| Oct-25-06 | | refutor: Macskasy = E Macskasy
= Elod Macskasy
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bw998/C... |
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| Jul-26-08 | | lentil: pronounced mash-KAh-zy. I remember a kindly old gent who was far more polite to this 1200-rated potz than etiquette required. |
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| Jul-26-08 | | kramputz: <lentil: pronounced mash-KAh-zy. I remember a kindly old gent who was far more polite to this 1200-rated potz than etiquette required.>
It is a Hungarian name and pronounced:
mahch-kah-she . Macska in Hungarian: means : cat
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| Jul-26-08 | | kramputz: January 21 1990 Elod Macskasy, mathematics teacher and chess player, died in Vancouver. He was born in Hungary April 17, 1919, came to Vancouver in 1956. Wrote Nathan Divinsky, a friend and fellow chess enthusiast, “He taught mathematics at UBC for over 30 years, and was B.C.'s top chess player for most of that time. He won the Canadian Open Championship in 1958 and had a great influence on all the young B.C. chess players. He played on a number of Canadian Olympic chess teams, and always with distinction. In the late ’50s and early ’60s, he often could be found at the old Heidelberg Restaurant on Robsonstrasse, the hangout for European immigrants. Macskasy was a gentle, artistic man, a wonderful friend.” http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chro...
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| Jul-26-08 | | whiteshark: His Chess Olympiads participation:
http://www.olimpbase.org/players/wc... |
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Sep-20-10
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http://www.chess.bc.ca/Bulletins/bc... |
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| Jul-13-13 | | wordfunph: "In an important tournament game, my flag fell as I was about to make the time control move. I stopped and recorded a win for him, but he tried to convince me that I hadn't really lost and that the game should continue. I
was amazed."
- GMC Jonathan Berry (on Elod "The Doc" Macskasy) |
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Jul-14-13
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| Aug-06-17 | | Eagle41257: Yet he was Hungarian, not Romanian.
Elod Macskasy (Hungarian: Macskásy Elod) (17 April 1919 – 21 January 1990) was a Hungarian-born Canadian chess master. He was a mathematics professor, and also competed in swimming for Hungary at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Elod Macskasy was born in Arad, which at the time was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, but was shortly afterwards ceded to Romania by the Treaty of Trianon. He completed his early schooling there, and at the age of 16 won the chess championship of the city.
He studied mathematics in Budapest from 1937 to 1942, at the Pázmány Péter University, earning his doctorate. During this time, he competed with some success in team and student chess tournaments.
Macskasy scored 1/1 on the first reserve board for Hungary at the 2nd Balkaniad, Sofia 1947, and his team won the gold medals. In 1947, he gained the Hungarian National Master title following his performance in the 1947 Hungarian championship. Perhaps his best Hungarian result occurred in 1952, when he won a Master tournament ahead of Árpád Vajda, István Bilek and Károly Honfi.
Macskasy co-authored a book on the 1952 Hungarian championship. |
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| Aug-06-17 | | Retireborn: According to my old Hungarian book, he won a fine game as White v Vukovic at the 1947 Balkaniad in Sofia. The book only gives moves 25-33 though; if anybody has a complete score I'd love to see it. (Looked on OlimpBase but it has no games from that Balkaniad.) |
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| Aug-06-17 | | Eagle41257: 1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. c4 dc 5. Qa4 c6 6. Qc4 e5 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Qc2 ed 9. 0-0 c5 10. Rd1 Nbd5 11. a3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Ce7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Kge4 Be6 15. Nf6 Nf6 16. Nc4 0-0 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qb5 19. a4 Qa6 20. Bf1 Qb6 21. a5 Qd8 22. a6 Bd5 23. f3 Qc8 24. e4 de 25. Rd5 Nd5 26. Qe4 Qe6 27. ab Rad8 28. Bc4 g5 29. b8Q Rb8 30. Bd5 Qf6 31. Nd7 Qb2 32. Qg6 Kh8 33. Qh6 Kg8 34. Be5 Qe5 35. Ne5 Rb6 36. Ng6 1:0 |
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| Aug-06-17 | | Retireborn: <Eagle41257> Wow! I didn't really think anybody would have it. Many thanks! |
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Jul-26-18
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| Apr-12-19 | | PhilFeeley: Nice tribute to him in the latest BC Chess Bulletin: http://www.chess.bc.ca/bcbulletin.s...
It's #375, so not there just yet. I guess I get it early. |
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