Éva Karakas

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Éva Karakas , née Fürst (born February 15, 1922 in Budapest ; † May 7, 1995 there ), was a Hungarian chess master , chess journalist and trainer . She is listed as the only woman as a mesteredző / master trainer in chess by the Hungarian Coaching Association.

Surname

She is known under the name Éva Karakas, under which name she worked on Hungarian television and published a book. Karakas got married three times, their names Kertész Béláné, Karakas Gyuláné and dr. Ladányiné Karakas Éva also reveal the names of the spouses: Béla Kertész, Gyula Karakas, dr Ladányi - see Hungarian names . In many sources, including Chessbase's Megabase and chessgames.com, it is used under the distorted name of Dr. Eva Ladanyike-Karakas .

career

Karakas is and was a chess legend in Hungary and had his own program Támadás a király ellen (German attack against the king) on Hungarian television . Under this name she has also published a chess textbook for children in several editions. She has won the Hungarian women's chess championship six times, she played four times in candidate tournaments, three times ( 1957 , 1963 and 1966 ) she played in the women's chess Olympiads for Hungary, three times, in 1991 , 1992 and 1994 she won the senior women's world championship.

Karakas became the women's grandmaster in 1982 . She played in the finals of the first and second correspondence chess Olympiad women on board 1 for Hungary. Karakas is buried at the Farkasréti temető / cemetery in Budapest. Karakas' last Elo rating was 2055, her highest rating of 2205 it reached in July 1973.

Fonts

  • Támadás a király ellen . Sport Lap- és Könyvkiadó. Budapest, 1974, 1976 and 1984. (The new editions are expanded versions.)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hungarian master trainers 1952-2012 (PDF; 123 kB)
  2. ↑ Well-known series on Hungarian television
  3. ↑ Three books by Éva Karakas (Hungarian)
  4. ↑ World Chess Championship (Women) 1955 Candidates Tournament in Moscow (English)
  5. ↑ World Chess Championship (Women) 1959 Candidates Tournament in Plovdiv (English)
  6. ↑ World Chess Championship (Women) 1961 Candidates Tournament in Vrnjačka Banja (English)
  7. ↑ World Chess Championship (Women) 1964 Candidates Tournament in Sukhumi (English)
  8. ↑ Results of Éva Karakas on chess Olympics Women (English)
  9. ↑ World Senior Chess Champions
  10. ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 , Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 78.
  11. ^ 1. Correspondence Chess Olympiad of Women / 1st Ladies Correspondence Chess Olympiad
  12. ↑ 2nd Correspondence Chess Olympiad of Women / 2nd Ladies Correspondence Chess Olympiad
  13. ↑ Grave list No. 3/2003 ( Memento from April 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Karakas, Éva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kertész Béláné; Karakas Gyuláné; Ladányiné Karakas Éva
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian chess master
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1995
Place of death Budapest