Eight-time Hungarian Champion
Portisch made his first national top-level appearance in 1955 at age 18, at the Hungarian Chess Championship. He would eventually win or share the national title on eight occasions. His complete Hungarian Championship results follow (from chessmetrics.com).
- 1955: 9.5/19, shared tenth/eleventh places, champion Gideon Barcza;
- 1957: 7.5/13, shared fifth/six places, champion Barcza;
- 1958: shared first/third places with Barcza and L Szabó, won playoff;
- 1959: shared first/third places with Barcza and L Szabó, third after playoff, champion Szabó;
- 1961: shared first/second places with L Szabó, won playoff;
- 1963: 13/19, fourth place, champion István Bilek;
- 1964: 14.5/19, champion;
- 1965: 15.5/21, champion;
- 1968: 14.5/21, second place, champion Gyozo Forintos;
- 1971: 11/16, champion;
- 1975: 12.5/17, champion;
- 1981: 5.5/9, shared first/second places with Istvan Farago;
- 1984: 6/10, shared second/fourth places, champion Andras Adorjan;
- 1991: 4.5/9, sixth place, champion Judit Polgár;
- 2003: 5.5/9, shared second/third places, champion Zoltán Almási.
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