Győző (Gyözö) R. Exner (December 22, 1864 – October 14, 1945) was a Hungarian

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master. Born in Beregszász (

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, ''Yiddish'': בערעגסאז),

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(then Hungary, now

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), he moved to

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. He shared 2nd at

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1894, took 3rd at Budapest 1898, tied for 4-5th at

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1898, took 2nd at Budapest 1899 (''Triangular''), tied for 4-5th at

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1900, took 4th at

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1901 ( Adolf Georg Olland won), tied for 9-11th at

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1902, won at

Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár (; ; ; ; Serbian language, Serbian: ''Стони Београд''; ), known colloquially as Fehérvár (), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the Regions of Hungary, regional capital of C ...

1905, tied for 6-7th at

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1906, tied for 7-9th Székesfehérvár 1907, shared 4th at Győr 1911, took 14th at Győr 1924 (HUN-ch, Géza Nagy won), took 3rd at Győr 1925, and shared 1st with Ferenc Chalupetzky at Győr 1925 (''Quadrangular''). He lost a match to

Géza Maróczy Géza Maróczy (; 3 March 1870 – 29 May 1951) was a Hungarian chess player, one of the leading players in the world in his time. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the Grandmaster (chess), International Grandmaster title from FIDE in 1 ...

(1 : 3) at Budapest 1894, and two matches to

Rudolf Charousek Rudolf Charousek (; 19 September 1873 – 18 April 1900) was a Czech born Hungarian chess player. One of the top ten players in the world during the 1890s, he had a short career, dying at the age of 26 from tuberculosis. Reuben Fine wrote of h ...

(1 : 4 at Budapest 1896, and 2.5 : 7.5 at Tetany 1897).Exner, Gyözö
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