GMZoltan Ribli

Zoltán Ribli was born in Mohács in 1951. He shared the European junior title in 1968-69 and won it again in 1970-71. He became an international master in 1970 and a grandmaster in 1973. He shared three Hungarian championships, in 1973, 1974 and 1977. In the 1983 Candidates matches he defeated Eugenio Torre before losing to Vasily Smyslov in the semifinal. The following year he defeated Rafael Vaganian in the USSR-Rest of the World match.

Ribli played second board when Hungary won Olympiad gold in 1978 and also earned team silver medals in 1970, 1972 and 1980. His tournament victories included Dortmund in 1986, Reggio Emilia in 1987 and a shared first at Wijk aan Zee in 1989. He later coached Austrian national teams. With Gábor Kállai, he wrote books on the Queen's Indian Defence and the English Opening. He became an international arbiter in 1995. He is married to woman international master Mária Grosch.