Géza Nagy (athlete)
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Géza Nagy (29 December 1892, Satoraljaujhely – 13 August 1953, Kaposvár) was a Hungarian chess master. He was Hungarian Champion in 1924. He took 6th at Budapest 1926 (Grandmasters
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and Mario Monticelli won). Nagy played for Hungary in Chess Olympiads: * In 1927 at second board in
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in London (+8 –3 =3); * In 1928 at first board in
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in The Hague (+9 –2 =5). He won two team gold medals there.OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
/ref> Nagy was awarded the
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(IM) title in 1950.


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1892 births 1953 deaths Hungarian chess players Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Hungary-chess-bio-stub