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
Multiple-time winners
| Titles | Player | Years | 
|---|---|---|
| 9 | László Szabó | 1935, 1937, 1939, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1959, 1968 | 
| Lajos Portisch | 1958(1), 1958(2), 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965(2), 1971, 1975, 1981 | |
| Zoltán Almási | 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2019 | |
| 8 | Gedeon Barcza | 1942, 1943, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1966 | 
| Ferenc Berkes | 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 | |
| 3 | István Bilek | 1963, 1965(1), 1970 | 
| Zoltán Ribli | 1973, 1974, 1977 | |
| András Adorján | 1984, 1992, 1993 | |
| 2 | Zoltán von Balla | 1906, 1911 | 
| Lajos Steiner | 1931, 1936 | |
| Gyula Sax | 1976, 1977 | |
| József Pintér | 1978, 1979 | |
| Attila Schneider | 1982, 1989 | |
| Csaba Horváth | 1994, 1998 | 
Women's winners
Crosstables
- HUN-ch 42nd Budapest 1991 - Player - Rating - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 0 - Points - TB - Perf. - +/- - 1  Judit Polgár (Hungary) Judit Polgár (Hungary)- 2550 - * - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 6 - 2648 - +12 - 2  Andras Adorjan (Hungary) Andras Adorjan (Hungary)- 2530 - ½ - * - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 5½ - 23.75 - 2608 - +10 - 3  Gyula Sax (Hungary) Gyula Sax (Hungary)- 2600 - 0 - ½ - * - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - 5½ - 23.25 - 2600 - 0 - 4  Jozsef Horvath (Hungary) Jozsef Horvath (Hungary)- 2540 - ½ - ½ - ½ - * - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - 5 - 21.75 - 2567 - +4 - 5  Zsuzsa Polgar (Hungary) Zsuzsa Polgar (Hungary)- 2535 - ½ - 0 - 0 - ½ - * - 1 - 1 - 1 - ½ - ½ - 5 - 20.25 - 2568 - +4 - 6  Lajos Portisch (Hungary) Lajos Portisch (Hungary)- 2570 - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - 0 - * - 1 - ½ - 1 - ½ - 4½ - 2526 - -6 - 7  Péter Lukács (Hungary) Péter Lukács (Hungary)- 2500 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - 0 - * - ½ - ½ - ½ - 3½ - 16.00 - 2455 - -6 - 8  Tibor Tolnai (Hungary) Tibor Tolnai (Hungary)- 2480 - 0 - ½ - ½ - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - * - ½ - 1 - 3½ - 14.25 - 2458 - -3 - 9  Attila Grószpéter (Hungary) Attila Grószpéter (Hungary)- 2480 - 0 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - * - 1 - 3½ - 14.25 - 2458 - -3 - 10  Ivan Farago (Hungary) 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) Anita Gara (Hungary)- 2303 - * - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - 7 - 2487 - +21 - 2  Melinda Goczo (Hungary) Melinda Goczo (Hungary)- 2158 - ½ - * - 1 - 0 - ½ - 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 22.00 - 2324 - +20 - 3  Yelena Dembo (Hungary) Yelena Dembo (Hungary)- 2391 - ½ - 0 - * - 0 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 20.75 - 2299 - -11 - 4  Mónika Grábics (Hungary) Mónika Grábics (Hungary)- 2295 - ½ - 1 - 1 - * - 0 - 0 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 5 - 20.25 - 2309 - +2 - 5  Julia Horvath (Hungary) Julia Horvath (Hungary)- 2294 - ½ - ½ - 0 - 1 - * - ½ - 0 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 5 - 20.25 - 2309 - +2 - 6  Lili Toth (Hungary) Lili Toth (Hungary)- 2184 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - * - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 5 - 19.75 - 2321 - +17 - 7  Ticia Gara (Hungary) Ticia Gara (Hungary)- 2381 - 0 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 1 - 0 - * - 1 - ½ - 1 - 4 - 2223 - -19 - 8  Nikoletta Lakos (Hungary) Nikoletta Lakos (Hungary)- 2339 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - 0 - * - ½ - ½ - 3½ - 2187 - -19 - 9  Tünde Csonkics (Hungary) Tünde Csonkics (Hungary)- 2227 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - * - 1 - 3 - 2158 - -9 - 10  Olga Adam (Hungary) Olga Adam (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) Yelena Dembo (HUN)- 2390 - * - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 7½ - 2568 - +18 - 2  Nóra Medvegy (HUN) Nóra Medvegy (HUN)- 2354 - 1 - * - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 7 - 2510 - +18 - 3  Szidonia Vajda (HUN) Szidonia Vajda (HUN)- 2403 - 0 - ½ - * - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - 5½ - 2367 - -4 - 4  Anita Gara (HUN) Anita Gara (HUN)- 2352 - 0 - ½ - ½ - * - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 5 - 2332 - -2 - 5  Nikoletta Lakos (HUN) Nikoletta Lakos (HUN)- 2372 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - * - ½ - 0 - 1 - 1 - ½ - 4½ - 16.75 - 2291 - -10 - 6  Melinda Goczo (HUN) Melinda Goczo (HUN)- 2262 - 0 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - * - 1 - ½ - ½ - 1 - 4½ - 16.75 - 2303 - +5 - 7  Ticia Gara (HUN) Ticia Gara (HUN)- 2249 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - 1 - 0 - * - 1 - 1 - ½ - 4½ - 15.50 - 2304 - +7 - 8  Maria Ignacz (HUN) Maria Ignacz (HUN)- 2191 - 0 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 0 - ½ - 0 - * - 1 - 1 - 3 - 2191 - -1 - 9  Lili Toth (HUN) Lili Toth (HUN)- 2196 - ½ - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 0 - * - 1 - 2 - 2093 - -11 - 10  Anna Rudolf (HUN) 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) Anita Gara (Hungary)- 2353 - ½ - * - 0 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 7 - 26.50 - 2478 - +14 - 2  Ticia Gara (Hungary) Ticia Gara (Hungary)- 2354 - * - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 7 - 28.00 - 2478 - +14 - 3  Petra Papp (Hungary) Petra Papp (Hungary)- 2159 - 0 - 1 - * - 0 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - ½ - 5½ - 23.00 - 2361 - +25 - 4  Nóra Medvegy (Hungary) Nóra Medvegy (Hungary)- 2344 - ½ - 1 - 1 - * - 0 - 0 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 5½ - 19.50 - 2341 - 0 - 5  Nikoletta Lakos (Hungary) Nikoletta Lakos (Hungary)- 2310 - ½ - ½ - 0 - 1 - * - ½ - 0 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 5 - 19.25 - 2305 - 0 - 6  Szidonia Vajda (Hungary) Szidonia Vajda (Hungary)- 2375 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - * - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 5 - 18.00 - 2298 - -9 - 7  Anna Rudolf (Hungary) Anna Rudolf (Hungary)- 2313 - 0 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 1 - 0 - * - 1 - ½ - 1 - 4 - 2141 - -11 - 8  Eszter Dudas (Hungary) Eszter Dudas (Hungary)- 2141 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - 0 - * - ½ - ½ - 3 - 2121 - +2 - 9  Sarolta Toth (Hungary) Sarolta Toth (Hungary)- 2236 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - * - 1 - 2 - 2066 - -20 - 10  Mariann Csatari (Hungary) Mariann Csatari (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) Anna Rudolf (Hungary)- 2344 - * - 0 - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 7½ - 2497 - +15 - 2  Lili Toth (Hungary) Lili Toth (Hungary)- 2175 - 1 - * - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 27.25 - 2357 - +23 - 3  Melinda Goczo (Hungary) Melinda Goczo (Hungary)- 2234 - 0 - ½ - * - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - ½ - 6 - 23.00 - 2350 - +15 - 4  Nikoletta Lakos (Hungary) Nikoletta Lakos (Hungary)- 2389 - ½ - 1 - 1 - * - 0 - 0 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 5½ - 2302 - +2 - 5  Petra Papp (Hungary) Petra Papp (Hungary)- 2270 - ½ - ½ - 0 - 1 - * - ½ - 0 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 4½ - 2227 - -5 - 6  Eszter Hidegh (Hungary) Eszter Hidegh (Hungary)- 2146 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - * - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 4 - 2201 - +6 - 7  Veronika Schneider (Hungary) Veronika Schneider (Hungary)- 2339 - 0 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 1 - 0 - * - 1 - ½ - 1 - 3½ - 2141 - -25 - 8  Maria Pinterne Kovacs (Hungary) Maria Pinterne Kovacs (Hungary)- 2139 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - 0 - * - ½ - ½ - 3 - 2121 - -3 - 9  Klara Varga (Hungary) Klara Varga (Hungary)- 2223 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - * - 1 - 2½ - 10.00 - 2066 - -19 - 10  Boglarka Erdos (Hungary) Boglarka Erdos (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) Anna Rudolf (Hungary)- 2359 - * - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - ½ - 1 - 6 - 5.00 - 2370 - +2 - 2  Veronika Schneider (Hungary) Veronika Schneider (Hungary)- 2204 - ½ - * - 1 - 0 - ½ - 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 4.00 - 2388 - +23 - 3  Ticia Gara (Hungary) Ticia Gara (Hungary)- 2375 - ½ - 0 - * - 0 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 3.00 - 2370 - 0 - 4  Anita Gara (Hungary) Anita Gara (Hungary)- 2340 - ½ - 1 - 1 - * - 0 - 0 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 5½ - 23.25 - 2332 - -1 - 5  Melinda Goczo (Hungary) Melinda Goczo (Hungary)- 2204 - ½ - ½ - 0 - 1 - * - ½ - 0 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 5½ - 21.75 - 2346 - +18 - 6  Petra Papp (Hungary) Petra Papp (Hungary)- 2256 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - * - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 5 - 2300 - +6 - 7  Eszter Dudas (Hungary) Eszter Dudas (Hungary)- 2212 - 0 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 1 - 0 - * - 1 - ½ - 1 - 4 - 2228 - +2 - 8  Melinda Varga (Hungary) Melinda Varga (Hungary)- 2139 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - 0 - * - ½ - ½ - 3½ - 2196 - +6 - 9  Zsofia Domany (Hungary) Zsofia Domany (Hungary)- 2215 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - * - 1 - 2 - 2049 - -19 - 10  Lili Toth (Hungary) Lili Toth (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) Petra Papp (Hungary)- 2254 - * - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - 0 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6½ - 2398 - +17 - 2  Ticia Gara (Hungary) Ticia Gara (Hungary)- 2377 - ½ - * - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - 0 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 6 - 24.75 - 2340 - -3 - 3  Eszter Dudas (Hungary) Eszter Dudas (Hungary)- 2243 - ½ - ½ - * - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - ½ - ½ - 1 - 6 - 24.50 - 2354 - +14 - 4  Anna Rudolf (Hungary) Anna Rudolf (Hungary)- 2322 - 0 - ½ - 1 - * - ½ - 1 - 0 - ½ - ½ - 1 - 5 - 20.75 - 2264 - -7 - 5  Veronika Schneider (Hungary) Veronika Schneider (Hungary)- 2306 - 0 - 0 - 0 - ½ - * - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 5 - 17.25 - 2266 - -5 - 6  Boglarka Erdos (Hungary) Boglarka Erdos (Hungary)- 2185 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - * - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 4½ - 2240 - +7 - 7  Klara Varga (Hungary) Klara Varga (Hungary)- 2210 - ½ - 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 - * - ½ - ½ - ½ - 4 - 2199 - -2 - 8  Barbara Juhasz (Hungary) Barbara Juhasz (Hungary)- 2085 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - * - 1 - ½ - 3½ - 2173 - +9 - 9  Melinda Goczo (Hungary) Melinda Goczo (Hungary)- 2234 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - 0 - * - ½ - 3 - 2115 - -15 - 10  Anna Ruszin (Hungary) Anna Ruszin (Hungary)- 2133 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - * - 1½ - 1967 - -16 
References
- ^ Played in January 1995, but related to 1994
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- ^ "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ Not official championship
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- Négyesi, György; Honfi, György (2014). Az egyéni magyar bajnokságok – férfi és női (in Hungarian). Budapest. ISBN 978-963-12-0734-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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- 53rd Hungarian Championship
- 56th Hungarian Championship
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