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Kovacs, Kristof
FM🇭🇺FIDE 799831· Male· Hungary· Born in 2010
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Kristof Kovacs, a 16-year-old Hungarian FIDE Master, is rated 2284 — just 15 short of his peak of 2299 (May 2026, age 16) and sitting in the top 4% of Hungarian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +145 Elo over the past 12 months. 106 rated games in the past year (≈61/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include HUN Team 1st Div. Maroczy Geza Memorial Group 2025-26 R 10, Youth Hungarian Championship U16 Open 2026, and BAZ County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 9. Also played 7 rapid (including Hungarian Rapid Championship - 10th Csaba Arpad Memorial) and 3 blitz events (including Hungarian Blitz Open) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #67 in U12, World #45 in U8 and #1, #1 and #3 nationally in U16, U14 and U10.
Current rating
2284
Standard
Rpd2112·Blz2142
All-time high
2299
−15 pts below
May 2026 · age 16
May 2026 · age 16
Activity
90
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
106 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#145 · Hungarian players · of 3,211
Career timeline
15 entries2026
1st Hungarian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2299
May 2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 16
May 2026
All-time peak 2299
at age 16
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 16
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 15
Sep 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 15
Mar 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+125
2159 → 2284
Tournaments
27
106 games
Score
70/ 10666.0%
56W28D22L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
17 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0/1 | #134 | 1442 | -23.2 |
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2859 | +8.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #121 | 1411 | -18.8 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 8/9 | #1 | 2471 | +104.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #4 | 3051 | +23.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #21 | 2574 | +3.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #48 | 2232 | +2.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7.5/9 | #4 | 2308 | +107.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/7 | #22 | 2096 | +13.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/7 | #3 | 2085 | -5.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBence PribelszkyIM
🇭🇺HUN·2391
+1 −13 =3
17 games·last met Jan 2026
View head-to-head →
vsDonat GathiFM
🇭🇺HUN·2292
+7 −6 =4
17 games·last met Aug 2025
View head-to-head →
vsSorin-Mihai Samu
🇷🇴ROU·2030
+9 −1 =0
10 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
vsKristof Berecz
🇭🇺HUN·1977
+8 −1 =1
10 games·last met Sep 2025
View head-to-head →
vsTamas Zelena
🇭🇺HUN·1972
+5 −4 =0
9 games·last met Feb 2024
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Hungary
#145
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#3,095
in continent
World
#4,612
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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