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Porto S. Giorgio Chess Festival 2011: The winner Tamas Banusz - Source: chessdom.com

Today is Grandmaster Tamas Banusz's birthday. Tamas was born in Mohacs, Hungary, on April 8, 1989.
Several times youth national champion, Banusz placed four times second in the national championship.
Banusz participated in various occasions in the Hungary National Team, and reached his peak rating in January 2018 with 2641 Elo points.
Tamas is a FIDE Trainer. In his career, he defeated Ponomariov, Radjabov, Eljanov, Shankland, and J. Van Foreest.
Banusz plays often in the Italian festivals and took first place in Porto S. Giorgio in 2011.

Tamas Banusz (2580)-Gyula Pap (2533), Heviz (Hungary Championship) 2012
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