Top 20 Chess Player celebrities in Hungary
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Chess Player celebrities [Updated March 26, 2023].
Judit Polgar was born
on July 23, 1976
in Budapest, Hungary.
She is the only female chess player to defeat a number one ranked player and she has done so more than ten times.
Lajos Portisch was born
on April 4, 1937
in Hungary.
In addition to Chess, he is a highly skilled opera singer.
Zoltan Ribli was born
on September 6, 1951
in Mohacs, Hungary.
He was on the Hungarian Olympiad team nearly every year between 1970 and 1994 and helped the team win its team gold medal in 1978.
Susan Polgar was born
on April 19, 1969
in Budapest, Hungary.
She runs the Susan Polgar Institute of Chess Excellence in Texas.
Sofia Polgar was born
on November 2, 1974
in Hungary.
She has been ranked as highly as sixth worldwide.
Johann Lowenthal was born
on July 15, 1810
in Hungary.
He was the editor for chess publications such as The Chess Player's Magazine.
Geza Maroczy was born
on March 3, 1870
in Hungary.
The Maróczy bind, a formation that White may adopt against some variations of the Sicilian Defense, is named after him.
Laszlo Szabo was born
on March 19, 1917
in Hungary.
He tied for third at the World Chess Championship in 1955 after working in Forced Labour Unit and being captured by Russian troops who held him as a Prisoner of War during World War II.
Arpad Elo was born
on August 25, 1903
in Hungary.
His rating system was used internationally for most of the 1970s and 80s and he wrote the book The Rating of Chessplayers, Past and Present in 1978.
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