Ferenc Chalupetzky

Ferenc Chalupetzky ( born April 6, 1886 in Magyaróvár; † August 19, 1951 in Győr) was a Hungarian chess writer and chess player. He is one of the pioneers of correspondence chess.

Chess Author

1935 was Chalupetzky the first book on a correspondence chess tournament out: The great distance tournament of the International Correspondence Chess Federation ( IFSB ) at the Federal Championship 1932 This book was in the chess world wide recognition, among others. also of the world champion Alekhine. It contributed significantly to that correspondence chess was recognized as equivalent to tournament chess. In addition Chalupetzky published more valuable books, for example via the chess tournament Győr 1924.

Chalupetzky was also one of the participants in the meeting of the remote Chess Federation IFSB 1936 in Munich, when you created a commission life, should prepare a World Championship in correspondence chess.

Chess players

Chalupetzky played some international tournaments, including some long distance tournaments. Although he did not belong to the absolute top, get him on board some victories over well-known chess masters, as against Breyer ( Budapest 1911) and Emanuel Lasker (Győr 1917 simultaneous game ). Against Marshall, he remisierte 1911 in Győr.

In 1903 he played his first long-distance games. He participated in 1905 in a tournament organized by the chess conveyor Prince Dadian of Samegrelo. In Hungarian remote tournaments he won in 1906, 1907 and 1908 1st Place Two remote Tournaments Wiener Schachzeitung he won in 1911. Further victories get him in tournaments in the imperial post and the Swiss chess newspaper.

Private

After studying law Chalupetzky worked from 1920 as a judge in Győr. He died in 1951 from a stomach ailment.