GM Péter Prohászka and WFM Zsuzsanna Terbe are the new Hungarian chess champions. Péter became the national champion for the first time, while Zsuzsanna successfully defended the title she had won back in 2021.

The 66th women’s and 71st open chess championships took place in Budapest from December 05-13. Both events were 10-player round-robin tournaments with classical time control. A win was worth 3 points, while a draw – just 1 point.

Péter Prohászka started slowly with two draws (including one in the game vs Adam Kozak, in which he was completely lost at some point) but then scored two victories in a row and grabbed the lead.

Sergey Grigoriants, who made his debut in the Hungarian championship, caught up with the leader after Round 8, and it all came down to the final 9th round. Sergey made a quick draw with Adam Kozak, while Peter rose to the occasion and beat Bence Korpa to clinch his maiden national title.

Grigoriants finished second, Adam Kozak took bronze.  

Final standings:

The women’s event was quite a different scenario as the defending champion Zsuzsanna Terbe began with four draws but then reeled off four straight victories and clinched her second national title with a round to spare. The highest-rated player in the event Julianna Terbe finished two points behind the champion and took silver.

Bolgarka Erdos had an abysmal start suffering two straight defeats but finished strong, beating the champion in the final round to tie for third place with Kata Karacsonyi and Hanna Krisztina Ivan-Gal. The bronze medal goes to Erdos, thanks to a greater number of victories.

Final standings:

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