László Vadász

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
László Vadász (1965)

László Vadász (* 27. January 1948 in Kiskunfélegyháza ; † 3. January 2005 ) was a Hungarian Chess - Grandmaster .

Vadász was one of the strongest Hungarian players in the 1970s. His first big success was the 5th place in Groningen at the U-20 European Youth Championship in 1967/68. Vadász became International Master in 1975 and Grand Master in 1976. With the Hungarian national team he won the 1978 Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires , and came second at the European Team Championships in 1977 and 1980. In the Hungarian team championship he last played in the 1999/2000 season with DOZSO SE Pécs in the NB I. Szabó László csoport, the top division, and in the 2000/01 season with the Mat (t) ador SC in the second division, the NB I / B. Maróczy csoport.

Vadász won or shared first place in the following tournaments: Starý Smokovec (1973), Vrnjačka Banja (1975), Budapest (1976), Ulm (1976), Subotica (1978), Bagneux (1978), Esbjerg (1979, The North Sea Cup ) and Zalaegerszeg (1979).

His last Elo number was 2271, but he was listed as inactive because he no longer played an Elo-rated game after the Hungarian team championship 2000/01. Vadász achieved his highest rating of 2505 in January 1978.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 76.
  2. László Vadász's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. László Vadász's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  4. Results of the Mat (t) ador SC in the 2000/01 season at the Hungarian Chess Federation. (Hungarian)