19th Premium Chess Tournament Budapest - Group B
Open SwissStandard
35 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 15 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1737, and top seed was Miklos Nagy (🇭🇺 HUN, 1792).
Istvan Hajdu (🇭🇺 HUN, CM, 1743) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Andras Pirityi (5.0) and Nicola Dal Bianco (4.5). Hajdu won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Mate Kamuthy (1481) beat Kristof Kolozsvari (1697), a +216-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
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇭🇺Hungary×30
🇬🇷Greece×2
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇦🇹Austria×1
Top 3
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
14
4
2
1
1
2
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Hajdu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.0).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Istvan Hajdu drew with Andras Pirityi (White).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Andras Pirityi won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMIstvan Hajdu | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Andras Pirityi | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3Janos Granicz | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Nicola Dal Bianco | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hajdu, IstvanCM | 1743 | HUN | +13N | =7B | +25N | +4B | =2B | +8N | 5.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 18.50 | 1962 | +31.2 |
| 2 | Pirityi, Andras | 1735 | HUN | +27N | +32B | +10N | +16B | =1N | =3B | 5.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 14.75 | 1955 | +31.4 |
| 3 | Dal Bianco, Nicola | 1700 | ITA | +28N | =5B | =7N | +12B | +16N | =2N | 4.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 15.00 | 1851 | +23.6 |
| 4 | Granicz, Janos | 1740 | HUN | =9B | +18N | +11B | −1N | +14B | +16N | 4.5 | 18.5 | 21.5 | 14.75 | 1859 | +18.0 |
| 5 | Sikos, Hanna | 1628 | HUN | +22B | =3N | +20B | −8N | +21B | =6B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 11.75 | 1839 | +68.0 |
| 6 | Szabo, Bence Peter | 1766 | HUN | +14B | −10N | +9B | =21N | +20B | =5N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 12.75 | 1776 | +1.0 |
| 7 | Forgacs, Andras | 1677 | HUN | +35B | =1N | =3B | −20N | +17B | +28N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 10.25 | 1690 | +2.8 |
| 8 | Kalfopoulos, Naoum | 1663 | GRE | +26N | −16B | +34N | +5B | +22N | −1B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 9.00 | 1720 | +6.2 |
| 9 | Madar, Gergely | 1611 | HUN | =4N | +30B | −6N | +15B | =10N | =12B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 10.75 | 1751 | +23.4 |
| 10 | Bujdoso, Erik | 1682 | ESP | +29N | +6B | −2B | =22N | =9B | =11N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 10.25 | 1698 | +4.4 |
| 11 | Papp, Bianka | 1585 | HUN | +15N | =25B | −4N | =13B | +18N | =10B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 11.00 | 1754 | +56.4 |
| 12 | Kovesdy, Emese Maria | 1708 | HUN | +33B | −21N | +17B | −3N | +19B | =9N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 8.75 | 1625 | -22.8 |
| 13 | Agosthazy, Zsombor | 1619 | HUN | −1B | −17N | +35B | =11N | +26B | +20N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 6.75 | 1537 | -18.4 |
| 14 | Giakoumatos, Gerasimos Dionysios | 1622 | GRE | −6N | =29B | +23N | +26B | −4N | +25B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 7.25 | 1678 | +12.0 |
| 15 | Piskoti, Laszlo | 1729 | HUN | −11B | +33N | =27B | −9N | +24B | +21N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1643 | -12.8 |
| 16 | Tolnai, Jozsef | 1718 | HUN | +19B | +8N | +21B | −2N | −3B | −4B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 9.50 | 1666 | -8.4 |
| 17 | Loneck, Kristof | 1441 | HUN | −25N | +13B | −12N | +30B | −7N | +27B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 7.00 | 1640 | +30.0 |
| 18 | Banhidi, Ferenc | 1716 | HUN | =23N | −4B | +29N | =27N | −11B | +33B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 4.75 | 1515 | -27.0 |
| 19 | Guba, Dorottya Eszter | 1523 | HUN | −16N | =31B | +30N | =25B | −12N | +34B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 3.75 | 1578 | +9.6 |
| 20 | Paraszthy, Balazs Vilmos | 1726 | HUN | =30N | +23B | −5N | +7B | −6N | −13B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 7.25 | 1566 | -26.4 |
| 21 | Muranyi, Geza | 1636 | HUN | +31N | +12B | −16N | =6B | −5N | −15B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 7.00 | 1561 | -9.8 |
| 22 | Nagy, Miklos | 1792 | HUN | −5N | +28B | +32N | =10B | −8B | F | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 5.25 | 1620 | -21.8 |
| 23 | Benko, Daniel Attila | 1509 | AUT | =18B | −20N | −14B | =29N | =34N | +31B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1415 | -12.0 |
| 24 | Majzik, Marton Levente | 1580 | HUN | F | =26B | +31N | F | −15N | +30B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.00 | 1633 | +2.8 |
| 25 | Kolozsvari, Kristof | 1697 | HUN | +17B | =11N | −1B | =19N | −28B | −14N | 2.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 6.25 | 1441 | -80.4 |
| 26 | Nagy, Benjamin | 0 | HUN | −8B | =24N | +33B | −14N | −13N | =29B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 3.00 | 1448 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Erdei, Roland | 1603 | HUN | −2B | +35N | =15N | =18B | F | −17N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.75 | 1462 | -14.2 |
| 28 | Kamuthy, Mate | 1481 | HUN | −3B | −22N | F | +34B | +25N | −7B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.50 | 1524 | +6.8 |
| 29 | Dombi, Greta Anna | 0 | HUN | −10B | =14N | −18B | =23B | −33N | =26N | 1.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 1366 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Kamuthy, Laszlo | 1537 | HUN | =20B | −9N | −19B | −17N | +35B | −24N | 1.5 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 1.75 | 1210 | -69.6 |
| 31 | Tamas, Szilard | 0 | HUN | −21B | =19N | −24B | =35N | =32B | −23N | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1339 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Toth, Tibor | 1648 | HUN | +34B | −2N | −22B | F | =31N | F | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 964 | -13.8 |
| 33 | Por, Daniel | 1499 | HUN | −12N | −15B | −26N | F | +29B | −18N | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.50 | 918 | -26.4 |
| 34 | Szanto, Kornel | 0 | HUN | −32N | F | −8B | −28N | =23B | −19N | 0.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.25 | 1199 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Magyari, Peter | 0 | HUN | −7N | −27B | −13N | =31B | −30N | F | 0.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.75 | 809 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sikos, HannaHUN+68.04.0 pts · #6
- 2Papp, BiankaHUN+56.43.5 pts · #9
- 3Pirityi, AndrasHUN+31.45.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Kolozsvari, KristofHUN-80.42.0 pts · #18
- 2Kamuthy, LaszloHUN-69.61.5 pts · #32
- 3Banhidi, FerencHUN-27.03.0 pts · #17
Biggest upsets
- R5+216 Elo gap
- R2+178 Elo gap
- R1+164 Elo gap