József Pintér

József Pintér
Country Hungary
Born (1953-11-09) 9 November 1953
Budapest, Hungary
TitleGrandmaster (1982)
FIDE rating2528 (June 2025)
Peak rating2595 (July 1998)

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.