- classical
- 2341
- rapid
- 2246
- blitz
- 2234
Openings
Download PGN (68)As White27 games · +5 =8 −14
- Slav Defense4 · 13%
- Queen's Gambit Declined4 · 25%
- Semi-Slav Defense3 · 33%
- Zukertort Opening3 · 17%
- English Opening3 · 33%
- King's Indian Defense2 · 25%
As Black41 games · +6 =11 −24
- English Opening7 · 43%
- Caro-Kann Defense7 · 21%
- French Defense5 · 50%
- Nimzo-Indian Defense5 · 0%
- Queen's Gambit Declined3 · 50%
- Grünfeld Defense2 · 0%
68 stored games (Lichess broadcasts since 2023 and FIDE reports): +11 =19 −38 (30%). Score is from Gaal's side.
Events
Kasparov Chess Foundation Friendship Festival 20262026-06-241/3Group A - Open2025-11-040/1Budapest Spring Festival 20262025-12-221/4SixDays Budapest January 2026GM B · 2026-01-231/4European Women's Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2026Blitz · 2026-01-080/1FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025Blitz Women · 2025-12-180/2FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025Rapid Women · 2025-12-180/12025 London Chess ClassicSuper Rapidplay · 2025-11-241/528th Bavarian International Open2025-10-29½/1European Team Chess Championship 2025Women · 2025-09-27½/1FIDE Grand Swiss 2025Women · 2025-08-261½/2Hungarian Individual Rapid Championship 20252025-07-17½/2FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships 2025Rapid (Matches 1-10) · 2025-06-100/2Dubai Open 20252025-05-241½/62nd Kallai Gabor Memorial2024-08-151/9
Games (68)
GMHrvoje Stevic2540IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 100GMJergus Pechac2528IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 30GMAntal Gergely2471IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 8½GMAlexei Shirov2640IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 70IMVojtech Zwardon2423IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 61GMDaniel Fridman2474IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 40IMSipos Istvan2454IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 2½GMNguyen Huynh Minh Huy2431Budapest One Week August 2025 · GM · Round 81GMNagy Gabor2467Budapest One Week August 2025 · GM · Round 6½IMSathvik Adiga2370Budapest One Week August 2025 · GM · Round 40GMBerczes David2435Budapest One Week August 2025 · GM · Round 11GMElham Amar2584Kasparov Chess Foundation Friendship Festival 2026 · Round 6½IMMatic Lavrencic2495Kasparov Chess Foundation Friendship Festival 2026 · Round 4½IMKrzysztof Raczek2487Kasparov Chess Foundation Friendship Festival 2026 · Round 20IMLiam Putnam2492Group A - Open · Round 60FMMaksym Dubnevych2320Budapest Spring Festival 2026 · Round 90IMKhumoyun Begmuratov2473Budapest Spring Festival 2026 · Round 70GMSandipan Chanda2479Budapest Spring Festival 2026 · Round 3½GMIhor Samunenkov2604Budapest Spring Festival 2026 · Round 2½GMMisa Pap2449SixDays Budapest January 2026 · GM B · Round 9½GMBerczes David2361SixDays Budapest January 2026 · GM B · Round 8½FMApoorv Kamble2419SixDays Budapest January 2026 · GM B · Round 20IMChristos Krallis2419SixDays Budapest January 2026 · GM B · Round 60GMNino Batsiashvili2246European Women's Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2026 · Blitz · Round 60GMTan Zhongyi2457FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 · Blitz Women · Round 150GMBibisara Assaubayeva2428FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 · Blitz Women · Round 10GMTan Zhongyi2507FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 · Rapid Women · Round 10GMSam Shankland26342025 London Chess Classic · Super Rapidplay · Round 100GMPranav Anand24212025 London Chess Classic · Super Rapidplay · Round 90GMShreyas Royal23932025 London Chess Classic · Super Rapidplay · Round 81GMDaniil Yuffa24872025 London Chess Classic · Super Rapidplay · Round 60GMNikolas Theodorou25812025 London Chess Classic · Super Rapidplay · Round 30GMLuis Engel256728th Bavarian International Open · Round 3½GMNana Dzagnidze2496European Team Chess Championship 2025 · Women · Round 4½GMAlexandra Kosteniuk2472FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 · Women · Round 3½GMAnna Muzychuk2535FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 · Women · Round 11GMHera Imre Jr.2527Hungarian Individual Rapid Championship 2025 · Round 90GMBalog Imre2593Hungarian Individual Rapid Championship 2025 · Round 3½GMHou Yifan2539FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships 2025 · Rapid (Matches 1-10) · Round 100GMAnna Muzychuk2409FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships 2025 · Rapid (Matches 1-10) · Round 30