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Lajos Asztalos

1889 - 1956

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Lajos Asztalos (Serbo-Croatian: Ljudevit Astaloš; 29 July 1889 – 1 November 1956) was a Hungarian-Yugoslavian chess International Master, professor, and teacher of languages. At the beginning of his career, he tied for sixth-eighth at the 1911 Hungarian Chess Championship; tied for 7-8th at Breslau 1912 (18th DSB–Congress, B tourn); took second, behind Gyula Breyer at the1912 Hungarian Championship; won at the 1913 Hungarian Championship; tied for 8-9th at Budapest 1913, took fifth at Mannheim 1914 (Hauptturnier A); took 4th at Vienna 1917 (Quadrangular), and took 5th at Kaschau 1918. After World War I, he moved to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as Yugoslavia). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lajos Asztalos has received more than 13,898 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lajos Asztalos is the 155th most popular chess player (down from 154th in 2019), the 614th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 545th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Hungarian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Lajos Asztalos ranks 155 out of 461. Before him are Mišo Cebalo, Andrija Fuderer, Kira Zvorykina, Boris Verlinsky, Vladimir Bagirov, and Genrikh Kasparyan. After him are Lubomir Kavalek, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Johann Berger, George Koltanowski, Hermann Pilnik, and Zoltán Ribli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Lajos Asztalos ranks 249. Before him are Charles Darrow, Teresa de la Parra, Thomas Hart Benton, Nezihe Muhiddin, Efrem Zimbalist, and Arthur Hohl. After him are Tryggvi Þórhallsson, Vilho Väisälä, Francis Spellman, Nikolai Aseev, Otto Scheff, and Anna Kéthly. Among people deceased in 1956, Lajos Asztalos ranks 176. Before him are Pelageya Shajn, Augustin Chantrel, Manilal Gandhi, Marie Juchacz, Jacques Moeschal, and Pierre Allemane. After him are Robert Newton, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Robert Julius Trumpler, Robert Yerkes, Jan Lechoń, and Otto Scheff.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Lajos Asztalos ranks 614 out of 1,077. Before him are István Nagy (1939), István Szondy (1925), Antal Szentmihályi (1939), Marcel Riesz (1886), Andor Földes (1913), and Marie Stritt (1855). After him are Pál Várhidi (1931), László Papp (1905), Ernő Solymosi (1940), György Gedó (1949), Géza von Bolváry (1897), and Vilma Hugonnai (1847).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Hungary

Among chess players born in Hungary, Lajos Asztalos ranks 11. Before him are Isidor Gunsberg (1854), András Adorján (1950), Gedeon Barcza (1911), István Csom (1940), István Bilek (1932), and Levente Lengyel (1933). After him are Zoltán Ribli (1951), Endre Steiner (1901), Susan Polgár (1969), Győző Forintos (1935), Gyula Sax (1951), and Sofia Polgár (1974).

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