Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabó

{{Short description|Romanian chess grandmaster (born 1983)}}

{{Infobox chess player

|image = Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo 2013.jpg

| country = Romania

| birth_date = {{Bda|1983|4|13}}

| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania

| title = Grandmaster (2010){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main219244.PDF|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}

| peakrating = 2568 (July 2010)

| FideID = 1205064

}}

Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabó is a Romanian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2010, achieving his norms at the:

  • Victor Ciocaltea Memorial GM in April 2009
  • Balkan GP International Chess Festival BH Telecom in May 2009
  • XXII Trofej Beograda in December 2009

In 2022, he and Victoria Doknjas founded the Juniors to Masters Chess Academy, which offers a training program for promising Canadian juniors.{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-canadas-secret-weapon-in-the-world-of-chess-a-romanian-grandmaster/|title=Canada’s secret weapon in the world of chess: A Romanian grandmaster|date=January 30, 2023|first=Cecil|last=Rosner}}

In February 2023, he played a notable game against Nicodum-Cosmin Stepanescu in the sixth round of the Romanian Chess Championship, which was touted as a candidate for "Game of the Year".{{cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/potential-game-of-year-romanian-championship|title=Potential Game Of Year Played In Romanian Championship|date=February 28, 2023|first=Anthony|last=Levin}}{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307023025/https://new.chess24.com/wall/news/grandmaster-accused-of-cheating-after-game-of-the-year|title="I actually played a bad tournament!" - Grandmaster on 'Game of the Year'|first=Tarjei|last=Svensen}} He finished the championship in 10th place.

He coached the 2014 Canadian U16 Olympiad team, 2018 Canadian Women's Olympiad team, and the 2024 Romanian Women's Olympiad team.{{cite web|url=https://harthousechess.com/2023/04/07/gm-gergely-szabo-master-lecture-on-calculation/|title=GM Gergely Szabo Master Lecture on Calculation|date=April 7, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/chess-olympiad-2024-lineups|title=Chess Olympiad: USA, India and China the rating favourites|date=July 22, 2024|first=Andre|last=Schulz}}

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