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Istvan Kovacs

Istvan Kovacs
Full name
Istvan Kovacs
Born
1955 (age 71)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Hungary
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2091
Classical
1986
Rapid
2120
Blitz

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
English Opening: Great Snake Variation (2 games)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional, Capablanca-Důras Variation (1 games)
English Opening: Reversed Sicilian, Closed (1 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Grünfeld, Smyslov Defense (1 games)
English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (1 games)
Black Pieces
Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (1 games)
Pirc Defense: Czech Defense (1 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Chigorin Defense (1 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Matanović Attack (1 games)
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit (1 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Balazs Teglas (2239)
Istvan Kovacs (2164)
½-½ 56 2015
Istvan Kovacs (2226)
Dominik Marta (1956)
1-0 35 2014
Istvan Kovacs (2226)
Andras Bartuszek (1925)
1-0 50 2014
Istvan Kovacs (2226)
Istvan Piroska (2145)
1-0 37 2014
Istvan Kovacs (2209)
Sandor Farago (2250)
0-1 37 2014
Istvan Kovacs (2209)
Kristof Juhasz (2348)
0-1 38 2014
Istvan Kovacs (2209)
Dusan D Jovanovic (2412)
0-1 22 2014
Istvan Kovacs (2209)
Mark Lyell (2202)
0-1 41 2014
Istvan Kovacs (2209)
Armin Juhasz (2254)
½-½ 24 2014
Miklos Galyas (2427)
Istvan Kovacs (2209)
1-0 32 2014
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