József Pintér | |
---|---|
Full name | József Pintér |
Country | Hungary |
Born |
Budapest, Hungary |
November 9, 1953
Title | Grandmaster |
FIDE rating | 2535 (January 2017) |
Peak rating | 2595 |
József Pintér (born 9 November 1953 in Budapest) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster and chess writer. He won the Hungarian Chess Championship in 1978 and 1979. Pinter gained his grandmaster title in 1982. He is well known for a 1984 brilliancy against his compatriot Lajos Portisch in that year's Hungarian Championship.