I. BSSZ-ARANYTÍZ INTERNATIONAL MASTER TOURNAMENT AND VII. BUDAPEST OPEN PAPP BÉLA MEMORIAL
Dear Chessfriends!
The Budapest Chess Federation, in cooperation with Aranytíz House, organizes an international chess tournament in Budapest, in mid-August, for the seventh time. The main patrons of this tournament are the Municipality of Budapest and the City Council of the V. District.It’s starting to be a tradition that one of Hungary’s strongest grand master tournaments, and the attached side events attract the interested chess friends to the excellent Aranytíz House, next to the river Danube. I hope that we can guarantee a high standard entertainment this year as well, and this tournament will be at least as strong as the previous editions.
Budapest always had great chess traditions. It is here where the first Hungarian chess circle formed, first time unofficially led be Vince Grimm in 1839, and later, in 1864 officially, led by Ferenc Erkel, our nation’s great composer. The Hungarian Chess Federation was founded in Budapest too, first time in 1911, and after the First World War, also in 1921. So many great chess players from Budapest represented Hungary in different chess events and Olympiads, from them Géza Maróczy, László Szabó, Gedeon Barcza are excelling, or Judit Polgár, who was the top one woman chess player for over 25 years now, or former woman world champion Zsuzsa Polgár.
This chess tournament series, whose main patron is István Tarlós, Lord Mayor of Budapest, is not just an international chess tournament, it is also an important part of the cultural life of Budapest, and apart from the Hungarian chess players, we expect to see foreign players from all over the world, to bring good fame of Budapest everywhere.

The tournament
Date of tournament: 18-27th August 2017
Opening ceremony: Friday, 18 August from 14:45 in Theatre Room
Place of tournament: Aranytíz House of Culture, 1051 Budapest, Arany János str. 10.
Main Patron: István Tarlós, Lord Mayor of Budapest
Patrons: Máriusz Révész, Government Commissioner for Cycling and Active Recreation, president of BCF
Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi, Mayor of V. district of Budapest
Organizers: Budapest Chess Federation, IO László Nagy
Chief Arbiter: IA Gyula Fehér
Participants: Players with valid Hungarian playing license or foreign license. Foreign license costs 1500 HUF and lasts 365 days. In open group “A” at least 1600 FIDE Elo required, group“B” is for players under 1700 FIDE Elo. For the RR tournaments, players should consult with IO László Nagy.
Order of rounds: From 18th Friday to 27th Sunday. Free Day: 20th (Sunday). Every round starts at 15:00 except for the last when game starts at 10:00. Forfeit time: 45 minutes.
Organization system: The GM and IM tournaments: 9 rounds of round-robin. In the open tournaments: 9 rounds of Swiss. Pairing program: SwissManager.
Time control: 90’/40 moves + 30’ for the rest of the game, with 30” bonus/move.
Tie breaks: Master tournaments: 1. result against each other 2. Sonneborn-Berger
Open groups: 1. Buchholz, 2. progressive, 3. result against each other, 4. Sonneborn-Berger
Prizes: In all groups, winners get cup, 1-3th place players medals. The prize fund of Opens A and B together is 360 000 HUF.
Application: For the RR tournaments: firstsat@hu.inter.net
For the Open groups: bpchesstournament@gmail.com
Accommodation: IO László Nagy+36-30-2301914, firstsat@hu.inter.net
About the tournament
Date of tournament
Date of tournament: 18-27th August 2017
Opening ceremony: Friday, 18 August from 14:45 in Theatre Room
System of tournament
System: 9 rounds of Swiss system
Time rate: 90’/40 moves + 30’ for the rest of the game, with 30” bonus/move
Order of rounds: from 18th to 26th March.
Every rounds start at 16.30, except round 2 at 17.00 and round 9 at 10.00. Waiting time: 45 minutes.
Time until event start
Venue and date
Date: 18-27th August 2017
Venue: Aranytíz House of Culture
1051 Budapest, Arany János str. 10.

About the numbers
Current headcount
Prize found
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Patrons and partners

Aranytíz House of Culture

Municipality of Budapest

Budapest Chess Federation

Belváros-Lipótváros council

Hungarian Chess Federation