Lajos Asztalos

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playername = Lajos Asztalos


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birthname = Lajos Asztalos
country = HUN
datebirth = Birth date|1889|7|29
placebirth = Pécs
datedeath = Death date|1956|11|1
placedeath = Budapest
title = International Master (1950)
International Arbiter (1951)
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Lajos Asztalos (Ljudevit Astaloš) (29 July 1889, Pécs – 1 November 1956, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess International Master, professor, and languages teacher.

At the beginning of his career, he tied for 6-8th at Budapest 1911 (3rd HUN-ch, Zoltán von Balla and Zsigmond Barász won); tied for 7-8th at Breslau 1912 (18th DSB–Congress, B tourn, Gregory won); took 2nd, behind Gyula Breyer, at Temesvár 1912 (4th HUN-ch); won at Debrecen 1913 (5th HUN-ch); tied for 8-9th at Budapest 1913 (Rudolf Spielmann won), [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01] took 5th at Mannheim 1914 ("Hauptturnier A"); [ [http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=5003 Schach Nachrichten ] ] took 4th at Vienna 1917 (Quadrangular, Milan Vidmar won), and took 5th at Kaschau 1918 (Richard Réti won).

After World War I, he moved to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as Yugoslavia). In 1923 he tied for 6-7th in Trieste (Paul Johner won). In 1924 he took 3rd in Györ (7th HUN-ch, Géza Nagy won). In 1925 he took 5th in Budapest (Lovas and Sterk won), and tied for 13-14th in Debrecen (Hans Kmoch won). In 1926 he took 3rd, behind Hermanis Matisons and Savielly Tartakower, in Bardejov (Bártfa, Bartfeld, Bardiów). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/pagine/itornei1920-29.htm I tornei dal 1920 al 1929 ] ] In 1927 he took 4th in Kecskemét (Alexander Alekhine won). [ [http://satiriki.ru/chess/english/tables/kechkemet1927.html Portail d'informations Ce site est en vente! ] ]

He represented Yugoslavia in Chess Olympiads:
* In 1926, in 2nd unofficial Olympiad in Budapest – team silver medal;
* In 1927, at third board in 1st Olympiad in London (+4 –3 =8);
* In 1931, at second board in 4th Olympiad in Prague (+7 –3 =6);
* In 1936, at fourth board in 3rd unofficial Olympiad in Munich (+5 –3 =8). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]

In 1931, he took 13th in Bled (Alekhine won). In 1934, he took 6th in Maribor (Vasja Pirc and Lajos Steiner won). In 1935, he tied for 8-9th in Belgrade (Vasja Pirc and Borislav Kostić won). In 1938, he tied for 5-7th in Ljubljana (Kostić won). [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/index.htm]

During World War II, Astaloš played for Croatia in a match against Slovakia on first board with Ivan Vladimir Rohaček (1 : 1) in Zagreb in December 1941. [http://www.vjesnik.hr/pdf/2001%5C12%5C09%5C31A31.PDF KRONOLOGIJA HRVATSKOGA ŠAHA (393)] He returned to Hungary in 1942. Asztalos became Vice President of the Hungarian Chess Union and Secretary of the FIDE Qualification Committee. He was a professor of philosophy and a languages teacher. [ [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10639 No Archiving Spiders Allowed ] ] He passed away in Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Soviet Union.

He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950 and the International Arbiter (IA) title in 1951.

He is an author of "A sakkjáték elemei" (Budapest 1951) ). [cite book | author=Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy| title=Szachy od A do Z | publisher=Wydawnictwo "Sport i Turystyka" Warszawa | year=1986, 1987 | id=ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]

Asztalos Memorial is held regularly in Hungary since 1958.

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