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Kovacs, Istvan

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FIDEFIDE 701890· Male· Hungary· Born in 1955

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Istvan Kovacs, a 71-year-old Hungarian player, is rated 2075 and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +28 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include HUN Team Ch. Erkel Ferenc Memorial Group 2025-26 R 10, Pest County Team Ch. 2025-26 Super Group R 10-11, and Pest County Team Ch. 2025-26 Herczeg Oszkar Memorial Group 1st A R 6- R 7 Partial. Also played 2 rapid events (including ART 3F SE FIDE Rapid August) recently. He took a 13-month break between Jul 2011 and Sep 2012. His peak of 2251 was reached at age 50 (Jul 2005).

Current rating

2075

Standard

Rpd1986·Blz2120

All-time high

2251

176 pts below
Jul 2005 · age 50

Activity

29

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 8%

#17,851 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

19 entries
2026
17th Hungarian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 2091
Apr 2026
2023
23rd Hungarian 65-70 player
at age 68 · rated 2105
May 2023
Best 12-month gain (+47 Elo)
2055 → 2102
Apr 2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 68
Apr 2023
2022
500 career games
at age 67
Oct 2022
2018
Re-crossed 2100
at age 63
Dec 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Gabor SutoFM 2,084
Best comeback
HUN Team Ch. Erkel Ferenc Memorial Group 2025-26 R 3
finished #3 (seeded #30 of 120)

Last 12 months — tournaments

17 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team
May 20260/1#1041298-9.6
Team
Apr 20260.5/1#771906-4.8
Team
Apr 20261/2#612069-1.2
Team
Mar 20261/1#12884+10.4
Team
Mar 20261/1#102829+9.0
Team
Mar 20261.5/2#152159+4.6
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#481942-3.4
Team
Feb 20261.5/2#132100+1.6
Team
Jan 20261/1#182763+7.2
Team
Dec 20251/1#272731+6.6

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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Hungary
#531
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#13,039
in continent
World
#17,851
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Hungary
1
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2,729
2
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2,676
3
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2,635
4
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2,601
5
🇭🇺Banusz, TamasFollow Tamas BanuszTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,598
6
🇭🇺Dudin, GlebFollow Gleb DudinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,577
7
🇭🇺dr. Balog, ImreFollow Imre dr. BalogTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,575
8
🇭🇺Acs, PeterFollow Peter AcsTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,561
9
🇭🇺Prohaszka, PeterFollow Peter ProhaszkaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,556
9
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2,556
...
531🇭🇺Kovacs, Istvan2,075
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
...
13039🇭🇺Kovacs, Istvan2,075
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
17851🇭🇺Kovacs, Istvan2,075