page_title: Gedeon Barcza
section_title: Chess career
hierarchical_section_title: Gedeon Barcza / Chess career
caption_attribution_description: English: Gedeon Barcza - Paul Keres, European Team Championship, Oberhausen 1961, Photographer Gerhard Hund. Deutsch: Gedeon Barcza - Paul Keres, Europa-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft, Oberhausen 1961, Photo von Gerhard Hund.
context_page_description: Gedeon Barcza was a Hungarian chess grandmaster. He was eight-time chess champion of Hungary.
context_section_description: In 1940, Barcza took third place, behind Max Euwe and Milan Vidmar, at Maróczy Jubiläum in Budapest. In September 1942, he took sixth place at the first European Championship in Munich; the event was won by Alexander Alekhine. In 1948, he took second place in Karlovy Vary; the event was won by Jan Foltys. In 1948, he tied for second/third place in Venice; the event was won by Miguel Najdorf. In 1950, he tied for second/fourth place in Salzbrunn (Szczawno Zdrój); the event was won by Paul Keres. In 1952, he took fifteenth place in Saltsjöbaden (interzonal). In 1957, he won in San Benedetto del Tronto. In 1961, he took third place in Vienna. In 1962, he tied for third/sixth place in Moscow. In 1962, he tied for fourteenth/fifteenth place in Stockholm (interzonal).
   
  Barcza won the Hungarian Chess Championship eight times (1942, 1943, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, and 1966). He played for the Hungarian team in seven Chess Olympiads (1952, 1954, 1956,1958, 1960, 1962, and 1968). Barcza was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1954.
caption: Barcza (left) vs. Paul Keres, 1961
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