Gyula Sax

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Gyula Sax (born June 18, 1951 Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian chess player. He was awarded the IM title in 1972 and the GM title in 1974, he was Hungarian Champion in 1976 and 1977 (jointly). As well he was European Junior Champion in 1971–72 and he won 1st prizes at Rovinj-Zagreb 1975, Vinkovci 1976, Las Palmas 1978 and Amsterdam 1979. He finally got to the Candidates stage by qualifying at the Subotica interzonal 1987 but was eliminated by Nigel Short (+0=3−2). His highest ELO rating is 2610.