Csaba Horváth (born 5 June 1968) is a Hungarian Grandmaster (GM) (1993), two-times

Hungarian Chess Championship The inaugural Hungarian Chess Championship was held in the city of Győr in 1906. Initially, there was no governing body responsible for its organisation, until the formation of the Hungarian Chess Federation. The HCF first appeared in 1911, but f ...

winner (1994, 1998).

Biography

In 1984–1988 Csaba Horváth five times represented Hungary at

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s and

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s. He was one of the best Hungarian chess players in the 1990s. Csaba Horváth has competed in the

s 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 -

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(shared 1st place), * 2003 -

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(shared 1st place), * 2004 - Split (1st place), Chambéry (1st place), Zalakaros (1st place), * 2005 -

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(1st place), * 2007 -

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- ''open'' (shared 1st place), Santa Clara (shared 1st place). Csaba Horváth played for Hungary in the

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s: * In 1990, at second reserve board in the

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(+1, =1, -1), * In 1998, at third board in the

33rd Chess Olympiad The 33rd Chess Olympiad (, ''33-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''; Kalmyk: 33-гче Шатрин олимпиад, ''33-gçe Şatrin olimpiad''), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, took place between September 26 and O ...

Elista Elista (russian: Элиста́, (common during the Soviet era) or (most common pronunciation used after 1992 and in Kalmykia itself);"Большой энциклопедический словарь", под ред. А. М. Прохорова. ...

(+1, =8, -0). Csaba Horváth played for Hungary in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

: * In 1989, at second reserve board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+0, =0, -1), * In 1992, at first board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+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 A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-familia ...

József Horváth (born 1964) also is chess grandmaster.

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chess games at 365Chess.com 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Budapest Hungarian chess players Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors {{Hungary-bio-stub