From page 274 of the June 1888 BCM (an article entitled ‘Chessplayers I Have Known’).

<Szén is, so to speak, the most jovial of players. There was an air of "insouciance" about him; a rollicking good humour, perpetually dancing in his large round eyes, that contrasted strikingly with the care-worn looks of some of the other combatants in the tournament, and was very pleasant to behold. Izaak Walton advises the young angler, in impaling his worm on the hook, to 'do it as if he loved him:' in like manner Szén, with an irresistible Pawn, thrusts his opponent to death in the most affectionate manner possible; and when he himself is moribund, to look at his cheerful countenance, you would think that to be checkmated was the pleasantest thing in the world.>

And he was... on a 64 squared board!

From page 101 of the March issue of the 1855 'Wiener Schachzeitung'

Yeah, right, a man, that died the same year, that principle of free piston engines was patented - 10 years before an engine build after this principle was shown at a Paris fair in 1867 - and 27 years before the first selfpropelled petrol bicycle was even designed in 1884 - writes about proper motorcycle maintenance?

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Die stärksten Schachspieler in Pesth sind gegenwärtig, den Grossmeister unseres Spieles natürlich inbegriffen, nach alphabetischer Ordnung die Herren: Erkel, Hirschbaum, Innocent, Kapdebo, Professor Recsy, Rosenthal, Strauss und Hauptmann Tanarky. >

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The strongest chess player in Pesth are present, the grandmaster of our game, of course, included, according to alphabetical order of the gentlemen: Erkel, Deer Tree, Innocent, Kapdebo, Professor Recsy, Rosenthal, Strauss and captain Tanarky. >

This must be a google translation issue. But I read the GM label as applying to all the named players. Which would make it fairly generously applied(?).

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Here's the full passage:

<Aus Pesth erhalten wir die betrübende Mittheilung, dass dort eine bedauerliche Lauheit an die Stelle des einst regen Schacheifers getreten sei, dass überhaupt wenig gespielt, und die Zeit, in welcher «las einst hochberühmte ungarische Triumvirat sein siegreiches Banner entfaltete, längst als der Mythe angehörig betrachtet werde. Herr Szen sei übrigens noch immer thätig, und führe — nicht als primus tnter pares — sondern als unbesiegter Held das Schachscepter. Wenn wir auch annehmen wollen, dass dieses Bild mit zu trüben Farben gemalt ist (und wir können es aus eigener Erfahrung bestätigen, dass Pesth sich auch heute noch bedeutender Schachkräfte zu erfreuen hat), so müssen wir es doch jedenfalls beklagen, dass Niemand sich dort, wie uns brieflich gemeldet wird, die Mühe nimmt, die interessanteren Partieen zu notiren. Es gibt deren gewiss, wie es uns überhaupt scheinen will, dass die Schachzustände der benachbarten Metropole nicht im Allgemeinen, sondern eben nur mit Itücksicht auf die frühere Glanzperiode sich verschlimmert haben. Die stärksten Schachspieler in Pesth sind gegenwärtig, den Grossmeister unseres Spieles natürlich inbegriffen, nach alphabetischer Ordnung die Herren: Erkel, Hirschmann, Innocent, Kapdebo, Professor Recsy, Rosenthal, Strauss und Hauptmann Tanarky.>

<From Pesth we get the distressing communication of that there is a deplorable lukewarmness had taken the place of the formerly bustling Chess zeal that ever played little, and the time in which "las once highly famous Hungarian triumvirate his victorious banner unfurled, long as the myth belonging would be considered. Mr. Scenes is incidentally still active, and lead - not as primus tnter pares - but as the undefeated hero Schachscepter. If we shall suppose that this image is painted with too gloomy colors (and we can confirm it from their own experience that Pesth has to enjoy even more important chess forces even today), so we need it but in any case complain that no one there is , as reported to us by letter, taking the trouble to notiren the more interesting Partieen. There are the certain, as it seems to us ever wants the chess states of the neighboring metropolis have worsened not in general, but just with Itücksicht to the earlier golden age itself. The strongest chess player in Pesth are present, the grandmaster of our game, of course, included, according to alphabetical order of the gentlemen: Erkel, Hirschmann, Innocent, Kapdebo, Professor Recsy, Rosenthal, Strauss and captain Tanarky>

Clearly the google version needs improvement.

Here's the original WSZ: