László Bárczay (21 February 1936 – 7 April 2016) was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster.
Biography
In 1966 he was awarded the
FIDE
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International Master
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Havana
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Other tournament successes include:
* Asztalos Memorial in
Salgótarján
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, 1967 – 1st=
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Zonal Tournament
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in
Vrnjačka Banja
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, 1967 – 3rd
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Sarajevo
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, 1968 – 1st=
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Polanica-Zdrój
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, 1969 – 1st
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Bari
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, 1970 – 2nd
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Lublin
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, 1975 – 2nd
* Astor, 1982 – 1st
From 1972 to 1976 he was the editor of the ''Magyar Sakkélet''. During this time he took up
correspondence chess
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, and was awarded the ICCF International Master title in 1973. Bárczay earned the
ICCF Grandmaster
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title in 1979 after finishing equal first in the Vidmar memorial tournament between 1975 and 1979.