GM Csaba Balogh Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com Full name Csaba Balogh Born Mar 10, 1987 (age 37) Place of birth Budapest, Hungary Federation Hungary Profiles #380 World Ranking 2542 Classical 2609 Rapid 2646 Blitz Rating Bio Csaba Balogh is a Hungarian Grandmaster. Most Played Openings White Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (30 games) Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (28 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Martinez Variation (26 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (23 games) Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (22 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (62 games) Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (33 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (32 games) Slav Defense: Modern, Alapin Variation, Soultanbéieff Variation (25 games) Ruy López Opening: Berlin, Rio Gambit Accepted (20 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Csaba Balogh (2548) Juraj Lecky (2111) 1-0 18 2024 Csaba Balogh (2554) Vaclav Finek (2416) ½-½ 31 2024 Florian Hujbert (2406) Csaba Balogh (2554) 1-0 74 2024 Matija Ostovic (2380) Csaba Balogh (2551) 0-1 59 2024 Csilla Jacsova (2342) Csaba Balogh (2554) ½-½ 27 2024 Imre Balog (2617) Csaba Balogh (2548) ½-½ 39 2024 Robert Ruck (2534) Csaba Balogh (2544) ½-½ 32 2024 Balazs Csonka (2491) Csaba Balogh (2544) ½-½ 25 2024 Tamas Banusz (2574) Csaba Balogh (2542) ½-½ 31 2024 Csaba Balogh (2557) Martin Ferk (1852) 1-0 17 2023 Show All Games