Who is Richard Rapport’s wife Jovana Rapport? Know everything about his love life

Richárd Rapport is a Hungarian and Romanian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 13 years making him Hungary’s youngest-ever grandmaster. Subsequently, he was the Hungarian Chess Champion in 2017. Currently, he sits at the 10th position of the FIDE rankings with a rating of 2748. Rapport started his career at the young age of 4 years old under the tutelage of his father. Subsequently, he started by winning the U-10 European Championship. Richard achieved the National Master title in 2008 and became an International Master the next year. In March 2010, at the Gotth’Art Kupa in Szentgotthárd, he fulfilled the final norm and rating requirements for the Grandmaster title. Naturally, such an extraordinary chess talent was supposed to reap huge success in the coming future. Rapport started his run by winning the Sigeman & Co. Chess Tournament in May on tiebreaks.

Subsequently, Rapport placed fourth in the European Blitz Chess Championship and won the European Rapid Chess Championship. In his opening match against Magnus Carlsen at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in January 2017, he prevailed with white in 33 moves. In May 2017, he won the Hungarian Chess Championship. He also triumphed over top seed Arkadij Naiditsch and World Championship contender Nigel Short in the competition that Grandmaster Simon Williams covered for his programme Checkmate. Richard also won the 11th Danzhou Tournament. He finished half a point ahead of GM Ding Liren and was the only player to remain unbeaten. In the 2023 World Chess Championship, Rapport also served as Ding’s second, helping Ding defeat Ian Nepomniachtchi. Currently, Richard is improving by leaps and bounds and it will be interesting to see how he performs in future tournaments.

Apart from his chess career, Richard is also a very settled family man. He is married to fellow Woman Grandmaster Jovana Rapport from Romania. In his free time, he spends time with his family.

Who is Richard Rapport’s wife?

Richard is married to his longtime sweetheart Jovana Rapport who was a Woman Grandmaster back in 2009. Jovana is a Serbian-Romanian chess player. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Moreover, she is a two-time Montenegrin women’s champion (2009, 2010) and also a Serbian women’s champion (2014).

Does Richard Rapport have a child?

According to various online reports, Richard and Jovana do not have a child as of now. However, as soon as there is any update you can find the updated information on our website.

Know everything about his love life

Richard is married to his longtime sweetheart Jovana Rapport. Both Richard and Jovana met during their chess touring routines. Subsequently, the couple married back in 2016 after a few years of dating. In September 2022, the Rapports together decided to switch their federations to Romania.

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