GM Csaba Balogh Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com Full name Csaba Balogh Born Mar 10, 1987 (age 38) Place of birth Budapest, Hungary Federation Hungary Profiles #214 World Ranking 2544 Classical 2592 Rapid 2640 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 (2542) Werner Csrnko (1933) 1-0 26 2025 Csaba Balogh (2542) Polina Karelina (1903) 1-0 28 2025 Csaba Balogh (2609) Jude Shearsby (2090) 1-0 33 2025 Csaba Balogh (2609) Trevor Vincent (2226) 1-0 33 2025 Csaba Balogh (2646) Eldiar Orozbaev (2274) 1-0 38 2025 Csaba Balogh (2609) Ivan Saric (2597) 0-1 42 2025 Csaba Balogh (2646) Alexander Grischuk (2683) 0-1 47 2025 Csaba Balogh (2609) Marc'Andria Maurizzi (2472) ½-½ 26 2025 Ergali Suleimen (2336) Csaba Balogh (2609) 1-0 51 2025 Beat Gruenwald (1727) Csaba Balogh (2542) 0-1 34 2025 Show All Games