The inaugural Hungarian Chess Championship was held in the city of
Győr in 1906. Initially, there was no governing body responsible for its organisation, until the formation of the
Hungarian Chess Federation. The HCF first appeared in 1911, but failed to establish itself properly until 1923.
The regularity of the Championship was patchy prior to 1950, due in part to the two
world wars and inadequate funding. Since 1949 however, the HCF has been integrated with the Hungarian Sports Federation and so receives state support. Consequently, the Championship has since been held on an annual basis, with only the occasional omission. Exceptionally two consecutive events have occurred in the same year, due to the event being held at the year end.
The events held in 1981, 1984, 1991 and 1997 were all termed Super Championships. In both 1985 and 1988, the traditional national championship was substituted by an open championship and the winner of both editions was the Hungarian IM
Béla Perényi.
The venue for the event has mostly been the Hungarian capital city,
Budapest. The events held post-World War II carry the official numbering (#) shown below, while the events held prior to 1945 are tagged with the letter 'p' (#p).
Négyesi, György; Honfi, György (2014). Az egyéni magyar bajnokságok – férfi és női (in Hungarian). Budapest.
ISBN978-963-12-0734-7.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link)
Fehér, Gyula (1991–2005), Magyar Országos SakkTájékoztató, results 1991–2005
Whyld, Ken (1986), Guinness Chess, The Records, Guinness Publishing,
ISBN0-85112-455-0 (men's winners up to 1985)
The inaugural Hungarian Chess Championship was held in the city of
Győr in 1906. Initially, there was no governing body responsible for its organisation, until the formation of the
Hungarian Chess Federation. The HCF first appeared in 1911, but failed to establish itself properly until 1923.
The regularity of the Championship was patchy prior to 1950, due in part to the two
world wars and inadequate funding. Since 1949 however, the HCF has been integrated with the Hungarian Sports Federation and so receives state support. Consequently, the Championship has since been held on an annual basis, with only the occasional omission. Exceptionally two consecutive events have occurred in the same year, due to the event being held at the year end.
The events held in 1981, 1984, 1991 and 1997 were all termed Super Championships. In both 1985 and 1988, the traditional national championship was substituted by an open championship and the winner of both editions was the Hungarian IM
Béla Perényi.
The venue for the event has mostly been the Hungarian capital city,
Budapest. The events held post-World War II carry the official numbering (#) shown below, while the events held prior to 1945 are tagged with the letter 'p' (#p).
Négyesi, György; Honfi, György (2014). Az egyéni magyar bajnokságok – férfi és női (in Hungarian). Budapest.
ISBN978-963-12-0734-7.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link)
Fehér, Gyula (1991–2005), Magyar Országos SakkTájékoztató, results 1991–2005
Whyld, Ken (1986), Guinness Chess, The Records, Guinness Publishing,
ISBN0-85112-455-0 (men's winners up to 1985)