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Bela Soos
Number of games in database: 103
Years covered: 1954 to 2003
Last FIDE rating: 2281
Highest rating achieved in database: 2415
Overall record: +22 -35 =46 (43.7%)*
   * 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 (9) 
    E70 E83 E76 E82 E71
 Nimzo Indian (5) 
    E21 E39 E41 E40 E38
 Grunfeld (5) 
    D91 D78 D85 D73 D79
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (30) 
    B27 B22 B47 B88 B74
 Modern Benoni (7) 
    A56 A65 A61 A72
 Sicilian Taimanov (5) 
    B47 B48 B45
 Sicilian Dragon (4) 
    B74 B38 B35
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Soos vs Geller, 1962 1-0
   Soos vs Geller, 1964 1-0
   Soos vs Dzindzichashvili, 1965 1/2-1/2

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BELA SOOS
(born Mar-06-1930) Romania (citizen of Germany)

[what is this?]
IM Bela Soos was born in Targu Mures, Romania. Having been awared the IM title in 1967, he is well-known for being Efim Geller 's nemesis - beating him at Varna 1962 and 1964.

After emigrating to Germany in the 1970s his name was erased from history books in Romania.


 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 103  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. V Ciocaltea vs Soos  1-020 1954 RomaniaB88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
2. Soos vs A Sansas  1-051 1955 ROM-FRAD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
3. A Sansas vs Soos  1-041 1955 ROM-FRAE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
4. Niephaus vs Soos  1-036 1956 Moscow (ol)B33 Sicilian
5. Ivkov vs Soos  ½-½41 1956 MoscowB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
6. Soos vs Taimanov  ½-½26 1956 MoscowE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
7. Tringov vs Soos  ½-½43 1956 Moscow ol (Men) fin-AB40 Sicilian
8. G Kluger vs Soos  ½-½26 1959 BalatonfuredE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
9. Soos vs Portisch  0-150 1959 BalatonfuredE41 Nimzo-Indian
10. G Forintos vs Soos 1-054 1959 BalatonfuredE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
11. Soos vs K Honfi  1-043 1959 BalatonfuredA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
12. Soos vs P Dely  1-033 1959 BalatonfuredE70 King's Indian
13. Ujtelky vs Soos  ½-½21 1959 BalatonfuredA16 English
14. I Bilek vs Soos  ½-½14 1959 BalatonfuredA04 Reti Opening
15. E Haag vs Soos  0-148 1959 BalatonfuredA07 King's Indian Attack
16. Soos vs O Neikirch  1-033 1959 BalatonfuredA07 King's Indian Attack
17. T Florian vs Soos 1-065 1959 BalatonfuredB22 Sicilian, Alapin
18. Soos vs A Beni  ½-½24 1959 BalatonfuredA15 English
19. Uhlmann vs Soos  ½-½37 1959 BalatonfuredA61 Benoni
20. Soos vs Kholmov  ½-½10 1959 BalatonfuredD79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
21. O Puscasiu vs Soos  0-173 1961 RomaniaB88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
22. J Marsalek vs Soos  0-153 1961 Bucharest GMT 5thB27 Sicilian
23. Soos vs Geller 1-023 1962 Varna olE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
24. Ivkov vs Soos 1-063 1962 VarnaB27 Sicilian
25. Myagmarsuren vs Soos  0-133 1962 Varna olm prelim2B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 103  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-12-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  TheAlchemist: Now this is an iron man! He played Kashdan in 1924 and also some games in 2001!
Jan-28-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  jamesmaskell: Also caused Gellar some serious problems. Look at the 1962 Varna Olympiad game between the two of then. Also the 1964 Varna game is worth a look at.

According to Chesscafe, his emigrating to Germany led to his history being torn apart. Its a great story and well worth looking into.

Jun-03-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I do not like them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
Oct-03-08  Karpova: The article that <jamesmaskell> mentioned on 2006.01.28 is <Geller's Nightmare> by Marius Ceteras & Olimpiu G. Urcan: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skitt...

Excerpt: <It is less known that Geller had, like all mortals, his own nightmares. And one of them was generated by Bela Soos, a Romanian chess player. We confess we knew little of Soos ourselves, until two years ago when we discovered some of his games in older issues of Revista Romana de Sah. One of Romania’s top players since the 1950s, Soos has been practically erased from the history of Romanian chess as a result of his decision to emigrate to Germany in the early 1970s. During the Cold War era in most of the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe, immigration was regarded by the Party officials and its repressive mechanisms as an act of treason and any infidel’s name was simply thrown out of history books. And so it happened to Soos, whose name did not appear in any chess productions following his leave. The Communist censorship did a professional job, one might say.

Unfortunately, not even after 1989, the year that brought a change of regimes, no one rushed to repair the injustice done to Soos.>

The article is worth reading and contains three games Soos played against Efim Geller - 2 wins and a draw for Soos. They are all annotated.

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