First Saturday (Budapest) July 2008
19.07.2008 The First Saturday Budapest Chess Tournament July 2008, organised by László Nagy, took place 5-17 July. The event (one GM group, one IM group and three FM groups) attracted 53 players from 17 countries. GM Zlatko Ilincic won the GM Tournament (a 14 player Round Robin). WGM Hou Yifan (14 year old) finished second. She was sent by the Chinese Chess Federation to make a GM norm but failed by half a point. Peter Prohaszka and Denes Boros, both from Hungary, shared the third place. Richard Rapport won the IM Tournament (14 player Round Robin). The next First Saturday Budapest Chess Tournament starts on 2 August. (Info provided by László Nagy)
> First Saturday Tournament website
> First Saturday GM Tournament July 2008
> Photos by Szabó Miklós
> Contact Mr. László Nagy e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Hou Yifan (photo 2008-01-12, Wijk aan Zee)
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