25th Budapest Spring Festival 

9 rounds Swiss Open Chess Tournament 

20th-28th of  March 2009

    Organizer:Nagy, Laszlo 
    Phone/fax:(36-1)-263-2859 from abroad

   mobile: (36)-30-230-1914,

   e-mail:firstsat@hu.inter.net 

Venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10, 2nd  floor,  close to the red metro station Kossuth square. 

Time limit: 120 minutes till the end, after each move 30 s increment, 

Schedule: registration until 21:00 on the 19th of March at the organizer (phone, e-mail), then personally in the tournament hall until 15:30 on the 20th of  March. From the players 1350 Ft FIDE ELO registration fee must be paid to the Hungarian Chess Federation by each players per year before the tournament. 
Opening ceremony and first round: at 16.00 hours on 20th of March, Friday, 
1st - 9th rounds: from 16:00-21:00, closing ceremony: at 21:00 hour on the 28th of March.

Prizes:  net 

60-40-30-15-10-5 

thousand HUF

Special prizes: 5 thousand HUF to the best junior U-20, best U-14, best woman, best senior/60+/, best unrated./With at least 5 players in the group/. 
Prize system is valid for at least  70 players.If less,then proportionally decreases. 
In case of equal points:Progressive, TPR, Buchholz, Berger -Sonneborn calculation.We do not devide prizes. 
Entry fee system: 
 

From FIDE rating

To FIDE rating

   entry fee/HUF/

 

 nonrated

10000-

1600

    2000

9500,-

2001

    2100

8500,-

2101

    2200

8000,-

2201

    2300

7000,-

2301

    2350

6000,-

2351

    2400

5000,-

IGM,WGM,IM,WIM no entry fee. 
Accommodation info on our webpage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu