Tournament

8th Hungarian Chess Championship — Budapest 1952

1952 · Budapest
László Szabó won with 13/17, half a point ahead of Gedeon Barcza; Lajos Tipary finished third with 10½/17.

The surviving scores

All 153 game results are represented. The recorded Szily–Szilágyi draw stops at 57.Kxb4; a contemporary account describes 115 moves over fourteen hours. The score-length discrepancy remains unresolved, and no continuation has been added.

Final standings

13/17
László Szabó won with 13/17, half a point ahead of Gedeon Barcza; Lajos Tipary finished third with 10½/17.
# Player Score Record Games
1 Szabo, Laszlo 13/17 +11 -2 =4
2 Barcza, Gedeon 12.5/17 +8 -0 =9
3 Tipary, Lajos 10.5/17 +7 -3 =7
4 Kluger, Gyula 10/17 +9 -6 =2
=5 Sandor, Bela 9.5/17 +5 -3 =9
=5 Szily, Jozsef 9.5/17 +7 -5 =5
=7 Ban, Jeno 8.5/17 +5 -5 =7
=7 Lengyel, Levente 8.5/17 +6 -6 =5
=7 Pogats, Jozsef 8.5/17 +5 -5 =7
=7 Gereben, Erno 8.5/17 +5 -5 =7
=7 Koberl, Ferenc 8.5/17 +7 -7 =3
12 Florian, Tibor 8/17 +6 -7 =4
=13 Szilagyi, Gyorgy 7/17 +4 -7 =6
=13 Vajda, Arpad 7/17 +4 -7 =6
15 Negyesy, Gyorgy 6.5/17 +4 -8 =5
=16 Laszlo, Csaba 6/17 +2 -7 =8
=16 Bakonyi, Elek 6/17 +3 -8 =6
18 Szabo, Dezso 5/17 +1 -8 =8

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456789101112131415161718
1 Szabo, Laszlo 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½
2 Barcza, Gedeon 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½
3 Tipary, Lajos 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1
4 Kluger, Gyula 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
5 Sandor, Bela ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½
6 Szily, Jozsef 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½
7 Ban, Jeno 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½
8 Lengyel, Levente 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1
9 Pogats, Jozsef ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1
10 Gereben, Erno 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
11 Koberl, Ferenc 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
12 Florian, Tibor ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1
13 Szilagyi, Gyorgy 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½
14 Vajda, Arpad 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1
15 Negyesy, Gyorgy 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
16 Laszlo, Csaba 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0
17 Bakonyi, Elek 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½
18 Szabo, Dezso ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.