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Peter Dely
P Dely 
Chess Review, January 1968,  

Number of games in database: 896
Years covered: 1953 to 1999
Last FIDE rating: 2391
Highest rating achieved in database: 2480
Overall record: +230 -171 =495 (53.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (119) 
    B93 B32 B47 B43 B90
 Ruy Lopez (104) 
    C84 C78 C64 C90 C93
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (61) 
    C84 C90 C93 C92 C96
 Caro-Kann (33) 
    B14 B13 B10 B16 B18
 French Defense (24) 
    C01 C05 C02 C18 C07
 King's Indian (19) 
    E62 E66 E69 E90 E60
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (94) 
    B32 B27 B44 B47 B89
 Nimzo Indian (48) 
    E54 E46 E53 E25 E21
 Ruy Lopez (31) 
    C80 C67 C78 C84 C95
 King's Indian (31) 
    E62 E60 E70 E66 E92
 Queen's Pawn Game (25) 
    A46 A45 E10 A40 D02
 English (22) 
    A10 A14 A17 A12 A13
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Dely vs L Szollosi Sr, 1963 1-0
   P Dely vs J H Donner, 1961 1-0
   P Dely vs E Varnusz, 1961 1-0
   P Dely vs D Andric, 1968 1-0
   E Haag vs P Dely, 1959 0-1
   Savon vs P Dely, 1970 1/2-1/2
   M Damjanovic vs P Dely, 1964 1/2-1/2
   P Dely vs Erno Ersek, 1991 1-0
   M Knezevic vs P Dely, 1967 0-1
   P Dely vs L Popov, 1967 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Hungarian Championship (1969)
   Budapest Championship (1967)
   Bad Mondorf (1971)
   Rubinstein Memorial (1965)
   Budapest Championship (1964)
   20th Hungarian Championship (1965)
   Asztalos Memorial (1964)
   Budapest Championship (1968)
   Budapest Championship (1963)
   Hungarian Championship 1968/69 (1968)
   Erfurt (1955)
   14th Hungarian Championship (1958)
   Hungarian Championship (1966)
   Hungarian Championship (1965)
   Solidarity Tournament (1967)

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PETER DELY
(born Jul-05-1934, died Dec-29-2012, 78 years old) Hungary

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Péter Dely was born in Sárospatak. He was Hungarian Champion in 1969. Dely was awarded the IM title in 1982 and the Honorary Grandmaster title in 1999.

Wikipedia article: Péter Dely

Last updated: 2023-10-25 07:44:01

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 page 1 of 36; games 1-25 of 896  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. P Dely vs L Tipary  0-1401953Hungarian ChampionshipB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
2. E Gereben vs P Dely  1-0641953Hungarian ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
3. P Dely vs G Meszaros  0-1421953Hungarian ChampionshipC77 Ruy Lopez
4. B Berger vs P Dely 1-0281953Hungarian ChampionshipA20 English
5. P Dely vs B Sandor 0-1221953Hungarian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
6. K Androvitzky Borloy vs P Dely  0-1401953Hungarian ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
7. P Dely vs T Florian  0-1291953Hungarian ChampionshipC03 French, Tarrasch
8. Barcza vs P Dely  ½-½531953Hungarian ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
9. P Dely vs P Rethy  0-1421953Hungarian ChampionshipB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
10. C Laszlo vs P Dely  0-1351953Hungarian ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
11. P Dely vs E Gasztonyi  ½-½681953Hungarian ChampionshipB27 Sicilian
12. J Szily vs P Dely  0-1461953Hungarian ChampionshipB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
13. P Dely vs G Kluger  ½-½581953Hungarian ChampionshipC59 Two Knights
14. P Dely vs L Navarovszky  0-1291953Hungarian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
15. G Szilagyi vs P Dely 0-1371953Hungarian ChampionshipA02 Bird's Opening
16. P Dely vs M Bely  0-1401954Hungarian ChampionshipC88 Ruy Lopez
17. P Dely vs Forintos  ½-½411954Hungarian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
18. Barcza vs P Dely 1-0521954Hungarian ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
19. P Dely vs J Pogats  ½-½571954Hungarian ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
20. L Binet Tapaszto vs P Dely  1-0351954Hungarian ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
21. P Dely vs J Hajtun  1-0551954Hungarian ChampionshipC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
22. J Szily vs P Dely  0-1711954Hungarian ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
23. P Dely vs L Tipary  ½-½521954Hungarian ChampionshipB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
24. F Koberl vs P Dely  ½-½441954Hungarian ChampionshipA62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation
25. P Dely vs Benko  ½-½411954Hungarian ChampionshipB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-27-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Peter Dely
Born 5th July 1934 in Sarospatak
Awarded the IM title in 1982 he was Hungarian champion in 1969.
Jul-05-06  BIDMONFA: Peter Dely

DELY, Peter
http://www.bidmonfa.com/dely_peter....
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Jul-05-08  bravado1: I think it was Dely who played a very important game against Honfi, where black sacrifices a pawn for initiative in the early stages of the Sicilian. This pawn sacrifice was later successfully adopted by Kasparov in the world championship match against Karpov and in other games. Unfortunately, I can't find that game (Honfi-Deli) in this database.
Jul-05-08  whiteshark: "In de Sozinvariant van het Siciliaans heeft Garri Kasparov samen met Peter Dely een subvariant ontwikkeld, het <Dely-Kasparov gambiet: <1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.♘d4 ♘c6 5.♘b5 d6 6.c4 ♘f6 7.♘1c3 a6 8.♘a3 d5>>"


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Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985

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Dec-12-08  Karpova: He tied for first with Vasiukov in the third Rubinstein Memorial, Polanica Zdroj 01-21.08.1965.

Both scored 9.5/13 - Vasiukov (+8 -2 =3) and Dely (+7 -1 =5).

Other participants were Matulovic (9.0/13) and Ujtelky (8.5/13).

Source: http://www.akibarubinstein.republik...

Jul-05-10  wordfunph: he's inactive with 2391 rating..

happy 76th birthday Peter!

Jan-06-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Rest in peace you crazy cubic zirconium.
Jan-06-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: RIP GM Dely.
Apr-24-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: The following game was apparently played at Varna in 1962.

[Event "?"]
[Site "Varna, Bulgaria"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Filipov"]
[Black "Dely"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Qe2 Ng4 10. h3 Nd4 0-1

Sep-17-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Jonathan Sarfati: The Hungarian name “Dely” would be pronounced like the English “day”.
Mar-27-19  Nosnibor: At 65 years of age is he the eldest player to obtain the Grandmaster Title ?
Mar-27-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: <Nosnibor> He was awarded the "honorary" GM title. Recipients of the honorary title were retired (or at least way past their prime) by the time they received the award. A number of them were surely older than Dely was at the time he received his.

<From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand...>

<From 1977 until 2003, FIDE awarded honorary Grandmaster titles to 31 players based on their past performances or other contributions to chess. Since 2007, no distinction has been made between an "honorary" grandmaster and a full grandmaster. The following players have been awarded honorary Grandmaster titles:

1977 - Julio Bolbochán, Esteban Canal, Borislav Milić, Carlos Torre Repetto 1981 - Arnold Denker
1982 - Lodewijk Prins, Raúl Sanguinetti
1983 - Vladimir Alatortsev, Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Erik Lundin 1984 - Eero Böök, Stojan Puc
1985 - Harry Golombek, Mario Monticelli, Jaroslav Šajtar 1986 - Arthur Dake, Theodor Ghiţescu
1987 - Vladimir Makogonov, Vladas Mikėnas, Bogdan Śliwa 1988 - George Koltanowski
1990 - Andrija Fuderer, Rudolf Marić
1991 - Dragoljub Minić
1992 - Heinz Lehmann, Rudolf Teschner
1993 - Jonathan Penrose
1996 - Károly Honfi, Enrico Paoli
1999 - Péter Dely
2003 - Elmārs Zemgalis>

(I am about to edit the bio to clarify this.)

Mar-28-19  ChessHigherCat: <Fusilli: <Nosnibor> He was awarded the "honorary" GM title. Recipients of the honorary title were retired (or at least way past their prime) by the time they received the award. A number of them were surely older than Dely was at the time he received his.>

Lifetime achievement awards for glorious deaths also tend to be awarded late in life.

Mar-28-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: <CHC> I don't follow. I don't think any of these was given posthumously.
Mar-28-19  ChessHigherCat: It was a joke, forget it.

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