Karoly Honfi
Hungarian chess player
Karoly Honfi | |
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Károly Honfi, c. 1980s | |
Country | Hungary |
Born | (1930-10-25)October 25, 1930 Budapest, Hungary |
Died | August 14, 1996(1996-08-14) (aged 65) Budapest, Hungary |
Title | Grandmaster (1996) |
Peak rating | 2470 (May 1974) |
Károly Honfi (October 25, 1930 in Budapest – August 14, 1996 in Budapest) was a Hungarian chess player who held the chess title of International Master. Honfi was posthumously awarded the title of Honorary Grandmaster.[1][2]
Biography
Honfi was born in Budapest on October 25, 1930. His father was also a successful chess player.[3] He was the vice champion of Hungary in 1958, and became an International Master in 1962.[4] He earned the Correspondence Chess International Master title in 1991.
References
- ^ Adorjan, Andras (2016-10-13). Black is Back!: What's White's Advantage Anyway?. New In Chess. p. 261. ISBN 9789056916626.
- ^ Ervin, Haág. "IN MEMORIAM: Honfi Károly (1930-1996)". Chess Life (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2017-09-04.
- ^ The Encyclopaedia of Chess. St. Martin's Press. 1970. p. 209.
- ^ "Honfi Károlyi". The Chesspedia. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
External links
- Karoly Honfi player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Károly Honfi player details at ICCF
- Károly Honfi Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
- Karoly Honfi FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
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Hungarian grandmasters
Chess players for Hungary with the FIDE title of grandmaster (GM)
- Péter Ács
- Gergely Aczel
- András Adorján
- Zoltán Almási
- Emil Anka
- Gergely Antal
- Imre Balog
- Csaba Balogh
- Tamás Bánusz
- Gedeon Barcza
- László Bárczay
- Dávid Bérczes
- Ferenc Berkes
- István Bilek
- Dénes Boros [Wikidata]
- Cao Sang [Wikidata]
- István Csom
- Attila Czebe [Wikidata]
- Péter Dely
- Viktor Erdős
- Iván Faragó
- János Flesch
- András Flumbort [Wikidata]
- Tamas Fodor Jr.
- Tibor Fogarasi [Wikidata]
- Győző Forintos
- Miklos Galyas [Wikidata]
- Benjámin Gledura
- László Gonda [Wikidata]
- Attila Grószpéter
- Zoltan Gyimesi
- Imre Héra Jr. [Wikidata]
- Hoang Thanh Trang
- Karoly Honfi
- Ádám Horváth
- Csaba Horváth
- József Horváth
- Péter Horváth
- Gábor Kállai
- Gergely Kántor
- Bence Korpa [hu]
- Ádám Kozák
- Peter Leko
- Levente Lengyel
- Péter Lukács
- Géza Maróczy
- Zoltán Medvegy [Wikidata]
- Oliver Mihok [de; ru; hu]
- Gábor Nagy
- Gyula Pap
- Gábor Papp [de; fr; hu]
- József Pintér
- Judit Polgár
- Susan Polgar
- Lajos Portisch
- Péter Prohászka
- Richárd Rapport
- Zoltán Ribli
- Róbert Ruck
- Gyula Sax
- Lajos Seres [de; pl; hu]
- Krisztián Szabó
- László Szabó
- Péter Székely
- Tibor Tolnai [Wikidata]
- László Vadász
- Zoltán Varga
- See also: List of chess grandmasters
- Category:Hungarian chess players
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