Béla Sándor (14 December 1919 – 21 March 1978), was a Hungarian

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(1964),

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winner (1953).

Biography

Béla Sándor was born to a family of Transylvanian origin. He started playing chess competitively in 1938 and in 1945 participated in his first

final. By 1958, he participated in these tournaments nine times. Béla Sándor ranked 5th in the 1952 Hungarian Chess Championship and won the 9th Hungarian Chess Championship in the following year. Béla Sándor played for Hungary in the

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: * In 1954, at fourth board in the

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Béla Sándor won the International Chess tournament. In 1964, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. Béla Sándor worked as a chess trainer in later years. In 1957, he was the leader and trainer of Hungarian team at the

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. In 1964, Béla Sándor worked as a consultant trainer for the Hungarian national team at the

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. Between 1965 and 1967 he was the inspector of the Hungarian Chess Association.

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chess games at 365chess.com 1919 births 1978 deaths Chess players from Budapest Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors Chess coaches 20th-century Hungarian chess players 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-chess-bio-stub Hungarian chess players