Zsuzsa Makai (3 September 1945 – 12 May 1987), born as Suzana Makai, was a

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n and Hungarian

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player. She holds the title of

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(WIM, 1970). She is a Hungarian Women's Chess Champion (1980).

Early life

She was born to a Hungarian medical family in Romania. She learned to play chess at age 12. In 1959, she won the Romanian Youth Chess Championship. In 1960, at age fifteen, she debuted in the Romanian Women's Chess Championship. Thereafter she won 5 medals there: 3 silver (1966, 1974, 1976) and 2 bronzes (1972, 1975). Between 1972 and 1976, she won the Romanian team chess championship five times with

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team ''Timișoara Medicine''. In 1970, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. In 1977 she moved to Hungary and in the same year won the bronze medal in the Hungarian Women's Chess Championship. In 1980, she won that contest. Makai played for Romania and Hungaria in the

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s: * In 1969, at first reserve board in the

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(+5, =3, -0) and won individual silver medal. * In 1978, at third board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =4, -1) and won team silver medal.

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chess games at 365Chess.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Makai, Zsuzsa 1945 births 1987 deaths Sportspeople from Oradea Hungarian female chess players Hungarian chess players Romanian female chess players Romanian chess players Chess Woman International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players