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Csaba Balogh
C Balogh 
Photograph copyright © 2006 Milan Kovacs (www.milankovacs.com)  

Number of games in database: 882
Years covered: 1997 to 2023
Last FIDE rating: 2542 (2609 rapid, 2646 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2672
Overall record: +242 -118 =444 (57.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 78 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (181) 
    B90 B33 B50 B30 B32
 Ruy Lopez (110) 
    C78 C65 C67 C69 C80
 French Defense (52) 
    C07 C03 C05 C10 C09
 Sicilian Najdorf (39) 
    B90 B91 B96 B94 B98
 French Tarrasch (39) 
    C07 C03 C05 C09 C04
 Caro-Kann (31) 
    B12 B18 B17 B13 B15
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (116) 
    B22 B63 B43 B52 B65
 Slav (72) 
    D12 D10 D16 D17 D18
 Ruy Lopez (45) 
    C65 C67 C78
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (30) 
    B63 B65 B62 B61 B60
 Queen's Pawn Game (29) 
    A45 A46 D02 E10 E00
 Queen's Indian (28) 
    E12 E15 E17 E16 E14
Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Aronian vs C Balogh, 2013 1/2-1/2
   C Balogh vs D Zoler, 2013 1-0
   C Balogh vs Karjakin, 2005 1-0
   V Atlas vs C Balogh, 2010 1/2-1/2
   C Balogh vs A Sharafiev, 2012 1-0
   C Balogh vs A Belezky, 2014 1/2-1/2
   Wei Yi vs C Balogh, 2015 1/2-1/2
   B Savchenko vs C Balogh, 2007 0-1
   Karjakin vs C Balogh, 2005 1/2-1/2
   Vachier-Lagrave vs C Balogh, 2013 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   13th Dubai Open (2011)
   Dortmund Open-A (2001)
   Wroclaw Chess Festival (2010)
   49th Biel Master Open (2016)
   Bundesliga 2012/13 (2012)
   Bundesliga 2013/14 (2013)
   European Team Championship (2011)
   European Championship (2014)
   European Championship (2012)
   Dubai Open (2010)
   Tromso Olympiad (2014)
   European Championship (2010)
   European Championship (2011)
   Baku Olympiad (2016)
   Bundesliga 2016/17 (2016)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Corsica Masters 2014 by Tabanus

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 European Club Cup
   C Balogh vs P Venkatesh (Oct-04-23) 1/2-1/2
   T Kraus vs C Balogh (Oct-03-23) 1/2-1/2
   H Genser vs C Balogh (Apr-15-23) 1/2-1/2
   C Balogh vs I Neyman (Apr-14-23) 1/2-1/2
   T Lentrodt vs C Balogh (Apr-13-23) 1/2-1/2

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CSABA BALOGH
(born Mar-10-1987, 38 years old) Hungary
PRONUNCIATION:
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Csaba Balogh earned his IM title in 2002 and in 2004 he was recognized as a Grandmaster. He was U-16 European Individual Champion 2003. Member of the national team that won both U-16 World Team Championship 2003 and U-18 European Team Championship 2003. In 2006 he finished 2nd in the Hungarian Championship. Won individual and team silver playing board 2 for Hungary at the Tromso Olympiad (2014) played in Troms.

His 7.5/11 at the European Championship (2014) was enough to qualify for the World Cup (2015) where he defeated Eltaj Safarli in the first round before he was eliminated from the event in the second round by Filipino-American GM Wesley So. At the Baku Olympiad (2016) he finished with 7/9 (+6 -1 =2)

Wikipedia article: Csaba Balogh

Last updated: 2021-11-26 23:21:08

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 page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 903  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J Dudas vs C Balogh  1-0321997Papp Bela memA05 Reti Opening
2. C Balogh vs Radjabov 0-1171997EU-ch U10C10 French
3. Radjabov vs C Balogh 1-0351998EU-ch U12A04 Reti Opening
4. C Balogh vs A Pashikian  0-1551998Wch U12B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
5. C Balogh vs M Ezsol  0-1321999Zuglo Hotel OpenC40 King's Knight Opening
6. P Dlauchy vs C Balogh  0-1441999Zuglo Hotel OpenB57 Sicilian
7. C Balogh vs Miroshnichenko  0-1311999Zuglo Hotel OpenB02 Alekhine's Defense
8. D Fliszar vs C Balogh  0-1411999Zuglo Hotel OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
9. C Balogh vs G Livshits  ½-½221999Zuglo Hotel OpenB49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
10. Z Erdelyi vs C Balogh  0-1411999Zuglo Hotel OpenB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
11. C Balogh vs A Parkanyi  0-1721999Zuglo Hotel OpenB06 Robatsch
12. P Schuetz vs C Balogh  0-1311999Zuglo Hotel OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
13. M Bodrogi vs C Balogh  ½-½601999Zuglo Hotel OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
14. E Romanov vs C Balogh  ½-½431999Wch U12B57 Sicilian
15. C Balogh vs Y Wang  0-1531999Wch U12A00 Uncommon Opening
16. S Megaranto vs C Balogh  1-0251999Wch U12B22 Sicilian, Alapin
17. C Balogh vs Nakamura 0-11152000Elekes mem IMB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
18. C Balogh vs A Cserba  ½-½242000Tapolca opB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
19. C Balogh vs I Almasi  ½-½422000Budapest FS04 GMC18 French, Winawer
20. A Nguyen vs C Balogh  1-0602000Budapest FS04 GMB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
21. C Balogh vs T Fogarasi  0-1302000Budapest FS04 GMB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
22. C Balogh vs E Kahn  1-0552000Budapest FS04 GMB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
23. Z Varga vs C Balogh  ½-½272000Budapest FS04 GMA46 Queen's Pawn Game
24. C Balogh vs C Horvath  0-1352000Budapest FS04 GMB42 Sicilian, Kan
25. H Kallio vs C Balogh ½-½272000Budapest FS04 GMC46 Three Knights
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-29-05  AdrianP: Excellent result for this young Hungarian GM, taking Karjakin out in the tie-breaks. Here's his FIDE rating card. I had never heard of him prior to this tournament.

http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph...

Dec-09-05  lopium: Can we have his biography? What a strange thing that we only have a 2400 rating here, for a GM title.
Mar-11-06  BIDMONFA: Csaba Balogh

BALOGH, Csaba
http://www.bidmonfa.com/balogh_csab...
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Jan-05-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: Here are some winning combinations from Csaba's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/balo.html
May-16-09  myschkin: . . .

Homepage: http://baloghcsaba.com/news.php

Jul-15-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Chessdom interview with Balogh:

http://interviews.chessdom.com/csab...

Jul-25-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: GM Csaba Balogh, Hungary, born 10 March 1987. Now rated 2628, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

IM in 2002, GM in 2004. Rated 2624 in July 2008.

GM application: http://ratings.fide.com/title_appli...

Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/np...

Biographies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csaba_... (in English) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csaba_... (in German) http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csaba_... (in Polish)

Pictures:
http://www.greekchess.com/euro2007/... (2007) http://www.chessbase.com/news/2005/... (2005)

Chess merits see Bios. Today,

4th in Andorra Open 17-25 July 2010:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr362...

Dec-09-13  johnnyb3: Is he any relation to the Balogh associated with one of my favorite "junk" openings e4 d6 d4 f5?
Dec-09-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <johnnyb3: Is he any relation to the Balogh associated with one of my favorite "junk" openings e4 d6 d4 f5?>

That honour goes to Janos Balogh instead.

Dec-10-13  johnnyb3: Oh, I knew it wasn't the same guy, I just wondered if it was a grandson or something.
Dec-10-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: No idea, but the surname is not uncommon-used to know Alex Balogh when I haunted Montreal blitz events in the 1990s.
Dec-10-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Annie K.: <the surname is not uncommon>

Correct. :) It's an archaic Hungarian word for 'left-handed'.

It doesn't carry the negative connotations of the English 'sinister' though.

Dec-10-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <Annie K.>: Some twenty years ago, I was working for IBM in Vermont and had a co-worker who equated left-handedness with being sinister. Not that she was the brightest person in creation, but this was mind-blowing to me.
Dec-10-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Annie K.: <perfidious> this sort of unthinking acceptance of linguistic associations is the mark of monolingualism. :\
Aug-14-14  cro777: At the just finished Tromso Olympiad, GM Csaba Balogh (2637) won two silver medals, team (Hungary) and individual on board 2.

He scored 7/9 with a performance rating of 2839.

Aug-14-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Natalia Pogonina: Grats to Csaba on his great performance at the Chess Olympiad! :)
Aug-14-14  Method B: It was a controversial decision to select him playing board 2 in front of Richard Rapport Zoltan Almasi and even Judit Polgar but it certainly paid great dividends.

Great performance! Bravo Csaba.

Aug-14-14  cro777: The happy Hungarian team with the silver medals.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvCGkX8...

Aug-15-14  cro777: The 2014 Chess Olympiad - The medalists on Board 2

http://www.fotoskog.com/wp-content/...

Csaba Balogh (silver), Ngoc Truongson Nguyen (gold) and Ding Liren (bronze).

Mar-10-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: Rock the Csaba.
Mar-10-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: You'll be late for your own funeral: S Volkov vs C Balogh, 2007
Mar-10-15  Nina Myers: The sexiest guy ever. Csaba is funny and hunky. All the girls love Csaba because he's a chick magnet. He's a flirt but he knows how to treat a girl right. He is amazing and smart.
Mar-10-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: OCF beat me to it.
Jan-24-17  Granny O Doul: Nina beat me to it. I mean, I wasn't going to say it in any case, but she did beat me.
Mar-10-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Happy Birthday to GM Csaba Balogh.

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