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Levente Lengyel

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LEVENTE LENGYEL (born Jun-13-1933, died Aug-18-2014, 81 years old) Hungary [what is this?] Lengyel gained the title of International Master in 1962 and became a Grandmaster in 1964. Lengyel played for Hungary in six Olympiads between 1960 and 1970. His most notable results were: 15th Chess Olympiad 1962 Varna - Lengyel scored 8½/12 receiving an individual bronze medal, and Hungary finished 5th of 37 teams. 17th Chess Olympiad 1966 Havana - Lengyel scored 4/10 and Hungary finished 3rd of 52 teams, receiving bronze medals 19th Chess Olympiad 1970 Siegen - Lengyel scored 5½/12 and Hungary finished 2nd of 60 teams, receiving silver medals His overall Olympiad record was 41 points from 70 games. Lengyel also played in the European Team Chess Championship three times between 1961 and 1970. His results were as follows: 2nd European Team Championship 1961 Oberhausen - Lengyel scored 5½/10 and Hungary finished 3rd receiving bronze medals. 3rd European Team Championship 1965 Hamburg - Lengyel scored 5½/10 receiving an individual bronze medal. Hungary also finished 3rd for team bronze. 4th European Team Championship 1970 Kapfenberg - Lengyel scored 3½/7. Hungary finished 2nd receiving silver medals. Some notable results: 1962 Hungarian Championship (Budapest) 1st= (lost to Lajos Portisch in a playoff) 1963 Enschede Zonal 2nd= (with Klaus Darga, behind Svetozar Gligoric) 1964 Hungarian Championship (Budapest) 3rd= (behind Portisch) 1964 Málaga 2nd= 7½/11 (with Portisch, winner Arturo Pomar 8½)4 1966 Polanica Zdroj Rubinstein Memorial 2nd= 9/14 (with Heinz Liebert, behind Vasily Smyslov 11)5 1968 Solingen 1st (ahead of Bruno Parma, Ludek Pachman, Laszlo Szabo and Jan Hein Donner) 1972 Bari 1st 1972-73 Reggio Emilia 1st= 7/11 (with Luben Popov)6 1977 Budapest 1st 1977 Virovitica 1st 1977-78 Gausdal 1st 1980 Val Thorens 1st 1982 Val Thorens 1st= (with Miodrag Todorcevic) Lengyel also played in the 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal, a preliminary round of the World Chess Championship, achieving 12th place with 13/23 (the winner was Smyslov with 17) At his peak, he was regarded as a strong grandmaster, competing for his nation at the top level and winning medals. He died in Budapest in 2014. Lengyel had wins against former World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. [ Wikipedia article: Levente Lengyel Last updated: 2022-08-04 10:37:15

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page 1 of 68; games 1-25 of 1,691  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. T Florian vs Lengyel   0-1 44 1952 Hungarian Championship E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 2. Lengyel vs Szabo 1-0 56 1952 Hungarian Championship E72 King's Indian 3. D Szabo vs Lengyel 0-1 43 1952 Hungarian Championship E10 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Lengyel vs F Koberl   ½-½ 15 1952 Hungarian Championship D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 5. J Szily vs Lengyel 1-0 30 1952 Hungarian Championship C07 French, Tarrasch 6. Lengyel vs G Szilagyi   1-0 53 1952 Hungarian Championship A94 Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3 7. J Ban vs Lengyel   1-0 36 1952 Hungarian Championship B10 Caro-Kann 8. Lengyel vs Barcza   0-1 46 1952 Hungarian Championship A17 English 9. G Kluger vs Lengyel   1-0 21 1952 Hungarian Championship D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 10. G Negyesy vs Lengyel   ½-½ 31 1952 Hungarian Championship D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Lengyel vs E Gereben   1-0 40 1952 Hungarian Championship A15 English 12. A Vajda vs Lengyel   1-0 39 1952 Hungarian Championship B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 13. Lengyel vs B Sandor   1-0 45 1952 Hungarian Championship D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 14. L Tipary vs Lengyel   ½-½ 59 1952 Hungarian Championship A45 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Lengyel vs C Laszlo   ½-½ 28 1952 Hungarian Championship D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 16. E Bakonyi vs Lengyel ½-½ 29 1952 Hungarian Championship A14 English 17. Lengyel vs J Pogats   0-1 22 1952 Hungarian Championship D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 18. Lengyel vs B Berger   1-0 26 1953 HUN-ch+ A04 Reti Opening 19. B Sandor vs Lengyel   ½-½ 41 1953 HUN-ch+ A46 Queen's Pawn Game 20. Lengyel vs K Androvitzky Borloy   0-1 50 1953 HUN-ch+ A15 English 21. T Florian vs Lengyel   1-0 40 1953 HUN-ch+ B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 22. A Ozsvath vs Lengyel   ½-½ 46 1955 Voros Lobogo B10 Caro-Kann 23. Lengyel vs B Berger   1-0 26 1955 Voros Lobogo C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 24. K Androvitzky Borloy vs Lengyel   0-1 50 1955 Voros Lobogo C45 Scotch Game 25. E Gasztonyi vs Lengyel   ½-½ 18 1955 Voros Lobogo D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical  page 1 of 68; games 1-25 of 1,691

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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). Aug-21-14    Eastfrisian: According to Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leven... he died on 18. August 2014 R.I.P. Grandmaster Lengyel. Aug-22-14    Stonehenge: RIP GM Lengyel. Nov-19-19    Albertan: "His final published rating from the international chess federation FIDE was 2293, although he had not been active for a number of years. At his peak, he was regarded as a strong grandmaster, competing for his nation at the top level and winning medals." "Lengyel played for Hungary in six Olympiads between 1960 and 1970. His most notable results were: 15th Chess Olympiad 1962 Varna - Lengyel scored 8½/12 receiving an individual bronze medal, and Hungary finished 5th of 37 teams. 17th Chess Olympiad 1966 Havana - Lengyel scored 4/10 and Hungary finished 3rd of 52 teams, receiving bronze medals 19th Chess Olympiad 1970 Siegen - Lengyel scored 5½/12 and Hungary finished 2nd of 60 teams, receiving silver medals His overall Olympiad record was 41 points from 70 games.[2] Lengyel also played in the European Team Chess Championship three times between 1961 and 1970. His results were as follows: 2nd European Team Championship 1961 Oberhausen - Lengyel scored 5½/10 and Hungary finished 3rd receiving bronze medals. 3rd European Team Championship 1965 Hamburg - Lengyel scored 5½/10 receiving an individual bronze medal. Hungary also finished 3rd for team bronze. 4th European Team Championship 1970 Kapfenberg - Lengyel scored 3½/7. Hungary finished 2nd receiving silver medals." source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leven... Dec-01-19    pazzed paun: He played so poorly so often it was rumored that he bought the GM title and was a communist party hack Jun-13-21    SvetlanaBabe: He was a very strong GM, even at 19 when he beat one of the strongest players in the world at the time GM Szabo. Jun-13-21    Messiah: <SvetlanaBabe: He was a very strong GM, even at 19 when he beat one of the strongest players in the world at the time GM Szabo.> With this username I would expect some dating site spam from you. Dec-23-24    Cassandro: <pazzed paun: He played so poorly so often it was rumored that he bought the GM title and was a communist party hack> Totally false. Lengyel had a good tournament record. He was one of the best individual players at the 1962 Olympiad. He shared first place at Reggio Emilia in '73, a very strong tournament. Won at Solingen in '68, and Gausdal some years later..sad to see fine players being smeared with baseless innuendo on their player pages. Dec-23-24    perfidious: Maybe the 'source' of this calumny should turn his attention to J'adoubovic, Kutirov, Gheorghiu and Kurajica.

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