A Hungarian Legend

Submitted by kenytiger on Wed, 04/23/2008 at 9:43pm.

Gyula Breyer (1893-1921) was a Hungarian Chess player. He was a leading member of the Hypermodern school of chess theory, which favored controlling the center with pieces on the wings. In 1912 Breyer won the Hungarian Championship in Temesvar, ahead of Asztalos, Von Balla, Havasi and Reti.

In 1920 he won a big tournament in Berlin, ahead of chess legends such as Bogoljubov, Tartakover, Maroczy, Mieses, Tarrasch and Spielmann. He also had a plus score against Max Euwe in 1921. This brilliant player would have undoubtedly gone further had a heart attack not cut his chess career short at the age of twenty-eight.

Breyer's dynamic style and championship caliber are admirably exemplified in the game below, which features an extraordinarily beautiful Mate.

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by Fellippo - 2 months ago
Zlín Czech Republic

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Finally, a bit unusual player,inventive,yes!

by batlangl - 2 months ago
jenkintown United States

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Great post! I am always amazed at how creative and beautiful these chessmasters can make chess look.

This is my first post, and I wanted to test out the game creation function in this post. So here is Lasker vs Breyer, Budapest, 1911, it's another masterpiece! Sorry no comments... I am not good enough to make comments. I actually made one comment in the middle!

by Dozy - 2 months ago
Blue Mountains Australia

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Brilliant play. If I can quote Andrew Martin, combinations like that are the reason we play chess. It's inspiring to see them in the play of the great players, even if I have no dream of ever emulating them in my own play.

Thanks for posting this.

by leonelcm - 2 months ago
Mexico City Mexico

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Kenytiger, once again thanx for sharing this, I agree Breyer would be a wonderful chess player, a serious candidate for chess world championship.

by benws - 2 months ago
United States

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nice game. Breyer was a great player. he also composed one chess problem:

by claypot - 2 months ago
California United States

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Absolutely beautiful ending... poetry on the chessboard.

by tas58 - 2 months ago
Midwest United States

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A great talent whose life was cut short. 28 is way to young.

by cgs - 2 months ago
Veszpre'm Hungary

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Still one great chess-player wasn't mentioned: Dr. Emanuel Lasker, the world champion. Breyer defeated him in Budapest in 1911 in a simultaneous game with 21 moves. (The 18 years old Breyer, also with a checkmate) I'll present this game later. Mention must be made Breyer was the student of Abonyi (He is in my article). At least must describe his name in Hungarian: Gyula Breyer. Died in November 1921. Thank you Kenytiger for the commemoration.

by NinjaBear - 2 months ago
Salt Lake City (USA) China

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22... Rxa5 was genius

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