Csaba Horváth (chess player)

Hungarian chess grandmaster (born 1968)

The native form of this personal name is Horváth Csaba. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Csaba Horváth

Csaba Horváth in 2008

Country| Hungary
Born|  (1968-06-05) 5 June 1968 (age 56)
Budapest, Hungary
Title| Grandmaster (1993)
FIDE rating| 2481 (April 2025)
Peak rating| 2566 (June 2014)

Csaba Horváth (born 5 June 1968) is a Hungarian Grandmaster (GM) (1993), two-times Hungarian Chess Championship winner (1994, 1998).

## Biography

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In 1984–1988 Csaba Horváth five times represented Hungary at World Youth Chess Championships and European Youth Chess Championships. He was one of the best Hungarian chess players in the 1990s. Csaba Horváth has competed in the Hungarian Chess Championships finals many times and twice winning gold medals (1994, 1998).

Csaba Horváth has achieved a number of successes in international chess tournaments, including:

* 1990 - Budapest (tournament Noviki \- A, 1st place),
* 1991 - Budapest (1st place),
* 1992 - Budapest (1st place), Zalakaros (shared 1st place),
* 1994 - Budapest (First Saturday tournament FS08 GM, 1st place),
* 1995 - Velden (shared 1st place),
* 1996 - Budapest (First Saturday tournament FS05 GM, 1st place),
* 1997 - Budapest (Honved tournament - B, shared 1st place),
* 1998 - Budapest (tournament First Saturday FS12 GM, 1st place),
* 2001 - Chambéry (shared 1st place),
* 2003 - Split (shared 1st place),
* 2004 - Split (1st place), Chambéry (1st place), Zalakaros (1st place),
* 2005 - Val Thorens (1st place),
* 2007 - Havana (Capablanca Memorial \- open (shared 1st place), Santa Clara (shared 1st place).

Csaba Horváth played for Hungary in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

* In 1990, at second reserve board in the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad (+1, =1, -1),
* In 1998, at third board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+1, =8, -0).

Csaba Horváth played for Hungary in the European Team Chess Championship:[2]

* In 1989, at second reserve board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in Haifa (+0, =0, -1),
* In 1992, at first board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Debrecen (+2, =4, -3).

In 1986, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title seven years later. His brother József Horváth (born 1964) also is chess grandmaster.

## References

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1. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Csaba Horváth". www.olimpbase.org.
2. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Csaba Horváth". www.olimpbase.org.

## External links

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* Csaba Horvath player profile and games at Chessgames.com
* Csaba Horváth chess games at 365Chess.com

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Hungarian grandmasters

Chess players for Hungary with the FIDE title of grandmaster (GM)

Grandmasters|

* Péter Ács
* Gergely Aczel
* András Adorján
* Zoltán Almási
* Emil Anka
* Gergely Antal
* Imre Balog
* Csaba Balogh
* Tamás Bánusz
* Gedeon Barcza
* László Bárczay
* Dávid Bérczes
* Ferenc Berkes
* István Bilek
* Dénes Boros [Wikidata]
* Cao Sang [Wikidata]
* István Csom
* Attila Czebe
* Péter Dely
* Gleb Dudin
* Viktor Erdős
* Iván Faragó
* János Flesch
* András Flumbort [Wikidata]
* Tamas Fodor Jr.
* Tibor Fogarasi [Wikidata]
* Győző Forintos
* Miklós Galyas
* Benjámin Gledura
* László Gonda [Wikidata]
* Attila Grószpéter
* Zoltan Gyimesi
* Imre Héra Jr. [Wikidata]
* Hoang Thanh Trang
* Karoly Honfi
* Ádám Horváth
* Csaba Horváth
* József Horváth
* Péter Horváth
* Gábor Kállai
* Gergely Kántor
* Bence Korpa
* Ádám Kozák
* Peter Leko
* Levente Lengyel
* Péter Lukács
* Géza Maróczy
* Zoltán Medvegy [Wikidata]
* Oliver Mihok [de; ru; hu]
* Gábor Nagy
* Gyula Pap
* Gábor Papp [de; fr; hu]
* József Pintér
* Judit Polgár
* Susan Polgar
* Lajos Portisch
* Péter Prohászka
* Richárd Rapport
* Zoltán Ribli
* Róbert Ruck
* Gyula Sax
* Lajos Seres [de; pl; hu]
* Krisztián Szabó
* László Szabó
* Péter Székely
* Tibor Tolnai [Wikidata]
* László Vadász
* Zoltán Varga

* See also: List of chess grandmasters
* Category:Hungarian chess players

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