GM Csaba Balogh Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com Full name Csaba Balogh Born Mar 10, 1987 (age 37) Place of birth Budapest, Hungary Federation Hungary Profiles #382 World Ranking 2542 Classical 2609 Rapid 2646 Blitz Rating Bio Csaba Balogh is a Hungarian Grandmaster. Most Played Openings White Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (30 games) Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (28 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Martinez Variation (26 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (23 games) Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (22 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (62 games) Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (33 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (32 games) Slav Defense: Modern, Alapin Variation, Soultanbéieff Variation (25 games) Ruy López Opening: Berlin, Rio Gambit Accepted (20 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Csaba Balogh (2548) Juraj Lecky (2111) 1-0 18 2024 Csaba Balogh (2554) Vaclav Finek (2416) ½-½ 31 2024 Csaba Balogh (2557) Martin Ferk (1852) 1-0 17 2023 Csaba Balogh (2558) V Pranav (2579) ½-½ 38 2023 Csaba Balogh (2558) Peter Acs (2567) ½-½ 31 2023 Csaba Balogh (2558) Zoran Jovanovic (2513) ½-½ 31 2023 Csaba Balogh (2623) Alex Krstulovic (2213) 1-0 30 2021 Csaba Balogh (2623) Gyula Mester (2398) 1-0 46 2021 Csaba Balogh (2623) Oliver Mihok (2498) 1-0 32 2021 Csaba Balogh (2623) David Berczes (2490) 1-0 62 2021 Show All Games