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Virag, Balint
🇭🇺FIDE 778206· Male· Hungary· Born in 2004
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Balint Virag, a 22-year-old Hungarian player, is rated 2186 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +28 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈64/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include HUN Team 1st Div. Charousek R Memorial Group 2025-26 R 10, Pest County Team Ch. 2025-26 Super Group R 10-11, and Sasomi Open - 4th ed.. Also played 1 blitz event (including Sasomi Open - 4th ed. blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #16, #14, #7, #9, #14 and #9 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2186
Standard
Rpd2052·Blz2109
All-time high
2186
at best
Jan 2023 · age 19
Jan 2023 · age 19
Activity
34
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#8,946 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
24 entries2025
94th Hungarian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2186
Feb 2025
2023
16th Hungarian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2186
Jan 2023
All-time peak 2186
at age 19
Jan 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
2022
14th Hungarian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2164
Jun 2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Jun 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+28
2158 → 2186
Tournaments
15
33 games
Score
21/ 3363.6%
17W8D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #64 | 2293 | +3.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #27 | 2839 | +6.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #38 | 3027 | +11.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #84 | 1971 | -10.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7/9 | #11 | 2165 | +6.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/7 | #2 | 2311 | +26.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/2 | #171 | 1391 | -18.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #56 | 2160 | 0.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #18 | 2881 | +8.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #70 | 2157 | 0.0 |
Worst Elo result: HUN Team 1st Div. Charousek R Memorial Group 2025-26 R 6-7 (-18.4 Elo, finished #171).
Most-Played Opponents
vsGellert KaracsonyiIM
🇭🇺HUN·2422
+2 −7 =3
12 games·last met Jul 2022
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vsMate GyenesCM
🇭🇺HUN·2221
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsBence Bernath
🇭🇺HUN·2192
+4 −4 =0
8 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsNikoletta TothWFM
🇭🇺HUN·1963
+4 −3 =1
8 games·last met Jun 2021
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vsBarnabas Baski
🇭🇺HUN·2224
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Hungary
#270
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#6,298
in continent
World
#8,946
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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