Gyozo V Forintos
Number of games in database: 448
Years covered: 1954 to 2001
Last FIDE rating: 2317
Highest rating achieved in database: 2445
Overall record: +127 -147 =174 (47.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (39)      E32 E39 E20 E38 E33  King's Indian (39)      E70 E75 E77 E73 E62  Modern Benoni (18)      A56 A65 A71 A69 A58  English (14)      A14 A10 A15 A17 A16  Grunfeld (13)      D97 D80 D99 D78 D81  Queen's Gambit Declined (9)      D37 D38	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (48)      B27 B42 B21 B36 B32  Robatsch (28)      B06  Queen's Pawn Game (18)      A46 E10 D02 A40 A45  English, 1 c4 c5 (18)      A36 A34 A37 A33 A39  Ruy Lopez (16)      C92 C95 C94 C80 C64  French Defense (16)      C03 C10 C01 C02 C07

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   G Forintos vs V Tomovic, 1957 1-0
   G Forintos vs M Bobotsov, 1964 1-0
   G Forintos vs Ribli, 1969 1-0
   G Forintos vs Larsen, 1967 1/2-1/2

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GYOZO V FORINTOS (born Jul-30-1935) Hungary [what is this?] IA Gyozo Victor Forintos was born on the 30th of July 1935 in Budapest, Hungary. Awarded the IM title in 1963 and the GM title in 1974 he was Hungarian Champion in 1968-69. In tournaments he was 1st at Baja 1971, 2nd after Vasily Smyslov at Reykjavik 1974 and 1st= at the Perpignan Open in 1987. He played on six Hungarian Olympiad teams during 1958-74 and his daughter is married to English GM Anthony Cornelis Kosten. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C5%...

page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 448  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Pogats vs G Forintos   1-0 42 1954 Budapest B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 2. G Forintos vs F Koberl   1-0 34 1954 HUN-ch 10th A60 Benoni Defense 3. Szabo vs G Forintos   ½-½ 32 1954 HUN ch D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 4. P Dely vs G Forintos   ½-½ 41 1954 HUN-ch 10th A07 King's Indian Attack 5. L Tipary vs G Forintos   1-0 64 1954 HUN-ch 10th A45 Queen's Pawn Game 6. G Kluger vs G Forintos   1-0 40 1954 HUN-ch E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 7. F Koberl vs G Forintos   0-1 43 1955 Voros Lobogo A10 English 8. G Forintos vs Tringov   0-1 47 1957 WchT U26 04th A14 English 9. G Forintos vs V Tomovic 1-0 40 1957 Belgrade A07 King's Indian Attack 10. F Blatny vs G Forintos   ½-½ 18 1957 WchT U26 04th C02 French, Advance 11. J Kozma vs G Forintos   ½-½ 20 1958 WchT U26 fin-A 05th A37 English, Symmetrical 12. L Hallstrom vs G Forintos   ½-½ 27 1958 13th olm final B B41 Sicilian, Kan 13. P Ravn vs G Forintos   0-1 40 1958 13th olm final B E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 14. G Forintos vs M Succar   1-0 16 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 15. G Forintos vs F Roessel   ½-½ 78 1958 13th olm final B A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 16. G Forintos vs G Kluger   1-0 42 1958 HUN-ch 14th D77 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O 17. G Forintos vs C Lemoine   1-0 27 1958 13th olm final B E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 18. A Thomson vs G Forintos   0-1 32 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 C01 French, Exchange 19. G Forintos vs E Paoli 0-1 29 1958 Asztalos mem E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 20. R Beyen vs G Forintos   0-1 28 1958 13th olm final B E27 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 21. G Kluger vs G Forintos   ½-½ 29 1958 HUN-ch 13th C03 French, Tarrasch 22. G Forintos vs Wade   1-0 32 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 A04 Reti Opening 23. J Kostro vs G Forintos   0-1 27 1958 13th olm final B B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 24. P Martin vs G Forintos 1-0 34 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 25. G Forintos vs A Gudmundsson   ½-½ 54 1958 13th olm final B E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line  page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 448

Dec-29-04    Benzol: Gyozo Victor Forintos Born 30th July 1935 in Budapest Awarded the IM title in 1963 and the GM title in 1974 he was also Hungarian champion in 1968-69. Jul-30-06    BIDMONFA: Gyozo V Forintos FORINTOS, Gyozo V. http://www.bidmonfa.com/forintos_gy... _ Mar-26-10    wordfunph: A photo taken at the 1978 Benedictine tournament shows the Hungarian Grandmaster Gyozo Forintos playing Tony Kosten. Not many years later they were father-in-law and son-in-law! Jul-30-10    wordfunph: GM Forintos turns 75 today, any news on him? Jun-19-11    biglo: Co-author of Petroff's Defence (Batsford, 1983) with Ervin Haag Oct-16-11    wordfunph: from Tibor Karolyi and Nick Aplin's book Genius in the Background.. <Grandmaster Forintos was a very strong player, but he was known for being very optimistic. Let me share with you one famous story about him. His opponent could have checkmated in two, so Forintos - rather cheekily one might think - offered a draw. His opponent declined, but missed the mate and went on to lose. After the game the Hungarian grandmaster remarked, "Next time I should not be so pessimistic...">

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