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Bela Toth
B Toth 
Photo credit scaccobratto.com  

Number of games in database: 503
Years covered: 1965 to 2014
Last FIDE rating: 2307
Highest rating achieved in database: 2480
Overall record: +181 -174 =148 (50.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Nimzo Indian (52) 
    E32 E39 E38 E26 E58
 Modern Benoni (43) 
    A56 A58 A77 A61 A57
 King's Indian (31) 
    E92 E91 E98 E60 E97
 Queen's Gambit Declined (20) 
    D35 D31 D37
 Slav (16) 
    D10 D15 D18 D17
 Grunfeld (16) 
    D86 D87 D91 D94
With the Black pieces:
 Petrov (38) 
    C42 C43
 Sicilian (25) 
    B89 B52 B21 B64 B62
 Nimzo Indian (17) 
    E45 E43 E46 E21 E20
 English, 1 c4 e5 (17) 
    A22 A28 A29 A26 A25
 Orthodox Defense (15) 
    D68 D67 D60 D63 D61
 Queen's Pawn Game (13) 
    A46 D02 A45 D01 A41
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Toth vs R Appel, 1999 1-0
   Timman vs B Toth, 1985 0-1
   Kavalek vs B Toth, 1976 0-1
   B Toth vs Ivkov, 1984 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Italian Championship 1980 (1981)
   Italian Championship (1979)
   Banco di Roma (1983)
   Hungarian Championship (1971)
   Italian Championship (1977)
   Reggio Emilia 1976/77 (1976)
   Reggio Emilia 1973/74 (1973)
   Banco di Roma (1979)
   Kringsja (1978)
   Biel (1981)
   Budapest Championship (1968)
   Laszlo Toth Memorial (1972)
   Haifa Olympiad (1976)
   Hungarian Championship 1967/68 (1967)
   Budva Zonal (1981)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 TCh-SUI
   B Toth vs R Fontaine (Oct-12-14) 1/2-1/2

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BELA TOTH
(born Apr-19-1943, 82 years old) Hungary (federation/nationality Switzerland)

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Bela Toth was born in Budapest. Awarded the IM title in 1974 and the IMC title in 1978, he was Italian champion in 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1984. He became a GMC in 2004 and lives in Switzerland.

Wikipedia article: Bela Tóth (chess player)

Last updated: 2021-08-22 11:13:08

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 page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 503  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Vasiukov vs B Toth  1-0591965Socialist Armed Forces TournamentC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
2. V Hora vs B Toth  1-0411965Socialist Armed Forces TournamentC27 Vienna Game
3. B Toth vs Csom  0-1391965Socialist Armed Forces TournamentA55 Old Indian, Main line
4. B Toth vs C Meleghegyi  ½-½801965Socialist Armed Forces TournamentD29 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
5. Savon vs B Toth  1-0551965Socialist Armed Forces TournamentA12 English with b3
6. L Liptay vs B Toth  ½-½591965Socialist Armed Forces TournamentD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. A Filipowicz vs B Toth  1-0451965Socialist Armed Forces TournamentC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
8. B Toth vs R Marszalek  ½-½811965Socialist Armed Forces TournamentD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
9. B Toth vs V Popov  1-0291965Socialist Armed Forces TournamentA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
10. B Toth vs Z Kadrev  0-1401965Socialist Armed Forces TournamentA80 Dutch
11. J Augustin vs B Toth  1-0391965Socialist Armed Forces TournamentC85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
12. G Kluger vs B Toth  1-0451966Budapest-chE45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
13. Csom vs B Toth  1-0191967Budapest ChampionshipC44 King's Pawn Game
14. B Toth vs P Dely  0-1451967Budapest ChampionshipE29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
15. B Toth vs M Bodo  1-0371967Budapest ChampionshipE26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
16. L Eperjesi vs B Toth  0-1291967Budapest ChampionshipE45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
17. G Szilagyi vs B Toth  1-0791967Budapest ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
18. B Toth vs G Kluger  0-1561967Budapest ChampionshipE58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3
19. B Toth vs F Portisch  0-1611967Budapest ChampionshipE77 King's Indian
20. B Toth vs J Guertler  ½-½641967Budapest ChampionshipA54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3
21. B Toth vs E Gasztonyi  0-1321967Budapest ChampionshipE91 King's Indian
22. Forintos vs B Toth  ½-½371967Budapest ChampionshipE37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
23. L Sapi vs B Toth  1-0411967Budapest ChampionshipE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
24. E Varnusz vs B Toth  1-0271967Budapest ChampionshipA23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation
25. A Ozsvath vs B Toth  ½-½181967Budapest ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-20-04  fasting: Who is this Bela Toth?? is this person a woman or a man?
Oct-20-04  fgh: No idea, but it sounds more like a woman name.
Oct-20-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessgames.com: I couldn't find much online but I found this brief mention <1943.04.19 Toth b. Italian IM 1974.> http://www.logicalchess.com/info/hi...

Due to the timespan, I would suspect that the first 2 or 3 games belong to a different Bela Thoth.

Oct-20-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Maybe <ray keene> could shed more light on this player as he played against him/her in 1979.
Oct-21-04  clapperrail: Bela Toth is a man. He played in the Haifa Olympiad in 1976. He won a game against L Kavalek who was playing for the USA team.
Oct-21-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: Early games in this file could be played by Bora Tot
Oct-26-04  fasting: Guess you are right Honza - but this Bora Tot isn't bad at all, draws against Spassky, Korchnoi and Aljechin!
Oct-26-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  ray keene: male-hungarian-played for italy i seem to recall-i think i played him twice haifa ol 1976 rome 1979-int master? about 60 now i guess
Oct-26-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  ray keene: the man i played cannot have been active in 1938!!
Oct-26-04  fasting: yes we are talking of two different Tots - but as Honza says, check out Bora Tot
Oct-26-04  fasting: but nice to hear first-hand information on the subject - thnx Keene
Oct-31-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: <fasting> Bora Tot really was not bad but those draws against Korchnoi and Spassky are games of this player. Games in both files are a little bit mixed up.

By the way, there is a picture of Bela Toth on http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/ser...

Nov-08-04  fasting: wow what a... photo... guess its at least 25 years old And what a mess with Bela n' Bora. Must admit I'm still slightly confused about them both - All though nice done by Bela then! He also beats Timman in 84' !?
Dec-11-05  Karpova: this guy looks like anthony kiedis
Apr-19-06  BIDMONFA: Bela Toth

TOTH, Bela
http://www.bidmonfa.com/toth_bela.htm
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Dec-24-06  Karpova: Seems to play for Switzerland now. Earned the CC GM title in 2004 http://amici.iccf.com/issues/issue_...
Dec-24-06  Prugno: Indeed: Bela Toth still keeps Italian citizenship, but he has been living and playing in Switzerland for something like 20 years now.
May-10-07  Maatalkko: Looks a bit like Keith Emerson, with the hair and all.
Apr-19-10  reti: Did he win the Italian championship several times just by showing up?
Apr-20-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Yes, he was the only participant. =))
Feb-24-11  alfiepa: Bela Toth was a strong player .
Was 4 time italian chiampion
in 1976 won the italian championship played in Castelvecchio Pascoli with 12 e 1/2 on 13 . was also winner of a mazing number of italian open in italy in 70 , often with very good performance . in reggio emilia 83-84 won with the black a interesting game against timman who was the number 3 of the world after the two k - k .
Nov-09-14  ljfyffe: European Correspondence XI (1973-78) champion ahead of equal R. Kauranen of Finland, and A. Zilberberg of USSR.
Apr-19-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Bela Toth.

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