Jozsef Szily
Number of games in database: 166
Years covered: 1936 to 1971
Overall record: +30 -52 =84 (43.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Ruy Lopez (20)      C73 C91 C86 C83 C68  Sicilian (20)      B71 B67 B53 B59 B91  Ruy Lopez, Closed (10)      C91 C86 C97 C93 C89  French Defense (5)      C13 C10 C03 C05 C15  Pirc (4)      B08 B07  Sicilian Dragon (4)      B71 B73	With the Black pieces:  Semi-Slav (22)      D46 D45 D47 D43 D48  Sicilian (14)      B62 B30 B32 B58 B88  King's Indian Attack (10)      A07  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (5)      B62 B63 B60  English (5)      A13 A14  Ruy Lopez (5)      C78 C79 C66 C96 C87

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   Szily vs Botvinnik, 1952 1-0

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JOZSEF SZILY (born Oct-02-1913, died Apr-26-1976) Hungary PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] (Dr) József Szily was awarded the IM title in 1950 and played for Hungary in the 1952 Olympiad. Wikipedia article: J%C3%B3zsef Szily

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 166  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Gereben vs Szily   ½-½ 24 1936 Budapest-B E16 Queen's Indian 2. L Engels vs Szily   1-0 36 1939 Stuttgart E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 3. O'Kelly vs Szily   1-0 36 1939 Stuttgart B83 Sicilian 4. Szily vs C Staldi   ½-½ 27 1939 Stuttgart B08 Pirc, Classical 5. Szily vs Kieninger   ½-½ 32 1939 Stuttgart C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 6. Szily vs T Hess   0-1 29 1939 Stuttgart C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 7. E Eliskases vs Szily   1-0 31 1939 Stuttgart D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. Grob vs Szily   ½-½ 53 1939 Stuttgart, Germany B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 9. Szily vs Foltys   ½-½ 46 1939 Stuttgart C13 French 10. Szily vs Bogoljubov   0-1 37 1939 Stuttgart B53 Sicilian 11. K Richter vs Szily   1-0 35 1939 Stuttgart B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 12. Vidmar vs Szily   ½-½ 26 1939 Stuttgart E16 Queen's Indian 13. Szily vs B Rabar   1-0 40 1941 Trencianske Teplice C10 French 14. Szily vs Wloch 1-0 9 1943 Budapest C15 French, Winawer 15. Szily vs Benko ½-½ 36 1947 HUN-ch B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 16. Szily vs Szabo   ½-½ 27 1947 HUN C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 17. G Barcza vs Szily   1-0 61 1947 HUN-ch A07 King's Indian Attack 18. Szily vs Gligoric 0-1 21 1948 Budapest C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. Szily vs Szabo   ½-½ 40 1948 Budapest C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 20. E Bakonyi vs Szily   1-0 26 1948 Budapest C20 King's Pawn Game 21. G Barcza vs Szily   ½-½ 32 1948 Budapest D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. Szily vs E Gereben   ½-½ 31 1948 Budapest C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. Benko vs Szily   ½-½ 68 1948 Budapest D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. Flohr vs Szily   ½-½ 41 1949 Budapest (Hungary) D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. Wade vs Szily   0-1 54 1949 Trencianske Teplice C66 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 166

Aug-23-08    myschkin: . . . Hungarian chess master Dr. József Szily (1913–1976) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B... Author of the book: <Maróczy Géza élete és pályafutása> (~ The life and career of Géza Maróczy) (Sport Lap- és Könyvkiadó, 1957) Oct-02-09    whiteshark: <Player of the Day> He wrote a book about Maróczy in 1957: „The life and career of Géza Maróczy" On the Maróczy Memorial Tournament in Budapest 1952 he defeated the real world champion Botvinnik in the 7th round: Szily vs Botvinnik, 1952 Oct-02-09    WhiteRook48: when he had an elegant mate in two at the end Apr-22-12    wordfunph: IM Jozsef Szily served as Hungary's 12-man team captain against Yugoslavia in 1966. Yugoslavia drubbed Hungary 15-9. rest in peace, Dr. Jozsef Szily.. Oct-02-12    Eastfrisian: And again no photo. !? Nov-27-12    Morphischer: A pic http://www.newinchess.com/Szily__Jo...

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