Karoly Honfi
Number of games in database: 358
Years covered: 1950 to 1995
Last FIDE rating: 2035
Highest rating achieved in database: 2390
Overall record: +117 -138 =103 (47.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (61)      B93 B88 B57 B20 B43  Caro-Kann (17)      B18 B16 B12 B17 B10  Two Knights (13)      C59 C58 C57 C56 C55  French Defense (13)      C02 C16 C18 C13 C17  Vienna Opening (13)      C26 C29 C27 C28  Ruy Lopez (11)      C77 C67 C76 C64 C91	With the Black pieces:  Grunfeld (29)      D94 D78 D71 D93 D86  Sicilian (21)      B42 B27 B40 B43 B51  Ruy Lopez (19)      C81 C82 C73 C86 C78  King's Indian (14)      E60 E94 E90 E62 E67  English, 1 c4 c5 (14)      A34 A39 A36 A38 A37  English (11)      A16 A13 A15 A10

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Ozsvath vs K Honfi, 1953 0-1
   G Negyesy vs K Honfi, 1955 0-1
   K Honfi vs G Barcza, 1968 1-0
   Portisch vs K Honfi, 1963 0-1

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KAROLY HONFI (born Oct-25-1930, died Aug-14-1996) Hungary [what is this?] Karoly Honfi was awarded the IM title in 1962. In tournaments he was 1st= at Timisoara 1972, 1st at Kecskemet 1975 and 1st at Pecs 1976.

page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 358  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Szabo vs K Honfi 1-0 26 1950 Budapest HUN ch D02 Queen's Pawn Game 2. K Honfi vs F Koberl   0-1 60 1950 HUN-ch 06th B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 3. Szabo vs K Honfi   1-0 34 1950 Budapest B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 4. J Balogh vs K Honfi   ½-½ 36 1950 HUN-ch 06th B24 Sicilian, Closed 5. G Barcza vs K Honfi   1-0 51 1950 HUN-ch 06th A28 English 6. K Honfi vs A Vajda   1-0 28 1950 Budapest B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 7. K Honfi vs J Pogats   ½-½ 16 1950 Hungary-ch Budapest C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 8. K Honfi vs G Kluger   1-0 58 1950 HUN-ch 06th B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 9. A Ozsvath vs K Honfi 0-1 56 1953 Budapest B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 10. L Barczay vs K Honfi   0-1 33 1955 Budapest C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 11. T Florian vs K Honfi   1-0 41 1955 HUN-ch 11th A16 English 12. K Honfi vs P Dely 1-0 31 1955 HUN-ch 11th B32 Sicilian 13. G Barcza vs K Honfi   ½-½ 79 1955 HUN-ch 11th D94 Grunfeld 14. T Weinberger vs K Honfi   0-1 41 1955 Budapest D71 Neo-Grunfeld 15. K Honfi vs Benko 0-1 41 1955 Budapest B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 16. K Honfi vs I Bilek   ½-½ 56 1955 HUN-ch 11th B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 17. K Honfi vs Bela Erdy   1-0 40 1955 Budapest C55 Two Knights Defense 18. K Honfi vs Portisch   0-1 41 1955 HUN-ch 11th B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 19. G Kluger vs K Honfi   0-1 45 1955 Budapest D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 20. Szabo vs K Honfi   ½-½ 41 1955 HUN ch A34 English, Symmetrical 21. G Negyesy vs K Honfi 0-1 19 1955 Budapest D84 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted 22. K Honfi vs Szily   ½-½ 53 1956 Budapest B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 23. K Honfi vs Benko   ½-½ 11 1956 Budapest Alekhine C41 Philidor Defense 24. K Honfi vs G Barcza   1-0 44 1956 Budapest Szikra C53 Giuoco Piano 25. L Lengyel vs K Honfi   ½-½ 56 1956 Budapest Alekhine A15 English  page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 358    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Honfi wins | Honfi loses

Oct-29-05    Eastfrisian: Honfi died already on 14.08.1996. in the years 1958 and 1962 he was a member of the Hungarian team on the chess olympiades. He had already the GM-norm, but was awarded at that time only the IM-title. He never became a GM. Oct-25-06    BIDMONFA: Karoly Honfi HONFI, Karoly http://www.bidmonfa.com/honfi_karol... _ Oct-25-07    whiteshark: There is a biography in Hungarian language: György und Négyesi Honfi: <Honfi Nagymester (1930-1996)> Softback 248 S., Zalaegerszeg 2000, Fr. 30.- short review (in German): http://www.rochadekuppenheim.de/bub... Oct-16-11    wordfunph: IM Karoly Honfi represented Hungary in two Olympiads: 1958 Munich = +3=5-2 1962 Varna = +6=3-3 excerpt from Karolyi/Aplin's book Genius in the Background.. <Honfi was an honourable man, and it is rather ironic that his honesty may have contributed to his failure to become a grandmaster. Other players have told me of a tournament where he needed to win his last game to secure the title. His Yugoslav opponent offered to make an 'arrangement' but Honfi refused. In the game he was close to winning, but he spoiled the position in time trouble.>

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