Benjámin Gledura

Benjámin Gledura (born 4 July 1999) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster.

Benjámin Gledura
Benjámin Gledura, Karlsruhe 2016
CountryHungary
Born (1999-07-04) 4 July 1999
Eger, Hungary
TitleGrandmaster (2016)
FIDE rating2644 (May 2023)
Peak rating2654 (June 2019)
Peak rankingNo. 88 (March 2022)

Chess career

Born in 1999, Gledura earned his international master title in 2014[1] and his grandmaster title in 2016.[2] He is the No. 6 ranked Hungarian player as of February 2019.[3]

Gledura competed in the Tata Steel Challengers in January 2019, placing third with 8½/13 (+5–1=7).[4] In March, he participated in the European Individual Chess Championship. He placed 19th with 7½/11 (+5–1=5) and qualified for the Chess World Cup 2019.[5]

References

  1. 3rd quarter Presidential Board Meeting August 2014 FIDE
  2. 87th FIDE Congress 2016, Baku, Azerbaijan FIDE
  3. Staff writer(s) (February 2019). "Federations Ranking - Hungary". FIDE. Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  4. McGourty, Colin (28 January 2019). "Tata Steel 2019, 13: Carlsen's Magnificent Seven". Chess24.
  5. European Individual Chess Championship 2019: Gledura Benjamin chess-results


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