Egon Varnusz

Egon Varnusz

Egon Varnusz (born Budapest, Hungary, November 15, 1933) is a Hungarian chess Master and writer.

Biography

Varnusz competed in five Hungarian Chess Championships: in 1958, 1961, 1963, 1965, and 1966. In 1966, he made his best career result with 10.5/18, for 6th place, as Gideon Barcza won. Varnusz shared 2nd-3rd places in the medium-strength Master event at Salgotarjan 1978 with 10/13 (http://www.chessmetrics.com, the Egon Varnusz player file). He holds the title of FM (FIDE Master), and his current FIDE rating is 2345, as of October 1, 2007.

Writings

Varnusz is best known as a chess writer, and has published 15 titles, in both German and English (translated). Here is a list of his book titles (http://www.chessworld.org, the Egon Varnusz entry).

"Die ansgewahlten Partien von Lajos Portisch", by Egon Varnusz, Harri Deutsch 1990, ISBN 963-13-3707-3, in German.

"Wie spielt man Bogo-Indisch", by Egon Varnusz, Dreir Publishers 1989, in German.

"Play Anti-Indian Systems", by Egon Varnusz, Franckh-Kosmos 1990, ISBN 3-440-06156-6.

"Play the Caro-Kann", by Egon Varnusz, MacMillan 1991 (2nd edition), ISBN 1-8574-40-137.

"Semi-Slawisch 1 -- Meraner Variante", by Egon Varnusz, Dreier Publishers 1992, in German.

"Semi-Slawisch 2 -- Antimeraner", by Egon Varnusz, Dreier Publishers 1992, in German.

"Angenommenes Damengambit" (Queen's Gambit Accepted), by Egon Varnusz, Dusseldorf 1994, Schachverlag Manfred Maguer, ISBN 3-925691-11-1, in German. English version (pub. Schmidt Schach) translated by Gábor Pirisi.

"Neuerungen in Slawisch", by Egon Varnusz, Dreier Publishers 1994, in German.

"Slawisch", by Egon Varnusz, Dreier Publishers 1994, in German.

"Paul Keres" Best Games, Volume I: Closed Games", by Egon Varnusz, London 1994, Cadogan Chess, ISBN 1-85744-064-1.

"Paul Keres" Best Games, Volume II: Semi-Open Games", by Egon Varnusz, London 1994, Cadogan Chess, ISBN 0-08-037139-6.

"Aljechin, der Grosste", by Egon Varnusz and Arpad Walter Foldeak, Dusseldorf 1994, Schachverlag Manfred Maguer, ISBN 3-89597-254-1.

"Klassische System / Spanisch ohne a6", by Egon Varnusz, 1995, Becker Publishers.

"Emanuel Lasker" Games 1889-1907, by Egon Varnusz, 1998, Schmidt Schach Publishers.

"M.M. Botvinnik I, Games 1924-1940", by Egon Varnusz, 1999, Schmidt Schach Publishers.

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