Tibor Flórián (chess player) explained

Tibor Flórián
Country:Hungary
Birth Date:2 March 1919
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Death Place:Budapest, Hungary
International Master (1950)

Tibor Flórián (2 March 1919 – 28 January 1990), né Feldmann, was a Hungarian chess player and chess composer. He received the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) in 1950 and International Arbiter in 1951. Flórián was a Hungarian Chess Championship winner in 1945 and a European Team Chess Championship team bronze medal winner in 1961.

Biography

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, 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:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Tibor Flórián . www.olimpbase.org.
  2. Web site: OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Tibor Flórián . www.olimpbase.org.