István Csom
| István Csom | |
|---|---|
 István Csom (Amsterdam, 1974) | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Born | 2 June 1940 Sátoraljaújhely,Hungary |
| Died | 28 July 2021(aged 81) |
| Title | Grandmaster(1973) |
| Peak rating | 2545(January 1989) |
| Peak ranking | No. 39 (May 1974) |
István Csom(2 June 1940 – 28 July 2021[1]) was a Hungarianchessplayer who held theFIDE titlesofGrandmasterandInternational Arbiter.FIDEawarded him theInternational Mastertitle in 1967 and the Grandmaster title in 1973. He wasHungarian Championin 1972 and 1973 (jointly). His tournament victories includeOlot1973,Cleveland1975,Olot1975,PulaZonal1975,Berlin1979,Copenhagen1983,Järvenpää1985 andDelhi1987.
Csom was born inSátoraljaújhely,Hungary.He played for the Hungarian team in sevenChess Olympiads(1968–1974, 1978–1982, 1986–1988),[2]including the victorious team of 1978.
Over the course of his career, Csom defeated many top Grandmasters, includingUlf Andersson,Boris Gulko,Tony Miles,Lajos Portisch,Samuel Reshevsky,Nigel Short,former World ChampionMikhail Tal,Rafael Vaganian,andArtur Yusupov.
References
[edit]- ^I, K. T. (28 July 2021)."Gyász: elhunyt Csom István sakkolimpiai bajnok - NSO".NSO.hu(in Hungarian).Retrieved29 July2021.
- ^Bartelski, Wojciech."Men's Chess Olympiads: István Csom".OlimpBase. Archived fromthe originalon 19 September 2011.Retrieved18 November2011.
External links
[edit]- Istvan Csom rating card at FIDEat theWayback Machine(archived 2021-04-17)
- István CsomFIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
- Istvan Csomplayer profile and games atChessgames.com
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