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Budapest One Week 2026 March U2250

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14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Mar 2026 to 17 Mar 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. 4 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1984, and top seed was Sandor Kustar (🇭🇺 HUN, IM, 2218).

Vilmos Balint (🇭🇺 HUN, FM, 2107) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Sandor Farago (6.5) and Kristof Koczo (6.0). Balint won solo starting round 3.

Location
🇭🇺Budapest, Hungary
Dates
11 Mar 2026 → 17 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇺IMSandor Kustar2218
Avg top 10
1,984
Participants
14
Titled players · 4
IM×2
FM×2
Federations · 6 represented
🇭🇺Hungary×9
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇫🇷France×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Vilmos Balint led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Vilmos Balint never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Vilmos Balint beat IM Sandor Farago (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Vilmos Balint 6 wins (R1–R7)FM Kristof Koczo 3 wins (R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMVilmos Balint*
1
1
1
2IMSandor Farago
0
*
1
0
3FMKristof Koczo
0
0
*
½
4Eric Cooke
0
1
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Balint, VilmosFM2107HUN+8N+9B+2N+4B+3NF+6B=5N+12N7.534.034.031.252408+42.0
2Farago, SandorIM2044HUN+13B+3N1B+11N+6B=5N+7B4N+8B6.537.538.522.752098+8.1
3Koczo, KristofFM2005HUN+11N2B=6N+8B1B=4N+12B+9N+7B6.034.535.516.502008+4.4
4Cooke, Eric1965USA+14N=6B=9N1N+7B=3B+11N+2B5B5.537.537.518.252011+13.8
5Kustar, SandorIM2218HUNF=11B=10N+14B+9N=2B=8N=1B+4N5.528.028.017.752074-11.2
6Ladanyi, Tibor1983HUN=7B=4N=3B+12N2N+9B1NF+11B4.534.034.012.251930-7.0
7Bacsi, Andras1706HUN=6N=10B=8N=9B4N+11B2N+12B3N4.031.032.08.251845+29.6
8Horvath, Adel1848HUN1B+12N=7B3NF+10N=5BF2N3.032.532.57.751884+9.2
9Giles, Benjamin1937NZL+12B1N=4B=7N5B6NF3BF2.034.034.05.751774-29.2
10Roch, Florian1923FRAF=7N=5BF+14N8BFFF2.012.512.54.751850-7.6
11Vujity-Zsolnay, Benjamin1751HUN3B=5NF2B+12N7N4BF6N1.534.034.03.751683-27.6
12Csermely, Zoltan1539HUN9N8B+14N6B11BF3N7N1B1.028.528.50.001514-7.0
13Yip, Michael1810CAN2N+14BFFFFFFF1.08.08.00.001837+1.0
14Bloch, Yarden1628ISR4B13N12B5N10BFFFF0.019.519.50.001053-24.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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