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Capital of Hungary with great chess traditions as huge number of prestigious international or national tournaments were organized since 1895. The winners of most important events were:
1895 Maroczy, 1896 Charousek & Chigorin, 1912 Marshall & Schlechter, 1913 Spielmann, 1917 and 1918 Breyer, 1918 Reti, 1921 Alekhine, 1924 Steiner, 1926 the Tournament of Nations, 1926 Monticelli, 1928 Capablanca, 1929 Capablanca, 1932 Maroczy, 1933 Lilienthal, 1934 Eliskases, 1940 Euwe, 1948 Szabo, 1950 Candidates Tournament Bronstein & Boleslavsky, 1952 Keres, 1959 the World Student Team Championship, 1960 Zonal tournament Barcza, 1961 Korchnoi, 1965 Polugaevsky, Szabo & Taimanov, 1970 Keres, 1973 Geller, 1975 Polugaevsky, Ribli, 1976 Vadasz & Holmov, 1977 Bronstein, 1978 Nunn, 1979 Holmov, 1981 Knezevic & Schneider, 1982 Adorjan, 1984 Gross. Since 1985 the Spring Festival is annually organized and later Laszlo Nagy started his monthly First Saturday Tournament.

The participant at the tournament of Budapest 1928