Lajos Portisch

Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the Hungarian Botvinnik. One of the strongest nonSoviet players from the early 1960s into the late 1980s, he participated in twelve consecutive Interzonals from 1962 through 1993, qualifying for the World Chess Championship Candidates cycle a total of eight times . Portisch set several alltime records in Chess Olympiads. In Hungarian Chess Championships, he either shared the title or won it outright a total of eight times . He won many strong international tournaments during his career. In 2004, Portisch was awarded the Nemzet Sportoloja, Hungarys highest national sports achievement award.

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