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Jozsef Horvath
J Horvath 
 

Number of games in database: 1,070
Years covered: 1980 to 2020
Last FIDE rating: 2387 (2420 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2567
Overall record: +350 -160 =560 (58.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (50) 
    E60 E67 E62 E63 E92
 Sicilian (46) 
    B81 B32 B84 B44 B27
 Ruy Lopez (36) 
    C85 C95 C92 C80 C99
 Queen's Pawn Game (35) 
    E00 A46 D02 A40 E10
 English (32) 
    A15 A13 A16 A11 A10
 Catalan (31) 
    E06 E04 E07 E01 E08
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (148) 
    B47 B44 B40 B48 B22
 Sicilian Taimanov (63) 
    B47 B48 B49 B46 B45
 Grunfeld (47) 
    D85 D76 D73 D97 D78
 English, 1 c4 c5 (42) 
    A35 A34 A33 A36 A38
 Nimzo Indian (36) 
    E46 E39 E20 E59 E21
 Queen's Pawn Game (36) 
    A46 A40 E00 D02 E10
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Gulko vs J Horvath, 1985 0-1
   Nunn vs J Horvath, 1989 1/2-1/2
   J Horvath vs T T Hoang, 2001 1-0
   J Horvath vs Uhlmann, 1985 1-0
   Velimirovic vs J Horvath, 1987 0-1
   H Kreindl vs J Horvath, 2003 0-1
   Vaganian vs J Horvath, 1989 1/2-1/2
   R Gouma vs J Horvath, 2001 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Budapest FS03 GM (1993)
   Casino Open (1995)
   International FRG Youth Championship 1980/81 (1980)
   Lisbon Summer Open (2000)
   Zalakaros Open (1996)
   European Junior Championship 1983/84 (1983)
   Laszlo Toth Memorial Open (1985)
   Bangkok Chess Club Open (2015)
   Velden Open (1994)
   Goodricke Open (2000)
   World Junior Championship (1983)
   Lisbon Open (2001)
   World Junior Championship (1982)
   Budapest Spring Open (1993)
   Budapest Spring Open (1990)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Rigochess Feb GM
   C Anto vs J Horvath (Feb-21-20) 1-0
   R Markus vs J Horvath (Feb-02-20) 1-0
   D Nagy vs J Horvath (Apr-28-19) 1-0
   S Grigoriants vs J Horvath (Mar-31-19) 1/2-1/2
   Z Varga vs J Horvath (Feb-24-19) 1/2-1/2

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JOZSEF HORVATH
(born Aug-13-1964, 60 years old) Hungary

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Grandmaster (1990), International Arbiter (1998) and FIDE Senior Trainer (2010), and brother of Csaba Horvath.

Note: there are several other Jozsef Horvaths.

Wikipedia article: József Horváth (chess player)

Last updated: 2021-12-28 16:47:50

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 page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,070  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J Cox vs J Horvath  ½-½421980International FRG Youth Championship 1980/81A25 English
2. J Horvath vs M Godena  1-0411980International FRG Youth Championship 1980/81C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
3. J Horvath vs W Kaiser  1-0281980International FRG Youth Championship 1980/81A16 English
4. C Hartman vs J Horvath  1-0181980International FRG Youth Championship 1980/81E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
5. J Horvath vs J Bany  1-0461980International FRG Youth Championship 1980/81C03 French, Tarrasch
6. A Sutherland vs J Horvath  0-1381980International FRG Youth Championship 1980/81E20 Nimzo-Indian
7. J Sieglen vs J Horvath  ½-½181980International FRG Youth Championship 1980/81A25 English
8. J Horvath vs T Kabisch  1-01231980International FRG Youth Championship 1980/81C07 French, Tarrasch
9. I Wells vs J Horvath  0-1371980World Cadet U17 4thB40 Sicilian
10. J Horvath vs S Polgar 0-1221981HUNC00 French Defense
11. J Horvath vs F Feistenauer  0-1251981International FRG Youth Championship 1980/81A21 English
12. B Lengyel vs J Horvath  1-0331982HungaryB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
13. I Morovic Fernandez vs J Horvath  0-1281982World Junior ChampionshipA10 English
14. G Milos vs J Horvath  1-0391982World Junior ChampionshipE92 King's Indian
15. L Winants vs J Horvath  ½-½271982World Junior ChampionshipB50 Sicilian
16. J Horvath vs V Allegro  1-0491982World Junior ChampionshipB27 Sicilian
17. J Horvath vs C A Martinez  1-0391982World Junior ChampionshipB98 Sicilian, Najdorf
18. J Horvath vs Hjartarson  ½-½401982World Junior ChampionshipC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
19. N Sulava vs J Horvath  1-0411982World Junior ChampionshipA10 English
20. N Murshed vs J Horvath  ½-½161982World Junior ChampionshipA36 English
21. J Horvath vs S Luce  1-0211982World Junior ChampionshipC03 French, Tarrasch
22. J Horvath vs J Gil Capape  ½-½401982World Junior ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
23. M J Tempone vs J Horvath  ½-½121982World Junior ChampionshipA15 English
24. A Greenfeld vs J Horvath  1-0271982World Junior ChampionshipE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
25. J Horvath vs Rajendra Singh  1-0721982World Junior ChampionshipB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
 page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,070  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-09-06  BIDMONFA: Jozsef Horvath

HORVATH, Jozsef
http://www.bidmonfa.com/horvath_joz...
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Apr-15-07  bauernfresser: The Horvaths rival the Gurevichs and the Ivanovs for holding the most titles. Adam, Csaba, Jozsef and Peter are GMs. Gyula, Imre and Tamas are IMs. Jozsef and Csaba, the strongest two, are brothers. Does anybody know how, or if, the other Horvaths are related to each other?
Jul-12-09  NyP: The Horváth brothers are probably the world's strongets brothers in chess (not counting the Polgar sisters).
Feb-04-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Major tournament results: http://www.echesspedia.com/?page_id...

A win that is not in the database:

[Event "?"]
[Site "Debreczen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Horvath, Joszef"]
[Black "Schneider, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 ♘f6 2. c4 e6 3. ♘c3 ♗b4 4. e3 c5 5. ♗d3 ♘c6 6. ♘e2 d5 7. cxd5 ♘xd5 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. e4 ♘b6 12. f4 ♕h4+ 13. ♘g3 ♖d8 14. O-O ♗d7 15. ♗e3 ♗e8 16. ♕e2 ♘d7 17. e5 f6 18. ♗c4 ♗f7


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19. f5 1-0

Source: Bill Wall, “500 Indian Miniatures”, Chess Enterprises, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, 1990

Mar-04-11  Caissanist: <The Horváth brothers are probably the world's strongets brothers in chess (not counting the Polgar sisters).>

This may have been true when NyP posted it two years ago, but now the Vovks (Andrey Vovk and Yuri Vovk) appear to be at least as strong. They are also about twenty-five years younger, and still improving.

Mar-04-11  Caissanist: It looks like Horvath is the Smith of Hungary; the FIDE ratings site lists 134 Horvaths, including several different Jozsefs. The listed rating is for a different Jozsef Horvath, the GM currently has a rating of 2539.
Jul-15-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Jonathan Sarfati: Horváth is only the 4th most common family name in Hungary. It comes from the endonym for Croatian. So not surprisingly, the indentically pronounced name Horvat is the commonest Croatian name. Hungarians put their surnames first, so this grandmaster would be called Horváth Jozsef in Hungary (endonym Magyarország).
Apr-19-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Jozsef Horvath had a good tournament at the Bangkok Chess Club Open (2015), scoring 6.5/9 (+5,-1,=3), and 6th overall (being the 8th seed). He had no easy tournament, as he had to face <each> of the top <4> seeds (-1 against 2682).

For his efforts, he gained 16 points (2522 -> 2538), which is likely the biggest gain out of all the GMs that participated.

Mar-06-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: wasn't there a Panzer general during WWII named Horvath?

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