About Miklós Bély
Lived 1913 – 1970 (aged 57). Miklós Bély was a Hungarian chess player.
Miklós Bély (9 August 1913 – 27 September 1970), was a Hungarian chess International Master, Chess Olympiad team bronze winner (1956).
Biography Miklós Bély was a medical doctor. In the 1950s he was one of Hungary's leading chess players. Miklós Bély participated in Hungarian Chess Championship where best result reached in 1954, when he shared 3rd-4th place, and in 1955, when he ranked 5th. Miklós Bély was laureate of many international chess tournaments, including shared 1st-2nd place in Smederevska Palanka (1956), and won 2nd place in Reggio nell'Emilia (1959/60).
Miklós Bély played for Hungary in the Chess Olympiads: In 1956, at reserve board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+4, =5, -2) and won team bronze medal.
In 1956, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.
Miklós Bély died after a stress-induced heart attack during a chess game.
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Who was Miklós Bély?
Hungarian chess player (1913-1970)
When was Miklós Bély born?
Miklós Bély was born on 9 August 1913 in Budapest.
When did Miklós Bély die?
Miklós Bély died on 27 September 1970 in Győr.
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Miklós Bély was a chess player.
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Miklós Bély was Hungarian.
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