IM-s on top at First Saturday Budapest August events
Balanced fight in the GM group resulted in no title norms this month. However, two of the IM-s, were close to it. The winner, Lizak Peter (HUN), one of the best scorers of the HUN Team Ch. silver medalist Paks SE started with three victories and finally missed the GM norm only with one point.
IM LIZÁK, Péter (HUN)
The co-winner, Kiewra Keaton F. who is nine times Champion of Nebraska (USA) arrived to Budapest in hope of collecting his third GM norm, but he failed to win in the last round. At present, he is a professional chess instructor in Dallas and he definitely showed up excellent practical skills in hardest situations during the tournament. He is really just a small step away of the GM Title.
IM KIEWRA, Keaton F (USA)
Final Ranking of First Saturday GM, Budapest 1-10th Aug 2015
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | Rp | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 4 | IM | Lizak Peter | HUN | 2420 | 6.0 | 25.00 | 2523 | 9 | 6 | 4.76 | 1.24 | 10 | 12.4 | |
| 2 | 6 | IM | Kiewra Keaton F | USA | 2421 | 6.0 | 23.25 | 2523 | 9 | 6 | 4.77 | 1.23 | 10 | 12.3 | |
| 3 | 1 | GM | Varga Zoltan | HUN | 2459 | 5.5 | 24.00 | 2474 | 9 | 5.5 | 5.28 | 0.22 | 10 | 2.2 | |
| 4 | 2 | IM | Korpa Bence | HUN | 2433 | 5.0 | 21.75 | 2439 | 9 | 5 | 4.95 | 0.05 | 10 | 0.5 | |
| 5 | 8 | GM | Kantsler Boris | ISR | 2424 | 5.0 | 20.50 | 2440 | 9 | 5 | 4.82 | 0.18 | 10 | 1.8 | |
| 6 | 10 | GM | Berczes David | HUN | 2501 | 4.5 | 19.50 | 2389 | 9 | 4.5 | 5.85 | -1.35 | 10 | -13.5 | |
| 7 | 9 | IM | Payen Arnaud | FRA | 2330 | 4.5 | 17.25 | 2408 | 9 | 4.5 | 3.56 | 0.94 | 10 | 9.4 | |
| 8 | 7 | IM | Rajlich Iweta | w | POL | 2392 | 3.5 | 15.00 | 2321 | 9 | 3.5 | 4.39 | -0.89 | 10 | -8.9 |
| 9 | 5 | FM | Griffith Kyron W | USA | 2259 | 2.5 | 11.25 | 2250 | 9 | 2.5 | 2.65 | -0.15 | 20 | -3.0 | |
| 10 | 3 | FM | Ioannidis Evgenios | GRE | 2362 | 2.5 | 10.00 | 2238 | 9 | 2.5 | 3.97 | -1.47 | 20 | -29.4 |
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Photos by: Szabo Miklos, and Nagy Laszlo
Written by: IM Orso Miklos IA