GM Ivan Farago

[Simon Rogers]

The sad news has been reported that Hungarian Grandmaster, Ivan Farago, died yesterday, at the age of 76.
Ivan was born in Budapest on 1st April 1946.
He became an International Master in 1974 and then was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1976.
Ivan won the Hungarian Championship in 1986 and was an active player for over fifty years.
He also played for Griesheim Chess Club in the German Bundesliga.
RIP

[Matt Mackenzie]

Was one of the most regular GMs on the tournament circuit in the 1970s and 80s, and still playing until very recently.

[Roger Lancaster]

Ivan Farago, along with Istvan Csom who died last year, were the two top boards for the Budapest Spartacus team which came to London in 1981 for a European Club Cup match against Kings Head, winning 6.5-5.5. (That was as close as anyone took them as Spartacus beat a Russian team in the semi-final and an Israeli side in the final - in those days, it was a knock-out event). I can't say I remember too much about individual members of the Hungarian team but collectively they were a nice bunch.

[Paul McKeown]

San news. One of the strongest players I played over the board.

[James Plaskett]

R.I.P.