Happened Today in the Chess World - Apr 30, 2024

THE FOURTH HYPERMODERN

Gyula Breyer - Source: wikipedia.org / chesshistory.com

Today, we remember Gyula Breyer, born in Budapest on April 30, 1893. Hungarian champion in 1912, he achieved his greatest success with a victory in Berlin in 1920, ahead of Bogoljubow, Tartakower, Reti, and Tarrasch, just a few months before his premature death at only twenty-eight. A proponent of the hypermodern school alongside Nimzowitsch, Reti, and Tartakower, he became associated with the famous 9...Cb8 variation in the Ruy Lopez and a line in the King's Gambit. He defeated Lasker (simultaneously), Euwe, Tarrasch, Bogoljubow, Maroczy, Spielmann, and many other champions in his brief career.

Lajos Asztalos-Gyula Breyer, Debrecen 1913
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