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Istvan Bilek
I Bilek 
 

Number of games in database: 1,570
Years covered: 1954 to 1998
Last FIDE rating: 2375
Highest rating achieved in database: 2500
Overall record: +402 -236 =932 (55.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English (93) 
    A15 A10 A14 A12 A13
 King's Indian Attack (87) 
    A07 A08
 Reti System (85) 
    A04 A06 A05
 Sicilian (56) 
    B31 B25 B45 B52 B51
 Uncommon Opening (56) 
    A00
 King's Indian (49) 
    E62 E70 E67 E92 E69
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (191) 
    B27 B56 B32 B75 B45
 King's Indian (97) 
    E73 E60 E62 E80 E94
 Robatsch (64) 
    B06
 Queen's Pawn Game (46) 
    A40 A41 A45 E10 A46
 English, 1 c4 c5 (36) 
    A36 A30 A37 A35 A31
 Caro-Kann (32) 
    B13 B10 B15 B14 B18
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Bilek vs Gheorghiu, 1968 1-0
   I Bilek vs A Ornstein, 1976 1-0
   I Bilek vs H Schussler, 1978 1/2-1/2
   A Planinc vs I Bilek, 1971 0-1
   I Bilek vs E Paoli, 1958 1-0
   I Bilek vs Geller, 1967 1/2-1/2
   G Makropoulos vs I Bilek, 1977 0-1
   I Bilek vs F Kuijpers, 1966 1-0
   I Bilek vs W Golz, 1960 1-0
   I Bilek vs J Szily, 1954 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Hungarian Championship (1963)
   20th Hungarian Championship (1965)
   Hungarian Championship (1970)
   Reggio Emilia 1964/65 (1964)
   The Hague Zonal (1966)
   Maroczy Memorial (1970)
   Asztalos Memorial (1963)
   Kecskemet Zonal (1964)
   Hoogovens (1966)
   Hungarian Championship (1959)
   13th Hungarian Championship (1958)
   Hungarian Championship (1954)
   Asztalos Memorial (1962)
   Havana (1965)
   Stockholm Interzonal (1962)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 112 by 0ZeR0
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 111 by 0ZeR0
   1966 Beverwijk Hoogovens by jww
   Dresden 1956 by Phony Benoni

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ISTVAN BILEK
(born Aug-11-1932, died Mar-20-2010, 77 years old) Hungary

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István Bilek was born in Budapest. Awarded the IM title in 1958 and the GM title in 1962, he was Hungarian Champion in 1963, 1965 and 1970. He played in two Interzonals, 1962 and 1964, and was on nine Olympiad teams from 1958 to 1974. His best tournament results are equal firsts at Balatonfüred 1960, Salgótarján 1967 and Debrecen 1970.

Wikipedia article: István Bilek

Last updated: 2019-01-18 06:21:18

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 page 1 of 63; games 1-25 of 1,570  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. I Bilek vs R Dworzynski  1-0451954Budapest ttC45 Scotch Game
2. K Opocensky vs I Bilek 0-1341954Budapest ttA45 Queen's Pawn Game
3. T Florian vs I Bilek  ½-½611954Budapest ttE60 King's Indian Defense
4. J Hajtun vs I Bilek  ½-½221954Hungarian ChampionshipE87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
5. I Bilek vs J Szily 1-0291954Hungarian ChampionshipB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
6. L Tipary vs I Bilek  ½-½411954Hungarian ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
7. I Bilek vs F Koberl  1-0291954Hungarian ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
8. Benko vs I Bilek  0-1371954Hungarian ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
9. I Bilek vs L Navarovszky  1-0311954Hungarian ChampionshipB02 Alekhine's Defense
10. G Kluger vs I Bilek  ½-½301954Hungarian ChampionshipE73 King's Indian
11. M Bely vs I Bilek  ½-½171954Hungarian ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
12. I Bilek vs Szabo  ½-½321954Hungarian ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
13. E Gereben vs I Bilek  1-0531954Hungarian ChampionshipD84 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted
14. I Bilek vs A Ozsvath  1-0511954Hungarian ChampionshipC15 French, Winawer
15. B Sandor vs I Bilek  ½-½251954Hungarian ChampionshipA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
16. I Bilek vs P Dely  ½-½431954Hungarian ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
17. Forintos vs I Bilek  0-1411954Hungarian ChampionshipE15 Queen's Indian
18. I Bilek vs Barcza  0-1311954Hungarian ChampionshipC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
19. J Pogats vs I Bilek  ½-½271954Hungarian ChampionshipB27 Sicilian
20. I Bilek vs L Binet Tapaszto  1-0281954Hungarian ChampionshipE64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
21. J Cucka vs I Bilek  0-1431955Prague tmE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
22. I Bilek vs L Alster  1-0371955Prague tmB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
23. I Bilek vs A Tarnowski  ½-½391955Prague tmC45 Scotch Game
24. J Dolezal vs I Bilek  0-1331955Prague tmE97 King's Indian
25. I Bilek vs M Ujtelky  ½-½151955Prague tmB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-05-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: He made a lot of short draws.
Dec-22-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Istvan Bilek
Born 11th August 1932 in Budapest
An IM in 1958 he got the GM title in 1962. He was Hungarian champion in 1963, 1965 and 1970.
Mar-23-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Like Peter Szekely he doesn't seem to be someone who enjoys chess very much.
Apr-21-06  IdleFellow: Based on some of his articles that I've read, he does enjoy chess very much. His love of the game is quite contagious, in fact. There must be another rationale behind his draws.
Aug-10-06  BIDMONFA: Istvan Bilek

BILEK, Istvan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/bilek_istva...
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Aug-11-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: His drawing tendencies may be due to the fact that his most famous (or infamous) game was a draw: Matulovic vs I Bilek, 1967
Aug-11-06  sixfeetunder: Perhaps he paints too?
Sep-07-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: <offramp>He made a lot of short draws.

Offramp,
Bilek is infamous for his performance during the 1979 Slupsk tournament, where he drew all ten of his games in a combined total of 125 moves, taking only 1 hour 40 minutes in total playing time.

Source: David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld "Oxford Companion to Chess", 2nd edition, OUP, 1992.

Apr-26-09  laskereshevsky: Yes, by his record dont looks exactly like a lioneheart but, at least once in his chess-life, he was the hammer...

During the final A first round, in the 20th chess olympiad in Skopje 1972, while his fellows country mans

Portisch, Forintos and Ribli

were drawing vs.

Petrosian Smyslov and Tal,

The little peacefull Bilek gived to Hungary a storical victory on the USSR by very patiently strangling the always impetuous Korchnoi....

I Bilek vs Korchnoi, 1972

OK, This game isnt very tactically charming, strategically enteresting maybe. But for shore is an incredible storical important one...

His ever best agonistic achievment?!....

Mar-22-10  Eastfrisian: R.I.P.
Mar-22-10  Ratul: RIP GM Bilek
Aug-11-10  wordfunph: rest in peace Maestro Istvan..
Aug-11-10  Petrosianic: As opposed to what, exactly?
Sep-07-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: An uninspiring record:

147 draws fewer than 20 moves.
12 draws fewer than 10 moves.

Dec-05-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  louispaulsen88888888: A random example: Szolnok 1975 1 win 13 draws!
Dec-06-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  louispaulsen88888888: This guy makes Ulf Anderssen seem like the life of the party.
Feb-04-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gottschalk: FIDE ratings lists were unfair to chessplayers who played in the post-war period between 1945 and 1970. Because they only became public from July 1971. https://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo19...

Istvan Bilek was one of the players affected. On Arpad Elo's unofficial list of 1968, he appears with a maximum strength of 2530 pts, which would be his peak rating. https://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo19...

However, for Jeff Jonas, the author of Chessmetrics.com. Bilek was at his best in April 1967: Here he appears as number 36 in the World! http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/...

Feb-04-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gottschalk: Ok, the 2639 rating estimated by Sonas seems to have gone beyond Bilek's playing strength, off course, as it would be very close to the playing strength of Petrosian, the world champion at that time. However, I don't doubt that the Hungarian GM was a top-50.

In other words, the period between 1945 and 1870 remains as a shadow in the evaluation of those young chessmasters. Since It's well known that most chessplayers go into decline after the age 40.

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