The chess games of Istvan Bilek

Istvan Bilek
Number of games in database: 643
Years covered: 1954 to 1997
Current FIDE rating: 2375
Overall record: +160 -149 =334 (50.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

King's Indian Attack (48)
    A07 A08
Sicilian (36)
    B31 B25 B51 B57 B89
English (35)
    A15 A14 A10 A12 A13
King's Indian (23)
    E62 E92 E76 E94 E67
Reti System (21)
    A04 A05
Grunfeld (19)
    D78 D79 D77 D94 D91

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (97)
    B27 B56 B32 B33 B75
King's Indian (44)
    E91 E94 E73 E62 E92
Queen's Pawn Game (26)
    A40 E10 A41 A45
Robatsch (23)
    B06
English, 1 c4 c5 (15)
    A36 A35 A37 A30
Modern Benoni (14)
    A56 A76 A58 A71 A57

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Bilek vs A Ornstein, 1976 1-0
   I Bilek vs Gheorghiu, 1968 1-0
   I Bilek vs Schussler, 1978 1/2-1/2
   I Bilek vs F Kuijpers, 1966 1-0

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ISTVAN BILEK (born Aug-11-1932) Hungary	[what is this?]
Istvan Bilek was born on the 11th of August 1932 in Budapest, Hungary. Awarded the IM title in 1958 and the GM title in 1962 he was Hungarian Champion in 1963, 1965 and 1970. He played in two interzonals, 1962 and 1964, and was on nine Olympiad teams from 1958 to 1974. His best tournament results are equal firsts at Balatonfured 1960, Salgotarjan 1967 and Debrecen 1970.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. G Kluger vs I Bilek	½-½	30	1954	HUN-ch 10th	E73 King's Indian
2. I Bilek vs G Barcza	0-1	31	1954	Budapest	C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
3. I Bilek vs Szabo	½-½	25	1955	HUN ch	E10 Queen's Pawn Game
4. K Honfi vs I Bilek	½-½	56	1955	HUN-ch 11th	B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
5. Bronstein vs I Bilek	½-½	63	1955	Budapest HUN-URS	B57 Sicilian
6. I Bilek vs Bronstein	0-1	24	1955	HUN-URS	B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
7. I Bilek vs Ujtelky	½-½	15	1955	Prague tm	B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
8. I Bilek vs Pachman	½-½	38	1956	Dresden it	A12 English with b3
9. Uhlmann vs I Bilek	1-0	50	1956	Dresden it	E73 King's Indian
10. I Bilek vs W Golz	1-0	40	1956	Dresden it	A15 English
11. V Ciocaltea vs I Bilek	1-0	39	1956	Dresden it	B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
12. M Trajkovic vs I Bilek	½-½	27	1956	Dresden it	B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
13. O Sterner vs I Bilek	0-1	40	1956	Dresden it	B83 Sicilian
14. I Bilek vs Averbakh	½-½	24	1956	Dresden it	B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
15. I Bilek vs Kholmov	0-1	46	1956	Dresden it	C17 French, Winawer, Advance
16. I Bilek vs Sliwa	½-½	56	1956	Dresden it	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
17. S Muehlberg vs I Bilek	0-1	25	1956	Dresden it	E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
18. I Bilek vs J Sefc	1-0	55	1956	Dresden it	A13 English
19. S Dittmann vs I Bilek	1-0	57	1956	Dresden it	E73 King's Indian
20. R Fuchs vs I Bilek	½-½	52	1956	Dresden it	E61 King's Indian
21. G Kluger vs I Bilek	½-½	22	1956	Budapest Szikra	E15 Queen's Indian
22. I Bilek vs B Andersen	1-0	28	1956	Dresden it	B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
23. N Padevsky vs I Bilek	½-½	23	1956	Dresden it	B15 Caro-Kann
24. Taimanov vs I Bilek	½-½	25	1957	Leningrad	E97 King's Indian
25. Portisch vs I Bilek	1-0	32	1957	HUN-ch 12th	E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch


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Oct-05-04		offramp: He made a lot of short draws.

Dec-22-04		Benzol: Istvan Bilek Born 11th August 1932 in Budapest An IM in 1958 he got the GM title in 1962. He was Hungarian champion in 1963, 1965 and 1970.

Mar-23-05		offramp: Like Peter Szekely he doesn't seem to be someone who enjoys chess very much.

Apr-21-06		IdleFellow: Based on some of his articles that I've read, he does enjoy chess very much. His love of the game is quite contagious, in fact. There must be another rationale behind his draws.

Aug-10-06		BIDMONFA: Istvan Bilek BILEK, Istvan http://www.bidmonfa.com/bilek_istva... _

Aug-11-06		Phony Benoni: His drawing tendencies may be due to the fact that his most famous (or infamous) game was a draw: Matulovic vs I Bilek, 1967

Aug-11-06		sixfeetunder: Perhaps he paints too?

Sep-07-08		GrahamClayton: <offramp>He made a lot of short draws. Offramp, Bilek is infamous for his performance during the 1979 Slupsk tournament, where he drew all ten of his games in a combined total of 125 moves, taking only 1 hour 40 minutes in total playing time. Source: David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld "Oxford Companion to Chess", 2nd edition, OUP, 1992.

Apr-26-09		laskereshevsky: Yes, by his record dont looks exactly like a lioneheart but, at least once in his chess-life, he was the hammer... During the final A first round, in the 20th chess olympiad in Skopje 1972, while his fellows country mans Portisch, Forintos and Ribli were drawing vs. Petrosian Smyslov and Tal, The little peacefull Bilek gived to Hungary a storical victory on the USSR by very patiently strangling the always impetuous Korchnoi.... I Bilek vs Korchnoi, 1972 OK, This game isnt very tactically charming, strategically enteresting maybe. But for shore is an incredible storical important one... His ever best agonistic achievment?!....

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