Geza Nagy
Number of games in database: 78
Years covered: 1913 to 1948
Highest rating achieved in database: 1839
Overall record: +37 -24 =17 (58.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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C01		French, Exchange (5 games)
C83		Ruy Lopez, Open (3 games)
B13		Caro-Kann, Exchange (3 games)
A15		English (3 games)
D51		Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)
B02		Alekhine's Defense (2 games)
C65		Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (2 games)
C43		Petrov, Modern Attack (2 games)
C66		Ruy Lopez (2 games)
D43		Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (2 games)

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GEZA NAGY (born Dec-29-1892, died Aug-13-1953) Hungary [what is this?] 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 4; games 1-25 of 78  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Nagy vs Vidmar   1-0 44 1913 Budapest HUN C66 Ruy Lopez 2. J Mendelsohn vs G Nagy   0-1 32 1913 Debrecen-B C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 3. Fazekas vs G Nagy   1-0 23 1913 Satoraljaujhely C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 4. J Balogh vs G Nagy   0-1 28 1914 Budapest HUN C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 5. G Nagy vs V Vukovic   1-0 73 1924 Gyor B02 Alekhine's Defense 6. H Muller vs G Nagy   ½-½ 38 1924 Gyor D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. A Vajda vs G Nagy   ½-½ 21 1924 Gyor D00 Queen's Pawn Game 8. G Nagy vs K Havasi   1-0 31 1924 Gyor C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 9. G Exner vs G Nagy   ½-½ 54 1924 Gyor C01 French, Exchange 10. J A Seitz vs G Nagy   0-1 37 1924 Gyor B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 11. Gruenfeld vs G Nagy 1-0 11 1924 Debreczen D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense 12. G Nagy vs S Gruber   1-0 33 1924 Gyor A04 Reti Opening 13. M Walter vs G Nagy ½-½ 59 1924 Gyor D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. G Nagy vs L Steiner   1-0 31 1924 Gyor A15 English 15. Przepiorka vs G Nagy   1-0 45 1924 Gyor C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 16. G Nagy vs J Balogh   1-0 25 1924 Gyor A15 English 17. G Nagy vs E Steiner   1-0 44 1924 Gyor A07 King's Indian Attack 18. G Nagy vs L Asztalos   ½-½ 32 1924 Gyor C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 19. G Nagy vs Maroczy   ½-½ 39 1924 Gyor D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. P F Johner vs G Nagy   1-0 26 1925 Debrecen D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. J A Seitz vs G Nagy   1-0 48 1925 Debrecen D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. G Nagy vs Prokes   0-1 39 1925 Debrecen A04 Reti Opening 23. K Havasi vs G Nagy   1-0 47 1925 Debrecen D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. G Nagy vs V Vukovic 0-1 69 1925 Debrecen A12 English with b3 25. G Nagy vs Kmoch 0-1 30 1925 Debrecen A13 English  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 78

Dec-29-05    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    KingG: There were no ELO ratings in 1924-28, so how could he have a rating of 1834? Dec-29-05    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    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    alexmagnus: Guess he gets confused with this guy: http://fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?... Jan-10-08    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    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    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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