István Bilek

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István Bilek (born 11 August 1932) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster (GM),[1][2] born in Budapest.[3] He was three times Hungarian Champion (1963, 1965, and 1970) and played in interzonals in 1962 and 1964. His best tournament results are equal firsts at Balatonfüred 1960, Salgótarján 1967 and Debrecen 1970.[1]

Bilek played on Hungarian team in nine Chess Olympiads (1958 through 1974), earning three individual medals: silver on board 4 in 1962, bronze on board 3 in 1966, and silver on board 2 in 1972.[4]

Bilek was awarded the International Master title in 1958 and the GM title in 1962.[2][3]

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  1. ^ a b Hartston, William (1977), “Bilek, Istvan”, in Golombek, Harry, Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, p. 29, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 
  2. ^ a b Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 27, LCCN 78-106371 
  3. ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 38, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 
  4. ^ Bilek, István team chess record at olimpbase.org

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