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B.Garai, Lehel
🇭🇺FIDE 17009030· Male· Hungary· Born in 2008
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Lehel B.Garai, a 18-year-old Hungarian player, is rated 2130 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +138 Elo over the past 12 months. 60 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include HUN Team Ch. Asztalos Lajos Memorial Group 2025-26 R 8, Wellness Chess Tour GP3 Pecs, and Wellness Chess Tour GP2 Harkany.
At junior level, he reached #26, #31, #29 and #40 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2130
Standard
Rpd1908·Blz1776
All-time high
2130
at best
Jun 2026 · age 18
Jun 2026 · age 18
Activity
45
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
59 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#731 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
12 entries2026
Crossed 2100
at age 18
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2130
at age 18
Jun 2026
26th Hungarian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2094
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 17
Sep 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 17
Mar 2025
2024
31st Hungarian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1873
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+138
1992 → 2130
Tournaments
15
66 games
Score
41/ 6662.1%
36W22D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #21 | 2754 | +14.0 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/7 | #4 | 2199 | +52.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #24 | 2649 | +8.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #36 | 1845 | -12.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/7 | #11 | 2024 | -21.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #55 | 2000 | -5.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/7 | #7 | 2080 | 0.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #38 | 1897 | -10.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #13 | 2776 | +14.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #14 | 2720 | +12.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsEtelka B.Garai
🇭🇺HUN·1670
+9 −1 =1
11 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsZoltan Juhasz
🇭🇺HUN·2069
+3 −5 =2
10 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsPeter Nagy
🇭🇺HUN·1800
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsAttila Janos Nemeth
🇭🇺HUN·1865
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsFerenc Dani
🇭🇺HUN·1710
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Feb 2024
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Rankings
/
Hungary
#373
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#9,243
in continent
World
#12,794
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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