János Flesch

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Flesch, Janos 1979 Rio.JPG
János Flesch, Rio de Janeiro 1979
Association HungaryHungary Hungary
Born September 30, 1933
Budapest , Hungary
Died December 9, 1983
Whitstable , England
title International Master (1963)
Grand Master (1980)
Best Elo rating 2460 (July 1981)

János Flesch (born September 30, 1933 in Budapest , † December 9, 1983 in Whitstable , England) was a Hungarian chess player.

Life

János Flesch (right) 1982 in Linz

On October 16, 1960, Flesch set a world record in blind simul play in Budapest . In 52 games he played 18 draws and only lost three games. He claimed to have even played blind against 62 players in 1970. But this was not generally recognized, especially since the games of this event were not published.

In 1963 he received the title of International Master and in 1980 he became a Grand Master . He was also the author of several chess books .

With the Hungarian national team, Flesch took part in the 1964 Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv and the 1965 European Team Championship in Hamburg , where he and the team took third place and at the same time achieved the third-best individual result on the ninth board.

In 1976 he finished second behind Oleg Romanishin at the Dortmund Chess Days . Flesch played his last tournament in 1983 in Ramsgate . Between the individual games he drove to London to get a German visa because he wanted to give several simultaneous events in Germany .

Tombstone

On December 9, 1983, there was an accident in which the car driven by his wife crashed into a truck in Whitstable. János Flesch died on the spot, his wife died a few hours later in Canterbury hospital from her serious injuries. The Flesch couple left behind a son and a daughter (both minors).

Before the Elo numbers were introduced, Flesch's highest historical Elo number was 2566 in April 1967.

Publications (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Harry Golombek : The Encyclopedia of Chess , London 1977, p. 33.
  2. Manfred van Fondern (Ed.): Lexicon for Chess Friends , Lucerne and Frankfurt / M. 1980, p. 44f.
  3. ^ Wladyslaw Litmanowicz, Jerzy Gizycki: Szachy od A do Z. 1 , Warsaw 1986, p. 265.
  4. Ludwig Steinkohl: Phenomenon Blindschach , Düsseldorf 1992, p. 144.
  5. Otto Borik, Joachim Petzold et al: Meyers Schachlexikon , Mannheim 1993, p. 38.
  6. Isaak and Wladimir Linder: Chess. Das Lexikon , Berlin 1996, p. 46.
  7. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 77.
  8. János Flesch's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  9. János Flesch's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  10. Dortmund Chess Days 1976 on TeleSchach
  11. János Flesch's historical rating on chessmetrics.com (English)

Web links

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