Ivan Farago
Number of games in database: 728
Years covered: 1964 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2445
Highest rating achieved in database: 2625
Overall record: +190 -155 =381 (52.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Grunfeld (46)      D93 D97 D82 D98 D83  Queen's Indian (38)      E12 E17 E15 E13 E18  King's Indian (35)      E97 E73 E94 E61 E75  Modern Benoni (32)      A57 A61 A56 A67 A77  Nimzo Indian (30)      E21 E32 E20 E41 E39  Queen's Gambit Declined (26)      D37 D39 D38 D31 D30	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (120)      C18 C05 C19 C00 C09  French Tarrasch (45)      C05 C09 C07 C03 C06  French Winawer (45)      C18 C19 C16 C15  Queen's Indian (36)      E12 E15 E14 E17 E18  Sicilian (36)      B42 B22 B40 B43 B46  Nimzo Indian (32)      E46 E32 E55 E48 E21

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Farago vs I Zaitsev, 1980 1-0
   I Farago vs K Bjerring, 1989 1-0
   I Farago vs G Jacoby, 2002 1-0
   Sax vs I Farago, 1973 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Amsterdam IBM 1976 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1988 by suenteus po 147

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IVAN FARAGO (born Apr-01-1946) Hungary [what is this?] Iván Faragó was born in Budapest. He was awarded the IM title in 1974 and the GM title in 1976. He was 1st= at Halle 1978, 1st at Kecskemet 1979, 1st= (with Lajos Portisch) in the 1981 Hungarian Championship, 1st at Svendborg, 1st= at Bagneux 1983, 1st at Albena 1983, 1st= at Wijk aan Zee 1987 and 1st at Budapest 1987.

page 1 of 30; games 1-25 of 728  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Farago vs Antoshin   1-0 44 1964 WchT U26 11th fin-A D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. V Tukmakov vs I Farago 1-0 27 1965 Wch U20 f-A C05 French, Tarrasch 3. I Farago vs G Kluger   ½-½ 30 1965 HUN-ch 21th E97 King's Indian 4. I Farago vs Portisch   ½-½ 36 1965 Ungarn A53 Old Indian 5. Huebner vs I Farago   ½-½ 46 1965 Wch U20 C15 French, Winawer 6. I Farago vs G Kluger   0-1 40 1965 HUN-ch 20th B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 7. I Farago vs Kurajica   0-1 45 1965 Wch U20 f-A E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 8. Portisch vs I Farago   ½-½ 101 1965 Ungarn A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 9. I Radulov vs I Farago   1-0 40 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. E Pantazi vs I Farago   ½-½ 41 1966 Orebro Stud olm prelim6 C00 French Defense 11. I Farago vs O Jakobsen   0-1 31 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA A53 Old Indian 12. K B McAlpine vs I Farago   0-1 30 1966 Orebro Stud olm prelim6 A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky 13. I Farago vs I Gat   0-1 48 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA E61 King's Indian 14. H Ree vs I Farago   1-0 29 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA A13 English 15. Hartston vs I Farago   1-0 41 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA C00 French Defense 16. D Rivera vs I Farago   0-1 40 1966 Orebro Stud olm prelim6 C18 French, Winawer 17. E Haag vs I Farago   1-0 47 1967 HUN-ch C19 French, Winawer, Advance 18. N Kerins vs I Farago   0-1 44 1967 WchT U26 A99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3 19. Szabo vs I Farago   1-0 45 1967 Budapest A04 Reti Opening 20. J Aijala vs I Farago   0-1 41 1967 WchT U26 14th C01 French, Exchange 21. Portisch vs I Farago   ½-½ 65 1968 Ungarn A99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3 22. I Farago vs Szabo   0-1 46 1968 HUN A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 23. Adorjan vs I Farago 1-0 21 1968 Hungary C16 French, Winawer 24. G Kluger vs I Farago   ½-½ 20 1968 HUN-ch A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky 25. G Kluger vs I Farago   1-0 30 1968 Budapest C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line  page 1 of 30; games 1-25 of 728

Oct-01-04    fasting: Does anybody know anything about mr. Farago? Dec-29-04    Benzol: Ivan Farago Born 1st April 1946 in Budapest Awarded the IM title in 1974 and the GM title 1976. Apr-12-05    waddayaplay: His favourite approach to the gruenfeld the rather unusual Bf4 and e3. Since I'm a French Player like him, I looked through his games with black, and found them to be very complicated. Apr-12-05    WTHarvey: Here are some diagrams of critical positions from Ivan's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/fara.html Apr-01-06    BIDMONFA: Ivan Farago FARAGO, Ivan http://www.bidmonfa.com/farago_ivan... _ Oct-10-09    nigelsnoru: F r o g g e r Feb-09-11    offramp: He has played the second largest number of Class A games, after Viktor Kortschnoj. Feb-04-12    King Death: < offramp: He has played the second largest number of Class A games, after Viktor Kortschnoj.> To make GM both of these players must have had a few decent ones in spite of your ridiculous statement. Maybe one day you'll get within a light year or two of them in playing strength. Feb-18-12    offramp: <King Death: < offramp: He has played the second largest number of Class A games, after Viktor Kortschnoj.> To make GM both of these players must have had a few decent ones in spite of your ridiculous statement. Maybe one day you'll get within a light year or two of them in playing strength.> My source was Chessbase Megabase 2011. If you disagree you should inform Chessbase through its website at http://www.chessbase.com/ Feb-18-12    nummerzwei: This shows once more that Brits and Americans don't speak the same language. Apr-01-13    waustad: IM Ulrich Schulze was not kind to Ivan Farago, passing his score for top Senior at the Neckar Open on his birthday. He had led that category for most of the tournament.

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