29th Budapest Spring Festival 

9 rounds Swiss Open Chess Tournament 

18th-27th March  2013

    Organizer:Nagy, Laszlo IO
    Office phone+ (36-1)-263-2859 from abroad,

    mobile: +(36)-30-230-1914 /from   abroad/,

    e-mail:firstsat@hu.inter.net 

Venue: The MEDOSZ hotel, Budapest, J¨®kai square 9, close to the OKTOGON yellow metro station. 

Time limit: 90 min for 40 moves, then half an hour till the end,,

+ 30 s increment/move

Schedule:registration until 21:00 on 17th March at the organizer (phone, e-mail), then personally in the tournament hall until 15:30 on  18th March, Monday. 1500 Ft registration fee must be paid for the Hungarian Chess Federation by each player per year before the tournament. 
Opening ceremony and first round: at 4 p.m. on 18th  March, Monday, 1st - 9th rounds: from 16:00-21:00, free day on 24th March SUNDAY, closing ceremony: at 21:00.on 27th March Wednesday. 

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+/,unrated./With at least 5 players in the group/.  As an info: 1 EURO = 295-300 HUF.  /2012 June rate/
Prize system is valid supposing at least  70 players.If less, prizes decreasing proportionally.  
In case of equal points:Progressive, TPR, Buchholz,  calculation.We do not devide prizes. 
Entry fee system: 
 

From FIDE rating

To FIDE rating

   entry fee/HUF/

nonrated

1600

12000,-

1601

    2000

11000,-

2001

    2100

10000,-

2101

    2200

9000,-

2201

    2300

8000,-

2301

    2350

7000,-

2351

    2500

6000,-

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