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Portraits: well-known old Hungarian masters

Submitted by cgs on Sun, 03/02/2008 at 11:10am.

There is a choosing of old chessmasters they made a name oneself. In front Kempelen with the chess automat, then Benyovszky was chess king and real king in the island of Madagascar. Others are well known players on the chessboard.


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by Arby - 21 months ago
Mountbatten Singapore
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 This is a good collection – thank you.

 

 


by batgirl - 21 months ago
NC United States
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Here is a better photo of Gyula Breyer for your collection-

 

                     Gyula Breyer 

                                           Gyula Breyer

 

 

Here is Arpad Elo

 

                      Arpad Elo

                                      Árpád Imre Élő (1903-1992)

 

 

 

And Pal Benko

 

                         Pal Benko

                                                    Pál Benkő� 


by cgs - 21 months ago
Veszprém Hungary
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Thank you SARAH!
by batgirl - 21 months ago
NC United States
Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 4428

 

                       A few of the more famous Hungarian chess players 

 

Max Weiss - Chigorin

                Hungarian-born Misha Weiss (L) playing the white pieces against Mikhail Chigorin

 

 

 

          Steiner-Roos

Herman Steiner, the 1948 U.S. Chess Champion was born in Dunajská Streda in Slovakia which was then a part of Hungary. Here Steiner is playing Belgium-born Nanny (Nancy) Roos.

 

 

         Samuel Lipschütz, William Ewert Napier and William Steinitz

            Hungarian-born Samuel Lipschütz, William Ewert Napier and William Steinitz 

  

                                             Leopold Hoffer 

                    Leopold Hoffer,  born in Hungary,  lived in London,  founded the Chess Monthly

 

 

                        Isidor Arthur Gunsberg


                                                                 Isidor Arthur Gunsberg 

 

 


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