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.
The venue for the event has mostly been the Hungarian 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 to participate in this event, including Susan Polgar, Judit Polgár, Zsófia Polgár, Péter Lékó, Lajos Portisch, and Zoltán Ribli.
Men's winners[]
# Year City Winner 01p 1906 Győr Zoltán von Balla 02p 1907 Székesfehérvár Leó Forgács 03p 1911 Budapest Zoltán von Balla, Zsigmond Barász 04p 1912 Temesvár Gyula Breyer 05p 1913 Debrecen Lajos Asztalos 06p 1922 Budapest Kornél Havasi 07p 1924 Győr Géza Nagy 08p 1928 Budapest Árpád Vajda 09p 1931 Budapest Lajos Steiner 10p 1932 Budapest Géza Maróczy 11p 1933 Budapest Esteban Canal 12p 1934 Budapest Erich Eliskases 13p 1935 Tatatóváros László Szabó 14p 1936 Budapest Lajos Steiner, Miguel Najdorf 15p 1937 Budapest László Szabó 16p 1939 Budapest László Szabó 17p 1941 Budapest Géza Füster 18p 1942 Budapest Gedeon Barcza 19p 1943 Diósgyőr Gedeon Barcza 01 1945 Budapest Tibor Florián 02 1946 Budapest László Szabó 03 1947 Budapest Gedeon Barcza 04 1948 Budapest Pal Benko 05 1950(1) Budapest Gedeon Barcza 06 1950(2) Budapest László Szabó 07 1951 Budapest Gedeon Barcza 08 1952 Budapest László Szabó 09 1953 Budapest Béla Sándor 10 1954 Budapest László Szabó 11 1955 Budapest Gedeon Barcza 12 1957 Budapest Gedeon Barcza 13 1958(1) Budapest Lajos Portisch 14 1958(2) Budapest Lajos Portisch 15 1959 Budapest László Szabó 16 1961 Budapest Lajos Portisch 17 1962 Budapest Lajos Portisch 18 1963 Budapest István Bilek 19 1964 Budapest Lajos Portisch 20 1965(1) Budapest István Bilek 21 1965(2) Budapest Lajos Portisch 22 1966 Budapest Gedeon Barcza 23 1967/8 Budapest László Szabó 24 1968/9 Budapest Győző Forintos 25 1969 Budapest Péter Dely 26 1970 Budapest István Bilek 27 1971 Budapest Lajos Portisch 28 1972 Budapest István Csom 29 1973 Budapest Zoltán Ribli 30 1974 Budapest Zoltán Ribli 31 1975 Budapest Lajos Portisch 32 1976 Budapest Gyula Sax 33 1977 Budapest Gyula Sax, Zoltán Ribli 34 1978 Budapest József Pintér 35 1979 Budapest József Pintér 36 1980 Budapest 37 1981 Budapest Lajos Portisch 38 1982 Budapest 39 1984 Budapest András Adorján 40 1986 Budapest Iván Faragó 41 1989 Budapest 42 1991 Budapest Judit Polgár 43 1992 Budapest András Adorján 44 1993 Gyula András Adorján 45 1994[1] Budapest Csaba Horváth 46 1995 Budapest Zoltán Almási 47 1996 Budapest Zoltán Varga 48 1997 Budapest Zoltán Almási 49 1998 Budapest Csaba Horváth 50 1999 Lillafüred Zoltán Almási 51 2000 Budapest Zoltán Almási 52 2002 Balatonlelle Róbert Ruck 53 2003 Hévíz Zoltán Almási 54 2004 Budapest Ferenc Berkes 55 2005 Kazincbarcika Zoltán Gyimesi 56 2006 Székesfehérvár Zoltán Almási 57 2007 Budapest Ferenc Berkes 58 2008 Nyíregyháza Zoltán Almási 59 2009 Szeged Zoltán Almási 60 2010 Szeged Ferenc Berkes 61 2011 Hévíz Viktor Erdős 62 2012 Hévíz Ferenc Berkes 63 2013 Gyula Ferenc Berkes 64 2014 Zalakaros Ferenc Berkes 65 2015 Zalakaros Ádám Horváth 66 2016 Zalakaros Ferenc Berkes[2] 67 2017 Zalakaros Richárd Rapport[3] 68 2018 Budapest Ferenc Berkes 69 2019 Budapest Zoltán Almási[4]
Women's winners[]
# Year City Winner p1 1942 Budapest Józsa Lángos p2 1943 Budapest Józsa Lángos p3 1944 Budapest Józsa Lángos 1 1947 Tatabánya Józsa Lángos [5] 1949 Tatabánya Józsa Lángos 2 1950 Tatabánya Józsa Lángos 3 1951 Budapest Józsa Lángos 4 1952 Budapest Józsa Lángos 5 1953 Budapest 6 1954 Budapest Éva Karakas 7 1955 Budapest 8 1956 Budapest Éva Karakas 9 1957 Budapest Irén Hönsch 10 1958 Budapest Istvánné Bilek 11 1959 Budapest Jenőné Sillye 12 1960 Budapest Jenőné Sillye 13 1961 Budapest Károlyné Honfi 14 1962 Budapest Éva Karakas 15 1963 Budapest Istvánné Bilek 16 1964 Budapest 17 1965 Budapest Éva Karakas 18 1966 Budapest Éva Karakas 19 1967 Budapest Mária Ivánka 20 1968 Budapest Mária Ivánka 21 1970(1) Budapest Mária Ivánka 22 1970(2) Budapest Mária Ivánka 23 1971 Budapest Mária Ivánka 24 1972 Budapest Mária Ivánka 25 1973 Budapest Zsuzsa Verőci 26 1974 Budapest Mária Ivánka 27 1975 Budapest Éva Karakas 28 1976 Budapest Éva Karakas 29 1977 Budapest Zsuzsa Verőci 30 1978 Budapest Mária Ivánka 31 1979 Budapest Mária Porubszky 32 1980 Budapest Zsuzsa Makai 33 1981 Budapest Tünde Csonkics 34 1982 Budapest 35 1983 Budapest Zsuzsa Verőci 36 1985 Budapest Ildiko Madl 37 1986 Budapest Mária Ivánka 38 1988 Budapest Erika Sziva 39 1990 Győr Ildiko Madl 40 1991 Budapest Ildiko Madl 41 1992 Budapest 42 1993 Gyula Ildiko Madl 43 1995(1) Budapest 44 1995(2) Budapest Nóra Medvegy 45 1996 Hévíz Mónika Grábics 46 1997 Budapest Nikoletta Lakos 47 1999 Lillafüred Nóra Medvegy 48 2000 Budapest Anita Gara 49 2001 Budapest Anita Gara 50 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 Anita Gara 60 2010 Nyíregyháza Anna Rudolf 61 2011 Szeged Anna Rudolf 62 2012 Kisvárda Petra Papp 63 2013 Hévíz Anita Gara 64 2014 Zalakaros Ildiko Madl 65 2015 Budapest Szidonia Vajda 66 2016 Mándok Anita Gara 67 2017 Zalakaros Anita Gara[3] 68 2018 Budapest 69 2019 Budapest Ticia Gara[6]
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 (Hungary) 2500 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 3½ 16.00 2455 -6 8 (Hungary) 2480 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 3½ 14.25 2458 -3 9 (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 (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 Mónika Grábics (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 (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 (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 (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 (HUN) 2191 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 3 2191 -1 9 (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 Anita Gara (Hungary) 2353 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7 26.50 2478 +14 2 Ticia Gara (Hungary) 2354 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 28.00 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 (Hungary) 2236 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 2 2066 -20 10 (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 (Hungary) 2175 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 6 27.25 2357 +23 3 (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 (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 (Hungary) 2139 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 3 2121 -3 9 (Hungary) 2223 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 2½ 10.00 2066 -19 10 (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 (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 (Hungary) 2215 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 2 2049 -19 10 (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 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 (Hungary) 2185 1 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 4½ 2240 +7 7 (Hungary) 2210 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 4 2199 -2 8 (Hungary) 2085 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 3½ 2173 +9 9 (Hungary) 2234 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 3 2115 -15 10 (Hungary) 2133 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1½ 1967 -16
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- ^ Not official championship
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- 53rd Hungarian Championship
- 56th Hungarian Championship
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- Chess national championships
- Women's chess national championships
- Chess in Hungary
- Recurring sporting events established in 1906
- National championships in Hungary
- 1906 establishments in Austria-Hungary