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Erno Gereben

Number of games in database: 599
Years covered: 1930 to 1986
Overall record: +205 -169 =224 (53.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (30) 
    A46 D02 A40 E10 D01
 King's Indian (29) 
    E60 E67 E70 E66 E73
 Grunfeld (14) 
    D95 D97 D83 D98 D85
 Ruy Lopez (14) 
    C95 C61 C78 C67 C99
 Sicilian (14) 
    B27 B30 B95 B72 B25
 Slav (13) 
    D15 D11 D18 D12 D16
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (44) 
    B74 B83 B20 B32 B73
 Ruy Lopez (39) 
    C84 C97 C69 C98 C78
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (26) 
    C84 C97 C98 C85 C91
 King's Indian (26) 
    E62 E60 E80 E91 E98
 English (24) 
    A15 A16 A13 A12 A18
 Caro-Kann (19) 
    B17 B18 B10 B11 B12
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Gereben vs M Szigeti, 1935 1-0
   E Gereben vs A D de Groot, 1936 1/2-1/2
   J Fichtl vs E Gereben, 1956 0-1
   S Boros vs E Gereben, 1935 0-1
   E Gereben vs M Ujtelky, 1967 1-0
   E Gereben vs O Troianescu, 1951 1-0
   E Gereben vs H A Carlos, 1936 1-0
   E Gereben vs H Ardiansyah, 1970 1/2-1/2
   Bronstein vs E Gereben, 1949 1/2-1/2
   Simagin vs E Gereben, 1949 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Przepiorka Memorial (1951)
   Hoogovens-B1 (1962)
   Nova Park Open (1986)
   Reggio Emilia 1963/64 (1963)
   Tatatovaros (1935)
   Hungarian Championship (1946)
   Hungarian Championship (1950)
   Hungarian Championship (1951)
   Bad Mondorf (1974)
   Schlechter Memorial (1947)
   Bad Gastein (1948)
   Amsterdam IBM-B (1967)
   Budapest (1955)
   Hungarian Championship (1955)
   Hungarian Championship (1953)


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ERNO GEREBEN
(born Jun-18-1907, died May-16-1988, 80 years old) Hungary (federation/nationality Switzerland)

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Erno Gereben (his name was Ernest Gruenfeld until 1935 but he is not to be confused with the well-known Austrian master Ernst Gruenfeld) was born in Sopron, Hungary in 1907. He was awarded the IM title in 1950 and emigrated to Switzerland in 1956. His best tournament result was 2nd= with Albert Becker after Laszlo Szabo at Tatatovaros in 1935. In Olympiads he played for Hungary in 1954 and for Switzerland in 1970, 1972 and 1974.

Wikipedia article: Ernő Gereben

Last updated: 2017-08-09 12:38:59

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 page 1 of 24; games 1-25 of 599  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. B Hoenlinger vs E Gereben  ½-½721930GyorA43 Old Benoni
2. E Gereben vs F Meller 0-1291930GyorA09 Reti Opening
3. E Klein vs E Gereben  1-0361930GyorD61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
4. E Gereben vs L Reich  ½-½581930GyorD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
5. J Balogh vs E Gereben ½-½441930GyorB10 Caro-Kann
6. E Gereben vs H Steiner  1-0291930GyorD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. Kashdan vs E Gereben  1-0471930GyorD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
8. E Gereben vs S Boros  ½-½361930GyorE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
9. B Szijjarto Szabo vs E Gereben  ½-½481930GyorB40 Sicilian
10. J Szekely vs E Gereben  0-156193210th Hungarian National TournamentE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
11. G Lovas vs E Gereben  1-054193210th Hungarian National TournamentA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
12. Maroczy vs E Gereben  1-048193210th Hungarian National TournamentB03 Alekhine's Defense
13. E Gereben vs L Steiner  0-168193210th Hungarian National TournamentD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
14. E Gereben vs I Korody Keresztely  0-159193210th Hungarian National TournamentE16 Queen's Indian
15. K Havasi vs E Gereben  1-069193210th Hungarian National TournamentA46 Queen's Pawn Game
16. G Negyesy vs E Gereben  ½-½30193210th Hungarian National TournamentE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
17. E Steiner vs E Gereben  0-132193210th Hungarian National TournamentB02 Alekhine's Defense
18. E Gereben vs P Rethy 0-140193210th Hungarian National TournamentD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. E Canal vs E Gereben  1-053193210th Hungarian National TournamentB02 Alekhine's Defense
20. E Gereben vs I Csath  0-1281934SopronE83 King's Indian, Samisch
21. P Rethy vs E Gereben  1-0581934SopronA06 Reti Opening
22. I Fuss vs E Gereben  0-1341934SopronE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
23. E Gereben vs A Vajda  1-0371934SopronD02 Queen's Pawn Game
24. E Gereben vs K Havasi  1-0411934SopronE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
25. E Gereben vs Spielmann 0-1351934SopronD94 Grunfeld
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-18-06  BIDMONFA: Erno Gereben

GEREBEN, Erno
http://www.bidmonfa.com/gereben_ern...
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Jun-18-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: He is a different player from Ernst Gruenfeld isn't he?
Jun-18-06  WMD: Yes, he is. Or, rather, he was.
Jun-18-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: <WMD>! Nice to see you again.
Jun-18-06  WMD: Thank you, my fan.
Jun-18-06  ughaibu: Fan singular? I feel snubbed.
Jun-18-06  WMD: Ditto.
Jun-18-06  mack: WMD me old mucker, where have you been? Travelling to third world countries in an attempt to 'find yourself' or something?
Jun-18-06  WMD: Frequenting various right-wing websites. I'm not sure when my posting ban here was lifted.
Jun-18-06  Karpova: WMD: <I'm not sure when my posting ban here was lifted.>

Why did you get banned?
I noticed your absence but didn't know you were banned.

Jun-18-06  WMD: Can't exactly recall the offending remark but it had something to do with John Donaldson, Ray Keene and the subject of plagiarism. So it goes.
Jun-18-06  Karpova: So you took on the mighty <Ray Kenne>? Better stick with LMAJ next time ;-)
May-18-08  whiteshark: Ernö Gereben Bio:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern%C5...
Jun-18-09  WhiteRook48: happy birthday
Jun-18-12  LoveThatJoker: IM Gereben, today you are remembered!

LTJ

May-16-18  Senk: https://de.chessbase.com/post/zum-3...
Jun-18-18  diagonal: <Senk> Many thanks for your link with a comprehensive portrait of a lesser known player.

In 1963/64, Gereben co-won at the 6th edition of the traditional Reggio Emilia tournament, alongside with Rudolf Teschner (best-on tie-break), Gedeon Barcza, and Janos Flesch.

Gereben was clear first at the Hoogovens Beverwijk - B tournament in 1962, and also won the so-called Masters A at the great Monte Carlo tournament in 1967 (in fact, this was another B-group), Bobby Fischer won the head tournament above Smyslov, Geller, and Larsen.

Jan-03-20  PJs Studio: I just used Bent Larsen’s game collection on chessagames.com to find the game from the nice photo featured on GM Larsen’s Wikipedia page. It was from the 1961 Hoovigan’s event. IM Gereben quickly outclassed in a closed Benoni (1...c5 3...e5)

Interestingly the photo was taken two moves before Larsen stole a second pawn and IM Gereben resigned shortly after dropping a third. No shame in that loss. His only game with Larsen who won the event equal with Ivkov. (+7 -1 = 1) The great Ernst Grüenfeld competed in Hoovigans ‘61. His final tournament appearance.

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