Zoltan Almasi is a Hungarian Chess Grandmaster with current Elo ratings over 2500 in FIDE.
Last Updated: July 13, 2022
Full Name: Zoltan Almasi
Title: Chess Grandmaster (1993)
Born: August 29, 1976
Place of birth: Hungary
Federation: Hungary
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Ratings
World ranking: 66
Rapid: 2599
Blitz: 2585
Classical: 2677
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Biography
Zoltan Almasi is a famous Hungarian grandmaster aged 45 with a high self-motivation in his chess career. He started participating in chess early and was crowned a grand master title at 17. He continued his chess career with positive progress, winning the Hungarian chess championships nine times. He has played in different chess tournaments at the individual level and as part of the Hungarian national team. He has recorded other titles and won many games in his chess career, including two silver medals. He is ranked among the top best chess players in Hungary with the most outstanding achievements in the chess industry.
The Beginning
Zoltan Almasi started participating in his chess career early, winning his grandmaster title at 17. He won the Hungarian chess championships in 1995 and defended his lead in 1997 and 1999. He continued competing in the same national championship and was declared champion for the fourth time in 2000. He later became the fifth-time winner of the tournament in 2003. In 2006, 2008, and 2006, Almasi recorded the best of his performance by defending his lead up to eight times. He later won the championship again in 2019, making him the highest defending champion of the Hungarian chess championship.
Almasi also competed in the Chess Olympiads 13 times between 1994 and 2018. In the chess Olympiads competitions, he won a silver medal in 2002. He later won another silver medal in the 2014 chess Olympiads as a team. In 2010 and 2016, Almasi won the silver medals individually in the chess Olympiad tournaments. He reached the fourth round in the World FIDE chess tournament held in 2004, where he lost to Rustam Kasimdzanov in a 2-0 defeat. Rustam later became the championship winner and proved cleverer than Almasi in the game.
In the Reggio Emilia chess tournament held in Italy in 2008, Almasi was named the winner after scoring 5.5 points out of a total of 8 points in the event. Almasi crossed the highest FIDE rating of 2700 in November 2009 when he recorded his best peak rating of 2704. This made him ranked among the top best chess players in Hungary, gaining more popularity among other veteran players.
Almasi competed in the 2010 European Rapid tournament and was named the championship winner. He later won two tie-break matches facing Gashimov and Shorov and tied with five other players in the event in a total of thirteen rounds. Almasi also won the Blindfold section of the Sport Accord Mind games, which were held the following year. He later competed in the 2013 Capablanca Memorial chess tournament, where he was declared the winner after scoring 6.5 out of 10 points.
Achievements
Due to his self-motivation and dedication to his career, Almasi has made several achievements in the chess industry. He is a nine-time champion in the Hungarian chess championships. This made him break the record of being the tournament’s defending champion for the highest number of times. He has also won two silver medals for his national team and the other two silver medals at the individual level in his chess career. He is a grandmaster winner, awarded a title at 17 by FIDE.
Almasi also won the Reggio Emilio chess games held in Italy. In addition, he managed to cross the highest FIDE rating mark of 2700 when he recorded his best peak rating of 2704 in 2009. He is also the winner of the Capablanca Memorial tournament held in 2013.
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