Gaal, Zsoka

Zsoka Gaal, a 19-year-old Hungarian International Master, is rated 2374 and ranked 1st among Hungarian women, and in the top 1% worldwide. She has held steady between 2350 and 2400 for 14 months. 90 rated games in the past year (≈82/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Frauenbundesliga 2025-2026 April 2026, X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A, and HUN Team Ch. Super League Szabo L Memorial R 6. Also played 6 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 4 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool D) recently. Her peak of 2425 was reached at age 17 (Nov 2024, Hungarian #38 at the time).

Awarded WGM in 2024 (age 17), IM in 2025 (age 18), WIM in 2021 (age 14), WFM in 2019 (age 12), and WCM in 2015 (age 8). At junior level, she reached World #51 in U18, World #47 in U16, World #16 in U14, World #21 in U12, World #3 in U10, World #39 in U8 and #3 nationally in U20.