Ferenc Berkes

Hungarian chess grandmaster (born 1985)

Ferenc Berkes
Berkes in 2021
Country	Hungary
Born	(1985-08-08) 8 August 1985 (age 38) Baja, Hungary
Title	Grandmaster (2002)
FIDE rating	2615 (April 2024)
Peak rating	2706 (September 2011)
Peak ranking	No. 41 (September 2011)

Ferenc Berkes (born 8 August 1985) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. He is an eight-time Hungarian Chess Champion, winning in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018.^[1]

In 2002, he was World Under 18 Champion.^[2]

In 2004 he tied for 4th–16th in the 3rd Aeroflot Open in Moscow.^[3]

He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the second round by Zahar Efimenko.^[4]

He tied 3rd to 11th place in the 2019 European Individual Championship with Kacper Piorun, David Anton Guijarro, Niclas Huschenbeth, Sergei Movsesian, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Grigoriy Oparin, Maxim Rodshtein, and Eltaj Safarli.^[5]

In the Chess World Cup 2023, Berkes (82nd seed) reached the round of 16 by defeating 18th seed Nikita Vitiugov in the third round and Ruslan Ponomariov in the fourth round.^[6]

References

^ Bánusz Tamás a bronzérmes, a rájátszásban kettős győzelmet aratott Gledura Benjáminnal szemben
^ Crowther, Mark (25 November 2002). "TWIC 420: World Youth Chess Championships". Chess.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
^ Crowther, Mark (1 March 2004). "TWIC 486: 3rd Aeroflot Chess Festival". Chess.co.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
^ Crowther, Mark (21 September 2011). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
^ "2019 European Individual Championship chess tournament results - ChessFocus.com". www.chessfocus.com. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ "FIDE World Cup 2023: Preliminary lists of eligible players announced".