Lajos Asztalos

Lajos Asztalos [ ˈlɒjoʃ ˈɒstɒloʃ ] (born July 29, 1889 in Pécs , † November 1, 1956 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian chess player and chess author .

Chess career

At the Hungarian championships, Asztalos took second place behind Breyer in August 1912 in Temesvár . In 1913 he became the Hungarian champion in Debrecen . After the First World War he lived in Yugoslavia until 1942 and represented this country at the Chess Olympiads in London in 1927 and in Prague in 1931 . He also played at the unofficial Chess Olympiads in Budapest in 1926 and in Munich in 1936 .

In 1942 he moved to Budapest. In 1950 FIDE awarded him the title of International Master . Asztalos achieved its highest historical rating of 2656 in July 1913.

official

From 1951 until the end of his life he represented the Hungarian Chess Federation at FIDE. He was also an international referee for FIDE and chairman of the qualification committee.

Private

Tomb of Lajos Asztalos

Asztalos studied philosophy in Budapest and also did his doctorate in this subject. He then worked as a professor at the University of Budapest . After moving to Yugoslavia, he taught Latin and Greek at secondary schools in Sarajevo , Mostar and Zagreb . In addition to Hungarian, he spoke eight languages ​​fluently.

Asztalos died of gas poisoning in 1956.

literature

• Dr. Lajos Asztalos, Gedeon Barcza: Botvinnik gyözelme a világbajnoki küzdelemben. A hágai és moszkvai világbajnoki sakkversenyek . Magyar sakkvilág, Keczkemét 1948.
• Arpád Walter Földeák: Dr. Lajos Asztalos , 1998 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MEN'S CHESS OLYMPIADS - Asztalos, Lajos (Yugoslavia) on Olimpbase (English)
2. ↑ Lajos Asztalos' results at unofficial Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
3. ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 87.

Web links

• Replayable chess games by Lajos Asztalos on chessgames.com (English)