Béla Sándor (14 December 1919 – 21 March 1978), was a Hungarian

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(1964), Hungarian Chess Championship winner (1953).

Biography

Béla Sándor was born to a family of Transylvanian origin. He started playing chess competitively in 1938 and in 1945 participated in his first Hungarian Chess Championship final. By 1958, he participated in these tournaments nine times. Béla Sándor ranked 5th in the 1952 Hungarian Chess Championship and won the 9th Hungarian Chess Championship in the following year. Béla Sándor played for Hungary in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1954, at fourth board in the

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Béla Sándor won the International Chess tournament. In 1964, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. Béla Sándor worked as a chess trainer in later years. In 1957, he was the leader and trainer of Hungarian team at the

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. In 1964, Béla Sándor worked as a consultant trainer for the Hungarian national team at the

16th Chess Olympiad The 16th Chess Olympiad ( he, אולימפיאדת השחמט ה-16, ''Olimpiada ha-shachmat ha-16''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female ...

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. Between 1965 and 1967 he was the inspector of the Hungarian Chess Association.

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chess games at 365chess.com 1919 births 1978 deaths Chess players from Budapest Hungarian chess players Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors Chess coaches 20th-century chess players {{Hungary-chess-bio-stub