About Zoltan Sarosy
Lived 1906 – 2017 (aged 110). Zoltan Sarosy was a Hungarian and Canadian chess player.
Early life Sarosy was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on August 23, 1906.
Tournaments Sarosy won chess tournaments in several cities in Hungary including Nagykanizsa (1929), Pécs (1932), and Budapest (1934). During World War II he won the Hungarian Master Candidates Tournament in 1943. He was still actively playing chess at the age of 107.
Later life At the end of World War II after having fled Hungary where he served as a military translator, and divorced his first wife after she refused to move to Canada. Sarosy died on June 19, 2017 in Toronto.
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Who was Zoltan Sarosy?
Hungarian–Canadian chess master
When was Zoltan Sarosy born?
Zoltan Sarosy was born on 23 August 1906 in Budapest.
When did Zoltan Sarosy die?
Zoltan Sarosy died on 19 June 2017 in Toronto.
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Zoltan Sarosy was a chess player.
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Zoltan Sarosy was Hungarian and Canadian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Zoltan Sarosy. https://biography.guide/zoltan-sarosy/
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