Gyula Breyer

Gyula "Julius" Breyer (30 April 1893 Budapest – 9 November 1921) was a Hungarian chess player and 1912 Hungarian national champion.

Chess career In 1912, Breyer won the Hungarian championship in Temesvar. In a 1920 tournament in Berlin, he finished first (+6−2=1) ahead of Efim Bogoljubow, Savielly Tartakower, Richard Réti, Géza Maróczy, and Siegbert Tarrasch. Breyer had a plus record against Max Euwe (later world champion).

In 1921, Breyer set a new blindfold chess record by playing 25 games simultaneously. He also edited Szellemi Sport, a magazine devoted to chess puzzles, and composed at least one retrograde analysis study.

Heart disease cut short Breyer's promising chess career. He died in 1921 at the age of 28 in Bratislava. He was buried in Bratislava and after exhumation in 1987, was reburied in the Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest.

Legacy

Breyer was a leading pioneer of the hypermodern school of chess theory, which favoured controlling the with pressure from the . He was a friend of Richard Réti and an inspiration to other players.

Notable games