Csaba Balogh is a Hungarian chess player

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

. Balogh earned his International Master title in 2002

2002 in chess

-Top players:FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - October 2002;#Garry Kasparov 2836#Vladimir Kramnik 2809#Viswanathan Anand 2755#Michael Adams 2745#Veselin Topalov 2743#Peter Leko 2743#Ruslan Ponomariov 2743#Evgeny Bareev 2737...

 and in 2004

2004 in chess

-Deaths:*April 30 – Kazimierz Plater , 89, Polish International Master and several time Polish champion.*August 3 – Bryon Nickoloff , 48, Canadian International Master....

 he was recognized as a Grandmaster. He won the U-16 section of the 2003 European Youth Chess Championship

European Youth Chess Championship

Since 1991, the European chess union organises the European Youth Chess Championship in the groups under 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 year. Until 2002, there was also a tournament for the under 20, see European Junior Chess Championship.-Boys winners:...

. Balogh was also a member of the national team that won both the U-16 World Team Championship

World Team Chess Championship

The World Team Chess Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of 10 countries whose chess federations dominate their continent.-Men's team medals:-Women's team medals:-References:*...

 2003 and the U-18 European Team Championship

European Team Championship

The European Team Championship 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...

 in 2003. In 2006 he finished 2nd in the Hungarian Chess Championship

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 failed to establish itself properly until 1923...

. In 2011 he tied for 2nd-5th with Parimarjan Negi

Parimarjan Negi

Parimarjan Negi is a chess Grandmaster from India. In July 2005, he earned his third and final International Master norm at the Sort International open chess tournament in Sort, Spain...

, Murtas Kazhgaleyev

Murtas Kazhgaleyev

Murtas Kazhgaleyev is a chess Grandmaster from Kazakhstan.He played for Kazakhstan in the Chess Olympiads of 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2008. In 2004, he tied for first with Slim Belkhodja in the 27th Syre Memorial in Issy les Moulineaux. In 2006 he won the men's rapid tournament in the 15th Asian...

 and Jon Ludvig Hammer

Jon Ludvig Hammer

Jon Ludvig Nilssen Hammer is a Norwegian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster , the tenth Norwegian to do so...

 in the 13th Dubai Open Chess Championship. Amongst Hungary's young prospects, he has been described as both "promising" and "outstanding".

Sample games

This game Balogh says is one of his "most memorable". It was played against Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi ; pronounced in the original Russian as "karch NOY"; Ви́ктор Льво́вич Корчно́й, born March 23, 1931 is a professional chess player, author and currently the oldest active grandmaster on the tournament circuit...

 at the 5th Gyorgy Marx Memorial (2007). As white, Balogh played the Ruy Lopez, Open Defence (C80).

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Re8 12. c4 d4 13. Nc3 Nd6 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Ndxb5 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3 19. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 21. Kf3 axb5 22. Qe2 Qh5+ 23. Kg2 Qxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Rxe5 25. Nd4 c5 26. Nxb5 Re2+ 27. Kh3 Rxb2 28. Nc7 Rc8 29. Nd5 Re8 30. a4 f5 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Ra2 33. Re8+ Kf7 34. Re7+ Kg6 35. Ra7 Kh6 36. a5 c4 37. Ne3 c3 38. Nxf5+ Kg6 39. Ne7+ Kh6 40. Nf5+ Kg6 41. Ne7+ Kh6 42. a6 c2 43. Rc7 Rxa6 44. Rxc2 Ra7 45. Nd5 Rd7 46. Rc6+ Kg5 47. Nf4 Kf5 48. Rc5+ Ke4 49. Kg4 h6 50. Rc6 Ke3 51. Rg6 Kf2 52. Nh5 1-0

The game features Balogh playing black in a Slav Defense

Slav Defense

The Slav Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves:The Slav is one of the primary defenses to the Queen's Gambit. Although it was analyzed as early as 1590, it was not until the 1920s that it started to be explored extensively...

. This was played against Tomi Nyback

Tomi Nyback

Tomi Nyback is a Finnish chess Grandmaster and poker player.-Chess career:He won the Finnish Championship in 2008. In 2009 he tied for 9th-11th with Mikhail Kobalia and Boris Grachev in the European Individual Chess Championship...

 at the 2008 Najdorf Memorial tournament, dedicated to the memory of Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation....

 and organized by the Warsaw Chess Foundation.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Kb1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 c5 15. Rc1 c4 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Qxb5+ Nbd7 18. Bxc4 Qa7 19. Bb3 O-O 20. h4 Rfb8 21. Qd3 Rb6 22. g4 Ra6 23. g5 Nh5 24. Kc2 Nb6 25. e4 Bd6 26. Rhg1 Nd7 27. Rcf1 e5 28. f4 exd4 29. e5 Rc8+ 30. Kd1 Nc5 31. Qc4 Bf8 32. f5 Nxb3 33. Qxb3 Rb6 34. Qd5 Rxb2 35. fxg6 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Qa6+ 37. Kf2 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 Qxg6 0-1

External links

• Csaba Balogh at 365Chess.com