János Balogh (chess player)

János Balogh [ja ː noʃ bɒloɡ ] ( born September 10, 1892 in Kézdivásárhely, Transylvania, Austria - Hungary ( German Székely Neumarkt ), today Târgu Secuiesc, Romania, † 12 September 1980 in Budapest) was a Hungarian correspondence chess champion.

Private

Balogh was born as Hungarian. In 1918 Transylvania to Romania, and Balogh received Romanian citizenship. Until 1933 he worked in Miercurea Ciuc (Romania ) as a lawyer. Since 1934 he lived in Budapest. He participated in the Hungarian citizenship and worked until 1934 as a judge.

Achievements

Correspondence Chess

Balogh participated in many international long tournaments since 1910. In 1930 he reached # 2-3 at the IFSB Federal Championship. In 1932 he finished second in this tournament 4th place In 1935 started first European team championship, he played on top board for Hungary, who won this tournament. 1936/37, he defeated in a correspondence game grandmaster Paul Keres. He participated in the first three correspondence chess World Championships and participated at an age of 78 years at the heavily occupied anniversary tournament of the German Correspondence Chess Federation.

Tournament chess

Balogh was also on the board successfully. He represented Romania at the Chess Olympiads in 1928, 1930 and 1931. At the Olympic Games in Munich in 1936, he played for Hungary ( gold medal ).

According to him, the Balogh Defense is ( 1.e4 d6 2.d4 f5 or by diverter from the Staunton Gambit 1.d4 f5 2.e4 d6 after ) named as well as a variant of the Budapest Gambit, which after the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 4.e4 d6 3.dxe5 Sg4 arises. Both are considered the current state of theory as not entirely correct.