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Szamko, Balint

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FIDEFIDE 17003210· Male· Hungary· Born in 2010

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Balint Szamko, a 16-year-old Hungarian player, is rated 1529 — just 4 short of his peak of 1533 (Nov 2025, age 15). He is on a breakout run, having gained +125 Elo over the past 12 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Csongrad Csanad County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 11, 11th Berecz Memorial - Group C, and Hungarian National Youth Team Championship - U18. Also played 1 rapid event (including Ten Cities for Hun Chess Morahalom) recently.

At junior level, he reached #75, #32 and #6 nationally in U12, U10 and U8.

Current rating

1529

Standard

Rpd1544·Blz1434

All-time high

1533

−4 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 15

Activity

14

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#174,407

#174,407 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2026
Re-crossed 1500
at age 16
Apr 2026
100 career games
at age 16
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 1500
at age 15
Nov 2025
All-time peak 1533
at age 15 · −4 from today
Nov 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+412 Elo)
1052 → 1464
Jun 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 14
Mar 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Miklos Jr. Filep 1,808
Csongrad Csanad County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 9-10 · Mar 2026 · +14.0 Elo
Evolution
—
Tournaments
8
32 games
Score
12/ 3237.5%
9W6D17L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMate Bence Huszar1,517·Szentmiklos Open·R7·-18.9
2.[L]vsLaszlo Molnar1,587·Szentmiklos Open·R6·-15.0
3.[L]vsYichen Zhao1,591·S: 14th SPLIT OPEN: CHESS FESTIVAL 2025·R9·-14.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

8 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Csongrad Csanad County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 11
Team
Apr 20261/1#202341+22.0
Csongrad Csanad County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 9-10
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#541808+14.8
Csongrad Csanad County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 5-6
Team
Jan 20260/1#87920-10.0
11th Berecz Memorial - Group C
Swiss
Dec 20253/3#212400-26.0
Csongrad Csanad County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 2-3
Team
Nov 20250/1#611073-4.8
Hungarian National Youth Team Championship - U18
Team
Oct 20253/3#1212397+35.2
Szentmiklos Open
Open Swiss
Aug 20251/7#10413590.0
S: 14th SPLIT OPEN: CHESS FESTIVAL 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20253.5/9#14815410.0
Worst Elo result: 11th Berecz Memorial - Group C (-26.0 Elo, finished #21).

Rankings

/
Hungary
#2,949
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#111,976
in continent
World
#174,372
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Hungary
1
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2
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3
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2,635
4
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2,601
5
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2,598
6
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2,577
7
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2,575
8
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2,561
9
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2,556
9
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2,556
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2949🇭🇺Szamko, Balint1,529
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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111976🇭🇺Szamko, Balint1,529
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
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2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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174372🇭🇺Szamko, Balint1,529