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Geza Nagy
Number of games in database: 46
Years covered: 1924 to 1948
Current FIDE rating: 1821
Highest rating achieved in database: 1839
Overall record: +21 -16 =9 (55.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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GEZA NAGY
(born Dec-29-1892, died Aug-13-1953) Hungary

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Geza Nagy was born on the 29th of December 1892 in Satoraljauhely, Hungary. Awarded the IM title in 1950 he was Hungarian Champion in 1924. He passed away in 1953 in Kaposvar, Hungary.

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 46  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. M Walter vs G Nagy ½-½59 1924 GyorD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
2. Gruenfeld vs G Nagy 1-011 1924 DebreczenD70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense
3. G Nagy vs V Vukovic  1-073 1924 GyorB02 Alekhine's Defense
4. P F Johner vs G Nagy  1-026 1925 DebrecenD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. J A Seitz vs G Nagy  1-048 1925 DebrecenD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
6. G Nagy vs Prokes  0-139 1925 DebrecenA04 Reti Opening
7. K Havasi vs G Nagy  1-047 1925 DebrecenD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
8. G Nagy vs V Vukovic 0-169 1925 DebrecenA12 English with b3
9. G Nagy vs Kmoch  0-130 1925 DebrecenA15 English
10. L Asztalos vs G Nagy  ½-½40 1925 DebrecenD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
11. G Nagy vs A Vajda  1-034 1925 DebrecenA16 English
12. G Nagy vs Gruenfeld  0-134 1925 DebrecenD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. G Nagy vs L Steiner  1-061 1925 DebrecenE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
14. H K Mattison vs G Nagy  0-123 1925 DebrecenC15 French, Winawer
15. Tartakower vs G Nagy  ½-½39 1925 DebrecenC15 French, Winawer
16. G Nagy vs Przepiorka 1-034 1925 DebrecenA15 English
17. G Nagy vs Prokes  0-148 1926 BudapestB02 Alekhine's Defense
18. M Monticelli vs G Nagy  ½-½32 1926 BudapestA34 English, Symmetrical
19. G Nagy vs S Rosselli del Turco  ½-½47 1927 1st olm finalD02 Queen's Pawn Game
20. G Nagy vs Carls  1-036 1927 1st olm finalB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
21. G A Thomas vs G Nagy  1-034 1927 1st olm finalC01 French, Exchange
22. G Nagy vs M Censer  1-026 1927 1st olm finalD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
23. G Nagy vs T Gruber  1-040 1927 1st olm finalE15 Queen's Indian
24. G Nagy vs J Vilardebo Picurena  1-026 1927 1st olm finalB40 Sicilian
25. G Nagy vs J Rivarola  1-028 1927 1st olm finalE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-29-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  lopium: This is ridiculous but very funny to see "Highest rating achieved in database: 1834" and later to learn that he was awarded an IM title. I guess in mostly of the players plages, the highest rating showed in the database ain't the true one at all. This is a bit sad, it should be more accurated, I don't know how.
Dec-29-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  KingG: There were no ELO ratings in 1924-28, so how could he have a rating of 1834?
Dec-29-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  lopium: I guess in a game uploaded here, it was wrote that. Then chessgames.com automatically shows it at first page. Well, I guess so.
Jul-14-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Karpova: <In 1929 [sic], when Maróczy was approaching 60 years of age and had been participating in many important tournaments for a long time, the young Hungarian players began to say that he had passed into history and that the new players were superior to those of his day. They argued in the same way as do the young players of today with respect to the masters of 20 or 30 years ago.

Maróczy told me about it. “These young Hungarian players”, he said, “are nothing special. They play well but are at most players of the second or third rank. They do not know the real game, the great masters’ play; but they believe that they know a great deal and they say they are stronger than I. For my part, I am now old, I do not have the same interest as before, but their claims have annoyed me so much that I have told them I am ready to play a match with any of them.”

The outcome was that a match was organized between the old master and one of the young Hungarians [Géza Nagy], who had just [sic] won the national championship. The result of the match was total success for Maróczy, for his opponent lost five games without being able to score a single point.>

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Jan-10-08   paladin at large: <chessgames.com> Out of respect for a Hungarian national champion, would it be possible to delete the silly numerical ratings recorded above? You would think he was some kind of Flying Dutchman to be branded for eternity with those numbers.
Jan-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: Guess he gets confused with this guy: http://fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?...
Jan-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: <alexmagnus> I was wondering about that... Did they have ratings back in the days where this Nagy played? I really didn't think they did...
Jan-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: No, they didn't. The ratings shown here belown to the modern-day Nagy. But I don't see any game by him in the database...
Jan-10-08   paladin at large: Second issue - if anyone can get a hold of the games of the Maróczy-Nagy match and upload them, I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
Apr-17-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Nagy seems to have been quite a strong player for a short period. In Budapest 1926 he won against Reti and Rubinstein and finished one point from first place, ahead of for example Tartakower and Reti. He was also one of the players to win gold for Hungary in the Olympiads in 1927 and 1928.
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