Karoly Honfi

The native form of this personal name is Honfi Károly. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Karoly Honfi
Károly Honfi, c. 1980s
Country	Hungary
Born	(1930-10-25)October 25, 1930 Budapest, Hungary
Died	August 14, 1996(1996-08-14) (aged 65) Budapest, Hungary
Title	Grandmaster (1996)
Peak rating	2470 (May 1974)

Károly Honfi (October 25, 1930 – August 14, 1996) was a Hungarian chess player who held the chess title of International Master. Honfi was posthumously awarded the title of Honorary Grandmaster.^[1][2]

Biography

Honfi was born in Budapest on October 25, 1930. His father was also a successful chess player.^[3] He was the vice champion of Hungary in 1958, and became an International Master in 1962.^[4] He earned the Correspondence Chess International Master title in 1991.

References

1. Adorjan, Andras (2016-10-13). Black is Back!: What's White's Advantage Anyway?. New In Chess. p. 261. ISBN 9789056916626.
2. Ervin, Haág. "IN MEMORIAM: Honfi Károly (1930-1996)". Chess Life (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2017-09-04.
3. The Encyclopaedia of Chess. St. Martin's Press. 1970. p. 209.
4. "Honfi Károlyi". The Chesspedia. Retrieved 2017-09-04.

External links

• Karoly Honfi player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Károly Honfi player details at ICCF
• Károly Honfi Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
• Karoly Honfi FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org