Árpád Vajda (2 May 1896, Rimaszombat (Rimavská Sobota) – 25 October 1967, Budapest) was a Hungarian

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

master. He was also a Doctor of Law and State Science, and worked as chief of police in Budapest. Vajda was Hungarian Champion in 1928. He tied for 4-7th at Vienna 1921 (

Friedrich Sämisch Friedrich Sämisch (20 September 1896 – 16 August 1975) was a German chess player and chess theorist. He was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Background Sämisch was a bookbinder ...

won); tied for 5-7th at Budapest 1922 (6th HUN-ch,

Kornél Havasi Kornél Havasi (10 January 1892 – 15 January 1945) was a Jewish-Hungarian chess master. He won at Budapest 1911; took 9th at Temesvár 1912 (HUN-ch, Gyula Breyer won); tied for 4-5th at Budapest 1917 (Breyer won); took 4th at Budapest 1918 ( Z ...

won); won at London 1922; took 2nd at Portsmouth 1923; tied for 4-5th at Györ 1924 (7th HUN-ch, Géza Nagy won); tied for 11-12th at Debrecen 1925 (

Hans Kmoch Johann "Hans" Joseph Kmoch (July 25, 1894, Vienna – February 13, 1973, New York City) was an Austrian-Dutch-American chess International Master (1950), International Arbiter (1951), and a chess journalist and author, for which he is best known. ...

won); took 5th at Budapest 1926 (

Endre Steiner Endre (Andreas) Steiner (27 June 1901 – 29 December 1944) was a Hungarian chess player, born in Budapest. Endre Steiner played for Hungary in five official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads. * In 1927, he played at first reserve board at 1st ...

won); took 11th at Budapest 1926 (1st FIDE Masters,

Ernst Grünfeld ---- Ernst Franz Grünfeld (November 21, 1893 – April 3, 1962) was an Austrian chess player and writer, mainly on opening theory. He was among the inaugural recipients of the grandmaster title in 1950. Life and career Grünfeld was bor ...

and

Mario Monticelli Mario Monticelli (16 March 1902, Venice – 30 June 1995, Milan) was an Italian chess player. He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950 and the Grandmaster title honoris causa (GME) in 1985. In 1922, he won in Rome (ITA-ch Uni ...

won); tied for 5-7th at Kecskemét 1927 (

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...

won); shared 5th at Budapest 1928 (

José Raúl Capablanca José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play. Capablanc ...

won); tied for 4-5th at Budapest 1929 (Capablanca won); shared 1st with

Adolf Seitz Jakob Adolf Seitz (February 14, 1898, Meitingen, Germany – April 6, 1970, Switzerland) was a German–Argentine chess master and journalist. Career In 1920, he tied for 2-4th in Canterbury, took 10th in Berlin, and tied for 4-5th in Kulmbach. I ...

at Ramsgate 1929 (B tournament); tied for 4-7th at Sopron 1934 (

Rudolf Spielmann Rudolf Spielmann (5 May 1883 – 20 August 1942) was a Jewish-Austrian chess player of the romantic school, and chess writer. Career Spielmann was born in 1883, third child of Moritz and Cecilia Spielmann, and had a younger brother Edgar, an o ...

won). He represented Hungary in

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s: * In 1924 in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris (+5 –2 =6) team silver medal and individual 4-6th place (Championship Final,

Hermanis Matisons Hermanis Matisons (german: Herman Mattison; 1894, Riga – 1932) was a Latvian chess player and one of world's most highly regarded chess masters in the early 1930s. He was also a leading composer of endgame studies. He died of tuberculosis at ...

won); * In 1926 in

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in Budapest – team gold medal and individual 11th place (1st FIDE Masters); * In 1927 at third board in 1st Chess Olympiad in London (+5 –3 =5) team gold medal; * In 1928 at third board in 2nd Chess Olympiad in The Hague (+6 –1 =9) team gold medal; * In 1930 at third board in 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+7 –3 =4) team silver medal; * In 1931 at third board in 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague (+4 –4 =7) team 10th place; * In 1933 at third board in 5th Chess Olympiad in Folkestone (+4 –3 =4) team 5th place; * In 1936 at seventh board in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich (+5 –0 =10) team gold medal; * In 1937 at reserve board in

7th Chess Olympiad The 7th Chess Olympiad ( sv, Den 7:e Schackolympiad), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 31 and August 14, 1937, ...

in Stockholm (+0 –2 =2) team silver medal.OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
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(IM) title in 1950.

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