Photograph copyright © 2006 Milan Kovacs (www.milankovacs.com)

Zoltan Almasi
Number of games in database: 942
Years covered: 1990 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2695
Highest rating achieved in database: 2726
Overall record: +262 -122 =380 (59.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      178 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (192)      B90 B33 B42 B32 B48  Ruy Lopez (104)      C78 C80 C92 C84 C67  Sicilian Najdorf (59)      B90 B92 B93 B91 B98  Ruy Lopez, Closed (52)      C92 C84 C89 C96 C99  French Defense (44)      C11 C18 C10 C16 C03  Caro-Kann (29)      B12 B17 B19 B18 B10	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (117)      C67 C65 C88 C92 C69  Queen's Indian (78)      E15 E12 E17 E14 E19  Nimzo Indian (58)      E32 E20 E55 E48 E58  Ruy Lopez, Closed (46)      C88 C92 C84 C91 C86  English (30)      A15 A17 A13 A14 A12  Sicilian (30)      B42 B43 B40 B22 B90

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Z Almasi vs Korchnoi, 1997 1-0
   Z Almasi vs W Watson, 1994 1-0
   Z Almasi vs Korchnoi, 1996 1-0
   Z Almasi vs E Kengis, 1996 1-0
   Z Almasi vs V Mikhalevski, 2008 1-0
   Z Almasi vs C Lutz, 2005 1-0
   Z Almasi vs Karpov, 2001 1-0
   Yusupov vs Z Almasi, 2007 0-1
   Z Almasi vs M Al-Modiahki, 2004 1-0
   Z Almasi vs J Smeets, 2006 1-0

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

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Linz (1997)
   53rd Hungarian Championships (2003)
   Corus Wijk aan Zee Group B (2006)
   Ordix Open (2007)
   Reggio Emilia (2008)
   Ordix Open (2008)
   2008 Olympiad (2008)
   Reggio Emilia (2009)
   Chess Olympiad (2010)
   European Individual Championships (2010)
   Chigorin Memorial (2012)
   Tradewise Gibraltar (2012)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Biel 1996 by suenteus po 147
   Linz 1997 by Phony Benoni
   Dos Hermanas 2001 by suenteus po 147
   excellente! by acportugal808

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ZOLTAN ALMASI (born Aug-29-1976) Hungary [what is this?] Zoltán Almási earned the GM title in 1993 at the age of 17, the same year he became U-18 World Junior Champion. He has won 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. By placing =1st in the Krynica Zonal Tournament 1.4, Almási qualfied for the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999) where he made it to the third round where he lost to Michael Adams. He also qualified for the World Cup (2011) by virtue of his result in the European Individual Championships (2010), where he defeated Egyptian GM Essam El Gindy in the first round, but lost unexpectedly to Romanian GM Mircea Parligras in the second round. He won individual silver (for board 2) and team bronze in the European Team Championship (2011), scoring 6/8 and a TPR of 2809. He has represented Hungary at every Olympiad since 1994, winning team silver in 2002, and individual silver for board 2 in 2010. In May 2013, he won the annual Capablanca Memorial. Almási is Hungary's 2nd ranked player and world number 39 with a June 2013 rating of 2707. Wikipedia article: Zolt%C3%A1n Alm%C3%A1si; Live rating list: http://www.2700chess.com/.

page 1 of 38; games 1-25 of 942  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Z Almasi vs L Zsinka 1-0 41 1990 Ch Hungary (open) C55 Two Knights Defense 2. Baburin vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 15 1991 Budapest (Hungary) E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 3. Z Almasi vs G Timoshenko   0-1 45 1991 Budapest Spring op C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. Barsov vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 61 1991 Cansys IM-A D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 5. Z Almasi vs Kulaots   1-0 45 1992 Wch U16 B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 6. P Vandevoort vs Z Almasi   0-1 44 1992 EU-chT (Men) A15 English 7. Leko vs Z Almasi ½-½ 108 1992 Budapest HUN ch C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 8. Z Almasi vs B Ostenstad   0-1 49 1992 EU-chT (Men) C19 French, Winawer, Advance 9. Z Almasi vs V Dydyshko   ½-½ 65 1992 EU-chT (Men) C88 Ruy Lopez 10. V Malisauskas vs Z Almasi   1-0 66 1992 EU-chT (Men) C67 Ruy Lopez 11. E Prie vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 43 1992 EU-chT (Men) C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 12. Z Almasi vs V Maidla   ½-½ 57 1992 EU-chT (Men) B32 Sicilian 13. Z Almasi vs Adorjan 1-0 27 1992 Zalakaros B01 Scandinavian 14. C Lutz vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 46 1992 EU-chT (Men) E60 King's Indian Defense 15. Z Almasi vs Lajos Abel   1-0 30 1992 Zalakaros op rap B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 16. Adorjan vs Z Almasi   1-0 33 1992 Ch Hungary E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 17. Z Almasi vs A Sokolovs 1-0 30 1992 EU-chT (Men) C16 French, Winawer 18. Z Almasi vs Oral   ½-½ 47 1992 EU-ch U16 C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 19. Svidler vs Z Almasi 1-0 47 1992 ChWmU16 Duisburg C53 Giuoco Piano 20. M S Tseitlin vs Z Almasi 1-0 28 1992 Budapest (Hungary) C25 Vienna 21. Zsuzsa Polgar vs Z Almasi 1-0 37 1992 Duna Kupa E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 22. Z Almasi vs I Almasi   ½-½ 40 1993 Kecskemet C18 French, Winawer 23. M Casella vs Z Almasi   0-1 39 1993 It (open) C51 Evans Gambit 24. Z Almasi vs J Horvath 1-0 38 1993 HUN-ch B44 Sicilian 25. Yusupov vs Z Almasi   0-1 39 1993 Mephisto-GM-Turnier E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3  page 1 of 38; games 1-25 of 942    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Almasi wins | Almasi loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-05-03    stinkymagoo: Zoltan is very wise and powerful- he is the holder of the continuum transfunctioner- a very mysterious and powerful device whose mystery is only exceeded by its power... nice rating too. Sep-13-04    ConLaMismaMano: <stinkymagoo> Isn't that phrase from the movie "Austin Powers"? The "continuum transfunctioner"? Mar-28-05    WTHarvey: Here are the critical positions of some of Zoltan's games not given here: http://www.wtharvey.com/alma.html Mar-28-05    marekg248: Quite a notable player, he was 5th in Hungarian championship in 1992, one place ahead of Peter Leko. Their game was drawn at move 108. Leko vs Z Almasi, 1992 Mar-28-05    white pawn: <ConLaMismaMano> I believe it's from Dude Where's my Car? Jun-22-05    jamesmaskell: Congrats on winning the Gyorgy Marx tourny, beating Korchnoi by half a point. Aug-04-05    WannaBe: Why are the pieces in the photo as 'misplaced' as the ones in Rustam Kasimdzhanov photo ??? If not for the fact that both side's pieces are black, I'd say they're playing each other! 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    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... _ 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    Resignation Trap: Almasi is a big fan of Formula 1 racing: http://formula1.about.com/od/paddoc... . Dec-11-07    Red October: good looking guy, Dec-30-07    like a GM: Nice win today for Almasi. Dec-30-07    veigaman: He is a very good player, very underestimated and unfortunately he doesnt recive many invitations to take part in tournaments Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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