Tibor Károlyi (born 15 November 1961) is a Hungarian

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(1997),

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, and author.

Career

Károlyi won the open

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in 1984 (the closed championship was won by Andras Adorjan). In 1989 he started his coaching career. Among his students were

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and Jason Goh Koon-Jong. Károlyi has written numerous theoretical articles for New in Chess, but he is probably best known as author of popular

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. His book ''Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov'' (co-authored with Nick Aplin) won ''

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'' 2007 Chess Book of the Year award. His handle on

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is "tkarolyi".

Notable games

Garry Kasparov vs. Tibor Karolyi Jr., Dortmund 1980, Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov–Petrosian Variation (E12), ½–½

Mikhail Tal vs. Tibor Karolyi Jr., Tallinn 1985, Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Main Line (D42), ½–½

Jaan Ehlvest vs. Tibor Karolyi Jr., Tallinn 1985, Spanish Game: Morphy Defense, Fianchetto Defense Deferred (C76), 0–1

Andras Adorjan vs. Tibor Karolyi Jr., Ch Hungary (team) 1993, Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04), 0–1

Bibliography

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References

External links

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Tibor Karolyi
chess games at 365Chess.com *

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