Štefan Mačák

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Štefan Mačák (born January 13, 1985 ) is a Slovak chess master .

Life

Mačák played several times in the finals of Slovak junior championships, he played at the U-16 European junior championship in ( Kallithea (Chalkidiki) , 2001) and at the U-18 junior world championship (Kallithea, 2003) and at the U-20 world championship (twice: Goa 2002 and Istanbul 2005). Until the end of 2007 he had not had any great success, he had not reached the Elo limit of 2400 and did not carry an international title. Mačák was tied for third at an open in Bratislava (2003), tied for third at a tournament in Prešov (2004) and tied for fourth twice at open championships in Slovakia (2005 and 2007). In January 2008 he shared the III. Reached place at an open tournament in Prague . In the next rating cycle, he had gained 215 Elo points. Mačák won 8 out of 9 at a strong open in Calvi and also did well in tournaments in Differdange (6/9), La Roda (6½ / 9), Plovdiv (6/11, ( European Championship ), Olbia (4½ / 9th) , Mitropa Cup ). in the 2007-08 season he had in the team championship of Slovakia with 7½ points from 9 games a very good result. in June 2008, the title, he was an International master awarded initially but with the caveat that he Reached an Elo rating of at least 2400. He already fulfilled this condition in the next rating list in July 2008. The required standards were in the 2007/08 season of the Slovak team championship (Extraliga), in January 2008 at the Prague Open and in April 2008 His Elo number is 2363 (as of October 2014), but he is listed as inactive because he has not played a rated game since the Slovak Individual Championship in July 2013. His highest Elo-Z He reached a number of 2557 in July 2008.

societies

In the Slovak Extraliga Mačák played from 2000 to 2005 for ŠK Hydina Košice and from 2007 to 2013 for the team of Slávia UPJŠ Košice , with whom he was Slovak team champion in 2008 and 2012 and took part in the European Club Cup in 2008 . In the British Four Nations Chess League he played with the North West Eagles from 2005 to 2008 (here he had also met an IM standard in the 2006/07 season , which he did not need for the title award), in the Hungarian NB I He played Szabó László csoport in the 2008/09 season for Szombathelyi MÁV Haladás VSE .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ result of Eloabfrage: Macak, Stefan
  2. ↑ ChessBase Megabase 2008
  3. ↑ Awarding of titles at the 3rd quarter Presidential Board 2008 at FIDE (English)
  4. ↑ IM application to FIDE (English)
  5. ↑ Štefan Mačák's results in the Slovak Extraliga on olimpbase.org (English)
  6. ↑ Štefan Mačák's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Mačák, Štefan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Macak, Stefan (FIDE)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak chess player
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1985