Egon Varnusz (born

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, November 15, 1933 -

, June 26, 2008) was a Hungarian

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Master and writer.

Biography

Varnusz competed in five Hungarian Chess Championships: in 1958, 1961, 1963, 1965, and 1966. In 1966, he made his best career result with 10.5/18, for 6th place, as Gideon Barcza won. Varnusz shared 2nd-3rd places in the medium-strength Master event at Salgótarján 1978 with 10/13.the Egon Varnusz player file
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Writings

Varnusz is best known as a chess writer, and has published 15 titles, in both German and English (translated). Here is a list of his book titles (http://www.chessworld.org, the Egon Varnusz entry). * ''Die ausgewählten Partien von

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'', by Egon Varnusz, Harri Deutsch 1990, , in German. * ''Wie spielt man Bogo-Indisch'', by Egon Varnusz, Dreir Publishers 1989, in German. * ''Play Anti-Indian Systems'', by Egon Varnusz, Franckh-Kosmos 1990, . * ''Play the Caro-Kann'', by Egon Varnusz, MacMillan 1991 (2nd edition), . * ''Semi-Slawisch 1 -- Meraner Variante'', by Egon Varnusz, Dreier Publishers 1992, in German. * ''Semi-Slawisch 2 -- Antimeraner'', by Egon Varnusz, Dreier Publishers 1992, in German. * ''Angenommenes Damengambit'' (Queen's Gambit Accepted), by Egon Varnusz, Düsseldorf 1994, Schachverlag Manfred Maguer, , in German. English version (pub. Schmidt Schach) translated by Gábor Pirisi. * ''Neuerungen in Slawisch'', by Egon Varnusz, Dreier Publishers 1994, in German. * ''Slawisch'', by Egon Varnusz, Dreier Publishers 1994, in German. * ''

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Best Games, Volume I: Closed Games'', by Egon Varnusz, London 1994, Cadogan Chess, . * ''

Best Games, Volume II: Semi-Open Games'', by Egon Varnusz, London 1994, Cadogan Chess, . * '' Aljechin, der Grosste'', by Egon Varnusz and Arpad Walter Foldeak, Düsseldorf 1994, Schachverlag Manfred Maguer, . * ''Klassische System / Spanisch ohne a6'', by Egon Varnusz, 1995, Becker Publishers. * ''

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'' Games 1889-1907, by Egon Varnusz, 1998, Schmidt Schach Publishers. * '' M.M. Botvinnik I, Games 1924-1940'', by Egon Varnusz, 1999, Schmidt Schach Publishers.

References

External links

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Books by Egon Varnusz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Varnusz, Egon 1933 births 2008 deaths Writers from Budapest Hungarian chess writers Chess FIDE Masters 20th-century Hungarian chess players 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen Hungarian chess players