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Takacs, Balazs
IM🇭🇺FIDE 728500· Male· Hungary· Born in 1987
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Balazs Takacs, a 39-year-old Hungarian International Master, is rated 2310 and sitting in the top 3% of Hungarian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 3 years. 20 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include HUN Team Ch. Super League Szabo L Memorial R 6, HUN Team Ch. Super League Szabo L Memorial R 4 - Partial 5, and 28th Pannonia Cup Open. Also played 1 rapid event (including Salamon Zsigmond Memorial) recently. His peak of 2402 was reached at age 28 (Apr 2015, Hungarian #65 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2016 (age 29). At junior level, he reached #12, #25 and #27 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2310
Standard
Rpd2264·Blz2310
All-time high
2402
−92 pts below
Apr 2015 · age 28
Apr 2015 · age 28
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#105 · Hungarian players · of 3,211
Career timeline
17 entries2020
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2350 → returned at 2347
Oct 2020
2016
500 career games
at age 29
Dec 2016
IM title awardedIM
at age 29 · 87th FIDE Congress 2016
Sep 2016
2015
Peak Hungarian rank: #65
at age 28 · rated 2402
Apr 2015
Crossed 2400
at age 28
Apr 2015
All-time peak 2402
at age 28 · −92 from today
Apr 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-2
2312 → 2310
Tournaments
5
11 games
Score
6.5/ 1159.1%
5W3D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #38 | 2341 | +0.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #87 | 1694 | -2.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #93 | 1672 | -2.9 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #82 | 2364 | +0.7 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/7 | #3 | 2331 | +2.5 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGabor Joo
🇭🇺HUN·2000
+9 −0 =2
11 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsJozsef Marton
🇭🇺HUN·1989
+6 −2 =2
10 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsImre HorvathIM
🇭🇺HUN
+2 −0 =7
9 games·last met Aug 2012
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vsJanos SiposFM
🇭🇺HUN·2095
+5 −2 =1
8 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsMladen TrbojevicFM
🇭🇷CRO·2295
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Nov 2024
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Rankings
/
Hungary
#105
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#2,494
in continent
World
#3,762
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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