Iván Faragó was a Hungarian Grandmaster who earned his title in 1976 and remained an active competitor for over fifty years. He won the Hungarian Championship in 1986 and represented the Griesheim chess club in Germany's Bundesliga. Born in Budapest, he reached a peak rating of 2540.

Associated Openings

As White

A40Closed Game Systems (1...d5)1797 games

A40Queen's Pawn Systems (1...d5)1797 games

A40Englund Gambit1797 games

A40Queen's Pawn Game1797 games

A45Indian Game: 2.Nf3 Systems1129 games

A45Indian Game Mainlines1129 games

A45Indian Defense Systems1129 games

A45Indian Defense Systems (1...Nf6)1129 games

A45Trompowsky Attack1129 games

A50Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... b61106 games

As Black

C00French and Owen Systems (1...e6)528 games

C00French Defense528 games

E00Catalan Opening413 games

E10Indian Defence: 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3260 games

A04Zukertort Opening247 games

C10French Defence: 1.e4 e6 2.d4...... 3.Nc3236 games

C10French Defense: Rubinstein Variation236 games

C15French Defense: Winawer Variation223 games

E12Queen's Indian Defense207 games

C03French Defense: Tarrasch Variation192 games

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