Eugenio Szabados (3 July 1898, Sangar?, Hungary 6 March 1974, Venice) was a Hungarian–Italian

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master. In 1921, he won the ''Società Scacchistica Torinese'' Championship, and tied for 5–7th in Viareggio. In 1923, he took 3rd behind Romeo Ferrari and Zdenek Formanek in Trieste. In 1928, he took 5th in Venice. In 1929, he took 8th in Venice. In 1930, he took 2nd, behind

Jacques Mieses Jacques Mieses (born Jacob Mieses; 27 February 1865 – 23 February 1954) was a German-born British chess player. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. He became a naturalized British ci ...

, in Venice. In 1948, he tied for 9–11th in Venice (

Miguel Najdorf Miguel Najdorf (born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf) (15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish–Argentinian chess grandmaster. Originally from Poland, he was in Argentina when World War II began in 1939, and he stayed and settled there. He was a ...

won). In 1949, he took 13th in Venice ( László Szabó won). In 1950, he tied for 18–20th in Amsterdam (Najdorf won). In 1950, he tied for 15–16th in Venice (

Alexander Kotov Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ко́тов; – 8 January 1981) was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific write ...

won). In 1951, he took 2nd in Venice (14th ITA-ch). In 1952, he tied for 7–8th in Ferrara (15th ITA-ch). In 1953, he took 6th in Florence (16th ITA-ch). In 1953, he took 12th in Venice (

Esteban Canal Esteban Canal (April 19, 1896 – February 14, 1981) was a leading Peruvian chess player who had his best tournament results in the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Chiclayo, Peru, he later lived in Italy, and died in Varese. As a chess player Canal wa ...

won). He played for Italy in friendly matches; ITA–SUI at Venice 1951, ITA–SUI at Lausanne 1952, ITA–YUG at Bled 1953.OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
/ref> In 1950–1958 he was president of the

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. Szabados was awarded the

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title in 1951.

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1898 births 1974 deaths Hungarian chess players Italian chess players Chess International Masters Italian people of Hungarian descent 20th-century chess players {{Italy-chess-bio-stub