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Palkovics, Balazs
🇭🇺FIDE 774677· Male· Hungary· Born in 2000
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Balazs Palkovics, a 26-year-old Hungarian player, is rated 1902 — just 10 short of his peak of 1912 (Jan 2025, age 25). He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearances: HUN Team Ch. Barcza Gedeon Memorial Group 2025-26 R 7 and Szabolcs Szatmar Bereg County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 5. Also played 1 rapid event (including Ten Cities for Hun Chess - 2nd Shipyard Cup 2026) recently.
At junior level, he reached #52, #52 and #47 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1902
Standard
Rpd1882·Blz1864
All-time high
1912
−10 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 25
Jan 2025 · age 25
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#47,633
#47,633 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
All-time peak 1912
at age 25 · −10 from today
Jan 2025
2020
52nd Hungarian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1843
Oct 2020
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2019
2018
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Oct 2018
2017
52nd Hungarian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1816
Dec 2017
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Dec 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+12
1890 → 1902
Tournaments
5
5 games
Score
3.5/ 570.0%
3W1D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0/1 | #25 | 1106 | -10.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #61 | 1938 | +0.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #14 | 2569 | +6.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #13 | 2537 | +5.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #12 | 2667 | +9.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAdam Gocza
🇭🇺HUN·2067
+0 −2 =9
11 games·last met Jul 2021
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vsMarcell Blahota
🇭🇺HUN·2031
+1 −3 =4
8 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsGergely Toth
🇭🇺HUN·1762
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsBence Tumo
🇭🇺HUN·1890
+0 −1 =4
5 games·last met Dec 2023
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Rankings
/
Hungary
#1,212
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#35,102
in continent
World
#47,632
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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