| Egon Varnusz | |
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| Full name | Egon Varnusz |
| Country | Hungary |
| Born | November 15, 1933 Budapest, Hungary |
| Died | 26 June 2008 (aged 74) Budapest, Hungary |
| Title | FIDE Master |
| Peak rating | 2415 (January 1975) |
Egon Varnusz (born Budapest, Hungary, November 15, 1933 - Budapest, June 26, 2008) was a Hungarian chess Master and writer.
Varnusz competed in five Hungarian Chess Championships: in 1958, 1961, 1963, 1965, and 1966. In 1966, he made his best career result with 10.5/18, for 6th place, as Gideon Barcza won. Varnusz shared 2nd-3rd places in the medium-strength Master event at Salgótarján 1978 with 10/13. [1]
Varnusz is best known as a chess writer, and has published 15 titles, in both German and English (translated). Here is a list of his book titles (http://www.chessworld.org, the Egon Varnusz entry).
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