The April 2013 edition of the well-known First Saturday norm events took place on 6th – 16th April in Budapest, Hungary.
The main GM-norm tournament saw GM Andrei Kovalev winning, after edging the young Chinese untitled player Bai Jinshi on tie-breaks. Both players got 6/9 points. GM Krisztian Szabo arrived third.
The IM-norm 11 round Swiss open was won by IM Gudmundur Kjartansson with 8 points. FM Florian Hujbert finished half a point behind. Third place went to IM Adam Szeberenyi. Full results below.
IO Nagy László organizes this event in order to give young players the chance to get GM/IM and FM norms. The tournaments are played on the first or second week of each month.
The players fighting in Budapest
Final Results
GM norms event:
| 1 | GM | Kovalev Andrei | BLR | 2465 | 6.0 |
| 2 | Bai Jinshi | CHN | 2295 | 6.0 | |
| 3 | GM | Szabo Krisztian | HUN | 2539 | 5.5 |
| 4 | GM | Kosic Dragan | MNE | 2512 | 5.0 |
| 5 | IM | Zhou Yang-Fan | ENG | 2442 | 5.0 |
| 6 | IM | Arngrimsson Dagur | ISL | 2392 | 4.0 |
| 7 | FM | Gledura Benjamin | HUN | 2388 | 4.0 |
| 8 | FM | Kantor Gergely | HUN | 2331 | 3.5 |
| 9 | FM | Csonka Balazs | HUN | 2326 | 3.5 |
| 10 | IM | Poetsch Hagen | GER | 2426 | 2.5 |
IM norms event:
| 1 | IM | Kjartansson Gudmundur | ISL | 2443 | 8.0 |
| 2 | FM | Hujbert Florian | HUN | 2455 | 7.5 |
| 3 | IM | Szeberenyi Adam | HUN | 2321 | 6.5 |
| 4 | IM | Battey Alexander | USA | 2301 | 6.0 |
| 5 | FM | Keschitz Gyorgy | HUN | 2213 | 6.0 |
| 6 | IM | Szalanczy Emil | HUN | 2249 | 6.0 |
| 7 | IM | To Nhat Minh | HUN | 2285 | 5.5 |
| 8 | FM | Jayakumar Adarsh | USA | 2294 | 5.5 |
| 9 | IM | Krumpacnik Domen | SLO | 2338 | 5.0 |
| 10 | FM | Lyell Mark | ENG | 2245 | 4.5 |
| 11 | IM | Wittmann Walter | AUT | 2232 | 3.0 |
| 12 | Balint Vilmos | HUN | 2212 | 2.5 | |
FM-A norms event:
| 1 | Gal Hanna Krisztina | HUN | 2075 | 7.5 | |
| 2 | Farkas Richard | HUN | 2148 | 7.0 | |
| 3 | Juracsik Jozsef | HUN | 2157 | 6.5 | |
| 4 | Darazs Zoltan | HUN | 2126 | 6.0 | |
| 5 | Kozak Adam | HUN | 2035 | 4.0 | |
| 6 | FM | Bartha Sandor | HUN | 2158 | 4.0 |
| 7 | Lim Kian Hwa | MAS | 1882 | 3.5 | |
| 8 | Csetneki Mark | HUN | 1845 | 3.0 | |
| 9 | FM | Csapo Zoltan | HUN | 2080 | 2.5 |
| 10 | Steer Jozsef | HUN | 2168 | 1.0 | |
FM-B norms event:
| 1 | FM | Mayer Istvan | HUN | 2029 | 9.0 |
| 2 | Lukacs Albert | HUN | 1874 | 8.5 | |
| 3 | Baranyai-Molnar Adam | HUN | 0 | 4.0 | |
| 4 | Nemeth Otto | HUN | 1780 | 3.5 | |
| 5 | Csiba Tibor Dr. | HUN | 1574 | 3.0 | |
| 6 | Brassoi-Tarnovszki Aurel | HUN | 1624 | 2.0 | |
