In 1984–1988 Csaba Horváth five times represented Hungary at
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s and European Youth Chess Championships. He was one of the best Hungarian chess players in the 1990s. Csaba Horváth has competed in the Hungarian Chess Championships finals many times and twice winning gold medals (1994, 1998).
Csaba Horváth has achieved a number of successes in international chess tournaments, including:
* 1990 - Budapest (tournament ''Noviki'' - A, 1st place),
* 1991 - Budapest (1st place),
* 1992 - Budapest (1st place), Zalakaros (shared 1st place),
* 1994 - Budapest (''First Saturday'' tournament FS08 GM, 1st place),
* 1995 - Velden (shared 1st place),
* 1996 - Budapest (''First Saturday'' tournament FS05 GM, 1st place),
* 1997 - Budapest (''Honved'' tournament - B, shared 1st place),
* 1998 - Budapest (tournament ''First Saturday'' FS12 GM, 1st place),
* 2001 -
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(shared 1st place),
* 2003 -
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Csaba Horváth played for Hungary in the
Chess Olympiad
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s:
* In 1990, at second reserve board in the
29th Chess Olympiad
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in
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* In 1998, at third board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+1, =8, -0).
Csaba Horváth played for Hungary in the
European Team Chess Championship
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* In 1989, at second reserve board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in
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* In 1992, at first board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in
Debrecen
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In 1986, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title seven years later. His
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