Zoltán Ribli (born September 6, 1951 in Mohács) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and three times national champion. September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Mohács is a town in Hungary on the right bank of the Danube, 115 miles south of Budapest. ... Chess is an abstract strategy board game and mental sport for two players. ...

His International Master and International Grandmaster titles were awarded in 1970 and 1973 respectively. He became a fearsome tournament competitor during the 1970s and 1980s, chalking up victories at Kecskemet 1972 (with Suetin), Budapest 1975 (with Polugaevsky), Mexico 1980, Baden Baden 1981 (with Miles), Portorož/Ljubljana 1985 (with Miles and Portisch), Dortmund 1986, Reggio Emilia 1987 and Wijk aan Zee 1989 (with Anand, Sax and Nikolic). Runner-up results include Amsterdam 1978 (behind Timman), Bled/Portorož 1979 (with Larsen, behind Timman), Wijk aan Zee 1983 (behind Andersson), Bugojno 1984 (behind Timman) and Tilburg 1984 (with Beliavsky, Hubner and Tukmakov, behind Miles). The title Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ... Alexey Stepanovich Suetin (November 16, 1926 – September 10, 2001) was a Russian International Grandmaster of chess and an author. ... Lev Polugaevsky (sometimes transliterated Polugayevsky; (20 November 1934-30 August 1995) was an International Grandmaster of chess and frequent contender for the world chess championship, although he never achieved that title. ... Anthony John Miles (April 23, 1955 - November 12, 2001) was an English chess player. ... Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess player, born in 1937, whose positional style earned him the nickname of the Hungarian Botvinnik. One of the strongest non-Soviet grandmasters in the 1960s and 1970s, he participated in 12 straight interzonals and qualified for the candidates cycle 5 times. ... Viswanathan Anand (IPA: ) (born December 11, 1969 in Chennai (then called Madras), India) is an Indian chess grandmaster. ... Gyula Sax (born June 18, 1951 Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian chess player. ... Predrag Nikolić (born 11 September 1960 in Bosanski Å amac, Bosnia) is a Bosnian chess grandmaster. ... Jan Timman Jan Timman (born December 14, 1951) is a famous Dutch chessplayer who had his greatest successes in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Bent Larsen Bent Larsen (born March 4, 1935) is a Danish chess player. ... Ulf Andersson (born June 27, 1951 in VästerÃ¥s, Sweden) is a leading Swedish chess player. ... A. Beliavsky, at 35th chess olympiad Bled 2002 Alexander Beliavsky (born December 17, 1953) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. ... Doctor Robert Hübner (born November 6, 1948 in West Germany) is a respected German chess Grandmaster and papyrologist (recognised as an expert in Egyptian hieroglyphics). ...

Whilst not so active in tournament play in the 1990s and 2000s, Ribli has maintained a very competitive rating (his July 2006 elo rating was 2589) and has shown that he can still win grandmaster events, such as the Hotal Opatija tournament in Kastav, Croatia 2002. The ELO rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ... Kastav is little historical town near Rijeka and under Opatija (touristic centre of region). ...

Aside from regular tournaments, he was a European Junior Champion twice in 1968/69 (joint) and 1970/71, the national champion of Hungary in 1973 (joint), 1974 and 1977 (joint) and a World Championship Candidate in 1983 and 1985. At London 1984, he participated in the high profile match between USSR and the Rest of the World, defeating his Soviet counterpart, Rafael Vaganian by the odd game. The Candidates Tournament was an annual chess tournament in which various chess players play against each other. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... There have so far been three official chess matches featuring Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World. ... Rafael Vaganian Rafael Artemovich Vaganian, also transliterated Vahanyan (Armenian: , Russian: ) is an Armenian chess grandmaster known for his sharp tactical style of play. ...

An almost ever-present member of the Hungarian Olympiad Team between 1970 and 1994, he was second board when Hungary won the team gold medal in 1978. He also won team silver medals in 1970, 1972 and 1980. The Chess Olympiad is a chess event which has been officially organised by FIDE since 1927 and takes place in even years. ...

Zoltan Ribli is married to Woman International Master, Maria Grosch.

References

• Hooper, David and Kenneth Whyld (1996). The Oxford Companion To Chess. Oxford University. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.

• Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information

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External links

• Zoltan Ribli games at Chessgames.com

• FIDE rating card for Zoltan Ribli