Endre Steiner

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Endre Steiner (born June 27, 1901 in Budapest , † December 29, 1944 there ) was a Hungarian chess player . He was the brother of the Hungarian master player Lajos Steiner and the cousin of Herman Steiner .

In his first tournament appearance - in 1921 in his hometown Budapest - Steiner was only penultimate, but defeated the Dutchman of the same age, Max Euwe , who would become world chess champion 15 years later . Steiner achieved his best results in individual tournaments with third place at the traditional tournament in Hastings in 1924/25 and second place in Trenčín-Teplitz in 1928, placing himself in front of masters like Samisch , Spielmann , Grünfeld and Réti .

Endre Steiner achieved his greatest successes with the Hungarian national team at the Chess Olympiads . He took part in five official Chess Olympiads ( 1927 , 1928 , 1930 , 1931 and 1937 ), winning two gold (1927 and 1928) and two silver medals (1930 and 1937) with the team. At his last Olympics in 1937, he also won a silver medal for his individual performance on board three: there he scored 14.5 points from 18 games (+12 = 5 −1). He also won the unofficial Chess Olympiads in 1926 and 1936 with the team and in 1924 came second in the team standings.

Steiner was the first victim of the Alekhine defense , against him Alexander Alekhine with Black at the international tournament in Budapest in 1921 on 1. e4 chose and won the move 1.… Nf6 for the first time.

According to calculations of his historical rating , Steiner was ranked 16 in the world with 2644 (August 1939).

During the Second World War , Steiner was drafted into the labor service because of his Jewish origins; thanks to the help of some friends, he was posted to a barracks in Budapest. According to Walter Arpad Foldeák, he was playing bridge with his comrades "during an air raid when he was killed by the fragments of a bomb".

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Endre Steiner's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Endre Steiner's results at unofficial chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ Walter Arpad Foldeák: unforgettable Endre Steiner. In: German chess sheets . No. 6, 1971, p. 147.
personal data
SURNAME Steiner, Endre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1944
Place of death Budapest