Budapest Winter - Group A

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22 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 09 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2163, and top seed was Tibor Bodi (🇭🇺 HUN, FM, 2295).

Nhat Minh To (🇭🇺 HUN, IM, 2285) won with 5.5/6, ahead of David Haszon (4.5) and Levente Miszler (4.0). To shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Andras Illes (1864) beat Sorin-Mihai Samu (1995), a +131-point gap.

Location

🇭🇺Budapest, Hungary

Dates

09 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇭🇺FMTibor Bodi2295

Avg top 10

2,163

Participants

Titled players · 5

IM×1

FM×4

Federations · 2 represented

🇭🇺Hungary×21

🇷🇴Romania×1

Top 3

🥇
IMNhat Minh To
🇭🇺HUN·2285
5.5pts·2581perf+17.2
🥈
FMDavid Haszon
🇭🇺HUN·2269
4.5pts·2342perf+12.8
🥉
FMLevente Miszler
🇭🇺HUN·2272
4.0pts·2270perf+1.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

IM Nhat Minh To led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

To5.5Haszon4.5Miszler4Balint4Bodi4Gabula4

R5 · LEADER CHANGE11 Jan

IM Nhat Minh To takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Nhat Minh To beat FM David Haszon (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Nhat Minh To 3 wins (R4–R6)FM David Haszon 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMNhat Minh To	*	1	½	1
2FMDavid Haszon	0	*	½	—
3FMLevente Miszler	½	½	*	—
4FMVilmos Balint	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	To, Nhat MinhIM	2285	HUN	+12N	+10B	=3N	+6B	+2N	+4B	5.5	19.5	22.0	20.00	2581	+17.2
2	Haszon, DavidFM	2269	HUN	+13N	+9B	+4N	=3B	−1B	+10N	4.5	20.0	22.5	15.00	2342	+12.8
3	Miszler, LeventeFM	2272	HUN	+16B	+5N	=1B	=2N	−4N	+14B	4.0	20.5	22.5	13.50	2270	+1.6
4	Bodi, TiborFM	2295	HUN	+14B	+7N	−2B	+17N	+3B	−1N	4.0	20.0	22.0	12.00	2281	0.0
5	Gabula, Adam	2055	HUN	+15N	−3B	=8N	+10B	+7B	=6N	4.0	18.0	20.5	12.75	2205	+24.0
6	Balint, VilmosFM	2179	HUN	+18B	+19N	=7B	−1N	+8B	=5B	4.0	18.0	19.0	9.75	2148	-2.0
7	Kormos, Adam	2151	HUN	+8N	−4B	=6N	+9B	−5N	+12B	3.5	19.0	21.5	11.50	2132	-2.0
8	Tagai, Marton	1924	HUN	−7B	+22N	=5B	+11N	−6N	+16B	3.5	16.5	16.5	7.00	2097	+56.0
9	Saar, Patrik	2020	HUN	+20B	−2N	=19B	−7N	+17B	+13N	3.5	13.5	14.0	5.50	2049	+5.4
10	Albrecht, Akos	2090	HUN	+11B	−1N	+13B	−5N	+16B	−2B	3.0	19.5	21.5	7.50	2067	-4.2
11	Marton-John, Almos Kiran	1909	HUN	−10N	=12B	+21N	−8B	=15N	+17B	3.0	13.5	14.0	5.00	1944	+11.2
12	Budai, Akos	1973	HUN	−1B	=11N	=16B	+19N	=13B	−7N	2.5	16.5	17.5	4.75	1947	-6.4
13	Vargyas, Zoltan	1932	HUN	−2B	+14N	−10N	+21B	=12N	−9B	2.5	16.0	16.5	4.25	1981	+5.8
14	Morovan-Szabo, Lorinc	2013	HUN	−4N	−13B	+18N	=15B	+19B	−3N	2.5	14.5	15.5	3.75	1957	-22.0
15	Illes, Andras	1864	HUN	−5B	−17N	+22B	=14N	=11B	=18N	2.5	13.0	13.0	3.50	1916	+15.2
16	Shen, Yiyun	1951	HUN	−3N	=21B	=12N	+20B	−10N	−8N	2.0	13.5	14.0	2.00	1873	-28.0
17	Hugyecz, Barnabas	1943	HUN	F	+15B	+20N	−4B	−9N	−11N	2.0	13.5	13.5	3.00	1917	-11.2
18	Hangyal, Anna	1926	HUN	−6N	F	−14B	F	+20N	=15B	1.5	9.5	9.5	1.75	1892	-9.6
19	Lippert, Ferenc	1795	HUN	F	−6B	=9N	−12B	−14N	=20B	1.0	13.0	13.0	2.00	1769	-4.2
20	Czako, Patrik	1859	HUN	−9N	F	−17B	−16N	−18B	=19N	0.5	10.0	10.0	0.50	1561	-30.8
21	Purak, Zoltan	1866	HUN	F	=16N	−11B	−13N	F	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	1.00	1658	-14.6
22	Samu, Sorin-Mihai	1995	ROU	F	−8B	−15N	F	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1095	-25.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tagai, MartonHUN
+56.0
3.5 pts · #7
2Gabula, AdamHUN
+24.0
4.0 pts · #6
3To, Nhat MinhIMHUN
+17.2
5.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Czako, PatrikHUN
-30.8
0.5 pts · #20
2Shen, YiyunHUN
-28.0
2.0 pts · #17
3Samu, Sorin-MihaiROU
-25.6
0.0 pts · #22

Biggest upsets

R3+131 Elo gap
Illes, Andras1864 beat Samu, Sorin-Mihai1995