László Szabó

Hungarian chess player (1917–1998)

László Szabó belongs to the record of chess as a competitor whose results still define part of the sport.

The record lists László Szabó as Hungarian chess player (1917–1998).

László Szabó was born at Budapest in 1917. His recorded nationality is Hungary.

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Sport professionalised and internationalised around this time; the modern Olympics were young and national federations were only beginning to matter.

He competed at 6th Chess Olympiad, 7th Chess Olympiad and 10th Chess Olympiad.

In sport the margin between the remembered and the forgotten is often a fraction of a second.

That the career was built from Hungary matters: facilities, coaching and funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide who ever reaches the start line.

László Szabó died in 1998, aged 81. The results remain in the record, which is the only permanent form of an athletic career.

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