László Bárczay (21 February 1936 – 7 April 2016) was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster.[2][3]
| László Bárczay | |
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| Country | Hungary |
| Born | 21 February 1936 Miskolc, Hungary |
| Died | 7 April 2016 (aged 80) |
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| Peak rating | 2485 (January 1976) |
Biography
editIn 1966 he was awarded the FIDE International Master title.[2] At the 1966 Olympiad in Havana, he scored 11/12 (ten wins and two draws) as second reserve for the bronze medal-winning Hungarian team, winning the individual gold medal for sixth board.[4] In 1967 he was awarded the Grandmaster title.[2]
Other tournament successes include:
- Asztalos Memorial in Salgótarján, 1967 – 1st=
- Zonal Tournament in Vrnjačka Banja, 1967 – 3rd
- Sarajevo, 1968 – 1st=
- Polanica-Zdrój, 1969 – 1st
- Bari, 1970 – 2nd
- Lublin, 1975 – 2nd
- Astor, 1982 – 1st
From 1972 to 1976 he was the editor of the Magyar Sakkélet. During this time he took up correspondence chess, and was awarded the ICCF International Master title in 1973.[2] Bárczay earned the ICCF Grandmaster title in 1979[2] after finishing equal first in the Vidmar memorial tournament between 1975 and 1979.
References
edit- ^ Dortmunder Schachtage 1982 – Tabelle des Großmeisterturnieres on TeleSchach
- ^ a b c d e Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 23, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- ^ Bárczay László (1936–2016) (in Hungarian)
- ^ László Bárczay Chess Olympiad Record at olimpbase.org, retrieved 24 March 2013
External links
edit- Laszlo Barczay rating card at FIDE at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-08)
- Laszlo Barczay player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- László Bárczay player details at ICCF
