Tournament

11th Hungarian Chess Championship — Budapest 1955

1955 · Budapest
Gedeon Barcza won the 11th Hungarian Championship with 14/19, a point ahead of László Szabó. (189 of the 190 games can be replayed; one survives only as a result, which still counts in the standings.)
Incomplete record·189 of 190 games archived

Incomplete record. This archive holds 189 of the 190 games played; 1 is missing.

Final standings

14/19
Gedeon Barcza won the 11th Hungarian Championship with 14/19, a point ahead of László Szabó. (189 of the 190 games can be replayed; one survives only as a result, which still counts in the standings.)

The standings below are the historical final result. Only 189 of the 190 games played survive in our source; the remaining 1 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.

# Player Score Record Games
1 Barcza, Gedeon 14/19 +10 -1 =8
2 Szabo, Laszlo 13/19 +9 -2 =8
=3 Benko, Pal C 12½/19 +9 -3 =7
=3 Szilagyi, Gyorgy 12½/19 +7 -1 =11
5 Bely, Miklos 11½/19 +7 -3 =9
6 Gereben, Erno 11/19 +6 -3 =10
7 Florian, Tibor 10½/19 +6 -4 =9
=8 Gracs, Pal 10/19 +5 -4 =10
=8 Bilek, Istvan 10/19 +3 -2 =14
=10 Portisch, Lajos 9½/19 +6 -6 =7
=10 Pogats, Jozsef 9½/19 +3 -3 =13
12 Jenei, Ferenc 9/19 +4 -5 =10
=13 Honfi, Karoly 8½/19 +6 -8 =5
=13 Sandor, Bela 8½/19 +4 -6 =9
=13 Tipary, Lajos 8½/19 +4 -6 =9
16 Rethy, Pal 7½/19 +2 -6 =11
=17 Dely, Peter 6/19 +4 -11 =4
=17 Binet Tapaszto, Laszlo 6/19 +3 -10 =6
=17 Hajtun, Jozsef 6/19 +2 -9 =8
=17 Foldi, Jozsef 6/19 +1 -8 =10

Cross Table

Rank Player 1234567891011121314151617181920
1 Barcza, Gedeon ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Szabo, Laszlo ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1
3 Benko, Pal C 0 ½ 0 0 ½ · ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½
4 Szilagyi, Gyorgy ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½
5 Bely, Miklos ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1
6 Gereben, Erno ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½
7 Florian, Tibor ½ 0 · ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1
8 Gracs, Pal 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½
9 Bilek, Istvan 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½
10 Portisch, Lajos ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½
11 Pogats, Jozsef 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
12 Jenei, Ferenc 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
13 Honfi, Karoly ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1
14 Sandor, Bela ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 0 1 ½
15 Tipary, Lajos 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½
16 Rethy, Pal 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1
17 Dely, Peter 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
18 Binet Tapaszto, Laszlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0
19 Hajtun, Jozsef 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½
20 Foldi, Jozsef 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player. · = game played but lost (not preserved in our source).