At Amsterdam, he tied for first place, along with Mikhail Tal, Vasily Smyslov and Bent Larsen on 17 / 23, with all four, along with Borislav Ivkov and Lajos Portisch thus qualifying for the newly created Candidates ' Matches the next year.

In his first major post-stroke play, he drew a six-game rapid match with Hungarian Grandmaster Lajos Portisch in April 2007.

In the next cycle, after winning the 1987 Tilburg Interzonal he defeated Valery Salov, Lajos Portisch, and Jonathan Speelman, but lost in the final to Anatoly Karpov in 1990.

He placed 5th at San Antonio 1972 on 9. 5 / 15, as Petrosian, Lajos Portisch, and Anatoly Karpov won.

Svetozar Gligorić and Lajos Portisch made great contributions to the theory and practice of this line at top level during their careers.

He finished 2nd at the 1963 Halle Zonal with 13 / 19, behind winner Lajos Portisch, to advance to the Interzonal the next year.

He then won his first-round match against Lajos Portisch by 5½ – 4½ at Porec 1968.

In 1976 he won the Biel Interzonal, but lost his 1977 Candidates ' match, a rematch of their 1968 encounter, to Lajos Portisch by 3½ – 6½ at Rotterdam.

Since 1938, there has been a long list of famous winners, including: Max Euwe, Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres, Efim Geller, Lajos Portisch, Boris Spassky, Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal, Viktor Korchnoi, Jan Timman, Anatoly Karpov, Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Magnus Carlsen, and Hikaru Nakamura.

Max Euwe, Lajos Portisch and Viktor Korchnoi won Corus four times each.

His best performance in the World Chess Championship came in 1987, when he lost a playoff match against Lajos Portisch for a place in the Candidates Tournament.

Unzicker also shared fourth place (+ 2 − 1 = 14 ) with Lajos Portisch in the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup in Santa Monica, California.

At Hastings 1969 – 70, Unzicker finished second (+ 4 − 0 = 5 ) after Lajos Portisch and ahead of Svetozar Gligorić and former world champion Vasily Smyslov.

Lajos Portisch wrote:

Among his best results in other important tournaments were: clear first at Iwonicz Zdroj 1957, equal first with Taimanov at Dresden 1959, equal first with Lajos Portisch at Beverwijk 1965, clear first at Kislovodsk 1966, clear first at Gothenburg 1967, clear first at Kislovodsk 1968, equal first with Mikhail Botvinnik at Wijk aan Zee 1969 ( ahead of Keres ), equal first at Havana 1971 with Vlastimil Hort, equal first at Hilversum 1973 with Laszlo Szabo, clear first at Budapest 1973 ahead of Anatoly Karpov, clear first at Teesside 1975, clear first at Moscow 1975 ( ahead of Boris Spassky, Viktor Korchnoi, and Petrosian ), clear first at Las Palmas 1976, equal first with Gennadi Sosonko at Wijk aan Zee 1977, clear first at Bogotá 1978, equal first at Bern 1987 with Daniel Campora, clear first at Dortmund ' A ' 1989, and equal first at New York Manhattan 1990 with Gregory Kaidanov, at age 65.

In 1973, he tied with Lajos Portisch and Lev Polugaevsky for second place at the Petropolis Interzonal, but lost out in the three-way playoff match tournament at Portorož, with two qualifying spots at stake, so did not advance.

* Lajos Portisch vs László Szabó, Budapest 1958, Grunfeld Defence, Exchange Variation ( D85 ), 1-0 The experienced Szabó, 20 years older, tries the unusual knight retreat to b6, perhaps hoping to confuse young Portisch, but it backfires.

* Lajos Portisch vs Svetozar Gligorić, Madrid Zonal 1960, King's Indian Defence, Orthodox Variation ( E99 ), 1-0 In a very heavily analyzed line, one of the veteran Gligoric's favourites, Portisch proves he has the knowledge to prevail.

* Lajos Portisch vs Leonid Stein, Amsterdam Interzonal 1964, Benoni Defence ( A56 ), 1-0 In what would turn out to be a vital game for eventual qualification, Portisch takes out the Soviet champion.

* Lajos Portisch vs Tigran Petrosian, Moscow 1967, Slav Defence, Exchange Variation ( D10 ), 1-0 Although not really considered a tactician, Portisch proves here in a quiet opening variation that not even the World Champion can be proof against his attacking skills.

Lajos Kossuth was born in Monok, Kingdom of Hungary, a small town in the county of Zemplén, as the oldest of four children in a Protestant noble family.

" The mother of Lajos Kossuth, Karolina Weber, ( 1770 – 1853 ) was born to a Lutheran family of German descent living in Upper Hungary ( today Slovakia ).

Lajos Kossuth is the earliest born person in the world who has his voice preserved.

* Lajos Nagy ( footballer ) ( born 1975 ), Hungarian football player

David Martin ( 22 December 1915-1 July 1997 ), known as an Australian poet, was born Lajos or Ludwig Detsinyi, into a Jewish family in Hungary ( then part of Austria-Hungary ).

* Lajos Tőkési ( born 1975 ), ice hockey player

Lajos Zilahy, another noted Hungarian author, was also born in Salonta on 27 March 1891.

Lajos Bíró ( born Lajos Blau ) ( 22 August 1880 – 9 September 1948 ) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s.

Lajos N. Egri ( born June 4, 1888 ; died February 7, 1967 ) was the author of The Art of Dramatic Writing, which is widely regarded as one of the best works on the subject of playwriting, though its teachings have since been adapted for the writing of short stories, novels, and screenplays.

* Mihály Lajos Jeney, Hungarian general, mapmaker ( born 1723 or 1724-d. 1797 )

* Screenplaywriters: Lajos Bíró one nomination ( 1929 ), Géza Herczeg one win ( first Hungarian to get an Academy Award ), Emeric Pressburger ( UK ) 4 nominations ( 3 x 1943, 1949 ) / one win ( 1943 ) ( most nomineed Hungarian in screenplay ), Hans Szekely ( as John S. Toldy ) one win, Frank Partos one nomination ( 1948 ), André de Toth one nomination ( 1950 ), Melchior Lengyel one nomination ( 40 ), Robert Pirosh ( US-born ) one win ( 1949 ) and Frank Darabont 2 nominations ( 1994, 99 ).

* Bent Larsen vs Lajos Portisch, Porec Candidates ' match 1968, game 4, Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Variation ( D61 ), 0-1 Portisch takes up the often thankless defensive task, but grinds out a hard-fought win.

* Vasily Smyslov vs Lajos Portisch, Portorož Candidates ' Reserve match 1971, game 4, Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation ( B92 ), 0-1 Ex-World Champion Smyslov did not lose very often with the White pieces, but Portisch turns the trick here.

Zoltán Lajos Bay ( July 24, 1900 in Gyula, Hungary – October 4, 1992 in Washington D. C .) was a Hungarian physicist, professor, and engineer who developed microwave technology, including tungsten lamps.

Aloysius Martin " Lou " Thesz ( Born Lajos Tiza April 24, 1916-April 28, 2002 ) was an American professional wrestler and 6-time world champion, most notably holding the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times.

Lajos Dinnyés ( 16 April 1901, Alsódabas – 3 May 1961 ) was a Hungarian politician of the Smallholders Party who served as the last pre-communist Prime Minister of Hungary from 1947 to 1948.

He was a stringent adversary of the radicals, and caused some sensation by absenting himself from the capital on the occasion of Lajos Kossuth's funeral on 1 April 1894.

Ludwig August Ritter von Benedek ( 14 July 1804 – 27 April 1881 ), also known as Lajos Benedek, was an Austrian general ( Feldzeugmeister ) of Hungarian descent, best known for commanding the imperial army in 1866 in the Battle of Königgrätz against the Prussian Army.

Lajos Csordák or Ľudovít Čordák ( February 2, 1864-June 28, 1937, both in Košice ) was a Hungarian and Slovak painter.

* 1849 – Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.

In the late 19th century, the Romanian people of the settlement elected to the Parliament of Hungary the Hungarian Lajos Mocsáry, who was a progressive democratic politician fighting for the cultural and administrative rights of all nationalities ( including the Romanians ) living in the Hungarian Kingdom of that time.

It was named after Lajos Kossuth, Regent-President of Hungary who went to exile to America following the war of independence of Hungary from Austria.

However not all rulers of Hungary were Kings for example Stephen Bocskai and Francis II Rákóczi were proclaimed rulers as " High Princes of Hungary ", and there were also three Governors of Hungary, sometimes styled as " regents ", János Hunyadi, Lajos Kossuth and Miklós Horthy.

Ferdinand V appointed Count Lajos Batthyány for the position of Prime Minister of Hungary on 17 March 1848.

Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (, archaically English: Louis Kossuth ; Ľudovít Košút in Slovak ; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894 ) was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848 – 49.

Kossuth Rádió, the main radio station of Hungary, is named after Lajos Kossuth.

The memorials of Lajos Kossuth in the territories lost by Hungary after World War I, and again after World War II, were sooner or later demolished in neighboring countries.

* Lajos Kossuth ( 1802 – 1894 ), Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Governor-President of Hungary in 1849

Kádár's legacy remains disputed, but he was voted in a survey carried out by Median in Hungary in 2007, as the third most competent politician behind István Széchenyi and Lajos Kossuth who could solve the problems of Hungary.

* Lajos Nagy ( 1326 – 1382 ), a. k. a. Louis I of Hungary

* Lajos Bokros, Public Policy, former Minister of Finance of Hungary

In the first group match Hungary beat England by 2-1 thanks to the goals of Lajos Tichy and Flórián Albert.

Although Hungary won their second match against Canada by 2-0 ( the goals were scored by Márton Esterházy and Lajos Détári ), they lost to Michel Platini's France 3-0 in the last group match.

Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár ( 1807 – 1849 ) was the first Prime Minister of Hungary.

* 1910: Born as László Elkán on 7 August in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary, son of Nelly Ritscher and Lajos Elkán ( a leather merchant and town councillor ).

" Lajos Bárdos Music Week " has been an annual festival in Hungary since 1977.

The famous Fazekas – Göröcs – Bene – Dunai II – Zámbó attacking formation, invented and led by manager Lajos Baróti, scored dozens of goals, attracted thousands of football fans both in Hungary and outside the country.

Taube received honorary degrees from many institutions, including the University of Saskatchewan ( 1973 ), the University of Chicago ( 1983 ), the Polytechnic Institute of New York ( 1984 ), the State University of New York Stony Brook ( 1985 ), the University of Guelph ( 1987 ), Seton Hall University ( 1988 ), the Lajos Kossuth University of Debrecen in Hungary ( 1988 ) and Northwestern University ( 1990 ).