16th April, 2003

DESPITE such a rich chess heritage and having some of the brightest
talents in the game, Hungary has, in recent years, failed to organize an
elite tournament to help better showcase their talents.

Not any more. As part of the celebrations to commemorate the 130th
anniversary of Budapest, birthplace of chess superstars Peter Leko and
Judit Polgar, a new top level event featuring 10 world-class competitors
is now taking place in the Hungarian capital. The patron of the event
is Hungarian Prime Minister Dr. Peter Medgyessy, and the event, billed
as the "Talent and Courage" tournament, is sponsored by the Hungarian
government in conjunction with the Hunguest Hotels Co.

Running 11-20 April, the event, a round-robin category 17 (average
rating 2663) tournament, aims to give opportunities on home soil for the
most talented young Hungarian grandmasters in order to acquire greater
experience.

The Hungarian line-up is made up of their successful silver-medal
winning Olympiad squad that last year in Bled took the Russians to the
wire: Peter Leko, Judit Polgar, Peter Acs, Zoltan Almasi and Ferenc
Berekes. Making up the field is five foreign grandmasters: Boris
Gelfand (Israel), Nigel Short (England), Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia),
Christopher Lutz (Germany) and Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland).

The home fans had plenty to cheer about in the opening round, as in-form
Judit Polgar turned on the style to beat the venerable Viktor Korchnoi
in an eye-catching game.

V Korchnoi - J Polgar
Hunguest Hotels, (1)
Queen's Indian Defence
1 Nf3 Nf6 2 c4 b6 3 Nc3 Bb7 4 d4 e6 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bh4 g5 7 Bg3 Nh5 8 e3
Nxg3 9 fxg3 Bg7 10 Bd3 Nc6 11 0-0 Qe7 12 a3 0-0-0 13 Rc1 h5 14 c5 g4 15
cxb6 gxf3 16 bxc7 Kxc7 17 d5 Qg5 18 dxc6 Qxe3+ 19 Kh1 fxg2+ 20 Kxg2
Bxc6+ 21 Be4 Bxc3 22 Bxc6 Qd2+ 23 Kh3 h4 24 Rxc3 hxg3+ 25 Kg4 Rhg8+ 26
Kf3 dxc6 27 Qxd2 Rxd2 28 hxg3 Rxb2 29 Ke4 f5+ 30 Ke5 Rg6 31 Rh1 Re2+ 32
Kf4 Re4+ 33 Kf3 Reg4 34 Kf2 e5 35 Rf3 Kd6 36 Rh7 a6 37 Ra7 Ra4 38 Rd3+
Ke6 39 Rc3 Kd5 40 Rd7+ Rd6 41 Rf7 f4 42 Rb7 Rc4 43 Rd3+ Kc5 44 Rdb3 Rd2+
45 Kf3 fxg3 46 Kxg3 Rdc2 0-1

JOHN B HENDERSON