Istvan Abonyi

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István (Stephan) Abonyi [ ˈiʃtvaːn ˈɒboɲi ] (born August 20, 1886 in Budapest , † June 5, 1942 ibid) was a Hungarian chess player and chess official. For four years he was President of the World Correspondence Chess Federation IFSB, the forerunner of the ICCF .

Abonyi studied law and initially worked as a lawyer in Budapest. When his father - a doctor - died, he was able to live on the inheritance. After that he only worked for chess.

Chess player

Abonyi liked to play blitz games . Between 1914 and 1924 he was considered one of the strongest blitz players in the world. He played near chess between 1905 and 1910, mainly at championship tournaments in Hungary. With black he preferred the opening of the Budapest Gambit . In 1907 he finished second at the Hungarian championship in Székesfehérvár behind Leó Forgács .

He also had success in correspondence chess. So he won in 1936 in an international match against the French master Gibaud . After he competed against more than 100 opponents in a simultaneous competition in 1935 , he was considered a world record holder in this discipline for some time.

Chess official

Abonyi was President of the Hungarian Chess Federation. He represented them at FIDE , and he also organized national and international chess tournaments. From 1935 to 1939 he was President of the World Correspondence Chess Federation IFSB. During this time, the course was set for the introduction of a world championship in correspondence chess. At the IFSB meeting in August 1936, a commission was set up to prepare this. A year later, the IFSB made a binding decision in Stockholm to organize a correspondence chess world championship. Because of the Second World War , the first World Cup could not be announced until 1946.

Chess author

From 1917 to 1919 and again in 1922 he worked as an editor of the Hungarian chess magazine Magyar Sakkvilág . In addition, his articles have been published in various international chess newspapers.

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  • Fernschach magazine 1986/8 page 225f
  • Fernschach magazine 1989/5 page 216f
personal data
SURNAME Abonyi, Istvan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abonyi, István; Abonyi, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian chess player and official
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1942
Place of death Budapest