György Páros

György Páros (born April 28, 1910 in Tamási , † December 17, 1975 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian grandmaster of chess composition .

Life

chess

György Páros began working as a chess composer at the age of 16. He stated that he was influenced by JR Neukomm, N. Kovacs and Ferenc Fleck . In 1956 he was awarded the highest possible honor for sporting success by the Hungarian state. He was also honored with the title of Eternal Hungarian National Champion . Páros received the grandmaster title in October 1975 in Tbilisi. He has won more than 100 first prizes. Páros won ten times at the first ten Hungarian chess championships in the auxiliary mat category.

Páros helped the auxiliary mat to gain recognition. He described the following piece as his best task:

György Páros
British Chess Federation
27th Tourney , 1938, 3rd prize

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

Auxiliary mat in 3 moves (see text)

This auxiliary mat is a so-called twin. The first task is the position in the diagram, the second is created by moving pawn a3 to c2.

Solution:
Black begins in the auxiliary mate and black's moves are written first.
a) 1. Bc6 – a4 Lc5 – d4
2. Re5 – b5 Nd7 – b6 +
3. Kc4 – b4 Ne7 – c6 mate
b) 1. Re5 – e2 Lc5 – b4
2. Lc6 – e4 Ne7 – f5
3. Kc4 – d3 Nd7 – e5 mate

Private

Despite having a doctorate in law, Páros worked in banking.

On December 16, 1975, Páros was admitted to hospital because of sudden symptoms of illness, where he died of a thrombosis the following day . He left a wife and a then 25 year old son.

Books

• 1940 - Csodák a sakktáblán (Miracles on the Chessboard)
• 1944 - Képeskönyv a sakktáblámról (The picture book of my chessboard)
• 1967 - A sakkmművészet világa (The world of chess)

Web links

• Compositions by György Páros on the PDB server

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Grand Master for Chess Composition