ZOLTAN ALMASI (born Aug-29-1976, 48 years old) Hungary PRONUNCIATION: [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-Emilian 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 2014, and individual silver for board 2 in 2010. In May 2013, he won the annual Capablanca Memorial. Almási's peak rating and ranking to date are 2726 and world #19 respectively, in July 2011. Wikipedia article: Zoltán Almási; Live rating list: http://www.2700chess.com/ Last updated: 2017-06-20 10:55:05

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page 1 of 59; games 1-25 of 1,455  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Andrianov vs Z Almasi   1-0 35 1989 Budapest Spring Open A44 Old Benoni Defense 2. V Arbakov vs Z Almasi   1-0 30 1990 Budapest Spring Open A86 Dutch 3. Z Almasi vs F Manca   0-1 30 1990 Budapest Spring Open B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 4. Z Almasi vs H Teske 0-1 26 1990 Hungarian Open B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 5. Z Almasi vs S Videki   0-1 48 1990 Hungarian Open B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 6. B Schipkov vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 18 1990 Hungarian Open E41 Nimzo-Indian 7. Z Almasi vs L Zsinka 1-0 41 1990 Hungarian Open C55 Two Knights Defense 8. Barsov vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 61 1991 Cansys IM-A D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 9. Z Almasi vs J Dudas   1-0 53 1991 HUN-chT C10 French 10. C Pieper-Emden vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 46 1991 Cansys IM-A E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 11. Z Almasi vs Timoshenko   0-1 45 1991 Budapest Spring op C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. S Zagrebelny vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 53 1991 Budapest Autoteam C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 13. Z Almasi vs R Har-Zvi   1-0 37 1991 Wch U16 11th B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 14. A Baburin vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 15 1991 Budapest Honved E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 15. Z Almasi vs T Oral   ½-½ 47 1992 EU-ch U16 C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 16. M Tseitlin vs Z Almasi 1-0 28 1992 Elekes Memorial C25 Vienna 17. Z Almasi vs L Abel   1-0 30 1992 Zalakaros op rap B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 18. Z Almasi vs J Havasi   0-1 40 1992 HUN-chT C14 French, Classical 19. Z Almasi vs L Abel   1-0 40 1992 HUN-chT B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 20. I Farago vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 34 1992 Zalakaros op rap E73 King's Indian 21. S Polgar vs Z Almasi 1-0 37 1992 Donau Cup op E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 22. Zvjaginsev vs Z Almasi   1-0 37 1992 EU-ch U16 E92 King's Indian 23. Z Almasi vs Adorjan 1-0 27 1992 Zalakaros B01 Scandinavian 24. Z Almasi vs K Kulaots   1-0 45 1992 Wch U16 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 25. Svidler vs Z Almasi 1-0 47 1992 Wch U16 C53 Giuoco Piano  page 1 of 59; games 1-25 of 1,455

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-29-08    jon01: I wonder how much his liverating is. Sep-29-09    Billy Vaughan: And he's in the 2700 club. Congratulations! Jan-04-10    magnuschess: his notable games were just with white ;) Jan-06-10    Prugno: I'm a great fan of Almasi's style and was very happy to see him do so well in Reggio Emilia for the third year in a row, but still there seems to be a mistake in his biography above. Almasi was never literally "World Junior Champion", a title reserved for the winner of the Under-20 event, and which in 1993 was won by Igor Miladinovic. More likely, in that year he was "World Under-18 Champion" or something similar. Mar-06-10    supy: Top seeded and playing at table 1 with 240 GMs! http://tournaments.chessdom.com/eur... Mar-11-10    Method B: <Top seeded and playing at table 1 with 240 GMs!> Good enough start with three victories out of three white games against much lower rated opponents. There wasn't a lot in his black games though. He has the black pieces against Sutovsky today. Both of them are only a half point behind the leaders. Hajrá Zoli! Mar-19-10    Tabanus: Well he ended 6th in EICC, with perf. according to his rating and qualification for the World Cup: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr295... Apr-15-10    Caissanist: Until a few months ago Almasi's all time high rating was 2691, but he has managed to add another 29 points to reach 2720. FIDE's site has him expected to add another five points, which would put him into the world's top twenty for the first time. That's quite unusual in this day and age--I can't think of anyone else who has cracked the top twenty for the first time when he was over 30. Jul-17-10    GrahamClayton: Here is an article about Almasi's visit to the Hungarian Grand Prix, and finding a couple of chess playing Formula 1 drivers: http://formula1.about.com/od/paddoc... Aug-19-10    Tabanus: Shared 2nd place in György Marx Memorial (Paks, Hungary) 5-16 August 2010: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2010/cross... Nov-05-10    zoren: <Caissanist: Until a few months ago Almasi's all time high rating was 2691, but he has managed to add another 29 points to reach 2720. FIDE's site has him expected to add another five points, which would put him into the world's top twenty for the first time. That's quite unusual in this day and age--I can't think of anyone else who has cracked the top twenty for the first time when he was over 30.> At this point has actually surpassed Leko... just shows you how much of a rut Leko has been in. Dec-21-10    Ezzy: Is the European rapidplay champion 2010. Jul-13-11    Caissanist: Almasi will be playing second board (under Leko) in the World Team Championship, even though he's been Hungary's top player for close to a year now. I wonder if he agreed to this. Jul-13-11    bronkenstein: Why not Caissanist , there are other things than ELO (only 9 points difference BTW) in making team setup. Aug-29-11    abstract: Happy birthday GM Zoltan.. we share the same birthday and that what makes ur playing style boring as hell !! :) Aug-29-11    whiteshark: <abstract <boring as hell>> Do you speak from personal experience? Aug-29-12    LoveThatJoker: Happy 36th Birthday, GM Almasi! LTJ Oct-30-12    waustad: His loss to Bodnaruk cost 8.4 elo at the Chigorin memorial: http://en.spbchesstournaments.com/ May-02-13    Method B: Almási won the Capablanca Memorial with a +4-1=5 performance ahead of Yuniesky Quesada Perez , Leinier Dominguez, Andreikin, Inarkiev and Harikrishna. Congratulations! May-02-13    whiteshark: You don't mess with the Zoltan! May-02-13    Method B: His live rating is <2710.2>. Gaining 15.2 points he climbed back to the 2700's club. Well done. Aug-29-14    Kain3: Very strong chess player who somehow never makes the headlines or could crack the top-15. Aug-29-14    Penguincw: Happy 38th birthday to GM (and former 2700 club member) Zoltan Almasi. Apr-21-15    Penguincw: Congrats to Zoltan Almasi for beating Lenderman (2617) today to gain 3.9 points. Almasi now sits at 2703.1, as he is back in the 2700 club. Mar-04-19    Penguincw: (this was in July 2019) Almasi, as the top seed, won the Hungarian Rapid Championship, scoring 10/13, tied for first. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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