The Finals of the Hungarian Chess Championship for men and women were held on 3-11th December in Gyula and Hevitz, respectively.

Both events were 10-players round robins. Grandmaster Ferenc Berkes and IM Anita Gara emerged national champions after winning their respective sections with 7,5 points each.

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Final standings (men):
 
1. GM Berkes Ferenc 2677 – 7.5
2. GM Horvath Csaba 2537 – 6.5
3. GM Pap Gyula 2522 – 6
4-5. GM Gonda Laszlo 2552 and GM Banusz Tamas 2598 – 5.5
6. GM Czebe Attila 2451 – 4.5
7. IM Nagy Gabor 2404 – 3.5
8. GM Medvegy Zoltan 2537 – 2.5
9. GM Horvath Adam 2531 – 2
10. IM Toth Ervin 2477 – 1.5

Final standings (women):
 
1. IM Gara Anita HUN 2308 – 7.5
2. WGM Papp Petra HUN 2305 – 6
3. WGM Rudolf Anna HUN 2302 – 5.5
4-5. WIM Varga Klara HUN 2211 and Havanecz Bianka HUN 2157 – 5
6. WIM Goczo Melinda CRO 2223 – 4
7-10. Varga Melinda HUN 2184, WIM Dudas Eszter ROU 2276, Erdos Boglarka ROU 2200 and WFM Juhasz Barbara AUT 2152 – 3

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