Egon Varnusz (born
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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, November 15, 1933 -
Budapest
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, June 26, 2008) was a Hungarian
chess
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Master and writer.
Biography
Varnusz competed in five
Hungarian Chess Championships: in 1958, 1961, 1963, 1965, and 1966. In 1966, he made his best career result with 10.5/18, for 6th place, as
Gideon Barcza won. Varnusz shared 2nd-3rd places in the medium-strength Master event at
Salgótarján 1978 with 10/13.
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Writings
Varnusz is best known as a chess writer, and has published 15 titles, in both German and English (translated). Here is a list of his book titles (http://www.chessworld.org, the Egon Varnusz entry).
* ''Die ausgewählten Partien von Lajos Portisch
Lajos Portisch (born 4 April 1937) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik". One of the strongest non-Soviet players from the early 1960s into the late 1980s, he participated ...
'', by Egon Varnusz, Harri Deutsch 1990, , in German.
* ''Wie spielt man Bogo-Indisch'', by Egon Varnusz, Dreir Publishers 1989, in German.
* ''Play Anti-Indian Systems'', by Egon Varnusz, Franckh-Kosmos 1990, .
* ''Play the Caro-Kann'', by Egon Varnusz, MacMillan 1991 (2nd edition), .
* ''Semi-Slawisch 1 -- Meraner Variante'', by Egon Varnusz, Dreier Publishers 1992, in German.
* ''Semi-Slawisch 2 -- Antimeraner'', by Egon Varnusz, Dreier Publishers 1992, in German.
* ''Angenommenes Damengambit'' (Queen's Gambit Accepted), by Egon Varnusz, Düsseldorf 1994, Schachverlag Manfred Maguer, , in German. English version (pub. Schmidt Schach) translated by Gábor Pirisi.
* ''Neuerungen in Slawisch'', by Egon Varnusz, Dreier Publishers 1994, in German.
* ''Slawisch'', by Egon Varnusz, Dreier Publishers 1994, in German.
* '' Paul Keres Best Games, Volume I: Closed Games'', by Egon Varnusz, London 1994, Cadogan Chess, .
* '' Paul Keres Best Games, Volume II: Semi-Open Games'', by Egon Varnusz, London 1994, Cadogan Chess, .
* '' Aljechin, der Grosste'', by Egon Varnusz and Arpad Walter Foldeak, Düsseldorf 1994, Schachverlag Manfred Maguer, .
* ''Klassische System / Spanisch ohne a6'', by Egon Varnusz, 1995, Becker Publishers.
* '' Emanuel Lasker'' Games 1889-1907, by Egon Varnusz, 1998, Schmidt Schach Publishers.
* '' M.M. Botvinnik I, Games 1924-1940'', by Egon Varnusz, 1999, Schmidt Schach Publishers.
References
External links
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Books by Egon Varnusz
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1933 births
2008 deaths
Writers from Budapest
Hungarian chess players
Hungarian chess writers
Chess FIDE Masters
20th-century chess players