera Imre (HUN) and after working together with half a year the young talent has closed up to GM level.

FM Sean Winshand Cuhendi (INA) has finished his half a year chess studies in Hungary with another success.


FM SEAN Winshand Cuhendi (INA)

During his stay he collected 5 tournament victories winning 180 standard FIDE Rating points. He always plays for victory knowing no compromise. He has been working with several coaches and plans to return to Budapest again when his school duties are fulfilled. He has achieved his second IM norm now and became Nr.1 junior player of Indonesia.

Final Ranking of First Saturday GM Dec 2013

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB1	Rt +/-
1	FM	Korpa Bence	2356	HUN	*	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	7.0	29.00	46.7
2	GM	Fodor Tamas Jr.	2461	HUN	0	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	5.5	21.25	2.2
3	GM	Kosic Dragan	2515	MNE	½	½	*	½	0	½	½	1	1	½	5.0	21.00	-9.9
4	IM	Petre Nad-Titus	2364	ROU	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	5.0	20.75	10.1
5	FM	Sean Winshand Cuhendi	2344	INA	0	0	1	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	5.0	18.25	19.6
6	GM	Farago Ivan	2476	HUN	½	½	½	½	1	*	½	½	0	½	4.5	21.00	-9.9
7	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	2378	ISL	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	4.5	18.50	3.1
8	IM	Hujbert Florian	2454	HUN	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	3.5	14.75	-16.9
9	WGM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	2277	KAZ	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	*	1	3.5	12.00	9.8
10	IM	Maksimovic Branimir	2398	SRB	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	*	1.5	7.00	-29.4

Li Bo (CHN) won the IM section with his usual precise and accurate play leaving no room for any errors and no chance for the opponents. He was able to convert even the slightest advantage into victory.


Li Bo (CHN)

His fellow-countryman Fang Yuxiang missed the IM norm only by half a point failing to win in the last round. WIM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (VIE) playing fine positional style almost hit the WGM norm but also failed in the last round.

Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB1	Rt +/-
1		Li Bo	2373	CHN	*	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	7.5	31.25	26.3
2		Fang Yuxiang	2189	CHN	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	6.0	25.00	40.7
3	WIM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	2231	VIE	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	5.0	19.75	17.3
4		Golubov Saveliy	2305	RUS	0	½	0	*	½	0	1	1	1	1	5.0	17.75	2.1
5	IM	Szeberenyi Adam	2317	HUN	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	4.5	19.00	-5.0
6	IM	To Nhat Minh	2350	HUN	0	½	½	1	½	*	0	0	1	1	4.5	17.75	-9.5
7	FM	Lyell Mark	2247	ENG	0	0	½	0	½	1	*	½	½	1	4.0	14.50	-0.9
8	FM	Brustkern Juergen	2257	GER	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	1	½	3.5	13.00	-10.2
9		Farkas Richard	2189	HUN	0	1	½	0	½	0	½	0	*	½	3.0	13.75	-4.3
10	IM	Petran Pal	2335	HUN	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	2.0	9.25	-32.7

The only woman participant of the FM-A section Gal Hanna Krisztina (15, HUN) topped all the boys and all the experienced male opponents. She won the U14 Rapid European Championship this year in Budva (MNE) and the U14 National Championship too in standard chess. She lives in Debrecen (HUN) where she regularly attends Huszar Gal Grammar school as a student.


GÁL, Hanna Krisztina (HUN)

The headmaster of her school is FM Donka Peter (HUN) who has been coaching her for several years now. Hanna has also been working with IM Mester Gyula (HUN) and with FIDE Senior Trainer IM Hazai Laszlo (HUN) recently. The youngest participant Füredi Erik (11, HUN) played surprisingly well for his age and collected +32 FIDE-Rating points. Bohus Adam (12, HUN) was the only one who could defeat the winner and he collected +20 points.

Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB1	Rt +/-	TB3
1		Gal Hanna Krisztina	2074	HUN	*	1	1	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	7.0	29.00	30.3	6
2		Furedi Erik	1989	HUN	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	6.0	23.25	31.8	4
3		Nagy Aron	2127	HUN	0	½	*	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	5.5	23.25	-2.7	3
4		Bohus Adam	2013	HUN	1	0	0	*	½	1	0	1	1	1	5.5	22.00	19.6	5
5	IM	Szalanczy Emil	2245	HUN	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	1	½	1	5.0	18.25	-20.3	3
6		Berta Sandor	1969	HUN	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	1	1	1	5.0	16.00	20.7	5
7		Steer Jozsef	1914	HUN	½	½	½	1	0	0	*	0	½	½	3.5	16.75	8.7	1
8	FM	Juhasz Bela	2141	HUN	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	*	½	1	3.5	12.75	-35.3	2
9		Kaufmann Attila	1970	HUN	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	2.5	9.50	-16.8	0
10		Lukacs Albert	1938	HUN	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	1.5	5.75	-26.0	0

The FM-B section was won by Marcu Simon (SVK) while the Hotel MEDOSZ Rapid Open tournament was won by FM Sean Winshand Cuhendi (INA).


MARCU, Simon /SVK/

The First Saturday tournament series will continue in February 2014 running every month regularly, starting always on the First Saturday of the months. Every Friday, prior to the main events the Hotel MEDOSZ Budapest Rapid Open takes place that runs for FIDE Rapid ratings.


Group photo of the participants, 2013 December

On behalf of the organizers and of the hundreds of participants we wish to express our special thanks for the management and personnel of the Hotel MEDOSZ Budapest for housing the event throughout the year of 2013 with great hospitality. We hope our co-operation will be similarly successful during 2014 too.

More info with all games, photos, archives available at: www.firstsaturday.hu
Contact: Nagy Laszlo IO, firstsat@hu.inter.net
Photos by: Szabo Miklos and Nagy Laszlo
Written by: IM Miklos Orso International Arbiter