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Zoltán Almási

1976 - Today

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Zoltán Almási (born August 29, 1976) is a Hungarian chess player. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993, he is a nine-time Hungarian champion, winning in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2019. Almási has competed in 13 consecutive Chess Olympiads from 1994 to 2018 earning team silver in 2002 and 2014 as well as individual silver in 2010 (on board two) and 2016 (on board three). In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, he made it to the fourth round where he lost 2–0 to Rustam Kasimdzhanov, the eventual winner of the event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Zoltán Almási is the 277th most popular chess player (up from 282nd in 2024), the 862nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 885th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Hungarian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Zoltán Almási ranks 277 out of 461. Before him are Eros Riccio, Kateryna Lagno, Alisa Galliamova, Joshua Waitzkin, Sergei Tiviakov, and Viktor Gavrikov. After him are Alexander Chernin, Levy Rozman, Suat Atalık, Nino Khurtsidze, Lembit Oll, and Victor Bologan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Zoltán Almási ranks 473. Before him are Caçapa, John Aloisi, Jawhar Mnari, Gigi Leung, Manuel Pablo, and Nicolás Lapentti. After him are Danzel, Jiří Štajner, Rochelle Aytes, Amaia Montero, Derek Chauvin, and Tatyana Kotova.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Zoltán Almási ranks 862 out of 1,077. Before him are Tibor Navracsics (1966), Katalin Szili (1956), Pál Szekeres (1964), Gábor Csapó (1950), Adrián Annus (1973), and Zsolt Lőw (1979). After him are László Andor (1966), Ágnes Szávay (1988), László Bodrogi (1976), Péter Abay (1962), Henrietta Ónodi (1974), and Joci Pápai (1981).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Hungary

Among chess players born in Hungary, Zoltán Almási ranks 18. Before him are István Bilek (1932), Endre Steiner (1901), Lajos Asztalos (1889), Zoltán Ribli (1951), Gyula Sax (1951), and Levente Lengyel (1933). After him are Ildikó Mádl (1969), Richárd Rapport (1996), Péter Ács (1981), Csaba Balogh (1987), Anita Gara (1983), and Anna Rudolf (1987).

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