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Zoltan Kovács (chess player)

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Zoltan Kovács
CountryHungary
Austria
Born (1930-02-21) 21 February 1930 (age 94)
FIDE rating1978 (July 2012)
Peak rating2128 (July 2006)

Zoltan Kovács (born 21 February 1930) is an Austrian and Hungarian[1] chess player. He was Chess Olympiad individual medalist (1954).

Biography

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In 1960, in San Francisco, Kovács won International Chess Open Tournament California Open and California state chess championship.[2]

Zoltan Kovács played for Austria in the Chess Olympiad:[3]

Zoltan Kovács played for Hungary in the World Student Team Chess Championship:[4]

  • In 1965, at first reserve board in the 12th World Student Team Chess Championship in Sinaia (+2, =2, -3).

From 2000 he rarely participated in chess tournaments.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Home".
  2. ^ "California Chess History". www.chessdryad.com.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Zoltan Kovács". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. ^ "OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Zoltan Kovács". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. ^ "FIDE rating history :: Kovacs H., Zoltan".
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