Ferenc Berkes (born 8 August 1985) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. He is an eight-time Hungarian Chess Champion, winning in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018.

In 2002, he was World Under 18 Champion.

Ferenc Berkes

In 2004 he tied for 4th–16th in the 3rd Aeroflot Open in Moscow.

Ferenc Berkes

He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the second round by Zahar Efimenko.

Ferenc Berkes

He tied 3rd to 11th place in the 2019 European Individual Championship with Kacper Piorun, David Anton Guijarro, Niclas Huschenbeth, Sergei Movsesian, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Grigoriy Oparin, Maxim Rodshtein, and Eltaj Safarli.

In the Chess World Cup 2023, Berkes (82nd seed) reached the round of 16 by defeating 18th seed Nikita Vitiugov in the third round and Ruslan Ponomariov in the fourth round.

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1985 births

Living people

Hungarian chess players

Chess grandmasters

Chess Olympiad competitors

World Youth Chess Champions