According to Chessmetrics, during his brief career (from 1912 to 1921) his highest rating is estimated to have been 2630 in 1917, placing him at #9 in the world.
In 1921, Breyer set a new blindfold record playing 25 games simultaneously. He also edited Szellemi Sport, a magazine devoted to chess puzzles, and he composed at least one brilliant retrograde analysis study.
He died of heart disease in 1921 at the age of 28 in Bratislava which today is the capital of Slovakia/ According to Wikipedia his body was exhumation in 1987, and he was reburied in Budapest. I was unable to discover the reason.
Breyer was a leading pioneer of the Hypermodern School which favored controlling the center using the fianchetto which was in direct opposition to the old 'dogmas espoused by players like Tarrasch.
The following game was a win over Emanuel Lasker in a simul, but it’s an enjoyable one. Breyer equalized easily against Lasker’s archaic opening, played a solid middlegame and when Lasker, possibly thinking he was winning a piece, miscalculated and Breyer jumped all over him.
[Event "30 bd Simultaneous, Budapest"] [Site ""] [Date "1911.01.26"] [Round "?"] [White "Emanuel Lasker"] [Black "Gyula Breyer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C21"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1911.??.??"] {C44: Ponziani Opening} 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 {This relic dates back to 1497. White prepares to build a strong center with d4, but black equalizes easily. In 1904, Frank Marshall wrote, "There is no point in white's third move unless black plays badly...white practically surrenders the privilege of the first move."} d5 {Breyer selects an aggressive response, striking back in the center.} 4. exd5 {The capture 4.Qxd4 allows black easy equality.} Qxd5 {Normally black would not want to make this capture because Nc3 gains a tempo, but here that is not possible.} 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 (6. Nc3 {is met by} Bb4 7. Nf3 Qa5 {Again, black has equalized with no difficulty.}) 6... Bb4+ 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne4 (8... c5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bf5 {White is better. Toledano Llinares,J (2340)-Campora,D (2530) Burguillos 2007}) 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 {There is nothing wrong with this, but black usually plays 10...Nxd2} 11. O-O Qa5 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Bd3 Rfe8 {More precise was 13...Nxd2} 14. Be1 {Lasker preserves his B for no good reason. Putting pressure on black's b-Pawn with 14.Rab1 was a more active option.} Qd5 15. c4 {Playing 15.Rb1 was still a good alternative.} Qd6 16. d5 Ne5 {Excellent! So far the position is dead equal and would remain so if white captures 17.Nxe5. Instead, Lasker makes a fatal error. It is possible that 16...Ne5 caught Lasker by surprise and he thought it lost a piece.} 17. Bxe4 {[%mdl 8192] This deserves two question marks!} Nxf3+ {This is pretty obvious, but Lasker was moving quickly. Still, it;s surprising that he missed it.} (17... Bxe4 {This may have been what Lasker was expecting,,,} 18. Qxe4 Ng6 19. Qc2 {and white is a piece ahead.}) 18. gxf3 Qg6+ 19. Kh1 Rxe4 20. Qc3 {This is an instructuve position because it illustrates the point that won games do not win themselves. Black has only one winning move.} Rh4 {This, and only this, is the winner.} (20... Re2 {This routine move runs into} 21. Rg1 Qh6 22. Qd4 Rae8 23. Bc3 Bg6 {with only an equal position.}) 21. Rg1 {Black finishes up neatly.} Rxh2+ {[%mdl 512] Again, this move which leads to a forced mate, is the only way that guarantees the win.} 22. Kxh2 Qh5+ 23. Kg3 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 Qh4+ 25. Kg2 Qh3# {A nice finish.} 0-1
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