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Balazs, Marcell
🇭🇺FIDE 17018439· Male· Hungary· Born in 2004
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Marcell Balazs, a 22-year-old Hungarian player, is rated 2052 — just 5 short of his peak of 2057 (Nov 2025, age 21) and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +20 Elo over the past 12 months. 35 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include HUN Team 1st Div. Maroczy Geza Memorial Group 2025-26 R 10, Budapest Team Ch. Bilek Istvan Memorial Group 2025-26 R 10-11, and 2nd Dede Erno Memorial - Group A. Also played 1 blitz event (including 24 Hours Blitz Tournament) recently.
At junior level, he reached #34 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2052
Standard
Rpd1831·Blz1857
All-time high
2057
−5 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 21
Nov 2025 · age 21
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 9%
#20,540 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 2057
at age 21 · −5 from today
Nov 2025
100 career games
at age 21
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 21
Apr 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 21
Feb 2025
2024
34th Hungarian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2006
Sep 2024
Crossed 2000
at age 20
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+21
2031 → 2052
Tournaments
16
34 games
Score
20.5/ 3460.3%
17W7D10L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsPeter Gara-Tarnoczi2,168·HUN Team 1st Div. Maroczy Geza Memorial Group 2025-26 R 6-7·R1·+13.2
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
16 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #12 | 2823 | +9.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #126 | 1276 | -9.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #8 | 2640 | +4.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #117 | 1332 | -7.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #64 | 2094 | +2.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #149 | 1067 | -15.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/6 | #26 | 2043 | -1.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #77 | 2968 | +13.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #96 | 1295 | -8.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #43 | 2161 | +3.0 |
Worst Elo result: Budapest Team Ch. Bilek Istvan Memorial Group 2025-26 R 8-9 (-15.0 Elo, finished #149).
Rankings
/
Hungary
#604
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#15,076
in continent
World
#20,540
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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