- Egon Varnusz
Egon Varnusz (born
Budapest ,Hungary ,November 15 ,1933 ) is a Hungarianchess Master and writer.Biography
Varnusz competed in five
Hungarian Chess Championship s: in 1958, 1961, 1963, 1965, and 1966. In 1966, he made his best career result with 10.5/18, for 6th place, asGideon Barcza won. Varnusz shared 2nd-3rd places in the medium-strength Master event atSalgotarjan 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.
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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.
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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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