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Kovacs, Lajos
🇭🇺FIDE 735299· Male· Hungary· Born in 1994
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Lajos Kovacs, a 32-year-old Hungarian player, is rated 2184 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 17 months (2016–2017) and 36 months (2021–2024). Recent appearances: HUN Team 1st Div. Maroczy Geza Memorial Group 2025-26 R 10 and HUN Team Ch. Erkel Ferenc Memorial Group 2025-26 R 6-7. His peak of 2244 was reached at age 21 (Apr 2015).
At junior level, he reached World #91 in U12 and #12, #9, #9 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2184
Standard
Rpd—·Blz2136
All-time high
2244
−60 pts below
Apr 2015 · age 21
Apr 2015 · age 21
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 4%
#9,049 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2021
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 2189 → returned at 2184
Nov 2021
2016
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2219 → returned at 2229
May 2016
2015
96th Hungarian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2244
Apr 2015
All-time peak 2244
at age 21 · −60 from today
Apr 2015
2014
12th Hungarian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2226
Jan 2014
2012
9th Hungarian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2227
Jan 2012
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+6
2178 → 2184
Tournaments
5
6 games
Score
2.5/ 641.7%
1W4D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #124 | 1358 | -10.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #55 | 2167 | -0.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #72 | 3031 | +11.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #99 | 2167 | -0.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #66 | 2214 | +1.0 |
Rankings
/
Hungary
#271
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#6,382
in continent
World
#9,049
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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