The chess games of Eugenio Szabados

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Eugenio Szabados

FIDE Revue 4/1962.

Number of games in database: 139
Years covered: 1930 to 1966
Overall record: +17 -60 =62 (34.5%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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EUGENIO SZABADOS
(born Jul-03-1898, died Mar-06-1974, 75 years old) Hungary (federation/nationality Italy)

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Hungarian-Italian chess master. In 1921 he won the Società Scacchistica Torinese Championship. In 1950-1958 he was President of the FSI (Italian Chess Federation). He was awarded the IM title in 1951. He built and owned a fleet of ships and was a millionaire. He spoke 10 different languages. He sponsored four international tournaments in Venice. In 1956 Szabados lost all his ships due to the Suez crisis and became a poor man.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. G Stalda vs Szabados	1-0	40	1930	Venice	B56 Sicilian
2. Szabados vs J Mieses	1-0	73	1930	Venice	D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
3. Szabados vs E Hellmann	1-0	114	1930	Venice	A81 Dutch
4. O'Kelly vs Szabados	1-0	54	1947	Venice	B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
5. Tartakower vs Szabados	1-0	42	1947	Venice	B89 Sicilian
6. Szabados vs Euwe	0-1	40	1948	Venice	D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
7. Szabados vs E Canal	½-½	57	1948	Venice	D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
8. K Opocensky vs Szabados	½-½	27	1948	Venice	E01 Catalan, Closed
9. G Primavera vs Szabados	0-1	35	1948	Venice	A47 Queen's Indian
10. Szabados vs J Lokvenc	½-½	67	1948	Venice	A47 Queen's Indian
11. V Castaldi vs Szabados	1-0	49	1948	Venice	B53 Sicilian
12. G Fletzer vs Szabados	½-½	30	1948	Venice	A34 English, Symmetrical
13. Barcza vs Szabados	1-0	50	1948	Venice	A04 Reti Opening
14. Szabados vs Tartakower	½-½	70	1948	Venice	A81 Dutch
15. A Giustolisi vs Szabados	1-0	41	1948	Venice	A15 English
16. Szabados vs Grob	1-0	37	1948	Venice	A46 Queen's Pawn Game
17. Najdorf vs Szabados	1-0	34	1948	Venice	D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. Szabados vs M Monticelli	0-1	51	1948	Venice	A46 Queen's Pawn Game
19. H Mueller vs Szabados	½-½	25	1949	Venice	D50 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. Szabados vs L Prins	½-½	41	1949	Venice	E60 King's Indian Defense
21. Szabados vs Gligoric	0-1	49	1949	Venice	E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
22. Szabados vs G Fletzer	½-½	25	1949	Venice	D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
23. Rossolimo vs Szabados	1-0	44	1949	Venice	B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
24. Szabados vs E Paoli	½-½	31	1949	Venice	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
25. Szabados vs Golombek	½-½	51	1949	Venice	E17 Queen's Indian


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Feb-28-07		get Reti: I searched a random article on wikipedia and got this guy.

May-03-09		myschkin: . . . Eugenio Szabados (1898-1974) was a great man both in Venetian and Italian chess. Himself a player of master strength, he was also the organiser and patron of many fine chess events. ... He was rich, being the owner of many ships, among other things. In 1956 there was the so-called Suez crises, when the Suez canal was closed off by the Egyptian president Nasser, who wanted to nationalise it. Almost all of Szabados' ships were inside the canal at the time. According to Jan Hein Donner they were confiscated. Szabados had not insured his ships, because for an owner of a big fleet insurance is usually senseless. Once in a while you lose a ship, but insurance for the whole fleet would be much more costly. . . . In 1956 Szabados lost all of them and his whole fortune and was a poor man afterwards. (Source: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hans1... by Hans Ree)

Jul-12-13		epistle: AFGM's nom de guerre every Saturday when he goes Karaoke-singing.

Sep-02-18		clement41: What a life this man had! Although he was on the losing side of what I am about to submit here, I cannot resist but to post a stunning position from a game Jung-Szabados, Vienna 1952 (you may find Venice 1953, though, so the source is not certain). This gem looks like a composition! click for larger view White to move

Sep-02-18		keypusher: <clement41> 1.Re4 Rxd4 2.Rxe2 Rh4 3.f4+ wins. 1.Bxg7 Rxh4 2.Bf6+ or 1.Be3+ Kf6 or even 1....Qxe3 2.f4+ Qxf4 don't seem as strong. Is there something else?

Sep-02-18		ughaibu: What about 1.Qd7?

Sep-02-18		keypusher: <ughaibu: What about 1.Qd7?> Well, that is problematic! Beautiful. After I'd convinced myself that obvious attempts at brilliancy like 1.Bxg7 didn't work, I finally lit on 1.Re4. I knew it wasn't the answer, because who cares about a move like that? I don't think I would have found 1.Qd7 if I'd looked all day. But Shredder will select 1.Re4 if you give it the position. <In 1956 Szabados lost all his ships due to the Suez crisis and became a poor man.> Hopefully this is not entirely true, because when Tal was in the hospital Szabados sent him wine, fruit, and <a fashionable tie of unbelievable colouring>. <The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal> at 66. See Szabados vs Tal, 1957 Incidentally, in the Cadogan reprint of the 1976 RHM translation of Tal's autobiography, his name is rendered as Signor Sabadosh.

Sep-02-18		whiteshark: April 15 [1953] Without having a good look at Milan, we took the train to Venice and the high spot of our trip so far. When we arrived at <Venice> we were met by a large number of porters. It was raining and each porter had an umbrella for each of us. We were whisked off to the waiting Chris-Crafts for the ride up the Grand Canal to <the luxurious Hotel Europa. <Everything was paid for by Szabados. <(Eugenio Szabados is probably the only really rich chess mastere. A child prodigy at chess, he was more or less adopted by a ship-owner when he was about twenty, turned to business, and was very successful at it. He now is the owner of a shipping line, and is ranked as International Master of the FIDE.)>>> We played a double round with the Carlo Salvioli Chess Club of Venice.... Source: THE CALIFORNIA CHESS REPQRTER (Vol. III, No. l) September 1953, p4 http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/...

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A46		Queen's Pawn Game (5 games)
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