| József Pintér | |
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| Full name | József Pintér |
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| Born |
November 9, 1953 Budapest, Hungary |
| 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.