19th Premium Chess Tournament Budapest - Group A

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31 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 15 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2121, and top seed was Csaba Zoltan Varga (🇭🇺 HUN, FM, 2275).

Miklos Onodi (🇭🇺 HUN, 2069) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Vilmos Balint (4.5) and Richard Varga (4.5). Onodi won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Istvan Benjamin Hideg (1908) beat Attila Forgacs (2103), a +195-point gap.

Location

🇭🇺Budapest, Hungary

Dates

15 May 2026 → 17 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 70 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇭🇺FMCsaba Zoltan Varga2275

Avg top 10

2,121

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×2

WFM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇭🇺Hungary×28

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇸🇮Slovenia×1

🇬🇷Greece×1

Top 3

🥇
Miklos Onodi
🇭🇺HUN·2069
4.5pts·2230perf+50.0
🥈
FMVilmos Balint
🇭🇺HUN·2241
4.5pts·2243perf+0.6
🥉
Richard Varga
🇭🇺HUN·2081
4.5pts·2245perf+25.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Balint4.5Onodi4.5Varga4.5Hideg4Varga4Saar4

R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

FM Vilmos Balint held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.5/6. Onodi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Vilmos Balint lost to Miklos Onodi (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMVilmos Balint	*	0	1	—
2Miklos Onodi	1	*	—	½
3Richard Varga	0	—	*	—
4Istvan Benjamin Hideg	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Onodi, Miklos	2069	HUN	=4B	+10N	=8B	+19N	=5B	+2N	4.5	19.5	22.0	16.25	2230	+50.0
2	Balint, VilmosFM	2241	HUN	+29N	+23B	+3N	+13B	=6N	−1B	4.5	18.0	19.5	13.00	2243	+0.6
3	Varga, Richard	2081	HUN	+17B	+19N	−2B	+24N	+8B	=7N	4.5	17.0	19.0	12.50	2245	+25.8
4	Hideg, Istvan Benjamin	1908	HUN	=1N	=14B	−7N	+28B	+13N	+12B	4.0	18.0	19.5	11.75	2198	+44.2
5	Saar, Patrik	2074	HUN	=15N	+18B	=26N	+14B	=1N	=6B	4.0	17.0	18.5	12.00	2089	+3.4
6	Albrecht, Akos	2118	HUN	=28B	+27N	=9B	+11N	=2B	=5N	4.0	17.0	18.5	11.75	2158	+7.2
7	Varga, Csaba ZoltanFM	2275	HUN	F	+30N	+4B	=9N	+16B	=3B	4.0	16.5	16.5	12.50	2245	-0.7
8	Molnar, Laszlo	2085	HUN	=22N	+15B	=1N	+26B	−3N	=14B	3.5	17.5	19.0	9.50	2025	-7.8
9	Fellegi, Zoltan	2052	HUN	=18N	+22B	=6N	=7B	−12N	+26B	3.5	16.5	18.0	9.25	2046	+0.4
10	Schreuder Peters, Misja	1932	NED	=13N	−1B	=18N	+15B	=26N	+20B	3.5	15.5	17.0	9.00	1986	+9.2
11	Kovacs, RekaWFM	2027	HUN	+21N	=26B	=13N	−6B	=17N	+18B	3.5	14.5	16.0	8.50	1994	-7.6
12	Tagai, Marton	1983	HUN	−27B	=17N	+20B	+29N	+9B	−4N	3.5	14.0	15.5	8.75	1980	+1.2
13	Forgacs, Attila	2103	HUN	=10B	+28N	=11B	−2N	−4B	+23N	3.0	17.5	19.0	7.00	2005	-15.4
14	Li, Changxing	2044	HUN	=20B	=4N	+27B	−5N	=21B	=8N	3.0	16.5	18.0	7.75	1933	-34.0
15	Markus, Barnabas	1920	HUN	=5B	−8N	+28B	−10N	+27B	=24N	3.0	14.5	16.0	6.00	1950	+10.0
16	Minga-Nagy, Abel Inti	2108	HUN	−23N	+21B	=29N	=17B	−7N	+25B	3.0	13.0	14.5	6.50	1990	-36.4
17	Illes, Andras	1923	HUN	−3N	=12B	+31B	=16N	=11B	−21N	2.5	17.0	17.5	5.50	1923	-2.4
18	Bolla, Zsofia	1866	HUN	=9B	−5N	=10B	=30N	+29B	−11N	2.5	16.0	17.5	5.75	1920	+14.8
19	Mester, Attila	1979	HUN	+24N	−3B	+23N	−1B	=20N	F	2.5	15.5	15.5	5.25	1953	-3.6
20	Librecz, Lenard	1847	HUN	=14N	=25B	−12N	+23B	=19B	−10N	2.5	14.5	16.5	5.75	1921	+22.0
21	Zouroufidis, Konstantinos	1844	GRE	−11B	−16N	F	+25B	=14N	+17B	2.5	14.0	14.0	6.00	2015	+22.0
22	Shen, Yiyun	1926	HUN	=8B	−9N	=30B	=27N	=24B	=31N	2.5	12.0	12.5	4.50	1848	-27.2
23	Vida, Dorian	1959	SLO	+16B	−2N	−19B	−20N	+30B	−13B	2.0	15.5	17.0	4.50	1889	-11.8
24	Toth, Benedek	1808	HUN	−19B	F	+25N	−3B	=22N	=15B	2.0	14.5	14.5	4.75	1903	+23.6
25	Ori, Barnabas	1971	HUN	=30B	=20N	−24B	−21N	+31B	−16N	2.0	11.5	12.0	2.50	1750	-71.2
26	Virag, Levente	1768	HUN	F	=11N	=5B	−8N	=10B	−9N	1.5	18.0	18.0	5.50	1885	+24.4
27	Porkolab, Sandor	1840	HUN	+12N	−6B	−14N	=22B	−15N	F	1.5	16.0	16.0	4.75	1849	+0.2
28	Haszon, Abel	1961	HUN	=6N	−13B	−15N	−4N	F	+29B	1.5	15.5	15.5	3.50	1854	-14.4
29	Bodrogi, Mihaly	1968	HUN	−2B	+31N	=16B	−12B	−18N	−28N	1.5	15.0	15.5	2.00	1806	-25.8
30	Deak, Laszlo	1806	HUN	=25N	−7B	=22N	=18B	−23N	F	1.5	13.0	13.0	3.50	1837	+1.6
31	Purak, Zoltan	1836	HUN	F	−29B	−17N	F	−25N	=22B	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.25	1625	-18.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Onodi, MiklosHUN
+50.0
4.5 pts · #2
2Hideg, Istvan BenjaminHUN
+44.2
4.0 pts · #4
3Varga, RichardHUN
+25.8
4.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Ori, BarnabasHUN
-71.2
2.0 pts · #23
2Minga-Nagy, Abel IntiHUN
-36.4
3.0 pts · #15
3Li, ChangxingHUN
-34.0
3.0 pts · #16

Biggest upsets

R5+195 Elo gap
Hideg, Istvan Benjamin1908 beat Forgacs, Attila2103
R6+172 Elo gap
Onodi, Miklos2069 beat FMBalint, Vilmos2241
R3+163 Elo gap
Toth, Benedek1808 beat Ori, Barnabas1971