Péter Lukács

Hungarian chess grandmaster (born 1950)

Péter Lukács

Country| Hungary
Born|  (1950-06-09) 9 June 1950 (age 74)
Budapest, Hungary
Title| Grandmaster (1986)
FIDE rating| 2404 (March 2025)
Peak rating| 2520 (July 1987)
Peak ranking| No. 90 (July 1987)

Péter Lukács (born 9 June 1950) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1986). He is a Hungarian Chess Championship winner (1980) and a European Team Chess Championship two times silver medalist (1977, 1980).

## Biography

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At the turn of 1970s and 1980s Péter Lukács was one of the top Hungarian chess players. In 1980, he won the title of Hungarian Chess Champion, thanks to which two years later he appeared in the World Chess Championship Zonal tournament in Băile Herculane, sharing with Aleksander Sznapik, József Pintér and Florin Gheorghiu 4th place. He won his second national chess championship medal (silver) in 1989.

Péter Lukács greatest international chess tournament successes include victories in Pernik (1976), Helsinki (1983), Vrnjačka Banja (1985, with Milan Matulović), Polanica-Zdrój (1986, Akiba Rubinstein Memorial, together with Konstantin Lerner),[1] Budapest (1987), Miskolc (1990), Montpellier (1991), Kecskemét (1991, together with Loek van Wely), Budapest (1994 with Ioannis Nikolaidis and 1999 with Hoang Thanh Trang) and 2nd place in Cienfuegos (1983, Tournament B Jose Raul Capablanca Memorial, for Jesús Nogueiras), Almada (1988, for Wolfgang Uhlmann, and with Julian Hodgson), Lillafüred (1989, after Michał Krasenkow) and Budapest (1993, after Peter Leko).

Péter Lukács played for Hungary in the European Team Chess Championships:[2]

* In 1977, at first reserve board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship in Moscow (+2, =1, -0) and won team silver medal,
* In 1980, at first reserve board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship in Skara (+0, =4, -0) and won team silver medal,
* In 1992, at reserve board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Debrecen (+4, =1, -2).

Péter Lukács played for Hungary in the World Team Chess Championship:[3]

* In 1989, at reserve board in the 2nd World Team Chess Championship in Lucerne (+0, =3, -1).

Péter Lukács played for chess club Spartacus Budapest in the European Men's Chess Club Cups:[4]

* In 1979, in the 2nd European Chess Club Cup (+4, =2, -0),
* In 1982, in the 3rd European Chess Club Cup (+5, =2, -3) and won team tournament,
* In 1984, in the 4th European Chess Club Cup (+1, =3, -1),
* In 1986, in the 5th European Chess Club Cup (+0, =5, -1).

In 1976, Péter Lukács was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster WGM) title ten years later. He reached his career highest chess ranking on July 1, 1987, with a score of 2,520 points, then split 90th-99th. place in the world FIDE list, while splitting 6th-7th place among Hungarian chess players.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "XXIV Memoriał Akiby Rubinsteina Polanica Zdrój 1986". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
2. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Péter Lukács". www.olimpbase.org.
3. ^ "OlimpBase :: World Team Chess Championship :: Péter Lukács". www.olimpbase.org.
4. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Chess Club Cup :: Péter Lukács". www.olimpbase.org.
5. ^ FIDE rating history :: Lukacs, Peter

## External links

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* Peter Lukacs rating card at FIDE
* Peter Lukacs player profile and games at Chessgames.com
* Peter Lukacs 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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