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Dr. HETÉNYI GÉZA

1950-2016

Dr. Géza Hetényi was born on the 11th December 1950 in Budapest, to a middle class family with a well-deserved reputation.

Géza started playing chess at a fairly young age, his talent already shining through in the early days. He achieved the greatest success of his carrier in 1972 winning the Hungarian Collegiate Championship as a Candidate Master against International Masters who later went on to achieve high international rankings, qualifying him to participate at the Collegiate World Team Chess Championship. The Hungarian team led by Egon Varnusz (the members also merit an honorable mention here: Adorján, Sax, Faragó, Vadász, Tompa and Hetényi) managed to place 2nd against a particularly strong competition (the Soviet team featured Karpov, Vaganjan and Gulko among others) at the Collegiate World Championship in Graz, 1972.

Despite his achievements as a young chess player, adult Géza prioritized his work (as a lawyer and insolvency practitioner) in which he also found success and built up a national reputation. Nevertheless, he always found the time to play chess besides work, in most cases as a consistently reliable team member in national team championships, often featuring among the highest scorers of his team, while less frequently also competing on an individual level with impressive results (e.g. Pest County Championship in 2005, Blitz champion in the same county in 2000 and 2006).

After his early years in BEAC, Tűzoltó Dózsa and Szolnok- about which he always reminisced fondly in his stories- from the mid- 80s to his passing he only played in two chess teams, for two decades in Dunaharaszti, then in Budapest-based Hóbagoly until the very end (until his health allowed), having lived through with both teams the ascend from a county level to NB I, top national league. The leaders (Gyula Schubert and Béla Seres) and members of the aforementioned two teams were rather fond of Géza as he managed to fit in comfortably with everyone as a newcomer. His team mates and leaders would often ask for his opinion in certain issues and keep his insightful and precise words close to heart. His popularity also stemmed immensely from his unique and inimitable sense of humor.

His activities concerning chess patronage are worth of a separate note, guided by the intent of safeguarding chess culture and ensuring wide accessibility thereof. Thus he became the first and continuous sponsor of the journal Magyar Sakkvilág (Hungarian World of Chess) in field H1, moreover he also endorsed smaller tournaments, mostly by offering prizes. The chess room on Huszti Road he created at the expense of his own assets is also rightfully famous, which he selflessly (without charge) provided for team championships, chess tournaments, as well as chess presentations and book tours in hopes of upkeeping and further improving Hungarian Chess.

Dr. HETÉNYI GÉZA

1950-2016

Dr. Géza Hetényi was born on the 11th December 1950 in Budapest, to a middle class family with a well-deserved reputation.

Géza started playing chess at a fairly young age, his talent already shining through in the early days. He achieved the greatest success of his carrier in 1972 winning the Hungarian Collegiate Championship as a Candidate Master against International Masters who later went on to achieve high international rankings, qualifying him to participate at the Collegiate World Team Chess Championship. The Hungarian team led by Egon Varnusz (the members also merit an honorable mention here: Adorján, Sax, Faragó, Vadász, Tompa and Hetényi) managed to place 2nd against a particularly strong competition (the Soviet team featured Karpov, Vaganjan and Gulko among others) at the Collegiate World Championship in Graz, 1972.

Despite his achievements as a young chess player, adult Géza prioritized his work (as a lawyer and insolvency practitioner) in which he also found success and built up a national reputation. Nevertheless, he always found the time to play chess besides work, in most cases as a consistently reliable team member in national team championships, often featuring among the highest scorers of his team, while less frequently also competing on an individual level with impressive results (e.g. Pest County Championship in 2005, Blitz champion in the same county in 2000 and 2006).

After his early years in BEAC, Tűzoltó Dózsa and Szolnok- about which he always reminisced fondly in his stories- from the mid- 80s to his passing he only played in two chess teams, for two decades in Dunaharaszti, then in Budapest-based Hóbagoly until the very end (until his health allowed), having lived through with both teams the ascend from a county level to NB I, top national league. The leaders (Gyula Schubert and Béla Seres) and members of the aforementioned two teams were rather fond of Géza as he managed to fit in comfortably with everyone as a newcomer. His team mates and leaders would often ask for his opinion in certain issues and keep his insightful and precise words close to heart. His popularity also stemmed immensely from his unique and inimitable sense of humor.

His activities concerning chess patronage are worth of a separate note, guided by the intent of safeguarding chess culture and ensuring wide accessibility thereof. Thus he became the first and continuous sponsor of the journal Magyar Sakkvilág (Hungarian World of Chess) in field H1, moreover he also endorsed smaller tournaments, mostly by offering prizes. The chess room on Huszti Road he created at the expense of his own assets is also rightfully famous, which he selflessly (without charge) provided for team championships, chess tournaments, as well as chess presentations and book tours in hopes of upkeeping and further improving Hungarian Chess.

Dr. HETÉNYI GÉZA

1950-2016

Dr. Géza Hetényi was born on the 11th December 1950 in Budapest, to a middle class family with a well-deserved reputation.

Géza started playing chess at a fairly young age, his talent already shining through in the early days. He achieved the greatest success of his carrier in 1972 winning the Hungarian Collegiate Championship as a Candidate Master against International Masters who later went on to achieve high international rankings, qualifying him to participate at the Collegiate World Team Chess Championship. The Hungarian team led by Egon Varnusz (the members also merit an honorable mention here: Adorján, Sax, Faragó, Vadász, Tompa and Hetényi) managed to place 2nd against a particularly strong competition (the Soviet team featured Karpov, Vaganjan and Gulko among others) at the Collegiate World Championship in Graz, 1972.

Despite his achievements as a young chess player, adult Géza prioritized his work (as a lawyer and insolvency practitioner) in which he also found success and built up a national reputation. Nevertheless, he always found the time to play chess besides work, in most cases as a consistently reliable team member in national team championships, often featuring among the highest scorers of his team, while less frequently also competing on an individual level with impressive results (e.g. Pest County Championship in 2005, Blitz champion in the same county in 2000 and 2006).

After his early years in BEAC, Tűzoltó Dózsa and Szolnok- about which he always reminisced fondly in his stories- from the mid- 80s to his passing he only played in two chess teams, for two decades in Dunaharaszti, then in Budapest-based Hóbagoly until the very end (until his health allowed), having lived through with both teams the ascend from a county level to NB I, top national league. The leaders (Gyula Schubert and Béla Seres) and members of the aforementioned two teams were rather fond of Géza as he managed to fit in comfortably with everyone as a newcomer. His team mates and leaders would often ask for his opinion in certain issues and keep his insightful and precise words close to heart. His popularity also stemmed immensely from his unique and inimitable sense of humor.

His activities concerning chess patronage are worth of a separate note, guided by the intent of safeguarding chess culture and ensuring wide accessibility thereof. Thus he became the first and continuous sponsor of the journal Magyar Sakkvilág (Hungarian World of Chess) in field H1, moreover he also endorsed smaller tournaments, mostly by offering prizes. The chess room on Huszti Road he created at the expense of his own assets is also rightfully famous, which he selflessly (without charge) provided for team championships, chess tournaments, as well as chess presentations and book tours in hopes of upkeeping and further improving Hungarian Chess.