Károly Honfi

Károly Honfi (born October 25, 1930 in Pesterzsébet , now part of Budapest, † August 14, 1996 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian chess player .

Honfi shaped the Hungarian chess life in the 1960s and 1970s; he was the trainer of Zsuzsa Verőci and also the trainer of the Hungarian women's team. Honfi took part in chess Olympiads twice (in 1958 and 1962) with the Hungarian national team , scoring 12.5 points in 21 games. Honfi was a good correspondence chess player and chess composer . In 1962 he became an international master .

In 1979 he was awarded the title of master trainer by the Hungarian Chess Federation. In 1996, after his death, he was made an honorary grandmaster by FIDE and honored with the Maróczy medal by the Hungarian association for his life's work . His greatest tournament successes were: 1961 Russian 1st place, 1968 Monaco (B-group) 1st place, 1969 Čačak 1st place, 1970 Budapest László Tóth Memorial Tournament 1st place, 1972 Timișoara 1-2. Place, 1973 Bern 1st place, 1974 Luxembourg 1st place, 1975 Budapest László-Tóth Memorial Tournament 1st place, 1979 Baden-Baden 1st place, 1984 Wrocław 1st place.

His best historical rating was 2594 in April 1976.

His wife Károlyné Honfi was also a chess player, his son György Honfi runs a chess school.

Web links

sakk.terasz.hu (text released for Hungarian Wikipedia)

literature

Honfi György - Négyesi György: Honfi nagymester (1930–1996) , Budapest 2000.

Individual evidence

↑ OlimpBase (English)
↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 89.

personal data
SURNAME	Honfi, Károly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH	October 25, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pesterzsébet
DATE OF DEATH	August 14, 1996
Place of death	Budapest

[1] OlimpBase (English)

[2] Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 89.