Balogh Csaba (10.03.1987)

Balogh 2Hungarian Grandmaster (2004). European U16 Champion in 2003.

Best results: 1st at Budapest FS11 GM in 2002, 1st; Basel in 2004, 1st; Balaton GM 2004, 2nd; Hungarian championship 2005, 2nd; Hungarian Championship in 2006, 2nd; Heviz GM in 2008, 1st; Wroclaw Open 2009, 1st; Barbera del Valles Open 2009, 1st; Dubai Open 2011, 3rd; Barcelona 2013, 1st.

A member of the national team since 2002, he was a member of the silver medal-winning Hungarian team in the 2014 Chess Olympiad. He also won the individual silver on board two thanks to his rating performance of 2839.

The author with Arkadij Naiditsch of 5 volumes on the Best Games of 2102-2015 (2016) and the weekly electronic magazine ChessEvolution.

Peak rating: 2662 in 2011