GM Zoltan Almasi

Full name

Zoltan Almási

Born

Aug 29, 1976 (age 46)‎

Place of birth

Hungary

Federation

Hungary

Retired

Rating

Bio

Zoltan Almasi is a Hungarian grandmaster and one of the best players in his country. He has represented Hungary in the Olympiads 13 times and has won the Hungarian chess championship nine times (1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2019).

Almasi also won the 2008 Reggio Emilia tournament and the 2010 European Rapid Chess Championship. In 2013, he won the Capablanca Memorial held in Havana.

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (47 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (33 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (30 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Amsterdam Variation (22 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (21 games)

Black Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Berlin, l'Hermet, Berlin Wall Defense (50 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Flohr-Zaitsev System (33 games)

Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (29 games)

Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line (28 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Keres Defense (27 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Zoltan Almasi (2621) Gyula Koronghy (1934)	1-0	29	2021
Zoltan Almasi (2621) Peter Varga (2302)	1-0	49	2021
Zoltan Almasi (2621) Peter Horvath (2389)	1-0	39	2021
Zoltan Almasi (2621) Miklos Galyas (2410)	1-0	36	2021
Zoltan Almasi (2621) Marcell Borhy (2157)	1-0	67	2021
Zoltan Almasi (2621) Imre Balog (2580)	0-1	25	2021
Zoltan Almasi (2621) Adam Kozak (2505)	½-½	34	2021
Zoltan Almasi (2687) Laurent Fressinet (2633)	½-½	36	2020
Zoltan Almasi Dr Christian Seel	½-½	37	2020
Zoltan Almasi Niclas Huschenbeth	1-0	60	2019

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