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ID: 731048

Imre Balog

FIDE ratings

1,842Classical
1,913Rapid

Performance

50 games
56% Win
36% Draw
8% Loss

Imre Balog's playing style

Strong overall score:74%28W 18D 4L over 50 games
Dominates 1.d4 as White:92%in 18 games
Out of form:65%8W 10D 2L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
100%
4g
Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation
100%
2g
Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
2g
Benoni Defense
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation
100%
4g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Guimard Defense, Main Line
100%
4g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
33%
67%
3g
King's Indian Attack
100%
2g
Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit
100%
2g

Repertoire

21 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

21 games in this line · White to move

Results for Balog, Imre as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
86%
14%
Move
18 · 86%
83%
17%
3 · 14%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 8, 2026
OTB - TWIC
IMBorhy, Marcell(2340)
W—
Mar 8, 2026
OTB - TWIC
IMBorhy, Marcell(2341)
W—
Feb 1, 2026
OTB - TWIC
GMSeres, Lajos(2282)
D—
Feb 1, 2026
OTB - TWIC
GMSeres, Lajos(2299)
D—
Feb 1, 2026
OTB - TWIC
GMSeres, Lajos(2282)
D—
Feb 1, 2026
OTB - TWIC
GMSeres, Lajos(2282)
D—
Nov 30, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
GMBerczes, David(2395)
D—
Nov 30, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
GMBerczes, David(2395)
D—
Sep 16, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
IMSaric, Sinisa(2351)
W—
Sep 16, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
FMPapp, Levente(2364)
D—

Research Imre Balog’s games and opening repertoire

Imre Balog is rated 1842 in standard, 1913 in rapid by FIDE. Imre Balog plays for Hungary.

Imre Balog has FIDE ID 731048.

Check the official FIDE record for ratings and identity. It is not a complete archive of game moves.

Use the openings as White and Black to identify recurring choices in the available games. Follow a branch into the repertoire explorer and inspect example games in the game history. Dates, time controls and sources affect which patterns are relevant to your next match.

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