István Bilek

István Bilek
Country  Hungary
Born August 11, 1932(1932-08-11)[1]
Budapest, Hungary[1]
Died March 20, 2010(2010-03-20) (aged 77)[1]
Title Grandmaster
Peak rating 2500 (January 1973)

István Bilek (11 August 1932 in Budapest, Hungary – 20 March 2010) was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster (GM).[1]

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Biography

Bilek was a three-time Hungarian Champion (1963, 1965, and 1970), and he played in interzonals in 1962 and 1964. His most successful tournaments were Balatonfüred (1960), Salgótarján (1967), and Debrecen (1970). He placed first in all three.[2]

Bilek played on the 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.[3] Bilek was born in Budapest.[4]

Bilek was awarded the International Master title in 1958 and the GM title in 1962.[5]

He died at the age of 77 on March 20, 2010.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Meghalt Bilek István in Hungarian
  2. ^ Hartston, William (1977), "Bilek, Istvan", in Golombek, Harry, Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, p. 29, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 
  3. ^ Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 27, LCCN 78106371 
  4. ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 38, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 
  5. ^ Bilek, István team chess record at olimpbase.org

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