Dávid Bérczes Explained

Dávid Bérczes
Country:Hungary
Birth Date:14 January 1990
Birth Place:Borås, Sweden
Grandmaster (2008)
Peakrating:2560 (January 2012)
Fideid:722960

Dávid Bérczes (born 14 January 1990) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 2005 and the Grandmaster title in 2008.

Chess career

He tied for 3rd–6th with Evgeny Gleizerov, Yuriy Kuzubov and Pia Cramling in the Rilton Cup 2008/2009.[1] In 2011 he tied for 2nd–7th with Deep Sengupta, Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Krisztián Szabó, Lev Gutman, Samuel Shankland and Maxim Turov in the ZMDI Schachfestival in Dresden.[2] In 2014 Bérczes tied for 1st–5th with Timur Gareev, Sergei Azarov, Daniel Naroditsky and Sam Shankland in the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, Nevada.[3]

His elder brother Csaba Bérczes is also a chess player, an International Master.[4]

In the Andorran Open of 2012 he scored 6,5 points in 9 rounds, achieving 13th place.

In March 2019, Berczes earned clear first place in the Charlotte Chess Center's Spring 2019 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with an undefeated score of 6.5/9. [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rilton Cup 2008/2009. FIDE. 21 December 2011.
  2. Web site: ZMDI Schachfestival Dresden 2011 Gruppe A. World Chess Federation. 21 December 2011.
  3. Web site: 2014 Millionaire Chess Open - Open Section November 2014 United States of America. FIDE. 28 November 2014.
  4. Web site: The chess games of David Berczes. ChessGames.com. 21 December 2011.
  5. Web site: CCCSA GM/IM Norm Invitational - Labor Day 2021 GM/IM Norm Invitational Chess Tournament.