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Z Almasi 
Photograph copyright © 2006 Milan Kovacs (www.milankovacs.com)  
Zoltan Almasi
Number of games in database: 676
Years covered: 1990 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2704
Overall record: +207 -96 =282 (59.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      91 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (141) 
    B90 B33 B42 B32 B67
 Ruy Lopez (74) 
    C78 C80 C67 C89 C84
 Sicilian Najdorf (48) 
    B90 B92 B91 B93
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (41) 
    C89 C84 C96 C99 C92
 French Defense (30) 
    C11 C10 C18 C16 C17
 French (19) 
    C11 C10 C12
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (84) 
    C67 C88 C92 C65 C60
 Queen's Indian (58) 
    E15 E12 E17 E14 E19
 Nimzo Indian (45) 
    E32 E48 E20 E55 E21
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (37) 
    C88 C92 C91 C86 C97
 English (25) 
    A15 A17 A13 A14 A12
 Sicilian (23) 
    B40 B22 B52 B30 B47
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Z Almasi vs Korchnoi, 1997 1-0
   Z Almasi vs W Watson, 1994 1-0
   Z Almasi vs Karpov, 2001 1-0
   Z Almasi vs Korchnoi, 1996 1-0
   Z Almasi vs C Lutz, 2005 1-0
   Z Almasi vs Harikrishna, 2007 1-0
   Z Almasi vs M Al-Modiahki, 2004 1-0
   Z Almasi vs E Kengis, 1996 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   excellente! by acportugal808

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ZOLTAN ALMASI
(born Aug-29-1976) Hungary

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Zoltan Almasi was born in Hungary on August 29, 1976. He earned the GM title in 1993 at the age of 17, and that same year he became World Junior Champion. He has gone on to win seven Hungarian Championships (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008). His biggest victory of 2005 came when he won the 3rd Marx Gyorgy (2005) with 6.5 points out of 10. Later that year he challenged Peter Svidler for the Chess 960 (Fischerandom) World Championship in Mainz, but lost the match. In 2008 he won the 50th International Tournament in Reggio Emilia 2007/08 with 6.0/9 and no losses. His performance was 2747.

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Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Z Almasi vs L Zsinka 1-041 1990 Ch Hungary (open)C55 Two Knights Defense
2. Z Almasi vs G Timoshenko  0-145 1991 Budapest Spring opC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
3. Barsov vs Z Almasi  ½-½61 1991 Cansys IM-AD92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
4. Baburin vs Z Almasi  ½-½15 1991 Budapest (Hungary)E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
5. Z Almasi vs Adorjan 1-027 1992 ZalakarosB01 Scandinavian
6. Adorjan vs Z Almasi  1-033 1992 Ch HungaryE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
7. Z Almasi vs Oral  ½-½47 1992 EU-ch U16C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
8. Z Almasi vs V Dydyshko  ½-½65 1992 EU-chT (Men)C88 Ruy Lopez
9. Svidler vs Z Almasi 1-047 1992 ChWmU16 Duisburg C53 Giuoco Piano
10. M S Tseitlin vs Z Almasi 1-028 1992 Budapest (Hungary)C25 Vienna
11. Zsuzsa Polgar vs Z Almasi 1-037 1992 Duna KupaE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
12. Z Almasi vs V Maidla  ½-½57 1992 EU-chT (Men)B32 Sicilian
13. Z Almasi vs Kulaots  1-045 1992 Wch U16B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
14. Leko vs Z Almasi ½-½108 1992 Budapest HUN chC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
15. C Lutz vs Z Almasi  ½-½46 1992 EU-chT (Men)E60 King's Indian Defense
16. Adorjan vs Z Almasi  ½-½11 1993 Ch HungaryA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
17. Rublevsky vs Z Almasi  ½-½42 1993 EUCup BalatonberenyC47 Four Knights
18. Z Rahman vs Z Almasi  0-151 1993 New York Open 03C33 King's Gambit Accepted
19. Z Almasi vs I Farago  ½-½33 1993 HUN-chC18 French, Winawer
20. Z Almasi vs D Gurevich  1-061 1993 New York op (05)B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
21. Glek vs Z Almasi  ½-½49 1993 CattolicaC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
22. Z Almasi vs I Almasi  ½-½40 1993 KecskemetC18 French, Winawer
23. Z Almasi vs Leko  ½-½35 1993 HUN-chB65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4
24. A Finkel vs Z Almasi  0-151 1993 Ch World (cadets) (under 18)C25 Vienna
25. Z Almasi vs J Horvath  1-038 1993 HUN-chB44 Sicilian
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Aug-04-05   DrDum: Unfortunately, the continuum transfunctioner hasn't worked since the flux capacitor broke.
Aug-04-05   rexeterna: <whitep pawn> That would be an affirmative. Dumbest movie ever.
Aug-04-05   Shokwave: The position he is examining in the pic is indeed very bizarre...wonder what the game could have been?
Aug-04-05   Lord.Dracula: <WannaBe> It's likely that they were both taken during the same Chess960 (FischerRandom) tournament, because they're both of the same quality.
Aug-04-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: <Lord.Dracula> Thanks for the answer. We had a lots of fun trying to 'explain' the Rustam photo!
Aug-04-05   alexandrovm: yes, maybe a fischer random game
Mar-11-06   BIDMONFA: Zoltan Almasi

ALMASI, Zoltan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/almasi_zolt...
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Mar-14-06   Warrush: It is Fischer Random
Mar-28-06   KYENNY139: I have Zoli Almasi's autograph; I aquired it whe I met him in Hungary.
Apr-22-06   Petrosian63: What was the score between Svidler and Almasi in the Fisher Random WCC?
Jun-23-06   makaveli52: the description says that he competed for the fischer random championship, so obviously the picture was taken while he was playing the variation of chess. Fischer Random is a type of chess where the back ranks are shuffled, in order to remove the necessary opening study, and create more of a pure equal game
Jul-03-07   sanyas: He looks very scary in that picture
Aug-19-07   linux fan: Congrats to Almási, 9/11 at the Ordix Open is one of his best result lately. And he plays those last rounds so cool and confident.
Nov-27-07   linux fan: Almási had 2692 before the World Cup, that is before he beat Wen Yang 1,5-0,5 and won the first game against Bartosz Socko. Second game is tomorrow. I guess he must have those missing 8 rating points by now. Way to go, Alma!
Dec-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Resignation Trap: Almasi is a big fan of Formula 1 racing: http://formula1.about.com/od/paddoc... .
Dec-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Red October: good looking guy,
Dec-30-07   like a GM: Nice win today for Almasi.
Dec-30-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  veigaman: He is a very good player, very underestimated and unfortunately he doesnt recive many invitations to take part in tournaments
Mar-19-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Resignation Trap: Almasi is currently tied for the lead with Arkadi Naiditsch in Heviz with 1.5/2. See: http://www.palace-heviz.hu/pages/en... .

Other standings: Victor Mikhalevski and Csaba Balogh 1.0/2, Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu and Francisco Vallejo-Pons 0.5/2.

Aug-29-08   WickedPawn: I had the opportunity to meet Zoltan in person during the 1996 World Junior Championship. The only thing I'm able to emulate from this brilliant player is his birthday.
Aug-29-08   Katu: <Shokwave> it's not that bizarre... it's a not so rare, but a little bit unusual position in the Giuoco Piano:

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Nov-19-08   gorash: <Katu> the white bishop stands on b5 as far as I can make it out, so it's a 4.d3 Bc5 Ruy Lopez Berlin instead
Dec-20-08   Katu: Nice awareness, the bishop is really in b5.
Dec-29-08   jon01: I wonder how much his liverating is.
Sep-29-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Billy Vaughan: And he's in the 2700 club. Congratulations!
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