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Gyula Sax was one of the greatest chess players of
Hungary. He was the first GM who treated me as a fellow chess player when I was only 9 years old. He was ready to analyze positions with me, and shared ideas and by doing so he gave me a lot of self-confidence. Later I met him in many different
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occasions, we played against each other, and played in the national team together. He was also an
Olympic gold medalist and a fantastically energetic attacking player!
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was 2610 in
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A close and symmetrical endgame is won by Sax against endgame master and former world champion
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Vasily
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in 1990 respectively – but was eliminated in the
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298:(in Hungarian). chess.hu. 2014-01-28. Archived from
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777:Judit Polgár
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703:Géza Maróczy
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148:grandmaster
111:Grandmaster
48:Sax in 1979
905:Categories
883:See also:
752:Gábor Papp
742:Gábor Nagy
688:Peter Leko
683:Ádám Kozák
516:Péter Dely
429:Imre Balog
384:FIDE title
372:Hungarian
306:2014-01-28
282:References
251:Elo rating
239:Interzonal
232:Interzonal
194:Las Palmas
78:1951-06-18
812:Gyula Sax
747:Gyula Pap
419:Emil Anka
399:Péter Ács
333:Gyula Sax
163:Groningen
142:Hungarian
138:Gyula Sax
37:Gyula Sax
25:Sax Gyula
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229:Subotica
200:) 1978,
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