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Zoltan Varga
Z Varga 
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Number of games in database: 874
Years covered: 1987 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2304 (2452 rapid, 2364 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2592
Overall record: +258 -160 =445 (55.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 11 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (127) 
    B54 B40 B33 B42 B53
 French Defense (35) 
    C01 C03 C10 C12 C14
 Caro-Kann (29) 
    B10 B18 B15 B12 B14
 King's Indian (29) 
    E80 E81 E97 E83 E86
 Queen's Pawn Game (24) 
    A46 A40 D02 A45 E10
 Ruy Lopez (20) 
    C84 C85 C70 C64 C97
With the Black pieces:
 Alekhine's Defense (72) 
    B04 B03 B02
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (55) 
    D20 D27 D21 D26 D22
 Queen's Pawn Game (41) 
    D02 A40 D00 A41 A46
 Slav (35) 
    D11 D12 D10 D14 D15
 Sicilian (29) 
    B47 B43 B28 B44 B29
 Scandinavian (22) 
    B01
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Z Varga vs S Kustar, 1993 1-0
   Leko vs Z Varga, 1993 1/2-1/2
   Z Varga vs A Romero Holmes, 2004 1-0
   P Acs vs Z Varga, 1999 0-1
   Z Gyimesi vs Z Varga, 1999 0-1
   B Badea vs Z Varga, 2000 1/2-1/2
   Z Varga vs J van Mil, 1989 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Dortmund Open-A (2001)
   Dortmund Master (1999)
   Recklinghausen (1995)
   Hotel Opatija 10th (2002)
   Lillafured (1989)
   Budapest FS02 GM (1995)
   Recklinghausen (1996)
   Hungarian Championship 1994 (1995)
   Budapest FS04 GM (1993)
   Werfen Open-A (1989)
   Budapest Spring Open (1993)
   Borsodtavho SC II (1991)
   Budapest FS09 GM (1996)
   Bad Woerishofen Open (2001)
   World Junior Championship (1990)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 39th ECC Open
   Z Varga vs S Tadic (Oct-25-24) 1-0
   A Mindlin vs Z Varga (Oct-24-24) 1-0
   Z Varga vs I Balog (Oct-21-24) 1-0
   A Czebe vs Z Varga (Sep-04-24) 1/2-1/2
   Z Varga vs A M Kolagatla (Sep-03-24) 0-1

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ZOLTAN VARGA
(born Jul-12-1970, 54 years old) Hungary
PRONUNCIATION:
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FIDE awarded the GM title to Zoltan Varga in 1995.

Wikipedia article: Zoltán Varga (chess player)

Last updated: 2017-06-20 10:57:04

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 page 1 of 38; games 1-25 of 950  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Kiss vs Z Varga  ½-½451987Noviki-DD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
2. Z Varga vs M Kivisto  1-0211988Balatonbereny opB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
3. B Heim vs Z Varga  0-1351988Eger opB49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
4. Z Varga vs I Bilek  1-0251988HUN-chTB56 Sicilian
5. B Kohlweyer vs Z Varga  ½-½381988Eger opA13 English
6. Z Varga vs Dorfman  0-1411988Balatonbereny opB06 Robatsch
7. Z Varga vs S Farago  1-0621989Perenyi Memorial-BB20 Sicilian
8. Z Varga vs C Horvath  ½-½331989Perenyi Memorial-BA46 Queen's Pawn Game
9. L Espig vs Z Varga  ½-½871989Perenyi Memorial-BA06 Reti Opening
10. A Kiss vs Z Varga  ½-½621989Perenyi Memorial-BD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
11. Z Varga vs A Vaisser  0-1431989Perenyi Memorial-BC07 French, Tarrasch
12. I Novikov vs Z Varga  ½-½641989Perenyi Memorial-BD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
13. Z Varga vs G Feher  ½-½401989Perenyi Memorial-BB89 Sicilian
14. B Schneider vs Z Varga  1-0471989Perenyi Memorial-BD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. Z Varga vs V Malaniuk  0-1361989Perenyi Memorial-BA81 Dutch
16. E Anka vs Z Varga  1-0291989Perenyi Memorial-BC16 French, Winawer
17. Z Varga vs J Horvath  ½-½451989Hungarian ChampionshipB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
18. A Schneider vs Z Varga  1-0341989Hungarian ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. Z Varga vs A Groszpeter  ½-½301989Hungarian ChampionshipB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
20. L Hazai vs Z Varga  ½-½121989Hungarian ChampionshipB75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
21. Z Varga vs G Feher  1-0351989Hungarian ChampionshipD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
22. G Horvath vs Z Varga  1-0291989Hungarian ChampionshipD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
23. P Lukacs vs Z Varga  ½-½411989Hungarian ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. Z Varga vs G Kallai  1-0461989Hungarian ChampionshipC03 French, Tarrasch
25. C Horvath vs Z Varga  1-0321989Hungarian ChampionshipA30 English, Symmetrical
 page 1 of 38; games 1-25 of 950  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-29-02  pawntificator: Zoltan Varga! Very cool name. Zoltan! Reminds me of Dude where's my car.
Dec-29-02
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: Cool, yes--but quite common:
Zoltan Gyimesi, Zoltan Von Balla, Zoltan Ribli, Zoltan Almasi, Zoltan Medvegy etc. etc. Maybe we should get all these guys together and have a special tournament: <<The Battle of the Zoltans!!>> hehe
Dec-30-02  ughaibu: Wasn't there a film (movie) entitled Hound Of Zoltan? Or was it a short story by Agatha Christie?
Dec-31-02  pawntificator: Wow, there are a lot of Zoltans. I can't imagine anyone naming a little baby Zoltan.
Dec-31-02
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: The name I can't imagine giving a baby is SMBAT. Please don't tell me how to pronounce it, I don't even want to know!

Of course I refer to the extremely strong Grandmaster Smbat G Lputian, who was born in the great Armenian Vowel Famine of '58! ;-)

Dec-31-02  ughaibu: I guess with a surname like that you have to dig a little deeper for something special. It's a good name; Sinbad + Gulliver (the) Lilliputian(s), is my interpretation.
Dec-31-02  pawntificator: The Great Armenian Vowel Famine! I need to brush up on my history.
Jan-19-03  ksadler: Does anyone have any biographical information on this player? I follow his games as he plays Alekhine's Defense, but no *nothing* about him.
Jan-14-04  platonov: The hungarian 'Zoltan' name comes from the turkish-ottoman 'sultan'. All mentioned players (Gyimesi, Balla, Ribli, Almasi and Medvegy) are hungarian players. Varga Zoltan is top 10 at current hungarian rating list (anyway did you know that the word ELO comes from a hungarian mathematic professor's name?), and surely one of the most creative players today at the 2500 level. ksadler, i have biographical information on him, and he is not an unknown player as he was hungarian national team member in 1992 first and he is still today.
Jul-12-06  BIDMONFA: Zoltan Varga

VARGA, Zoltan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/varga_zolta...
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Jan-21-07  Zebra: I always thought Zoltan Varga was a footballer (Aberdeen among others and Hungary).
Jul-12-09  whiteshark: Any relations to <Victor Vargas>?
Jul-12-09  wordfunph: FIDE awarded the GM title to Hungarian Zoltan Varga in 1995.

May your birthday be happy GM Zoltan Varga!

Jul-12-09  Civhai: Same name as my grandfather. XD
Jul-12-09  WhiteRook48: Happy birthday!
Aug-08-09  whiteshark: Civ<hai>

><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.LOL¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>

May-10-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

He ended 2nd in First Saturday GM May 2010:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr335..., congratulations!

Jul-12-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: "Try saying Zoltan without saying Hound of Dracula..."
Jul-12-12  LoveThatJoker: Happy 42nd Birthday, GM Varga!

LTJ

Jul-12-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Happy 44th birthday to GM Zoltan Varga.
Jul-12-14  newhampshireboy: It is a cool name in my humble opinion!
Jul-12-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Seems like a good name for a prescription man-aide, when your having a night with a lady friend. Zolt!
Jul-12-14  Infohunter: "Varga" is an outdated term for "leather worker", now used only as a surname. This included those who made shoes or saddles, hence English equivalent surnames might variously be "Leatherman", "Shoemaker" or "Sadler".
Jul-12-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  eternaloptimist: Happy birthday to GM Varga!

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