Mistrz międzynarodowy Krzysztof Pańczyk – znany zawodnik, trener i autor – zaliczył udany występ na turnieju w Budapeszcie.

THREE NORMS ON FIRST SATURDAY BUDAPEST

In July 2019, there were 4 separate groups on the monthly First Saturday Budapest chess tournament.

Two of the candidates has achieved an excellent performance by reaching the necessary 7 points for a GM norm. For 15 years old IM Bjerre Jonas Buhl (DEN) it was the second GM norm of his career, and probably he will achieve the third one as well soon.
IM Kantor Gergely (HUN) only needed his third and last norm, so he can start celebrating his GM title soon, and maybe he can reach the Hungarian national team as well.
The tournament’s regular GM participants, GM Aczel Gergely (HUN) and GM Ilincic Zlatko (SRB) showed a good example to the aspirants and finished with 6 and 5 points respectively. Young FM Assaubayeva Bibisara (KAZ) forgot her last month performance and made a solid 4 points in a relatively strong group.

First Saturday GM Budapest 6-16^th July 2019 Final Standings

In the International Master group FM Polschikov Alexey (RUS) not only reached the necessary 7 points for the norm, but even got above it by half point. He has a nice fighter spirit, only one of his games ended as a draw.
IM Vegh Endre (HUN) and IM Panczyk Krzysztof (POL) finished 2^nd and 3^rd place, making it hard for the aspirants to reach their goals. The group was very well balanced as 4 players finished with 5 points. The youngest participant in this group, FM Ongut Tamas Gunes (HUN) couldn’t get near an IM norm, but proved his fighting spirit by usually finishing his games last in the hall after more than 5 hours of playtime.

First Saturday IM Budapest 6-16^th July 2019 Final Standings

The FM section of the tournament was consisted of 6 2^nd and 3^rd class players, they played a double RR tournament. The former unrated Berenyi Lajos (HUN) dominated the group with a convincing 8,5 points out of 10 games.
Young Austrian Hofstadler Mario finished 2^nd with an also nice 6,5 points, gaining 53 rating points in the process.

First Saturday FM Budapest 6-16^th July 2019 Final Standings

In the scheveningen system group, the usual scenario took place. The stronger row won more games, but the weaker players (at least 3 of the 5) achieved a massive rating boost. FM Farago Sandor (HUN) was the most successful in this section by gaining 8 points out of 10 games. The rating indifferences were clearly shown by his ‘massive’ 1 rating gain in the end.
In the weaker group Kepplinger Lukas (AUT) had the best performance with 6 points (and gained 51 rating), while two young players: Ananya Rishi Gupta (IND) and Bilku Andras (HUN) earned above 80 rating points in the tournament.

First Saturday Nadassy group Budapest 6-16^th July 2019 Final Standings

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   [Event "First Saturday IM July 2019"]   [White "Białe: Pańczyk, Krzysztof"]   [Black "Czarne: Lyell, Mark"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D07"]   [WhiteElo "2347"]   [BlackElo "2216"]   [PlyCount "65"]   [EventDate "2019.07.06"]         d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4 8.     Ne2 Nf6 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nb5 Qg5 11. h4 Qh6 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qg3 Rad8 14. Bc4   Rfe8 15. O-O Re4 16. b3 Nh5 17. Qxc7 Re7 18. Qh2 a6 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Nf5 Nf3+     gxf3 Bxf5 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. Rd6 Be6 24. Rfd1 Qg6+ 25. Kh1 Qf5 26. Qg2 Bxc4   bxc4 Qc2 28. Ba1 Qxc4 29. Qg5 f6 30. Qxh5 g6 31. Qg4 f5 32. Qg5 Qe2 33. Kg2     [1-0]