Hungarian Chess Championship
The inaugural Hungarian Chess Championship was held in the city of Győr in 1906. Initially, there was no governing body responsible for its organisation, until the formation of the Hungarian Chess Federation. The HCF first appeared in 1911, but failed to establish itself properly until 1923.
The regularity of the Championship was patchy prior to 1950, due in part to the two world wars and inadequate funding. Since 1949 however, the HCF has been integrated with the Hungarian Sports Federation and so receives state support. Consequently, the Championship has since been held on an annual basis, with only the occasional omission. Exceptionally two consecutive events have occurred in the same year, due to the event being held at the year end.
The events held in 1981, 1984, 1991 and 1997 were all termed Super Championships. In both 1985 and 1988, the traditional national championship was substituted by an open championship and the winner of both editions was the Hungarian IM Béla Perényi.
As might be expected, the venue for the event has mostly been the capital city, Budapest. The events held post-World War II carry the official numbering (#) shown below, while the events held prior to 1945 are tagged with the letter 'p' (#p).
The 1999 championship (49th Men's, 47th Women's) was held 1–9 February in Lillafüred. In the men's section, the ten-player single round-robin tournament (average Elo rating 2553) was won by GM Zoltán Almási 6.0/9, a half point ahead of GM Gyula Sax and GM Zoltán Varga. The ten-player women's single round-robin (average Elo 2261) was won by WM Nóra Medvegy on tie-break over IM Ildikó Mádl, both with 6.0/9. Although invited by the Hungarian Chess Federation, some of the strongest Hungarian players chose not play this event including Susan Polgar, Judit Polgár, Zsófia Polgár, Péter Lékó, Lajos Portisch, and Zoltán Ribli.
Men's winners
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Women's winners
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# Year City Winner 38 1957 Gyor Eva Ladanyike Karakas 39 1959 Gyor Irene Hoensch 40 1960 Gyor Irene Hoensch 41 1965 Gyor Irene Hoensch 42 1990 Gyor Ildiko Madl 43 1991 Heviz Ildiko Madl 44 1992 Budapest Rita Atkins 45 1993 Heviz Ildiko Madl 46 1995 Budapest Eva Forgo 47 1996 Heviz Monika Grabics 48 1997 Budapest Nikoletta Lakos 49 1999 Lillafüred Nóra Medvegy 50 2000 Budapest Anita Gara 51 2001 Budapest Anita Gara 52 2002 Budapest Nikoletta Lakos 53 2003 Budapest Yelena Dembo 54 2004 Budapest Szidonia Vajda 55 2005 Szeged Nikoletta Lakos 56 2006 Szeged Ticia Gara 57 2007 Budapest Ticia Gara 58 2008 Visegrád Anna Rudolf 59 2009 Eger Ticia Gara 60 2010 Nyíregyháza Anna Rudolf 61 2011 Szeged Anna Rudolf 62 2012 Kisvarda Petra Papp 63 2013 Heviz Anita Gara
Crosstables
HUN-ch 42nd Budapest 1991 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 Judit Polgar (Hungary) 2550 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6 2648 +12 2 Andras Adorjan (Hungary) 2530 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 23.75 2608 +10 3 Gyula Sax (Hungary) 2600 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 23.25 2600 0 4 Jozsef Horvath (Hungary) 2540 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 21.75 2567 +4 5 Zsuzsa Polgar (Hungary) 2535 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 1 1 ½ ½ 5 20.25 2568 +4 6 Lajos Portisch (Hungary) 2570 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 4½ 2526 -6 7 Peter Lukacs (Hungary) 2500 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 3½ 16.00 2455 -6 8 Tibor Tolnai (Hungary) 2480 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 3½ 14.25 2458 -3 9 Attila Groszpeter (Hungary) 2480 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 3½ 14.25 2458 -3 10 Ivan Farago (Hungary) 2515 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 3 2412 -13
HUN-ch (Women) 51st Budapest 2001 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 Anita Gara (Hungary) 2303 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7 2487 +21 2 Melinda Goczo (Hungary) 2158 ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 5 22.00 2324 +20 3 Yelena Dembo (Hungary) 2391 ½ 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 5 20.75 2299 -11 4 Monika Grabics (Hungary) 2295 ½ 1 1 * 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 5 20.25 2309 +2 5 Julia Horvath (Hungary) 2294 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5 20.25 2309 +2 6 Lili Toth (Hungary) 2184 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 19.75 2321 +17 7 Ticia Gara (Hungary) 2381 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 ½ 1 4 2223 -19 8 Nikoletta Lakos (Hungary) 2339 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 3½ 2187 -19 9 Tunde Csonkics (Hungary) 2227 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 3 2158 -9 10 Olga Adam (Hungary) 2156 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 2½ 2120 -5
HUN-ch (Women) 53rd Budapest 2003 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 Yelena Dembo (HUN) 2390 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 7½ 2568 +18 2 Nora Medvegy (HUN) 2354 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7 2510 +18 3 Szidonia Vajda (HUN) 2403 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2367 -4 4 Anita Gara (HUN) 2352 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2332 -2 5 Nikoletta Lakos (HUN) 2372 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 1 ½ 4½ 16.75 2291 -10 6 Melinda Goczo (HUN) 2262 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 4½ 16.75 2303 +5 7 Ticia Gara (HUN) 2249 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * 1 1 ½ 4½ 15.50 2304 +7 8 Maria Ignacz (HUN) 2191 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 3 2191 -1 9 Lili Toth (HUN) 2196 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 2 2093 -11 10 Anna Rudolf (HUN) 2222 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * 1½ 2029 -20
Average Elo: 2299 <=> Cat: 2
HUN-ch (Women) 57th Eger 2009 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 Ticia Gara (Hungary) 2354 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 28.00 2478 +14 2 Anita Gara (Hungary) 2353 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7 26.50 2478 +14 3 Petra Papp (Hungary) 2159 0 1 * 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 23.00 2361 +25 4 Nora Medvegy (Hungary) 2344 ½ 1 1 * 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 19.50 2341 0 5 Nikoletta Lakos (Hungary) 2310 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5 19.25 2305 0 6 Szidonia Vajda (Hungary) 2375 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 18.00 2298 -9 7 Anna Rudolf (Hungary) 2313 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 ½ 1 4 2141 -11 8 Eszter Dudas (Hungary) 2141 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 3 2121 +2 9 Sarolta Toth (Hungary) 2236 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 2 2066 -20 10 Mariann Csatari (Hungary) 2117 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 2074 -15
HUN-ch (Women) 58th Nyíregyháza 2010 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 Anna Rudolf (Hungary) 2344 * 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 2497 +15 2 Lili Toth (Hungary) 2175 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 6 27.25 2357 +23 3 Melinda Goczo (Hungary) 2234 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 23.00 2350 +15 4 Nikoletta Lakos (Hungary) 2389 ½ 1 1 * 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 2302 +2 5 Petra Papp (Hungary) 2270 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 4½ 2227 -5 6 Eszter Hidegh (Hungary) 2146 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 2201 +6 7 Veronika Schneider (Hungary) 2339 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 ½ 1 3½ 2141 -25 8 Maria Pinterne Kovacs (Hungary) 2139 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 3 2121 -3 9 Klara Varga (Hungary) 2223 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 2½ 10.00 2066 -19 10 Boglarka Erdos (Hungary) 2147 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 2½ 8.50 2074 -9
HUN-ch (Women) 59th Szeged 2011 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 Anna Rudolf (Hungary) 2359 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6 5.00 2370 +2 2 Veronika Schneider (Hungary) 2204 ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 6 4.00 2388 +23 3 Ticia Gara (Hungary) 2375 ½ 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6 3.00 2370 0 4 Anita Gara (Hungary) 2340 ½ 1 1 * 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 23.25 2332 -1 5 Melinda Goczo (Hungary) 2204 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5½ 21.75 2346 +18 6 Petra Papp (Hungary) 2256 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2300 +6 7 Eszter Dudas (Hungary) 2212 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 ½ 1 4 2228 +2 8 Melinda Varga (Hungary) 2139 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 3½ 2196 +6 9 Zsofia Domany (Hungary) 2215 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 2 2049 -19 10 Lili Toth (Hungary) 2216 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1½ 1987 -24
HUN-ch (Women) 60th Kisvarda 2012 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 Petra Papp (Hungary) 2254 * ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2398 +17 2 Ticia Gara (Hungary) 2377 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 6 24.75 2340 -3 3 Eszter Dudas (Hungary) 2243 ½ ½ * 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6 24.50 2354 +14 4 Anna Rudolf (Hungary) 2322 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 5 20.75 2264 -7 5 Veronika Schneider (Hungary) 2306 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 1 1 5 17.25 2266 -5 6 Boglarka Erdos (Hungary) 2185 1 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 4½ 2240 +7 7 Klara Varga (Hungary) 2210 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 4 2199 -2 8 Barbara Juhasz (Hungary) 2085 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 3½ 2173 +9 9 Melinda Goczo (Hungary) 2234 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 3 2115 -15 10 Anna Ruszin (Hungary) 2133 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1½ 1967 -16
References
- ↑ Played in January 1995, but related to 1994
- Fehér, Gyula (1991–2005), Magyar Országos SakkTájékoztató, results 1991–2005
- Whyld, Ken (1986), Guinness Chess, The Records, Guinness Publishing, ISBN 0-85112-455-0 (men's winners up to 1985, except for Men's 1984 entry, which appears erroneous, see below)
- - corrected 1984 entry (Men's)
- Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, Hale, ISBN 0-7091-1030-8
- Crowther, Mark (15 February 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 223: 49th Hungarian Championships 1999, London Chess Center
- Crowther, Mark (10 June 2002), THE WEEK IN CHESS 396: 52nd Hungarian Championships 2002, London Chess Center
- Crowther, Mark (23 May 2005), THE WEEK IN CHESS 550: 55th Hungarian Championships 2005, London Chess Center
- 53rd Hungarian Championship
- 56th Hungarian Championship
- Susan Polgar on the 1986 edition
- Short bio of Attila Schneider
- Women's 2007 event Zsuzsa Veroci report
- Chessbase Database online