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Balogh, Csaba
GM🇭🇺INACTIVE · since May 2025FIDE 718939· Male· Hungary· Born in 1987
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Csaba Balogh, a 39-year-old Hungarian Grandmaster, is rated 2544 and ranked 14th among Hungarian players, and 348th worldwide. He plays around 63 rated games per year. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool D) recently. His peak of 2672 was reached at age 25 (May 2012, World #80 at the time); he spent 24 months in the world top 100.
Awarded GM in 2004 (age 17), IM in 2002 (age 15), and FM in 2001 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #6 in U20, World #6 in U18, World #9 in U16 and World #14 in U14.
Current rating
2544
Standard
Rpd2592·Blz2640
All-time high
2672
−128 pts below
May 2012 · age 25
May 2012 · age 25
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#14
#14 · Hungarian players · of 3,279
24 months in World top 100 (2011–2015)
24 months in World top 100 (2011–2015)
Career timeline
25 entries2025
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2544 → still inactive
May 2025
2015
24 months in world top 100
since Sep 2011
Oct 2015
2014
Re-crossed 2650
at age 27
Sep 2014
Re-crossed 2650
at age 27
Feb 2014
2012
Peak World rank: #80
at age 25 · rated 2672
May 2012
All-time peak 2672
at age 25 · −128 from today
May 2012
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2544 → 2544
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsMost-Played Opponents
vsZoltan AlmasiGM
🇭🇺HUN·2677
+1 −1 =10
12 games·last met Mar 2022
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vsRichard RapportGM
🇭🇺HUN·2729
+3 −2 =6
11 games·last met Apr 2017
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vsRobert RuckGM
🇭🇺HUN·2472
+0 −1 =9
10 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsImre dr. BalogGM
🇭🇺HUN·2585
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Feb 2024
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vsSergey GrigoriantsGM
🇭🇺HUN·2548
+0 −0 =7
7 games·last met Jul 2023
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Rankings
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Hungary
#13
out of 3,442 players
Europe
#196
in continent
World
#345
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
Hungary
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