Istvan Bilek
Number of games in database: 700
Years covered: 1954 to 1997
Last FIDE rating: 2375
Overall record: +180 -151 =369 (52.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian Attack (57)      A07 A08  English (38)      A15 A14 A10 A12 A13  Sicilian (37)      B31 B25 B51 B57 B89  King's Indian (23)      E62 E92 E76 E67 E94  Reti System (22)      A04 A05  Grunfeld (21)      D78 D77 D79 D94 D91	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (100)      B27 B56 B33 B32 B40  King's Indian (49)      E91 E73 E94 E80 E62  Robatsch (30)      B06  Queen's Pawn Game (27)      A40 E10 A41 A45  Modern Benoni (15)      A56 A76 A57 A58 A71  English, 1 c4 c5 (15)      A37 A36 A35 A30

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Bilek vs A Ornstein, 1976 1-0
   I Bilek vs Gheorghiu, 1968 1-0
   I Bilek vs F Kuijpers, 1966 1-0
   I Bilek vs Schussler, 1978 1/2-1/2
   I Bilek vs Portisch, 1986 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Dresden 1956 by Phony Benoni
   1966 Beverwijk Hoogovens by jww

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ISTVAN BILEK (born Aug-11-1932, died Mar-21-2010) Hungary [what is this?] Istvan Bilek was born on the 11th of August 1932 in Budapest, Hungary. Awarded the IM title in 1958 and the GM title in 1962 he was Hungarian Champion in 1963, 1965 and 1970. He played in two interzonals, 1962 and 1964, and was on nine Olympiad teams from 1958 to 1974. His best tournament results are equal firsts at Balatonfured 1960, Salgotarjan 1967 and Debrecen 1970. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C...

page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 700  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Tipary vs I Bilek   ½-½ 41 1954 HUN-ch 10th A45 Queen's Pawn Game 2. I Bilek vs P Dely   ½-½ 43 1954 HUN-ch 10th C45 Scotch Game 3. I Bilek vs G Barcza   0-1 31 1954 Budapest C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 4. I Bilek vs F Koberl   1-0 29 1954 HUN-ch 10th B32 Sicilian 5. G Kluger vs I Bilek   ½-½ 30 1954 HUN-ch 10th E73 King's Indian 6. I Bilek vs E Rinder   1-0 28 1955 Zagreb-B B02 Alekhine's Defense 7. I Bilek vs Keres   ½-½ 41 1955 Budapest HUN-SU A09 Reti Opening 8. I Bilek vs Szabo   ½-½ 25 1955 HUN ch E10 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Bronstein vs I Bilek   ½-½ 63 1955 Budapest HUN-URS B57 Sicilian 10. P Dely vs I Bilek   ½-½ 48 1955 HUN-ch 11th C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. I Bilek vs Bronstein 0-1 24 1955 HUN-URS B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 12. I Bilek vs Ujtelky   ½-½ 15 1955 Prague tm B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 13. A Paidousis vs I Bilek   0-1 25 1955 Zagreb A48 King's Indian 14. Portisch vs I Bilek   0-1 51 1955 HUN-ch 11th B40 Sicilian 15. K Honfi vs I Bilek   ½-½ 56 1955 HUN-ch 11th B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 16. I Bilek vs B Andersen 1-0 28 1956 Dresden it B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 17. N Padevsky vs I Bilek   ½-½ 23 1956 Dresden it B15 Caro-Kann 18. I Bilek vs Pachman ½-½ 38 1956 Dresden it A12 English with b3 19. Uhlmann vs I Bilek   1-0 50 1956 Dresden it E73 King's Indian 20. I Bilek vs W Golz 1-0 40 1956 Dresden it A15 English 21. V Ciocaltea vs I Bilek   1-0 39 1956 Dresden it B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 22. M Trajkovic vs I Bilek   ½-½ 27 1956 Dresden it B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 23. O Sterner vs I Bilek   0-1 40 1956 Dresden it B83 Sicilian 24. I Bilek vs Averbakh   ½-½ 24 1956 Dresden it B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 25. G Kluger vs I Bilek   ½-½ 22 1956 Budapest Szikra E15 Queen's Indian  page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 700    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Bilek wins | Bilek loses

Oct-05-04    offramp: He made a lot of short draws. Dec-22-04    Benzol: Istvan Bilek Born 11th August 1932 in Budapest An IM in 1958 he got the GM title in 1962. He was Hungarian champion in 1963, 1965 and 1970. Mar-23-05    offramp: Like Peter Szekely he doesn't seem to be someone who enjoys chess very much. Apr-21-06    IdleFellow: Based on some of his articles that I've read, he does enjoy chess very much. His love of the game is quite contagious, in fact. There must be another rationale behind his draws. Aug-10-06    BIDMONFA: Istvan Bilek BILEK, Istvan http://www.bidmonfa.com/bilek_istva... _ Aug-11-06    Phony Benoni: His drawing tendencies may be due to the fact that his most famous (or infamous) game was a draw: Matulovic vs I Bilek, 1967 Aug-11-06    sixfeetunder: Perhaps he paints too? Sep-07-08    GrahamClayton: <offramp>He made a lot of short draws. Offramp, Bilek is infamous for his performance during the 1979 Slupsk tournament, where he drew all ten of his games in a combined total of 125 moves, taking only 1 hour 40 minutes in total playing time. Source: David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld "Oxford Companion to Chess", 2nd edition, OUP, 1992. Apr-26-09    laskereshevsky: Yes, by his record dont looks exactly like a lioneheart but, at least once in his chess-life, he was the hammer... During the final A first round, in the 20th chess olympiad in Skopje 1972, while his fellows country mans Portisch, Forintos and Ribli were drawing vs. Petrosian Smyslov and Tal, The little peacefull Bilek gived to Hungary a storical victory on the USSR by very patiently strangling the always impetuous Korchnoi.... I Bilek vs Korchnoi, 1972 OK, This game isnt very tactically charming, strategically enteresting maybe. But for shore is an incredible storical important one... His ever best agonistic achievment?!.... Mar-22-10    Eastfrisian: R.I.P. Mar-22-10    Ratul: RIP GM Bilek Aug-11-10    wordfunph: rest in peace Maestro Istvan.. Aug-11-10    Petrosianic: As opposed to what, exactly?

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