Meet Istvan Bilek

    Istvan Bilek (August 11, 1932 – March 20, 2010, 77 years old) was a Hungarian GM (awarded in 1962) and a three-time Hungarian Champion (1963, 1965 and 1970). He qualified for the Interzonals in 1962 and 1964. Bilek played on the Hungarian team in nine Chess Olympiads (1958 through 1974), earning three individual medals: silver on board 4 in 1962, bronze on board 3 in 1966, and silver on board 2 in 1972. 

    In the following game fron the 1954 Hungarian Championship played in Budapest his opponent was Jozsef Szily (1913-1976). Awarded the IM title in 1950, he played for Hungary at third board in the 10th Chess Olympiad at Helsinki 1952 and scored +6 –2 =6. 

 

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Istvan Bilek–Jozsef Szily1–0B31Hungarian Ckamp, BudapestBudapest HUN1954Stockfish 17

B31: Sicilian Rossolimo Variation 1.e4 c5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 The Rossolimo Variation (3.Bb5+ after 2...d6 is the Moscow Variation) was also a favorute of Tartakower. White's usual intention is to giving Black doubled Ps by playing Bxc6. g6 This is the most popular reply although 3...Nc6 and sometimes 3... e6 are played. 4.0-0 g7 5.c3 a6 Unusual. The thematic move is 6.Bxc6 6.a4 e5 7.b3 Usual is the immediate 7,d4 and black can play either 7...b5 or 7...exd4, but there is nothing wrong with the text. White also opt for a closed position with 7.d3 d6 8.d4 cxd4 Capturing with either P is acceptable. 9.cxd4 xd4 10.xd4 exd4 11.f4 A rather harmless looking position, but things will soon change! e7 This was probably played to prevent f5, but f5 was not a serious threat. However, after the text it is. 11...f6 12.f5 b6 13.g5 13.fxg6 hxg6 14.g5 d5 This looks risky, but it is, in fact, dangerous to white. 15.exd5 d3+ 16.h1 f5 17.e1+ f8 and black will play ...Ng4 with a decisive advantage. 13...gxf5 14.a4+ f8 15.d2 d5 16.exf5 d3+ 17.h1 h6 18.h4 b4 19.f3 xf5 with complete equality. 12.f5 Threatening f6 gxf5 12...c6 13.f6 xf6 14.f3 e7 15.xf7+ is not a position black would want to play. 13.g5 13.h5 is a harder blow. d5 14.exf5 g8 15.g5 Black is in a dangerous situation. 13...e6 13...h6 is a better defense. Whute's best is 14.h5 d5 15.xd5 0-0 16.xh6 xd5 17.exd5 and black faces no serious danger. 14.exf5 xb3 15.xb3 e5 16.d2 White has compensation for his P minus. 16.xb7 results in equality after b8 17.xa6 c8 18.e2 g8 19.xe7 xe7 20.a4 20.a3 d3 21.xd3 xb2 Black wins. 22.g3 c5+ 23.h1 c6+ 24.f3 a4 25.b1 xh2+ 26.xh2 xg3 20...d3 21.xd3 xb2 16...d7 Better was 16.. .f6 17.e4 g8 He can't allow Nf6+. 17...0-0-0 dies not get him out of trouble. After 18.f6 xf6 19.xf6 hf8 20.ae1 de8 21.g7 g8 22.xf7 d5 23.xe8+ xe8 24.xd7+ xd7 25.f6 White is winning. 18.ae1 f8 19.f6 After this white has a strong attack, but Szily's defense makes it difficult to land a knockout. e8 20.f3 h5 21.h3 e6 22.h4 h6 23.g5 Much weaker than 23.Qf5! but calculating the complications presents a practical problem! 23.f5 g6 24.g5 h6 25.xe6+ xe6 26.xe6 fxe6 27.c1 f5 28.c8+ f7 29.c7+ f8 30.xb7 23...g6 24.xh5 c6 This little tactical demonstration allows a pleasing finish...by white. 24...d3 25.h8 This is now not nearly as strong as in the game, but things get really wild! d5 26.h6+ e8 27.g7 d8 28.xg8+ e8 29.c5 d4+ 30.h1 xg8 31.xd7 xd7 32.e7+ d6 33.xf7 d2 34.f8+ c6 35.g4 xf6 36.7xf6+ xf6 with equal chances. 25.h8 The threat is Bh6+! h2+ 25...e8 is more resistant. 26.h4 h2+ 27.xh2 xe4 28.h5 He has to extricate the Q. d5 26.xh2 xe4 27.c1 This demonstrates the problem with black;s 24th move. d5 28.c8+ e8 29.h6+ Black resigned. It's mate next move. 1–0

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