Berkes, Ferenc
birthday : 1985.08.08
Hungary
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International Master: 2002
Grandmaster: 2002

Berkes Ferenc is nowadays the strongest GM in Hungary after the "big three" (Lékó, Polgár, Almási). His carreer is similar to Ács Peter's. He played in several junior tournaments. He won the U12 Hungarian championship, and the U14, too. However it was not enough for Ferenc. He often played in the First Saturday tournaments in Budapest, when he was not IM yet and he has made his first GM norm, just like Ács Péter. Ferenc got this title in 2002. In this year he won the World Championship U18. After this result Ferenc's development hasn't stoped. In 2003, he was 1st to 5th palce in Oberwart Open. 2004 was the year of great successes in his life. He was 4th to 10th place in Moscow Open, which is one of the strongest contest in the world. He was 1st in Zalaegerszeg (Cat 13), 2nd in the Marx Gyorgy memorial (Cat 14), behind Kochnoi, and he also won the Hungarian Championship! Ferenc has been also member of the Hungarian team since 2000. He won the firstly "knock-out system" organized Hungarian Championship in 2007, so we could celebrate his second Hungarian Champion title last year.

The most important results

1998: Szekszard open 1st
2002: Kreta world champion U18
2003: Oberwart 1-5th
2004: Moscow open 10th
2004: Zalaegerszeg (cat. 13) 1st
2004: Paks Marx memorial (cat.14) 2nd
2004: Budapest Hungarian champion
2005: Istanbul World Junior Championships 2nd