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Szabo, Janos
🇭🇺FIDE 746959· Male· Hungary· Born in 1959
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Janos Szabo, a 67-year-old Hungarian player, is rated 1640. He has fluctuated between 1635 and 1667 over the past 2 years. 20 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: Budapest Team Ch. Szen Jozsef Memorial Group 2025-26 R 10-11 and 9th Paty Festival Chess Cup U1800. Also played 2 rapid events (including 9th Terezvarosi Rapid Open) recently. He took a 17-month break between May 2015 and Nov 2016. His peak of 1672 was reached at age 65 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1640
Standard
Rpd1669·Blz—
All-time high
1672
−32 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 65
Mar 2024 · age 65
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#131,960
#131,960 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+198 Elo)
1474 → 1672
Apr 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 65
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 65
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1672
at age 65 · −32 from today
Mar 2024
2019
Re-crossed 1500
at age 60
Nov 2019
Re-crossed 1500
at age 60
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+5
1635 → 1640
Tournaments
7
16 games
Score
7.5/ 1646.9%
7W1D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 2/6 | #31 | 1641 | -0.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/2 | #220 | 766 | -25.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #82 | 1779 | +6.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/1 | #35 | 2389 | +8.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #102 | 781 | -12.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #4 | 2465 | +21.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #57 | 2412 | +9.4 |
Worst Elo result: Budapest Team Ch. Szen Jozsef Memorial Group 2025-26 R 10-11 (-25.6 Elo, finished #220).
Rankings
/
Hungary
#2,569
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#90,088
in continent
World
#131,954
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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