Levente Lengyel
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| Full name | Levente Lengyel |
| Country | Hungary |
| Born | June 13, 1933 Debrecen, Hungary |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2293 (September 2009)[1] |
| Peak rating | 2627 (December 1964) |
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Levente Lengyel (born June 13, 1933) is a Hungarian chess player, who gained the Grandmaster title in 1964.
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[edit] Background
Lengyel gained the title of International Master in 1962 and became a Grandmaster in 1964.[1] Chessmetrics gives his highest rating as 2627 in December 1964, which places him 36th in the world at that time.[2] He is still rated by the international chess federation FIDE, with a rating in September 2009 of 2293.
[edit] Notable team results
Lengyel played for Hungary in six Olympiads between 1960 and 1970. His most notable results were:
- 15th Chess Olympiad 1962 Varna - Lengyel scored 8½/12 receiving an individual bronze medal, and Hungary finished 5th of 37 teams.
- 17th Chess Olympiad 1966 Havana - Lengyel scored 4/10 and Hungary finished 3rd of 52 teams, receiving bronze medals
- 19th Chess Olympiad 1970 Siegen - Lengyel scored 5½/12 and Hungary finished 2nd of 60 teams, receiving silver medals
Lengyel's overall record was 41 points from 70 games.[3]
Lengyel also played in the European Team Chess Championship 3 times between 1961 and 1970.[4] His results were as follows:
- 2nd European Team Championship 1961 Oberhausen - Lengyel scored 5½/10 and Hungary finished 3rd receiving bronze medals.
- 3rd European Team Championship 1965 Hamburg - Lengyel scored 5½/10 receiving an individual bronze medal. Hungary also finished 3rd for team bronze.
- 4th European Team Championship 1970 Kapfenberg - Lengyel scored 3½/7. Hungary finished 2nd receiving silver medals.
[edit] Notable individual results
- 1962 Hungarian Championship (Budapest) 1st= (lost to Lajos Portisch in a playoff)
- 1964 Hungarian Championship (Budapest) 3rd= (behind Portisch)
- Malaga 1964 2nd= 7½/11(with Portisch, winner Arturo Pomar 8½)[5]
- Rubinstein Memorial 1966 2nd= 9/14 (with Heinz Liebert, behind Vasily Smyslov 11)[6]
- Solingen 1968 1st
- Reggio Emilia 1972-3 1st= 7/11 (with Luben Popov)[7]
Lengyel also played in the 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal, (an preliminary round of the World Chess Championship) achieving 12th place with 13/23 (the winner was Smyslov with 17)[8]
[edit] Notable games
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Portisch - Lengyel, Malaga 1964
after 52. f4
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Darga - Lengyel, Amsterdam 1964
after 41... R6xe2+
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Lengyel had wins against former World Champions Mikhail Tal[9] and Mikhail Botvinnik,[10] but perhaps his two most memorable results were two games which finished in somewhat unorthodox fashion:
Portisch - Lengyel, Malaga 1964, where he achieved a stalemate draw with a spectacular queen sacrifice.[11]
In the left-hand board position (after 52. f4) Lengyel played 52... Qg4+! 53. Kh6 (53. Kxg4 is stalemate and 53. Kf6 is met by 53... Qe6+ with stalemate if the queen is taken, otherwise the game will end in perpetual check) Qg5+!! after which any of the three captures of the queen leads to stalemate.
Darga - Lengyel, Amsterdam 1964, where Darga resigned in a clearly winning position.[12]
In the right-hand board position (after 41... R6xe2+) Darga played 42. Resigns??, instead of 42. Rxe2 Bxh4+ 43. Ke3 where White should win with his additional material. It appears that both players missed that 43. Ke3 would be possible.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates information from the revision as of 2009-10-12 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
- ^ a b "FIDE ratings card". http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=700541. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
- ^ "Chessmetrics rating card". http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S074660196501141000000000000010100. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
- ^ "Olympiad results card". http://www.olimpbase.org/players/7bpvt13g.html. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ "European Team Championship results card". http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/7bpvt13g.html. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ "Malaga 1964 crosstable" (in Polish). http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1964Malaga.htm. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ "Rubinstein Memorial 1966 crosstable" (in Polish). http://www.akibarubinstein.republika.pl/rub66.htm. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ "Reggio Emilia 1972-3 crosstable" (in Italian). http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tdc_storia/data/1972-73.htm. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ "1964 Amsterdam Interzonal crosstable". http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/6466$iix.htm. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ "Tal - Lengyel, Moscow 1975". http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1140279. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ "Lengyel - Botvinnik, Belgrade 1969". http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1032798. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ "Portisch - Lengyel, Malaga 1964". http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1161227. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ "Darga - Lengyel, Amsterdam 1964". http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1161227. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
[edit] External links
- Levente Lengyel player profile at ChessGames.com
- Levente Lengyel rating card at FIDE
