Zsigmond Barász (January 1878 – 28 May 1935,

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) was a Hungarian

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master. He took 2nd, behind

Zoltán von Balla Zoltán von Balla (31 August 1883, Budapest – 1 April 1945, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess champion. In 1904, Balla took 11th place in Coburg (14 DSB Congress, B tournament). In 1905, he took 10th place in Vienna. In 1906, he won the first H ...

, at

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in 1906 (the first Hungarian Championship) losing one match to him (0.5 : 2.5) there; took 9th at Budapest in 1906 ( Leó Forgács won), tied for 1st and 2nd places with Forgács at Budapest in 1907 (the second Hungarian Championship) and took 4th at

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in 1907 (Forgács won). Barász won at Budapest in 1909, shared 1st place with Balla at Budapest in 1911 (the 3rd HUN-ch), tied for 13th and 14th at Bad Pistyan in 1912 (

Akiba Rubinstein Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (1 December 1880 – 14 March 1961) was a Polish chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest players never to have become World Chess Champion. Rubinstein was granted the title International Grandma ...

won), tied for 8-11th at Breslau 1912 (the 18th

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, Rubinstein and

Oldřich Duras Oldřich Duras (born Důras; 30 October 1882 – 5 January 1957) was a Czech chess master. He was among the leading chess masters of the early 20th century. Biography Duras was born on 30 October 1882 in Pchery, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He cam ...

won), tied for 7-8th at Temesvár 1912 (the 4th HUN-ch,

Gyula Breyer Gyula "Julius" Breyer (30 April 1893 Budapest – 9 November 1921) was a Hungarian chess player and 1912 Hungarian national champion. Chess career In 1912, Breyer won the Hungarian championship in Temesvar. In a 1920 tournament in Berlin, he f ...

won), took 11th at Budapest 1913 (

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

won), took 5th at Debrecen 1913 (the 5th HUN-ch,

Lajos Asztalos Lajos Asztalos (; 29 July 1889 – 1 November 1956) was a Hungarian- Yugoslavian chess International Master, professor, and teacher of languages. At the beginning of his career, he tied for sixth-eighth at the 1911 Hungarian Chess Championship; ...

won), and tied for 2nd-3rd with

Károly Sterk Károly Sterk (19 September 1881 – 10 December 1946) was a Hungarian chess master. He tied for 2nd-4th at Budapest 1909 ( Zsigmond Barász won), played at Vienna 1909/10 (the 2nd Trebitsch Memorial, Richard Réti won), tied for 3rd-5th at Budape ...

, behind Breyer, at Budapest 1917. Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01

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Zsigmond Barász at 365Chess.com
1878 births 1935 deaths Hungarian chess players {{hungary-chess-bio-stub

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