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Szabo, Balazs
🇭🇺FIDE 782700· Male· Hungary· Born in 1989
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Balazs Szabo, a 37-year-old Hungarian player, is rated 1806 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +24 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok Varmegyei 1st Div. Team Ch. R 9, HUN Team Ch. Toth Laszlo Memorial Group 2025-26 R 8, and Bacs-Kiskun County Team Ch. 2026. He took a 25-month break between Oct 2020 and Dec 2022 (COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1806
Standard
Rpd1761·Blz1841
All-time high
1806
at best
May 2026 · age 37
May 2026 · age 37
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#74,472
#74,472 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Crossed 1800
at age 37
May 2026
All-time peak 1806
at age 37
May 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+174 Elo)
1611 → 1785
May 2024
2020
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1601 → returned at 1616
Oct 2020
2018
100 career games
at age 29
Jun 2018
2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 27
Jan 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+24
1782 → 1806
Tournaments
7
11 games
Score
8.5/ 1177.3%
8W1D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #28 | 2701 | +13.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #13 | 2573 | +9.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/1 | #55 | 2404 | -4.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 3/3 | #7 | 2491 | +3.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #10 | 2400 | +5.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #24 | 2697 | +13.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #90 | 770 | -15.6 |
Rankings
/
Hungary
#1,742
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#53,969
in continent
World
#74,471
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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