Richárd Rapport

Richárd Rapport
Richárd Rapport (left) against Gábor Papp, Karlsruhe, Grenke Chess Open 2017
Country Hungary
Born (1996-03-25) 25 March 1996
Szombathely, Hungary
Title Grandmaster (2010)
FIDE rating 2725 (October 2018)
Peak rating 2752 (July 2016)
Ranking No. 28 (July 2018)
Peak ranking No. 16 (September 2016)

Richárd Rapport (born 25 March 1996) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 11 months and 6 days. This makes him Hungary's youngest ever grandmaster.[1] He was Hungarian Chess Champion in 2017. He is one of the most original players in the world and often surprises with many unusual ideas and experiments early in the opening.[2]

Early life

Rapport was born in Szombathely, to Tamás Rapport and Erzsébet Mórocz, both economists.[3] He learned chess at age four from his father.[2]

Titles

In 2006 he won the European Championships U10.[2] Rapport achieved the National Master title in 2008, and became an International Master the next year. In March 2010, at the Gotth'Art Kupa in Szentgotthárd, he fulfilled the final norm and rating requirements for the Grandmaster title. He came in second on the tournament behind his trainer Alexander Beliavsky, and tied with Lajos Portisch (one of the strongest non-Soviet players in the second half of the 20th century).[4] Thus, at the age of 13 years, 11 months and 6 days, he became the youngest ever Hungarian grandmaster (the previous record was held by former world title challenger Péter Lékó), and the fifth youngest chess grandmaster in history at the time.

Career

2013

In May, Rapport tied for first in the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament, together with Nigel Short and Nils Grandelius, winning on tiebreaks (head-to-head result). He scored 4½/7 (+3−1=3).[5]

In December, Rapport won the European Rapid Chess Championship and finished fourth in the European Blitz Chess Championship.[6]

2016

From 20 to 23 December, Rapport won a match against 17-year-old Chinese player Wei Yi, held in Yancheng, China. At the time, Rapport was the highest rated junior (under 21) player at 2717, and Wei Yi was the second-highest rated at 2707. They tied a match of four classical games with a win each and two draws, then tied a tiebreak match of two blitz games, winning one each. The final tiebreak of the match was an Armageddon game, which Rapport won with the black pieces by resignation.[7]

2017

At the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in January 2017 he played his first game against Carlsen and won with white in 33 moves.

He won the Hungarian Chess Championship in May 2017.[8]

Personal life

He is married to Serbian WGM Jovana Vojinović.

Sample games

Rapport vs. GM Lajos Seres; First Saturday 2009 August GM, Budapest 2009.08.03, Rnd 3, ECO A89

References

  1. ↑ "Richard Rapport Becomes Hungary's Youngest Grandmaster - Chessdom". players.chessdom.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Who was the player of the year?". Chess News. 2018-01-07. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  3. ↑ http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4006165/richárd-rapport-grandmaster-at-thirteen.aspx
  4. ↑ Richard Rapport Becomes Hungary's Youngest Grandmaster
  5. ↑ Doggers, Peter (29 May 2013). "Rapport wins 21st Sigeman & Co on tiebreak". ChessVibes. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Korobov & Rapport Winners at European Blitz & Rapid Ch". Chess.com. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  7. ↑ Baldauf, Marco (24 December 2016). "Wei Yi vs Richard Rapport: The Armageddon Decides". ChessBase Chess News. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  8. ↑ Zalakaroson Rapport Richárd nyerte a nyílt magyar bajnokságot
  9. ↑ "Richard Rapport vs. Lajos Seres (2009)". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2014-04-02.


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