A scandal seems to be brewing in Hungary. A memorial tournament in honor of Gedeon Barcza, an eight-time Hungarian champion, apparently ended after one round when the organizer, Gabor Pali, could not pay any of the expenses for the hotel where the tournament was being held.
Both Chessvibes and Chessdom have stories about the collapse of the tournament. The article in Chessvibes includes a lengthy description of the problems from Robert Ris, a Dutch international master. Chessdom has two articles, one is from Eduardas Rozentalis, a Lithuanian grandmaster who drew with Ris in the one-and-only round. Chessdom also has a statement from the Hungarian Chess Federation repudiating Pali and disavowing that it had anything to do with the organization of the tournament.
Unfortunately, as Ris makes clear in his letter, many chess players are not wealthy and the financial consequences of Pali’s actions, if true, are a hardship. Fortunately, such problems appear to be rare.
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