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Zoltan Sarosy (born 23 August 1906) is a Hungarian-Canadian supercentenarian and chess master, believed to be Canada's oldest man.
Tournaments
Sarosy won chess tournaments in several cities in Hungary including Nagykanizsa (1929), Pecs (1932), and Budapest (1934). During World War II, he won the Hungarian Master Candidates Tournament at Diosgyor 1943. After the war, following a period in a refugee camp in West Germany, he moved to France in 1948. He drew a training match (2–2) with Alsace Champion Henri Sapin in 1950 and then emigrated to Canada, settling in Toronto. In Toronto he took up correspondence chess. He was thrice Canadian Correspondence Champion (1967, 1972, 1981), and was awarded the IMC title in 1988. In 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Chess Hall of Fame.[1][2] He was still actively playing chess at the age of 108[3]
References
- ↑ Canadian Chess Hall of Fame Inductee 2006, ncf.ca; accessed May 26, 2014.
- ↑ Bottlik, Ivan, "Zoltan Sarosy: the oldest sportsman in the world?", Chess Vol. 71 September 24–25, 2006
- ↑ "Dust settles. People shouldn't.". Staff. Human Unlimited. 16 January 2015. https://www.humanunlimited.com/blogs/blog/18663555-dust-settles-people-shouldnt. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
Sources
- Berry, Jonathan, "Chess", The Globe and Mail, December 30, 2006, pg. R17
- Berry, J. "Chess", The Globe and Mail, September 16, 2006, pg. R25
- Berry, J. "Chess", The Globe and Mail, April 14, 2007, pg. R25