István Abonyi

István Abonyi (18 August 1886 – 5 June 1942) was a Hungarian chess master, who was born and died in Budapest.

He was one of the 15 founders of FIDE on 20 July 1924, during 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris.

On January 21–22, 1928, Abonyi played 300 opponents on 105 boards in Budapest, scoring 79 wins, 6 losses, and 20 draws.

From 1935 to 1939, Abonyi was the president of the International Correspondence Chess Federation (IFSB).

For many years, Abonyi was the president of the Hungarian Chess Federation and edited the Hungarian chess magazine, Magyar Sakkvilag (Hungarian Chessworld).