Tibor Flórián (chess player)

Tibor Flórián (2 March 1919 – 28 January 1990), née Feldmann, was a Hungarian chess International Master (1950) and chess composer, FIDE International Arbitr (1951), Hungarian Chess Championship winner (1945), European Team Chess Championship team bronze medal winner (1961).

Tibor Flórián
CountryHungary
Born(1919-03-02)2 March 1919
Budapest, Hungary
DiedJanuary 28, 1990(1990-01-28) (aged 70)
Budapest, Hungary
TitleInternational Master (1950)

Biography

Tibor Flórián was leader of the Hungarian chess movement. He was General Secretary of the Hungarian Chess Union (1961-1984) and chief editor of the Hungarian chess journal Sakkélet (1983-1984). Tibor Flórián was chief arbiter of the 4th Women's Chess Olympiad (1969). He is also known as a chess writer who wrote several chess books. At the age of 15 he published his first chess problem.

In 1945, Tibor Flórián won Hungarian Chess Championship. Latest he repeatedly participated in national championships: 1951 - 8th, 1955 - 7th, 1958 - 4-5th, 1959 - 6-7th places. Tibor Flórián was participant of many international chess tournaments where his best results: Belgrade (1948) - 1st-2nd; Bucharest (1949) - 4th-5th, 1951 - 3rd-4th; San Benedetto del Tronto (1957) - 3rd place.

He represented the national team of Hungary in the largest team chess tournaments:

Literature

  • Florian, Tibor. Védekezés és ellentámadás, Budapest, 1965;
  • Florian, Tibor. A legjobb Magyar támadójátszmák, Budapest, 1970;
  • Florian, Tibor. The Schliemann Variation of the Ruy Lopez. Published by The Chess Player, Nottingham, UK (1970);
  • Florian, Tibor. Defence and Counter-Attack. Published by Pergamon, Oxford 1983. ISBN 9780080241432;
  • Florian, Tibor. Entscheidung in der Schlussrunde. Ratschläge zur Vorbereitung - Beispiele zur Spieltaktik. Published by Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart (1987). ISBN 9783440058060.
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