Stefan Erdélyi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Hungarian-Romanian chess player
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Place of Birth: Timișoara, Timiș County, Romania
About Stefan Erdélyi
- ?tefan (Stefan, Stepan) Erdélyi (17 November 1905, in Temesvár (now Timisoara) – 26 October 1968, in Re?i?a) was a Hungarian–Romanian chess master. Born in Temesvár (then Austria-Hungary), he lived in Romania after World War I.
- He took 4th at Bucharest 1925 (Alexandru Tyroler won), shared 1st with János Balogh at Cernau?i (Chernivtsi) 1930 (Romanian Chess Championship, the title went to his co-winner).
- Erdélyi was thrice Romanian Champion (1931, 1934, and 1949).He twice played for Romania in Chess Olympiads at Prague 1931 and Warsaw 1935.Erdélyi tied for 5-6th at Budapest 1934 (Maróczy Jubilee, Erich Eliskases won), tied for 4-5th at Klosterneuburg 1934 (Karl Gilg and Hans Müller won), and tied for 15-16th at Trencianske Teplice 1949 (Gideon Ståhlberg won).He was awarded the International Master title in 1950.
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