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Rapport, Richard

Richard Rapport

GM🇭🇺

FIDEFIDE 738590· Male· Hungary· Born in 1996

Richard Rapport, a 30-year-old Hungarian Grandmaster, is rated 2711 and ranked 1st among Hungarian players, and 27th worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2711 and 2741 over the past 2 years. 58 rated games in the past year (≈78/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include the Chess Olympiad (open), the Turkish Super League, and the China Chess League. Also played 5 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2776 was reached at age 26 (Apr 2022, World #5 at the time); he spent 12 months in the world top 10.

Competes for Hungary since Jul 2024. Awarded GM in 2010 (age 14), IM in 2009 (age 13), and FM in 2008 (age 12). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U20, U18, U16 and U14, World #3 in U12 and World #19 in U10.

Current rating

2711

Standard

Rpd2680·Blz2616

All-time high

2776

−65 pts below
Apr 2022 · age 26

Activity

62

games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo

45 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#1

#1 · Hungarian players · of 3,311
12 months in World top 10 (2021–2023)

Profile · last 5 years

  1. Similar results in every format: 57% in classical (152.5 / 268), 58% in rapid (129.5 / 225), 55% in blitz (150.5 / 272).
  2. Against higher-rated players (+50): 31 / 83. Against lower-rated (−50): 273 / 423.
  3. Out of form: −36 in rapid rating and 23.5 / 46 in rated rapid games over the last 12 months.

From 765 games in FIDE-rated events since Oct 2021 (268 classical, 225 rapid, 272 blitz). Fixed rules: every figure comes from these results.

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Career timeline

30 entries
2024
Switched federation: ROU → HUN
at age 28
Jul 2024
2023
12 months in world top 10
first Jul 2021
Nov 2023
Re-crossed 2750
at age 27
Jun 2023
2022
Switched federation: HUN → ROU
at age 26
Sep 2022
Peak World rank: #5
at age 26 · rated 2776
May 2022
All-time peak 2776
at age 26 · −65 from today
Apr 2022

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Rating history: OlimpBase (opens in a new tab) until 2000, FIDE since 2001

His openings · over the board

What Richard Rapport plays, by color

2,218 games with moves in our base · over the board · last in Oct 2026

Prepare against him

As White

397 games250 of 397

262 more games in other lines

As Black

390 games196.5 of 390

281 more games in other lines

Over-the-board games from our public base only.Find his online games ›

Activity & highlights

Evolution
-29
2740 → 2711
Tournaments
8
38 games
Score
22.5/ 3859.2%
12W21D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsKirill AlekseenkoGM2,656·46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open·R9·+4.2
2.[W]vsDavid AntónGM2,632·46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open·R10·+3.9
3.[W]vsAndy WoodwardGM2,640·Turkiye Chess Super League 2026·R11·+3.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsBobby ChengGM2,570·46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open·R7·-6.9
2.[L]vsAnton DemchenkoGM2,580·46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open·R3·-6.8
3.[L]vsDmitrij KollarsGM2,624·1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Maerz 2026·R1·-6.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

8 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open
Team
Sep 20264/9#5202607-14.8
Turkiye Chess Super League 2026
Round-Robin
Aug 20265/8#742698-2.6
2026 Chinese Chess League Division A Round 1-6
Round-Robin
Jun 20263/5#202719-0.2
1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Maerz 2026
Team
Mar 20260/1#1671824-6.6
1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Februar 2026
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#1392533-2.6
1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Dezember 2025
Team
Dec 20251/2#722622-3.2
FIDE World Cup 2025
Knockout
Nov 20254/6R322745+0.8
40th European Club Cup (open)
Team
Oct 20255/6#592768+3.8

By color · classical · 5 years

268 games

As White

62%

86 / 139avg opp. 2664

As Black

52%

66.5 / 129avg opp. 2669

Best win

vsDing LirenGM2811

Tata Steel Masters 2023 · Jan 2023 · White

Worst loss

vsTan ZhongyiGM2536

TePe Sigeman 2025 · May 2025 · White

Games 2,213 · 2006–2026

Time control
  • DvsFrederik SvaneGM
    German Bundesliga 2026/27 (Schachbundesliga) · R2.9 · 2026-10-10
    Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation · 33 moves · 2711
  • DvsPavel EljanovGM
    German Bundesliga 2026/27 (Schachbundesliga) · R1.9 · 2026-10-09
    English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System · 30 moves · 2711
  • WvsKirill AlekseenkoGM
    German Bundesliga 2026/27 (Schachbundesliga) · R3.1 · 2026-10-06
    Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation · 40 moves · 2711
  • DvsR PraggnanandhaaGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R11.173 · 2026-09-27
    Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation · 52 moves · 2726
  • WvsDavid AntónGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R10.185 · 2026-09-26
    Ruy Lopez: Closed, Delayed Exchange · 109 moves · 2726
  • WvsKirill AlekseenkoGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R9.189 · 2026-09-25
    Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Henneberger Variation · 38 moves · 2726
  • DvsThai Dai Van NguyenGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R8.189 · 2026-09-24
    Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Main Line · 33 moves · 2726
  • LvsBobby ChengGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R7.81 · 2026-09-23
    English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Catalan Defense Accepted · 78 moves · 2726
  • DvsBogdan-Daniel DeacGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R6.81 · 2026-09-21
    Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, Fischer Variation · 31 moves · 2726
  • DvsMaxim RodshteinGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R4.81 · 2026-09-19
    Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation · 49 moves · 2726

Over-the-board games only, matched to this player through official FIDE pairings and tournament records. Opponents marked “?” could not be identified with certainty. Source: Lichess broadcasts (opens in a new tab), CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab).

Most-Played Opponents

vsShakhriyar MamedyarovGM
🇦🇿AZE·2710
+9 −9 =21
39 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsSam ShanklandGM
🇺🇸USA·2646
+15 −10 =14
39 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsFabiano CaruanaGM
🇺🇸USA·2784
+9 −9 =14
32 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsAndrey EsipenkoGM
🇷🇺RUS·2680
+6 −12 =10
28 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsMaxime Vachier-LagraveGM
🇫🇷FRA·2717
+3 −9 =16
28 games·last met Mar 2024
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Rankings

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Hungary
#1
out of 3,297 players
Europe
#9
out of 131,162 players
World
#27
out of 221,391 players

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Hungary
1
🇭🇺Rapport, Richard
2,711
2
🇭🇺Leko, Peter
2,663
3
🇭🇺Gledura, Benjamin
2,613
4
🇭🇺Berkes, Ferenc
2,612
5
🇭🇺Dudin, Gleb
2,583
6
🇭🇺dr. Balog, Imre
2,575
7
🇭🇺Banusz, Tamas
2,571
8
🇭🇺Acs, Peter
2,554
9
🇭🇺Erdos, Viktor
2,552
10
🇭🇺Prohaszka, Peter
2,549
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus
2,823
2
🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent
2,761
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, Alireza
2,757
4
🇳🇱Giri, Anish
2,752
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
2,741
6
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan
2,731
7
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2,717
8
🇳🇱Van Foreest, Jorden
2,716
9
🇭🇺Rapport, Richard
2,711
10
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2,710
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus
2,823
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, Hikaru
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, Fabiano
2,784
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, Javokhir
2,782
5
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
2,780
6
🇺🇸So, Wesley
2,770
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa R
2,763
8
🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent
2,761
9
🇨🇳Wei, Yi
2,758
10
🇫🇷Firouzja, Alireza
2,757
...
27
🇭🇺Rapport, Richard
2,711
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