Levente Lengyel
Number of games in database: 381
Years covered: 1952 to 1997
Last FIDE rating: 2293
Highest rating achieved in database: 2490
Overall record: +81 -79 =221 (50.3%)*
   * 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 (36)      E69 E60 E92 E64 E62  English (19)      A15 A14 A17 A16 A10  Grunfeld (15)      D71 D78 D79 D91 D75  English, 1 c4 c5 (14)      A30 A39 A36 A34  Reti System (11)      A04 A06 A05  Queen's Indian (9)      E18 E17 E15 E12 E19	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (41)      C96 C95 C94 C92 C67  Ruy Lopez, Closed (32)      C96 C95 C94 C92 C98  Sicilian (22)      B43 B31 B48 B36 B45  Nimzo Indian (17)      E41 E21 E46 E53 E48  Queen's Indian (16)      E14 E15 E17 E19 E18  English (13)      A14 A17 A18 A19

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Portisch vs L Lengyel, 1964 1/2-1/2
   K Darga vs L Lengyel, 1964 0-1
   Bronstein vs L Lengyel, 1964 1/2-1/2
   L Lengyel vs I Nei, 1964 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1964 Beverwijk Hoogovens by jww
   Hastings 1963/64 by suenteus po 147

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LEVENTE LENGYEL (born Jun-13-1933) Hungary [what is this?] Levente Lengyel was awarded the IM title in 1962 and the GM title in 1964. In 1962 he was 1st= with Lajos Portisch in the Hungarian Championship but lost the subsequent play-off match. In tournaments he was 1st at Solingen 1968 and 1st at Reggio Emilia 1972-73. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levent...

page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 381  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Lengyel vs F Koberl   ½-½ 15 1952 HUN-ch 08th D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 2. G Kluger vs L Lengyel   1-0 21 1952 HUN-ch 08th D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 3. D Szabo vs L Lengyel 0-1 43 1952 HUN-ch 08th E10 Queen's Pawn Game 4. L Lengyel vs Szabo   1-0 56 1952 HUN ch E72 King's Indian 5. L Lengyel vs Tibor Petri   1-0 33 1955 Voros Lobogo E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System 6. G Kluger vs L Lengyel   0-1 41 1956 Budapest Alekhine D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. L Lengyel vs Portisch   ½-½ 41 1956 Budapest E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 8. P Dely vs L Lengyel   ½-½ 56 1956 Budapest Alekhine B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 9. L Lengyel vs K Honfi   ½-½ 56 1956 Budapest Alekhine A15 English 10. L Lengyel vs G Kluger   ½-½ 19 1957 HUN-ch 12th A30 English, Symmetrical 11. Portisch vs L Lengyel   ½-½ 47 1957 HUN-ch 12th A40 Queen's Pawn Game 12. L Lengyel vs K Honfi   ½-½ 47 1957 HUN-ch 12th D71 Neo-Grunfeld 13. L Lengyel vs F Koberl   0-1 21 1957 HUN-ch 12th A30 English, Symmetrical 14. L Lengyel vs Portisch   0-1 45 1958 Ungarn A13 English 15. L Lengyel vs G Kluger   ½-½ 17 1958 HUN-ch 13th A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 16. L Lengyel vs L Hevizi   1-0 35 1959 HUN-ch 15th A22 English 17. L Lengyel vs E Orendy   1-0 41 1959 HUN Ch 15th E92 King's Indian 18. F Koberl vs L Lengyel   ½-½ 23 1959 HUN-ch 15th A22 English 19. G Kluger vs L Lengyel   ½-½ 19 1959 HUN-ch 15th E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 20. L Lengyel vs Lutikov   ½-½ 16 1960 Bad Salzungen E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 21. Sliwa vs L Lengyel   ½-½ 54 1960 Asztalos mem E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 22. L Lengyel vs Lilienthal 1-0 43 1960 It A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 23. M Damjanovic vs L Lengyel   0-1 43 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 24. K Honfi vs L Lengyel 1-0 27 1961 Hungary ch B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 25. L Lengyel vs G Kluger   ½-½ 24 1961 HUN-ch 16th A30 English, Symmetrical  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 381

Jun-13-06    BIDMONFA: Levente Lengyel LENGYEL, Levente http://www.bidmonfa.com/lengyel_lev... _ Jun-13-09    DarthStapler: Happy Birthday, GM Lengyel! Jun-13-09    wordfunph: The GM with too many E's on his name, in fact 5 E's and no other vowels...GM Levente Lengyel...Happy Birthday! Jun-13-09    TheChessGuy: Boldog szuletesnapot, Lengyel Levente! Jun-13-09    WhiteRook48: happy birthday Jun-13-10    wordfunph: lucky GM Lengyel.. Darga-Lengyel Amsterdam 1964: Darga extended his hand in the customary gesture of resignation. A moment later, he struck his forehead and exclaimed: "My God, I have a winning position!" K Darga vs L Lengyel, 1964 Dec-11-10    wordfunph: "Lengyel was the grandmasters' whipping boy. Draw a few, lose a few, but never a win; he couldn't quite get it together." - GM William Lombardy Jun-13-12    LoveThatJoker: Happy 79th Birthday, GM Lengyel! LTJ Jun-13-12    Infohunter: Happy Birthday to a Hungarian GM of Polish descent (the noun "lengyel" means "Polish" in Hungarian).

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