László Szabó (chess player)

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László Szabó 1974 Dortmund.jpg
László Szabó, Dortmund 1974
Association HungaryHungary Hungary
Born March 19, 1917
Budapest
Died August 8, 1998
Budapest
title Grand Master (1950)
Best Elo rating 2565 (July 1973)

László Szabó [ ˈlaːsloː ˈsɒboː ] (born March 19, 1917 in Budapest ; † August 8, 1998 there ) was a Hungarian chess player .

Life

In front László Szabó at the European team championship in Oberhausen 1961
Grave of László Szabó in Budapest in the Jewish cemetery in Kozma Street: grave no. 5B-2-36

He learned to play chess in 1931 and made rapid progress. In 1935 he won a national championship tournament in Tatatóváros , was appointed to the national team and played his first chess Olympiad in Warsaw . After completing an apprenticeship as a bank clerk in the meantime, he won the Hungarian championship in 1937, the traditional tournament in Hastings in front of Max Euwe in 1938/39 and a tournament in his hometown in 1939 with 11 points from 11 games. Shortly afterwards, the Second World War broke out and Szabó was used for forced labor because of his Jewish origins. In January 1943 he was taken prisoner by the Soviets .

After the war he became a professional chess player and was one of the strongest non-Soviet chess masters in the world. Due to his international success, he received the title of Grand Master from FIDE in 1950 .

Szabó was Hungarian champion nine times and reached the Candidates Tournament three times , namely in 1950 , 1953 and 1956 . He played in 88 international tournaments until 1979, of which he won 21. In 1974 he was first at the second Dortmund Chess Days . In 1976 he won the international tournament in Kapfenberg .

Szabó's last Elo rating was 2460, but he didn't play a rated game after 1989. He had his highest rating of 2565 in July 1973. His best historical rating before the introduction of the rating was 2726. He reached this in December 1946. At that time he was the sixth best player in the world.

In 1981 he wrote the book 50 év - 100000 lépés , which was published in German translation in 1990 under the title Meine Beste Partien ( ISBN 3-8171-1126-6 ).

National team

Szabó participated with the Hungarian national team in the Chess Olympiads in 1935 , 1937 , 1952 , 1954 , 1956 , 1958 , 1960 , 1962 , 1964 , 1966 and 1968 . He reached second place with the team in 1937, third place in 1956 and 1966, in the individual ranking he reached second place on the second board in 1937 and 1966 and third place on the first board in 1952. He also won the unofficial Chess Olympiad with Hungary in 1936 in Munich , where he also achieved the best individual result on the fifth board and took part in four European team championships ( 1961 , 1965, 1970 and 1973). At the European Team Championship in 1970 he came in second, in the remaining three participations in third place.

Web links

Commons : László Szabó  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 74.
  2. ↑ Dortmund Chess Days 1974 from May 3rd to 14th in Dortmund's Westfalenpark
  3. ^ Gertrude Wagner as referee at the 1976 international tournament in Kapfenberg , report and table
  4. ↑ Elo history at olimpbase.org (English)
  5. ↑ László Szabós results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  6. ↑ László Szabós results at unofficial chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  7. ↑ László Szabó's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Szabó, László
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1998
Place of death Budapest