Stefan Fazekas
Number of games in database: 81
Years covered: 1913 to 1968
Overall record: +19 -41 =21 (36.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:  Reti System (6)      A06 A04 A05  English (5)      A13 A17 A15  Sicilian (5)      B84 B30 B85 B32 B28  King's Indian (4)      E86 E80 E63 E61	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (11)      B27 B20 B35 B23 B77  Caro-Kann (8)      B15 B18 B10 B19 B13  Nimzo Indian (6)      E43 E38 E34 E30 E44  Reti System (4)      A04

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STEFAN FAZEKAS (born Mar-23-1898, died May-03-1967) Hungary (citizen of United Kingdom) [what is this?] Dr Stefan (ne Istvan) Fazekas was born in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary. Awarded the IM title in 1953 and the IMC title in 1964, he was British champion in 1957 and is the oldest player ever to have won the title. He passed away in 1967 in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England. Wikipedia article: Istv%C3%A1n Fazekas

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 81  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Fazekas vs G Nagy 1-0 23 1913 Satoraljaujhely C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 2. L Schmitt vs Fazekas   1-0 34 1931 Brno D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. J Rejfir vs Fazekas   1-0 69 1935 Luhacovice E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 4. Foltys vs Fazekas   ½-½ 42 1935 Luhacovice C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 5. Pelikan vs Fazekas   0-1 41 1935 Luhacovice E10 Queen's Pawn Game 6. Stahlberg vs Fazekas   1-0 62 1936 Podebrady E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 7. Fazekas vs Flohr   0-1 46 1936 Podebrady A06 Reti Opening 8. Fazekas vs E Zinner 1-0 33 1936 Podebrady A06 Reti Opening 9. E Eliskases vs Fazekas   1-0 55 1936 Podebrady A03 Bird's Opening 10. Fazekas vs Foltys   0-1 32 1936 Podebrady C11 French 11. Fazekas vs Menchik   1-0 45 1936 Podebrady A15 English 12. V Petrov vs Fazekas   1-0 47 1936 Podebrady D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Fazekas vs K Treybal   ½-½ 51 1936 Podebrady A13 English 14. Pelikan vs Fazekas   1-0 55 1936 Podebrady A07 King's Indian Attack 15. Fazekas vs P Frydman   0-1 36 1936 Podebrady B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 16. K Richter vs Fazekas   1-0 33 1936 Podebrady B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 17. Opocensky vs Fazekas   1-0 45 1936 Podebrady D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. Fazekas vs Alekhine   0-1 36 1936 Podebrady A06 Reti Opening 19. Fazekas vs Pirc 1-0 56 1936 Podebrady B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 20. K Skalicka vs Fazekas   1-0 33 1936 Podebrady A04 Reti Opening 21. G A Thomas vs Fazekas   1-0 58 1936 Podebrady A22 English 22. Fazekas vs L Steiner   ½-½ 54 1936 Podebrady C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. Booth vs Fazekas 1-0 12 1940 London - C18 French, Winawer 24. Fazekas vs D Horne   1-0 25 1946 Nottingham-B2 C29 Vienna Gambit 25. E G Sergeant vs Fazekas   ½-½ 65 1946 Nottingham-B2 B10 Caro-Kann  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 81

Dec-29-04    Benzol: Stefan Fazekas Born 23rd March 1898 in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary Died 3rd May 1967 Buckhurst Hill, Essex An IM in 1953 and CIM in 1964. He was also British Champion in 1957. Dec-29-04    Benzol: I presume games 41-48 in his list of games were completed before his death. Apr-07-07    gambitfan: PLOD (Player of the Day) Sa 07/04/2007 Apr-07-07    wossip: He was the father-in-law of Gyula Kluger (See game 20). Apr-07-07    slapwa: Ritson Morry used to tell a story about Fazekas defending a K + wrong B + doubled RP v K endgame against someone (it might have been Barden) in the British Championship. The opponent knew that K + wrong B + RP v K was a draw but thought the extra (doubled) RP might make a difference and was taking time over the ending. Eventually Dr F played (for the umpteenth time) K-R1 and said "... and I shall stay there till the cows come home”. Draw agreed. Apr-07-07    Maatalkko: He seems to have achieved mastership in adulthood, after being awarded a doctorate in some field. Good for him. Does anyone know more about this man? Mar-18-08    Cibator: All I can say is that he was a medical doctor in general practice, mostly in the Buckhurst Hill area on the north-eastern fringes of London. As far as chess was concerned he was an amateur, but obviously a pretty strong one. Irrelevant factoid: a Dr Fazekas gets a passing mention in Ludovic Kennedy's book about the notorious Christie-Evans murder case "Ten Rillington Place" - he apparently filled in as locum when Christie's regular doctor was away. I can't confirm whether or not this was our Dr Fazekas, but it would seem not unlikely, given the unusual (in England) surname. Jun-17-08    deputy1: I assume Dr Fazekas prescribed for Christie when he had fibrositis Apr-07-10    whiteshark: Player of the Day, Wed 07/04/2010 Never heard of him before. Aug-09-11    Antiochus: 165 games of Dr. Fazekas are here: http://www.phileo.demon.co.uk/uk_br... Apr-07-13    vinidivici: How in the world he has games in 1968 while he died a year before....? Apr-07-13    WannaBe: It was a late Indiana Jones' discovery. Apr-07-13    vinidivici: lol... there are some/many mistakes over the players biography / explanations in this site. Apr-07-13    Nosnibor: <vinidivici> The explanation to your post of Apr-07-13 is that the games shown as being played in the World Correspondence Championship in 1968 were actualy played in 1967 and earlier by Dr.Fazekas .The actual event finashed in 1968 when it was won by Hans Berliner.Because Fazekas had only completed less than half of his games his score was cancelled.This was a shame because at his death he had amassed 5 points out of 7 and was one of the leaders.In fact the game shown in the database against Zagorovsky was never completed and should not show as an official loss.If the final position is examined it will be observed that Fazekas had good drawing chances.( source obituary by P.H.Clarke B.C.M.July 1967 issue) Apr-08-13    vinidivici: thanks for telling those...

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