Asztalos Lajos (29.07.1889 – 01.11.1956)
Hungarian International Master (1950) and International Arbiter (1951). Professor of Philosophy and a languages teacher After World War I, he moved to Yugoslavia and represented that country in the 1927, 1931, and 1936 chess olympiads.
Hungarian Champion in 1913 ahead of Gyula Breyer and Richard Reti. The President of the Hungarian Chess Federation (1951-1956).
Author of: A sakkjáték elemei (1951).
Historical ELO: 2480
An annual Memorial tournament was organized by the Hungarian chess federation between 1958 and 1971.
Initial position
Bela Toth?
Lajos Asztalos?
Ljubljana7
1938Ljubljana
1.c41…c62.Nf32…d53.b33…Nf64.Bb24…e65.e35…Be76.Be26…O-O7.O-O7…Nbd78.d38…b69.Nbd29…c510.Qc210…Bb711.Rfd111…Rc812.Rac112…Bd613.Nf113…Re814.Ng314…Bb815.Nd215…Ne516.Nf316…Nc617.a317…d418.exd418…cxd419.b419…e520.Nd220…Ne721.Re121…Ng622.Bf322…Bxf323.Nxf323…Nd524.Rcd124…Qd725.Qd225…Ndf426.Kh126…Qg427.h327…Qd728.Kh228…Nxg229.Rh129…N2f430.Ng130…Nh431.f331…Qxh3+32.Nxh332…Nxf3#0–1