Győző Forintos

Who is Győző Forintos?

Győző Victor Forintos is a Hungarian chess master and by profession, an economist.

He first participated in the Hungarian Championship as early as 1954 and became the national champion in 1968/9.

In tournaments he was 1st at Reggio Emilia 1962/3, 2nd at Wijk aan Zee 1970, 1st at Baja 1971, 3rd at Caorle 1972, 2nd at Vrnjačka Banja 1973, 2nd at Reykjavík 1974, 2nd at Novi Sad 1974, 2nd= at Lone Pine 1976, 2nd at Sarajevo 1978, and 1st= at the Perpignan Open 1987.

He played for Hungary in six Chess Olympiads. In 1958, he took an individual gold medal for his impressive 80% score and has also won silver and bronze team medals.

As a writer on chess, he has produced two notable books on the opening in the English language, both co-authored by Ervin Haag: Petroff Defence, MacMillan Chess Library, 1992 and Easy Guide to the 5.Nge2 King's Indian, Everyman, 2000. The latter describes a fairly offbeat method of playing white against the King's Indian. Sometimes referred to as the 'Hungarian Attack', it is a system that Forintos has himself developed and become a leading expert on.