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Stefan Szabo

Number of games in database: 86
Years covered: 1949 to 1954
Overall record: +30 -24 =32 (53.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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STEFAN SZABO
(born Dec-09-1911, died Oct-23-1954, 42 years old) Romania

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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 86  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Szabo vs O Neikirch  ½-½791949BucharestC00 French Defense
2. T Florian vs S Szabo  1-0521949BucharestD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
3. S Szabo vs F Jenei  ½-½421949BucharestC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
4. K Plater vs S Szabo  ½-½491949BucharestD76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
5. S Szabo vs P Seimeanu  ½-½631949BucharestC03 French, Tarrasch
6. S Szabo vs T Ciejka  1-0511951Przepiorka MemorialB50 Sicilian
7. S Szabo vs O Troianescu  ½-½211951Przepiorka MemorialE09 Catalan, Closed
8. S Szabo vs B Sebestyen  1-0441951Przepiorka MemorialB30 Sicilian
9. S Szabo vs W Balcarek  ½-½671951Przepiorka MemorialC10 French
10. S Szabo vs V Popov  1-0771951Przepiorka MemorialA06 Reti Opening
11. S Szabo vs L Herrmann  0-1421951Przepiorka MemorialB57 Sicilian
12. S Szabo vs B Koch  0-1461951Przepiorka MemorialB40 Sicilian
13. K Makarczyk vs S Szabo  ½-½571951Przepiorka MemorialE16 Queen's Indian
14. G Szilagyi vs S Szabo  1-0461951Przepiorka MemorialE29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
15. K Plater vs S Szabo  1-0481951Przepiorka MemorialA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
16. O Neikirch vs S Szabo  1-0301951Przepiorka MemorialE24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
17. E Arlamowski vs S Szabo  0-1401951Przepiorka MemorialD13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
18. Sliwa vs S Szabo  0-1481951Przepiorka MemorialD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
19. J Gadalinski vs S Szabo  0-1431951Przepiorka MemorialD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. E Gereben vs S Szabo  ½-½271951Przepiorka MemorialC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
21. V Urseanu vs S Szabo  0-1711951Bucharest GMT 2ndC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
22. E Karastoichev vs S Szabo  0-1371951Bucharest GMT 2ndC77 Ruy Lopez
23. O Troianescu vs S Szabo  ½-½421951Bucharest GMT 2ndD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. I Molnar vs S Szabo  ½-½661951Bucharest GMT 2ndD66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
25. S Samarian vs S Szabo  ½-½541951Bucharest GMT 2ndC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-09-06  Resignation Trap: The Romanian master, Stefan Szabo was born December 9, 1911 in Oradea and died October 23, 1954 in Arad.

Laszlo Szabo had this to say in <<My Best Games of Chess>> on Hastings 1954/55:

"'An excellent performance by a dead man', remarked a London friend of mine. Well, it turned out that many people believed me dead and buried in England. When Stefan Szabo died, the press agencies announced me dead by mistake. The outstanding English chess player, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander , had already written my obituary for his column, when I turned up in Hastings. I was not sorry that the obituary was unpublished, but I still think I should have asked Alexander to give me the proof. It must be terribly interesting to read how people think of one after one's death."

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