Zsigmond Barász was a Hungarian chess

Chess

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 master.

He took 2nd, behind Zoltán von Balla

Zoltán von Balla

Zoltán von Balla was a Hungarian chess champion.In 1904, he took 11th in Coburg . In 1905, he took 10th in Vienna. In 1906, he won 1st Hungarian Championship in Györ. He shared the title with Zsigmond Barász at Budapest 1911...

, at Györ

Gyor

-Climate:-Main sights:The ancient core of the city is Káptalan Hill at the confluence of three rivers: the Danube, Rába and Rábca. Püspökvár, the residence of Győr’s bishops can be easily recognised by its incomplete tower. Győr’s oldest buildings are the 13th-century dwelling tower and the...

 1906 (the 1st Hungarian Championship

Hungarian Chess Championship

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) and lost a match to him (0.5 : 2.5) there; took 9th at Budapest 1906 (Leó Forgács

Leó Forgács

Leó Forgács was a Hungarian chess player.-Biography:...

 won), tied for 1st-2nd with Forgács at Budapest 1907 (the 2nd HUN-ch), and took 4th at Székesfehérvár

Székesfehérvár

Székesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...

 1907 (Forgács won).

Barász won at Budapest 1909, shared 1st with von Balla at Budapest 1911 (the 3rd HUN-ch), tied for 13-14th at Bad Pistyan 1912 (Akiba Rubinstein

Akiba Rubinstein

Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein was a famous Polish chess Grandmaster at the beginning of the 20th century. He was scheduled to play a match with Emanuel Lasker for the world championship in 1914, but it was cancelled because of the outbreak of World War I...

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

DSB Congress

The Deutschen Schachbund had been founded in Leipzig on 18 July 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Chairman and Hermann Zwanziger the General Secretary...

, Rubinstein and Oldřich Duras

Oldrich Duras

Oldřich Duras was a leading Czech chess master of the early 20th century...

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

Gyula Breyer

Gyula Breyer was a Hungarian chess player. He was a leading member of the hypermodern school of chess theory, which favored controlling the center with pressure from the flanks....

 won), took 11th at Budapest 1913 (Rudolf Spielmann

Rudolf Spielmann

Rudolf Spielmann was an Austrian-Jewish chess player of the romantic school, and chess writer.-Career:He was a lawyer but never worked as one....

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

Lajos Asztalos

Lajos Asztalos was a Hungarian chess International Master, professor, and languages teacher....

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

Károly Sterk

Károly Sterk was a Hungarian chess master.He tied for 2nd-4th at Budapest 1909 , played at Vienna 1909/10 , tied for 3rd-5th at Budapest 1911 , tied for 9-11th at Bad Pistyan 1912 , took 10th at...

, behind Breyer, at Budapest 1917.

External links

• Zsigmond Barász at 365Chess.com