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Herpai, Jozsef Matyas
CM🇭🇺FIDE 786179· Male· Hungary· Born in 2007
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Jozsef Matyas Herpai, a 19-year-old Hungarian Candidate Master, is rated 2209 — just 28 short of his peak of 2237 (Dec 2025, age 18) and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide under 20, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +153 Elo over the past 12 months. 35 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Csongrad Csanad County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 11, HUN Team 1st Div. Charousek R Memorial Group 2025-26 R 9, and 11th Berecz Memorial - Group A. Also played 10 rapid (including Hungarian Rapid Championship - 10th Csaba Arpad Memorial) and 2 blitz events (including GM Kallai Blitz Memorial) recently. He took a 20-month break between Feb 2016 and Nov 2017.
Awarded CM in 2024 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #13, #9, #9, #48, #89 and #48 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2209
Standard
Rpd2159·Blz2114
All-time high
2237
−28 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 18
Dec 2025 · age 18
Activity
42
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
35 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#455 · players worldwide under 20 · of 10,035
Career timeline
20 entries2026
13th Hungarian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2237
Jan 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 2237
at age 18 · −28 from today
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 18
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Aug 2025
2024
9th Hungarian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2205
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+153
2056 → 2209
Tournaments
11
35 games
Score
22/ 3562.9%
16W12D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #8 | 2670 | +2.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #50 | 2294 | +2.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #92 | 2162 | -1.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #150 | 1487 | -8.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #30 | 2687 | +2.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/7 | #26 | 2098 | -26.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #30 | 3005 | +19.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 4/7 | #42 | 2242 | +16.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #65 | 2212 | +0.8 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/7 | #2 | 2352 | +84.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBalazs Megyaszai
🇭🇺HUN·2100
+2 −1 =6
9 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsDavid Meszaros-Csonka
🇭🇺HUN·2158
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsRobert Jr. Kantor
🇭🇺HUN·1893
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsMihaly Puskas
🇭🇺HUN·2037
+0 −3 =3
6 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAkos KocsmarFM
🇭🇺HUN·2296
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Hungary
#235
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#5,368
in continent
World
#7,699
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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