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Balaton, Jozsef
🇷🇸FIDE 946206· Male· Serbia· Born in 1951
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Jozsef Balaton, a 75-year-old Serbian player, is rated 1779. He has slipped back 39 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent appearances: MEDJUOPSTINSKA LIGA SUBOTICA 2025. Rounds 6-9 and Hungarian Chess Players World Meeting. His peak of 1827 was reached at age 73 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1779
Standard
Rpd1741·Blz1852
All-time high
1827
−48 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 73
Mar 2024 · age 73
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#82,929
#82,929 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+106 Elo)
1712 → 1818
Nov 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 73
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1827
at age 73 · −48 from today
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1740 → returned at 1738
Nov 2019
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 66
Jul 2017
2014
Crossed 1600
at age 63
Jul 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-41
1820 → 1779
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
3/ 1030.0%
2W2D6L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0/3 | #69 | 1107 | -22.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/7 | #33 | 1719 | -19.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTibor Takacs
🇷🇸SRB·1926
+1 −5 =2
8 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsBranislav Janjusevic
🇷🇸SRB·1856
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsLudvik Bakos
🇷🇸SRB·1618
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsSvetozar Jancikin
🇷🇸SRB·1840
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Jun 2019
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vsStanislav Milodanovic
🇷🇸SRB·1824
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Sep 2017
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Rankings
/
Serbia
#2,261
out of 4,274 players
Europe
#59,732
in continent
World
#82,927
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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