„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: IO 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 year 2011-2012
Tournament  type	Grandmaster Cat. VI-VII-VIII.	International  master	FM-A	FM-B	FM-C
Average ELO	above 2381	above 2231	above 2000	between 1600-1800	below 1600
No. of rounds	Minimum 9   –  maximum 11   g  a  m  e  s
Starting dates	2011 year - 3rd September, 1st October, 5th November, 3rd December, 2012 year – 4^th Febr, 3^rd March, 7^th April, 5^th May, 2^nd June, 7^th July, 4^th August, 1^st September, 6^th October, 3^rd November, 1^st December
Time control	(90-90 min for 40 moves, then 30-30 min/all) + 30 sec. after each move Zero tolerance waiting rule is not applied. Maximum delay of a player is 60 minutes.
Start of the rounds	First day at 14:00, the other days at 16:00
Prizes	Written certificates about participation in the tournament
Venue	HOTEL MEDOSZ 3***, Budapest, district No 6, Jokai square 9,  close to the yellow underground station OKTOGON, easily accessibly by trams Nr.4 and Nr.6
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  1801- 1900/180 1901- 2000/160  2001- 2100/140  2101- 2200/120  2201- 2250/100	nonrated     200 1600-1700/ 180 1701-1800/ 160  1801-1850/ 140 1851-1900/ 120  1901-2000/ 100	nonrated 200 1200-1400 / 180 1401-1500 / 160 1501-1600 / 140 1601-1700 / 120 above 1701 / 100
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 = 275 Ft – Oct 2010 rate/,  15 EURO fee for tournament FIDE registration contribution
Payment	In cash, before the first round, preferable in HUF, according to the buying rate of 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), ANTAL, Gergely (HUN), BÁNUSZ, Tamás /HUN/.

List of accommodation possibilities in Budapest for chessplayers for 2011-2012

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

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

close to the yellow underground station OKTOGON. Easily accessible by trams Nr.4 and Nr.6

2. GRANDSLAMPARK hotel 3***, district No.11. Kapolcs Str.2/A,

Tram No. 41. station name BALATONI ut.

With continental breakfast, single room 25, double room 35, triple room 50 EUR, about 30-40 min to travel to the tournament hall.

3. Private rooms in flats of HUN chess loving people,
15 EUR per bed per night, no breakfast,

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

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 EUR, district No.8,

Baross Str.108, 15-20 min easy travel to the tournament hall by trams Nr.4 or Nr.6

6. NOVA APARTMENTS,
high standard separated flats, with kitchen,
Akacfa Str.24-26. close to the red metro station BLAHA, Lujza square, 10-15 min to travel to the tournament hall,
from 1st November until 1st April
single 29 EUR, double 32 EUR,
from 1st of April until 1st of November
single 44 EUR, double 47 EUR per night,

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

7. BUDAI SPORT hotel 3***, Janoshegyi Str.,
single room 25 EUR, double room 35 EUR with buffet breakfast,
8-10 minutes 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-mountains. Beautiful view from the mountain to the city, very clean air.