- Gedeon Barcza
Infobox chess player
playername = Gedeon Barcza
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birthname = Gedeon Barcza
country = HUN
datebirth = Birth date|1911|8|21
placebirth =Kisújszállás
datedeath = Death date|1986|2|27
placedeath =Budapest
title =International Master (1950) Grandmaster (1954)
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peakrating = 2490 (1971)Gedeon (Gideon) Barcza (
August 21 ,1911 inKisújszállás –February 27 ,1986 inBudapest ) was a Hungarianchess master .In 1940, Barcza took third place, behind
Max Euwe , andMilan Vidmar , at Maróczy Jubiläum in Budapest. In September 1942, he took sixth place at the first European Championship in Munich. The event was won byAlexander Alekhine . In 1948, he took second place inKarlovy Vary . The event was won byJan Foltys . In 1948, he tied for second/third place in Venice. The event was won byMiguel Najdorf . In 1950, he tied for second/fourth place in Salzbrunn (Szczawno Zdrój). The event was won byPaul Keres . In 1952, he took fifteenth place in Saltsjöbaden (interzonal). In 1957, he won in San Benedetto del Toronto. In 1961, he took third place in Vienna. In 1962, he tied for third/sixth place in Moscow. In 1962, he tied for fourteenth/fifteenth place in Stockholm (interzonal). Barcza won theHungarian Chess Championship eight times (1942, 1943, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, and 1958) and played for Hungarian team in sevenChess Olympiads (1952, 1954, 1956,1958, 1960, 1962, and 1968). He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1954.He is remembered for the opening 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3, known as the Barcza System.
Harry Golombek once said of Barcza that he "is a most versatile player in the openings. He plays g2-g3 sometimes on the first, sometimes on the second, sometimes on the third, and sometimes not until the fourth move".ee also
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* [http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/statistics_pgn_rating_chart.asp?username=Barcza,Gedeon Statistics at ChessWorld.net]
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