Tournament

33rd Hungarian Chess Championship — Budapest 1977

1977 · Budapest
Gyula Sax and Zoltán Ribli shared the championship with 12½/17 each. Their planned four-game playoff was not played.

Shared championship

Gyula Sax and Zoltán Ribli both finished unbeaten with eight wins and nine draws, sharing first place on 12½/17. Their planned four-game playoff never took place, so both were recognized as champions.

The archive contains all 153 final games. The original records preserve 135 unknown round tags and month-only December dates; the first two rounds retain their recorded dates of 29 and 30 November.

Final standings

12½/17 each
Gyula Sax and Zoltán Ribli shared the championship with 12½/17 each. Their planned four-game playoff was not played.
# Player Score Record Games
=1 Sax, Gyula 12.5/17 +8 -0 =9
=1 Ribli, Zoltan 12.5/17 +8 -0 =9
3 Portisch, Ferenc 10.5/17 +4 -0 =13
4 Lengyel, Levente 9.5/17 +3 -1 =13
=5 Adorjan, Andras 9/17 +2 -1 =14
=5 Barczay, Laszlo 9/17 +5 -4 =8
=5 Farago, Ivan 9/17 +6 -5 =6
=8 Tompa, Janos 8.5/17 +2 -2 =13
=8 Csom, Istvan 8.5/17 +4 -4 =9
=8 Lukacs, Peter 8.5/17 +4 -4 =9
=8 Vadasz, Laszlo 8.5/17 +5 -5 =7
=8 Orso, Miklos 8.5/17 +4 -4 =9
=8 Rigo, Janos 8.5/17 +4 -4 =9
14 Hazai, Laszlo 8/17 +2 -3 =12
=15 Perenyi, Bela 6.5/17 +6 -10 =1
=15 Schneider, Attila 6.5/17 +2 -6 =9
17 Sapi, Laszlo 5.5/17 +1 -7 =9
18 Eperjesi, Laszlo 3.5/17 +1 -11 =5

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456789101112131415161718
1 Sax, Gyula ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
2 Ribli, Zoltan ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
3 Portisch, Ferenc ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1
4 Lengyel, Levente ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½
5 Adorjan, Andras ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
6 Barczay, Laszlo 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½
7 Farago, Ivan 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1
8 Tompa, Janos ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
9 Csom, Istvan ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½
10 Lukacs, Peter ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1
11 Vadasz, Laszlo ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1
12 Orso, Miklos 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
13 Rigo, Janos 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
14 Hazai, Laszlo ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1
15 Perenyi, Bela 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 0
16 Schneider, Attila 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
17 Sapi, Laszlo 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1
18 Eperjesi, Laszlo 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.