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Pap, Gyula
GM🇭🇺INACTIVE · since May 2025FIDE 725323· Male· Hungary· Born in 1991
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Gyula Pap, a 35-year-old Hungarian Grandmaster, is rated 2455 and ranked 28th among Hungarian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays around 43 rated games per year and took a 57-month break between Oct 2016 and Aug 2021 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2578 was reached at age 21 (Aug 2012); he also reached World #340 in Oct 2012.
Awarded GM in 2011 (age 20) and IM in 2007 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #18 in U20, World #20 in U18, World #14 in U16, World #6 in U14, World #19 in U12 and World #22 in U10.
Current rating
2455
Standard
Rpd2563·Blz2525
All-time high
2578
−123 pts below
Aug 2012 · age 21
Aug 2012 · age 21
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
Active
Signature stat
#28
#28 · Hungarian players · of 3,279
Career timeline
23 entries2025
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2455 → still inactive
May 2025
2023
1,000 career games
at age 32
Oct 2023
2016
Inactive for 57 months
paused at 2535 → returned at 2519
Oct 2016
2015
Peak Hungarian rank: #15
at age 24 · rated 2552
Oct 2015
2012
Peak World rank: #340
at age 21 · rated 2569
Oct 2012
All-time peak 2578
at age 21 · −123 from today
Aug 2012
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2455 → 2455
Most-Played Opponents
vsImre dr. BalogGM
🇭🇺HUN·2585
+5 −2 =2
9 games·last met Nov 2014
View head-to-head →
vsZlatko IlincicGM
🇷🇸SRB·2203
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsZoltan VargaGM
🇭🇺HUN·2314
+1 −1 =6
8 games·last met Nov 2011
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vsPeter ProhaszkaGM
🇭🇺HUN·2562
+1 −2 =4
7 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsTamas BanuszGM
🇭🇺HUN·2593
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2013
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Rankings
/
Hungary
#29
out of 3,442 players
Europe
#581
in continent
World
#965
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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