Zoltan Kovács (chess player) explained

Zoltan Kovács
Country:	Hungary Austria
Birth Date:	21 February 1930
Rating:	1978 (July 2012)
Peakrating:	2128 (July 2006)
Fideid:	720526

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

Biography

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]

• In 1954, at first reserve board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+7, =4, -2) and won individual bronze medal.

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]

Notes and References

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