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Lajos Portisch

1937 - Today

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Lajos Portisch (born 4 April 1937) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik". One of the strongest players from the early 1960s into the late 1980s, he participated in twelve consecutive Interzonals from 1962 through 1993, qualifying for the World Chess Championship Candidates Cycle a total of eight times (1965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1985, and 1988). Portisch set several all-time records in Chess Olympiads. In Hungarian Chess Championships, he either shared the title or won it outright a total of eight times (1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1975, and 1981). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lajos Portisch is the 55th most popular chess player (down from 53rd in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 251st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Hungarian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Lajos Portisch ranks 55 out of 461. Before him are Olga Rubtsova, Nigel Short, Gioachino Greco, Yuri Averbakh, Mir Sultan Khan, and Henry Bird. After him are Andor Lilienthal, Dawid Janowski, Carl Schlechter, Géza Maróczy, Pedro Damiano, and Salo Flohr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Lajos Portisch ranks 132. Before him are Olusegun Obasanjo, Billy Meier, Robert B. Wilson, Joseph Kobzon, Bella Akhmadulina, and Emerich Jenei. After him are Naji al-Ali, Baden Powell, Lawrence Roberts, Tony Burton, Billy Dee Williams, and Audrys Bačkis.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Lajos Portisch ranks 225 out of 1,077. Before him are Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930), Teddy Kollek (1911), Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria (1870), Arpad Elo (1903), Ingenuus (200), and Klára Dán von Neumann (1911). After him are Paul Lukas (1894), Kálmán Kalocsay (1891), Hans Swarowsky (1899), László Bárdossy (1890), Chaka of Bulgaria (1210), and László Krasznahorkai (1954).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Hungary

Among chess players born in Hungary, Lajos Portisch ranks 4. Before him are Judit Polgár (1976), Susan Polgár (1969), and László Szabó (1917). After him are Géza Maróczy (1870), Isidor Gunsberg (1854), István Csom (1940), András Adorján (1950), Győző Forintos (1935), Sofia Polgár (1974), Gedeon Barcza (1911), and István Bilek (1932).

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