The chess games of Istvan Abonyi

Istvan Abonyi
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Years covered: 1908

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ISTVAN ABONYI
(born Aug-18-1886, died Jun-05-1942) Hungary

Istvan Abonyi was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1886 and passed away in Budapest in 1942. In 1912, he played the Abonyi Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2.e4) for the first time. In 1916, he played the Budapest Gambit against the Dutch surgeon Johannes Esser in Budapest. In 1922, he published analysis on the Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxd5 5.f4 Nec6) in "Deutsches Wochenschach." He was one of the 15 founders of FIDE in 1924. In 1928, he played 300 opponents on 105 boards in Budapest. He scored 79 wins, 6 losses, and 20 draws. For many years, he was president of the Hungarian Chess Federation. He edited the Hungarian chess magazine "Magyar Sakkvilag" (Hungarian Chessworld). He was president of the Correspondence Chess Federation between 1935 and 1939.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. I Abonyi vs J Engler	1-0	27	1908	Prague-B	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
2. I Abonyi vs Hromadka	0-1	13	1908	Prague casual	C48 Four Knights
3. K Treybal vs I Abonyi	1-0	21	1908	Prague-B	C10 French

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Aug-18-08		ravel5184: Hipy papy bthuthdth thuthda bthuthdy!

Aug-18-08		Billy Vaughan: Are you Owl from Winnie-the-Pooh?

Aug-18-09		whiteshark: <In 1916, he played the Budapest Gambit against the Dutch surgeon Johannes Esser in Budapest.> It should be uploaded.

May-10-10		Eastfrisian: ... and you correct "Deutsches Wochenschach".

Sep-09-10		GrahamClayton: <chessgames>In 1928, he played 300 oppponents on 105 boards in Budapest. He scored 79 wins, 6 losses, and 20 draws. <chessgames>, Here is a report on the exhibition from the chess column of the Brisbane Courier, dated 14 April 1928: "A most remarkable simultaneous performance took place in Budapest recently, where I Abonyi played the huge number of 105 games. He started at 7 pm, and at 10.30 had scored 18 wins. Having disposed of the "rabbits", he settled down to serious business, and went on until 6 o'clock the following morning, when the final score stood 79 wins, 20 draws and 6 losses, a truly wonderful feat of endurance."

Oct-26-10		paladin at large: Abonyi should get credit here for having influenced Vidmar's famous win with the Budapest Defense- Rubinstein vs Vidmar, 1918 It would be good if more of Abonyi's games could be found and uploaded.

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