László Bárczay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Hungarian chess player
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Place of Birth: Miskolc, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
About László Bárczay
- László Bárczay (21 February 1936 – 7 April 2016) was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster.In 1966 he was awarded the FIDE International Master title.
- At the 1966 Olympiad in Havana, he scored 11/12 (ten wins and two draws) as second reserve for the bronze medal winning Hungarian team, winning the individual gold medal for sixth board.
- In 1967 he was awarded the Grandmaster title.Other tournament successes include: Asztalos Memorial in Salgótarján, 1967 - 1st= Zonal Tournament in Vrnjacka Banja, 1967 - 3rd Sarajevo, 1968 - 1st= Polanica-Zdrój, 1969 - 1st Bari, 1970 - 2nd Lublin, 1975 - 2nd Astor, 1982 - 1stFrom 1972 to 1976 he was the editor of the Magyar Sakkélet.
- During this time he took up correspondence chess, and was awarded the ICCF International Master title in 1973.
- Bárczay earned the ICCF Grandmaster title in 1979 after finishing equal first in the Vidmar memorial tournament between 1975 and 1979.
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