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Botos, Jozsef
🇭🇺FIDE 720895· Male· Hungary· Born in 1951
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Jozsef Botos, a 75-year-old Hungarian player, is rated 1826. He is progressing steadily with +41 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Pest County Team Ch. 2025-26 Super Group R 10-11, Wolf Gyorgy Memorial U2000, and HUN Team Ch. Erkel Ferenc Memorial Group 2025-26 R 8. Also played 1 rapid event (including Castling Hajduks International Rapid Tournament) recently. He took a 14-month break between Jan 2002 and Apr 2003. His peak of 2086 was reached at age 50 (Jan 2001).
Current rating
1826
Standard
Rpd1831·Blz1916
All-time high
2086
−260 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 50
Jan 2001 · age 50
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#68,404
#68,404 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 74
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+101 Elo)
1771 → 1872
May 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 73
Mar 2024
2022
56th Hungarian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1820
Dec 2022
Re-crossed 1800
at age 71
Oct 2022
2017
76th Hungarian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1890
Dec 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+41
1785 → 1826
Tournaments
11
33 games
Score
21/ 3363.6%
14W16D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #16 | 1873 | -2.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #45 | 1746 | -4.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/7 | #18 | 1798 | -5.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #65 | 1914 | +2.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #8 | 1926 | +4.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #17 | 2502 | +6.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #96 | 1893 | +2.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #3 | 2601 | +9.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #3 | 2343 | +7.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #48 | 2329 | +3.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJanos Firnigel
🇭🇺HUN
+7 −1 =5
13 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsGabor Somogyi
🇭🇺HUN·1903
+0 −0 =10
10 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsGyorgy Balatoni
🇭🇺HUN·1665
+4 −0 =4
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsGyula Schubert
🇭🇺HUN·1936
+0 −3 =5
8 games·last met Jul 2016
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vsTamas Kiripolszky
🇭🇺HUN·1898
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Hungary
#1,635
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#49,818
in continent
World
#68,403
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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