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Csaba Meleghegy

Geburt:
15.09.1941
Tot:
11.09.2004
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Csaba Meleghegy

Born on September 15, 1941 in Budapest, †2004. September 11

Strong chess player and chess composer of endgame studies

He was an international master, correspondence grandmaster and journalist.

He played and trained in the teams of Tipográfia, Budapesti Honvéd, Budapesti Vasas, Dunaharaszti, Budapesti Elektromos and finally SI in Szentendre.

With Budapesti Honvéd he won four national team championships.

 Correspondence chess

In correspondence chess he was third. He was a member of the Hungarian team that won the silver medal at the Olympic Games. He won three international invitational singles competitions. The O'Kelly Memorial Race

He won his B group with 14 points from 16 games between 1984 and 1988, won the "Kirjeshakki 25th Anniversary" tournament with 12/14 results, then the "FINJUB 30 Years" tournament with the 2nd number.

He took first place in the grandmaster competition with a fantastic score of 12.5/14.

In addition to his successes in playing chess on the board, Csaba Meleghegyi also wrote excellent endgame studies, making use of the additional possibilities that chess games bring with them.

Editor

From 1972 he was editor of Magyar Sakkélét and, after the newspaper's name change in 1985, Sakkélété until 1991.

From 1992 he was editor of the plant magazine Budapesti Elektromos Művek. From 1987 he headed a chess department in Népszabadság, which appeared in the magazine supplement from 1993 - until his death.

Source: Website arves.org (editor Peter Boll)

On the Germain Wikipedia is written:

Csaba Meleghegyi [ˈtʃɒbɒ ˈmɛlɛɡhɛɟi] (born September 15, 1941 in Budapest; † September 11, 2004 there) was a Hungarian chess player.

He was a grandmaster in correspondence chess and an international master in close chess.

Correspondence chess
Meleghegyi successfully took part in the final of the European Team Championship in 1966 (+5 =3 −0) and in the 7th Correspondence Chess Olympiad in 1972 (+5 =2 −0). For this he received the title of International Master in Correspondence Chess in 1972.

He performed further well

1977: 8th Correspondence Chess Olympiad (+7 =3 −2)
1978: Final of the European Team Championship (+4 =3 −1)
1982: 9th Correspondence Chess Olympiad (+2 =6 −0)
1984: 1st place in the O'Kelly Memorial (+12 =4 −0)
1988/92: 1st place in the Kirjeshakki-25 anniversary tournament (+10 =4 −0)
1988: Semi-final of the European Team Championship (+5 =3 −0)
1991/96: 1st place in the FINJUB-30 tournament (+11 =3 −0)
These achievements were recognized in 1987 with the title of International Grandmaster in Correspondence Chess.

In 2002 he was ranked 39th in the ICCF rankings. His Elo rating in correspondence chess was 2616 (2002).

Close chess
In 1960 Meleghegyi became Hungarian champion. In 1967 he took part again in the Hungarian championship. In 1984 he received the title of International Master from FIDE.

His Elo rating was 2369 (July 2004), and he reached his highest Elo rating of 2420 in January 1988.

In 1993 FIDE appointed him International Arbitrator.

source
Correspondence chess magazine 1996/5 page 257

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