Gabor Kallai
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Gábor Kállai is a Hungarian chess
Grandmaster. His Elo rating
in October 2008 was 2462, but has been as high as 2555 (in 2001).
In team championships he has won several gold medals; in Hungary with MTK-VM and with Miskolci SSC, in Switzerland with the team of Bern, and in France with the team of Strasbourg
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He has written nine books, published in multiple languages. Basic Chess Openings is his most popular work, published in Hungarian, English, Italian, German and French. Since 2005 he has written a chess column in the Hungarian daily newspaper Népszabadság
and from 2006 has presented a TV-program on Hungarian SPORT1 TV (SAKKK!).
As a chess trainer, he worked between 1983–1986 as a second of GM Zoltán Ribli
, between 1980–1994 as one of the coaches
of Zsuzsa Polgár and in 2005, was appointed a FIDE Senior Trainer (the highest trainer licence of FIDE).
From 2001 to 2005 he was the Professional Director of the Hungarian Chess Federation (HCF). He coached the Hungarian Men's Team for the 2002 Bled Chess Olympiad
, guiding the team to the silver medal position. From 2005 to 2010 he was the Public Relations Director of the HCF.
Chess
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Grandmaster. His Elo rating
Elo rating system
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
in October 2008 was 2462, but has been as high as 2555 (in 2001).
In team championships he has won several gold medals; in Hungary with MTK-VM and with Miskolci SSC, in Switzerland with the team of Bern, and in France with the team of Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
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He has written nine books, published in multiple languages. Basic Chess Openings is his most popular work, published in Hungarian, English, Italian, German and French. Since 2005 he has written a chess column in the Hungarian daily newspaper Népszabadság
Népszabadság
Népszabadság is a major left-leaning Hungarian newspaper, founded in 1956 as successor of "Szabad Nép" , the central organ of the dissolved Hungarian Working People's Party...
and from 2006 has presented a TV-program on Hungarian SPORT1 TV (SAKKK!).
As a chess trainer, he worked between 1983–1986 as a second of GM Zoltán Ribli
Zoltan Ribli
Zoltán Ribli is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter . He was twice a World Championship Candidate and three times Hungarian Champion.-A career in chess:...
, between 1980–1994 as one of the coaches
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
of Zsuzsa Polgár and in 2005, was appointed a FIDE Senior Trainer (the highest trainer licence of FIDE).
From 2001 to 2005 he was the Professional Director of the Hungarian Chess Federation (HCF). He coached the Hungarian Men's Team for the 2002 Bled Chess Olympiad
35th Chess Olympiad
The 35th Chess Olympiad took place from October 25th to November 11th, 2002, in Bled, . In the men's tournament there were 136 teams, and in the women's, 92 teams...
, guiding the team to the silver medal position. From 2005 to 2010 he was the Public Relations Director of the HCF.