Levente Lengyel

Levente Lengyel, 1964
Association	Hungary
Born	June 13, 1933 Debrecen , Hungary
Died	August 18, 2014 Budapest
title	International Master (1962) Grand Master (1964)
Best Elo rating	2485 (July 1971)

Levente Lengyel (born June 13, 1933 in Debrecen , † August 18, 2014 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian chess master .

Life

Levente Lengyel moved to Budapest in 1949, first playing for the Budapesti Építők SC , from 1955 for decades for the five-time Hungarian team champion (1967, 1975, 1976, 1979 and 1984) MTK Budapest FC , with whom he also took part in the European Club Cup five times . In this team he played with Lajos Portisch , László Szabó , István Bilek , András Adorján and later with the Polgár sisters. After the chess department of MTK was dissolved, he played for Hajdúböszörményi Sakkozók Egyesülete (regularly until 2001, then only sporadically) and was used in the top Hungarian league, the NB I. Szabó László csoport , until the 2002/03 season .

From 1960 to 1970 Lengyel played in all six Chess Olympiads for Hungary. At the 1966 Chess Olympiad in Havana , Hungary won bronze with him and silver in Siegen in 1970 . In 1962 he achieved the third best result on his board. His record at six Olympiads is: 25 wins, 32 draws and 13 defeats. He was a chess official at three other Chess Olympiads, including the 1980 Chess Olympiad in Valletta , where only the Buchholz rating decided in favor of the Soviet Union and against Hungary. With the Hungarian national team he also took part in the European Team Championships in 1961, 1965 and 1970, he reached third place in 1961 and 1965, and second place in 1970.

The FIDE awarded him in 1962 the title of International Master and 1964 the title of Grand Master . In 1968 he decided the tournament in Solingen for himself.

Lengyel won two games against world champions ( Michail Botvinnik and Michail Tal ) in his chess career . He was also active as a trainer, including the Polgár sisters, and chess journalist.

Lengyel's last Elo number was 2293, but he was already listed as inactive at this point, as he no longer played a rated game after the Hungarian team championship in 2008/09. It had its best Elo rating of 2485 in July 1971. Before the Elo rating was introduced, Lengyel's best historical rating was 2628 in December 1964.

Web links

• Playable chess games by Levente Lengyel on chessgames.com
• Interview with Lengyel on his 73rd birthday (Hungarian)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fehér Gyula: Lengyel Levente (1933–2014) ( Hungarian ) Magyar Sakkszövetség. August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
2. ↑ List of national team champions at olimpbase.org (English)
3. ↑ Levente Lengyel's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
4. ↑ Levente Lengyel's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Levente Lengyel's results at European team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 75