Stefan Fazekas
Number of games in database: 72
Years covered: 1913 to 1968
Overall record: +16 -38 =18 (34.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Reti System (5)      A06 A05 A04  Sicilian (5)      B84 B30 B85 B32 B28  English (4)      A13 A17 A15	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (11)      B27 B20 B35 B23 B77  Nimzo Indian (6)      E43 E38 E34 E30 E44  Caro-Kann (6)      B15 B10 B19 B18  Reti System (4)      A04

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R Guy vs Fazekas, 1946 0-1

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STEFAN FAZEKAS (born Mar-23-1898, died May-03-1967) Hungary (citizen of United Kingdom) [what is this?] (Dr) Stefan Fazekas was born on the 23rd of March 1898 in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary. Awarded the IM title in 1953 and the IMC title in 1964 he was British Champion in 1957 and is the oldest player ever to have won the title. He passed away in 1967 in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England.

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 72  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Fazekas vs G Nagy   1-0 23 1913 Satoraljaujhely C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 2. L Schmitt vs Fazekas   1-0 34 1931 Brno D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. Pelikan vs Fazekas   0-1 41 1935 Luhacovice E10 Queen's Pawn Game 4. J Rejfir vs Fazekas   1-0 69 1935 Luhacovice E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 5. Fazekas vs Foltys   0-1 32 1936 Podebrady C11 French 6. Fazekas vs Menchik   1-0 45 1936 Podebrady A15 English 7. V Petrov vs Fazekas   1-0 47 1936 Podebrady D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. Fazekas vs K Treybal   ½-½ 51 1936 Podebrady A13 English 9. Pelikan vs Fazekas   1-0 55 1936 Podebrady A07 King's Indian Attack 10. Fazekas vs P Frydman   0-1 36 1936 Podebrady B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 11. K Richter vs Fazekas   1-0 33 1936 Podebrady B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 12. Opocensky vs Fazekas   1-0 45 1936 Podebrady D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. Fazekas vs Alekhine   0-1 36 1936 Podebrady (07) A06 Reti Opening 14. Fazekas vs Pirc 1-0 56 1936 Podebrady B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 15. K Skalicka vs Fazekas   1-0 33 1936 Podebrady A04 Reti Opening 16. G A Thomas vs Fazekas   1-0 58 1936 Podebrady A22 English 17. Fazekas vs L Steiner   ½-½ 54 1936 Podebrady C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. Stahlberg vs Fazekas   1-0 62 1936 Podebrady E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 19. Fazekas vs Flohr   0-1 46 1936 Podebrady A06 Reti Opening 20. Fazekas vs E Zinner 1-0 33 1936 Podebrady A06 Reti Opening 21. Eliskases vs Fazekas   1-0 55 1936 Podebrady A03 Bird's Opening 22. Booth vs Fazekas 1-0 12 1940 London - C18 French, Winawer 23. E G Sergeant vs Fazekas   ½-½ 65 1946 Nottingham-B2 B10 Caro-Kann 24. R Guy vs Fazekas   0-1 45 1946 Nottingham-B2 B15 Caro-Kann 25. K Charlesworth vs Fazekas   ½-½ 46 1946 Nottingham-B2 B20 Sicilian  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 72

Dec-29-04    Benzol: Stefan Fazekas Born 23rd March 1898 in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary Died 3rd May 1967 Buckhurst Hill, Essex An IM in 1953 and CIM in 1964. He was also British Champion in 1957. Dec-29-04    Benzol: I presume games 41-48 in his list of games were completed before his death. Apr-07-07    gambitfan: PLOD (Player of the Day) Sa 07/04/2007 Apr-07-07    wossip: He was the father-in-law of Gyula Kluger (See game 20). Apr-07-07    slapwa: Ritson Morry used to tell a story about Fazekas defending a K + wrong B + doubled RP v K endgame against someone (it might have been Barden) in the British Championship. The opponent knew that K + wrong B + RP v K was a draw but thought the extra (doubled) RP might make a difference and was taking time over the ending. Eventually Dr F played (for the umpteenth time) K-R1 and said "... and I shall stay there till the cows come home”. Draw agreed. Apr-07-07    Maatalkko: He seems to have achieved mastership in adulthood, after being awarded a doctorate in some field. Good for him. Does anyone know more about this man? Mar-18-08    Cibator: All I can say is that he was a medical doctor in general practice, mostly in the Buckhurst Hill area on the north-eastern fringes of London. As far as chess was concerned he was an amateur, but obviously a pretty strong one. Irrelevant factoid: a Dr Fazekas gets a passing mention in Ludovic Kennedy's book about the notorious Christie-Evans murder case "Ten Rillington Place" - he apparently filled in as locum when Christie's regular doctor was away. I can't confirm whether or not this was our Dr Fazekas, but it would seem not unlikely, given the unusual (in England) surname. Jun-17-08    deputy1: I assume Dr Fazekas prescribed for Christie when he had fibrositis

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