Csaba Balogh

Csaba Balogh
Full name	Csaba Balogh
Country	Hungary
Born	March 10, 1987 (1987-03-10) (age 24) Budapest, Hungary
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2609 (April 2009)
Peak rating	2624 (July 2008)

Csaba Balogh is a Hungarian chess player. Balogh earned his International Master title in 2002 and in 2004 he was recognized as a Grandmaster. He won the U-16 section of the 2003 European Youth Chess Championship. Balogh was also a member of the national team that won both the U-16 World Team Championship 2003 and the U-18 European Team Championship in 2003. In 2006 he finished 2nd in the Hungarian Chess Championship. In 2011 he tied for 2nd-5th with Parimarjan Negi, Murtas Kazhgaleyev and Jon Ludvig Hammer in the 13th Dubai Open Chess Championship.^[1] Amongst Hungary's young prospects, he has been described as both "promising"^[2] and "outstanding".^[3]

Sample games

This game Balogh says is one of his "most memorable".^[3] It was played against Viktor Korchnoi at the 5th Gyorgy Marx Memorial (2007). As white, Balogh played the Ruy Lopez, Open Defence (C80).

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Re8 12. c4 d4 13. Nc3 Nd6 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Ndxb5 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3 19. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 21. Kf3 axb5 22. Qe2 Qh5+ 23. Kg2 Qxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Rxe5 25. Nd4 c5 26. Nxb5 Re2+ 27. Kh3 Rxb2 28. Nc7 Rc8 29. Nd5 Re8 30. a4 f5 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Ra2 33. Re8+ Kf7 34. Re7+ Kg6 35. Ra7 Kh6 36. a5 c4 37. Ne3 c3 38. Nxf5+ Kg6 39. Ne7+ Kh6 40. Nf5+ Kg6 41. Ne7+ Kh6 42. a6 c2 43. Rc7 Rxa6 44. Rxc2 Ra7 45. Nd5 Rd7 46. Rc6+ Kg5 47. Nf4 Kf5 48. Rc5+ Ke4 49. Kg4 h6 50. Rc6 Ke3 51. Rg6 Kf2 52. Nh5 1-0

The game features Balogh playing black in a Slav Defense. This was played against Tomi Nyback at the 2008 Najdorf Memorial tournament, dedicated to the memory of Miguel Najdorf and organized by the Warsaw Chess Foundation.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Kb1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 c5 15. Rc1 c4 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Qxb5+ Nbd7 18. Bxc4 Qa7 19. Bb3 O-O 20. h4 Rfb8 21. Qd3 Rb6 22. g4 Ra6 23. g5 Nh5 24. Kc2 Nb6 25. e4 Bd6 26. Rhg1 Nd7 27. Rcf1 e5 28. f4 exd4 29. e5 Rc8+ 30. Kd1 Nc5 31. Qc4 Bf8 32. f5 Nxb3 33. Qxb3 Rb6 34. Qd5 Rxb2 35. fxg6 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Qa6+ 37. Kf2 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 Qxg6 0-1

References

1. ^ "Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta wins Dubai Open". ChessBase.com. 2011-04-20. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7164. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
2. ^ McClain, Dylan Loeb (August 12, 2007). "An Old Lion, but Still Dangerous". New York Times (New York Times Company). http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/an-old-lion-but-still-dangerous/#more-75. Retrieved 2009-06-06. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Interview with GM Csaba Balogh". Chessdom. http://interviews.chessdom.com/csaba-balogh. Retrieved 2009-06-06. 

External links

• Csaba Balogh player profile at ChessGames.com
• FIDE rating card for Csaba Balogh
• Csaba Balogh at 365Chess.com

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Name	Balogh, Csaba
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Date of birth	1987-03-10
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
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