Gyula Sax

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Gyula Sax

Post by Graham Borrowdale » Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:38 pm

Reported on the Hungarian Chess Federation website.

http://www.chess.hu/en/hirek.php

A top GM in the 1970s and 1980s, playing Candidates matches against Short and Korchnoi along the way.

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Re: Gyula Sax

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:01 am

Bit of a shock, that one.
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Re: Gyula Sax

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:59 am

Sad news. He was 62. Google translate of the Hungarian report seems to indicate it was a heart attack.

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Re: Gyula Sax

Post by Nick Burrows » Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:58 am



Ermenkov vs Sax

White to play - who wins?

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Re: Gyula Sax

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:15 pm

Ah, seen this one :)

Not giving it away just yet, though.......
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Re: Gyula Sax

Post by James Plaskett » Tue Sep 27, 2016 12:31 am

Sax never played any Candidates match Vs Korchnoi.

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Re: Gyula Sax

Post by Craig Pritchett » Wed Sep 28, 2016 9:53 am

Great to hear from you, Jim. However: Candidates Wijk aan Zee 1991 (Plus rapidplay play-off)? Short not Sax, I think!

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Re: Gyula Sax

Post by Mick Norris » Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:20 am

1991 Candidates
Wijk aan Zee, I-II, 1991.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Korchnoi V = = = = 1 0 = = 1 = 5.5
Sax G = = = = 0 1 = = 0 = 4.5
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Re: Gyula Sax

Post by James Plaskett » Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:51 am

I stand corrected.

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Re: Gyula Sax

Post by Graham Borrowdale » Wed Sep 28, 2016 8:54 pm

James Plaskett wrote:Sax never played any Candidates match Vs Korchnoi.
Craig Pritchett wrote:Great to hear from you, Jim. However: Candidates Wijk aan Zee 1991 (Plus rapidplay play-off)? Short not Sax, I think!
Just for the record:

Korchnoi - Sax 1991 +2 =7 -1 after a rapidplay play off

Short - Sax 1988 +2 =3 -0

It seems there were 15 candidates at that time, with 7 preliminary matches, joined by the top seed (Karpov in both cycles) at the qtr final stage