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Andrew Kalotay

Number of games in database: 44
Years covered: 1961 to 1966
Overall record: +13 -12 =19 (51.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ANDREW KALOTAY
(born Feb-02-1941, 84 years old) Hungary (federation/nationality Canada)

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Andrew Kalotay is a Hungarian-born finance professor. In 1968, he received a PhD in statistics from the University of Toronto.

He represented Canada as alternate in the 1966 Olympiad and accumulated 4 points in 10 team games. More recently, he has composed chess problems. He is also a statistician and a mathematician.

References: Wikipedia article: Andrew Kalotay , http://www.olimpbase.org


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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Sandor Siklos vs A Kalotay  ½-½281961Canadian ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
2. L Joyner vs A Kalotay  1-0311961Canadian ChampionshipE85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation
3. A Kalotay vs Z Vranesic 1-0411961Canadian ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
4. A Kalotay vs R Cayford  ½-½321961Canadian ChampionshipE64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
5. G Fuster vs A Kalotay  1-0431961Canadian ChampionshipE93 King's Indian, Petrosian System
6. A Kalotay vs E Macskasy  1-0411961Canadian ChampionshipB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
7. P Vaitonis vs A Kalotay  1-0591961Canadian ChampionshipA16 English
8. A Kalotay vs D Grimshaw  ½-½341961Canadian ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
9. Suttles vs A Kalotay  ½-½221961Canadian ChampionshipC02 French, Advance
10. A Kalotay vs J Patty  ½-½211961Canadian ChampionshipE97 King's Indian
11. G Danilov vs A Kalotay  0-1281961Canadian ChampionshipE85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation
12. A Kalotay vs G Fuster  ½-½411963Canadian ChampionshipA13 English
13. L Joyner vs A Kalotay  ½-½411963Canadian ChampionshipE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
14. A Kalotay vs W Hoover  1-0611963Canadian ChampionshipA22 English
15. P Vaitonis vs A Kalotay  ½-½121963Canadian ChampionshipE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
16. A Kalotay vs L Witt  ½-½141963Canadian ChampionshipA16 English
17. D Allan vs A Kalotay  0-1441963Canadian ChampionshipE77 King's Indian
18. A Kalotay vs E Macskasy  1-0351963Canadian ChampionshipA16 English
19. Yanofsky vs A Kalotay  1-0301963Canadian ChampionshipC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
20. A Kalotay vs I Lipnowski  ½-½271963Canadian ChampionshipE77 King's Indian
21. Z Vranesic vs A Kalotay  1-0591963Canadian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
22. A Kalotay vs H Yanofsky  ½-½201963Canadian ChampionshipE77 King's Indian
23. A Patrick vs A Kalotay  ½-½411963Canadian ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
24. A Kalotay vs R Hirsch  ½-½181963Canadian ChampionshipA16 English
25. M Schulman vs A Kalotay  ½-½171963Canadian ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
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May-07-13  wordfunph: Master Andrew Kalotay..

<a member of the 1966 Canadian Olympic team who is now better-known as the inventer of Debtcost, a sophisticated computer program that factors in interest rates and other variables to help companies figure out just when to buy back their bonds.

According to Forbes, "Kalotay's success stems in part from his own experience as a chess master. Representing Canada in the 1966 World Chess Olympiad in Cuba, he recalls being awed by his competitors' dedication. Says he: 'I soon realized that these people did one thing - chess. That's how it is in business. today: pick a topic and become an expert.'">

Source: Inside Chess 1988 #17

Sep-10-19
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  Breunor: He's one of the greatest financial modelers of all time; he was the first modeler to put together interest rate paths that price callable bonds accurately.

He may have been a novel prize like talent in my mind but worked in the corporate worked before starting a consulting firm.

Nov-25-23  notatiger54: Andy and I (NY-based FM Jon Jacobs) became good personal and professional friends after first meeting in 2005. We sometimes see one another at the Marshall Chess Club; his home is just a block or two from there.

Besides representing Canada in one or more Chess Olympiads, he had 2 other big competitive chess achievements that I know of:

— Scored 9/13 in 1966 US Open, tied with Lombardy and ahead of Browne, Verber, and Matera. — Upset Soltis in an important game from an Intercollegiate event, I don’t recall the year.

He remains alive and active today. Although his playing career ended long ago, his chess problem compositions (primarily helpmates) continue to win prizes in composing contests and are often featured in specialized publications for chess problemists.

He sold his bond analytics company to my former employer ICE a few years ago, but still circulates in the financial world.

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