Vajda, Árpád  
  
 
 Ratings 
  
  | Year       | 
  Rank   | 
   Edo    | 
  Dev.   | 
  Games  | 
 
  | 1911  | 
  775  | 
  2046 |  (94) |   5 | 
 
  | 1912  | 
  717  | 
  2064 |  (91) |   0 | 
 
  | 1913  | 
  679  | 
  2083 |  (87) |   0 | 
 
  | 1914  | 
  632  | 
  2102 |  (81) |   0 | 
 
  | 1915  | 
  551  | 
  2120 |  (74) |   0 | 
 
  | 1916  | 
  511  | 
  2139 |  (65) |   11 | 
 
  | 1917  | 
  402  | 
  2185 |  (67) |   0 | 
 
  | 1918  | 
  302  | 
  2231 |  (67) |   0 | 
 
  | 1919  | 
  209  | 
  2278 |  (63) |   0 | 
 
  | 1920  | 
  142  | 
  2324 |  (55) |   0 | 
 
  | 1921  | 
  89  | 
  2370 |  (41) |   22 | 
 
  | 1922  | 
  87  | 
  2383 |  (37) |   20 | 
 
  | 1923  | 
  70  | 
  2407 |  (34) |   31 | 
 
  | 1924  | 
  55  | 
  2428 |  (29) |   59 | 
 
  | 1925  | 
  63  | 
  2413 |  (34) |   17 | 
 
  | 1926  | 
  70  | 
  2409 |  (30) |   45 | 
 
  | 1927  | 
  57  | 
  2423 |  (32) |   29 | 
 
  | 1928  | 
  59  | 
  2427 |  (31) |   41 | 
 
  | 1929  | 
  53  | 
  2433 |  (35) |   24 | 
 
  | 1930  | 
  78  | 
  2412 |  (37) |   15 | 
 
  | 1931  | 
  133  | 
  2377 |  (36) |   24 | 
 
  | 1932  | 
  94  | 
  2394 |  (40) |   10 | 
 
  | 1933  | 
  108  | 
  2386 |  (38) |   25 | 
 
  | 1934  | 
  127  | 
  2376 |  (48) |   0 | 
 
  | 1935  | 
  144  | 
  2366 |  (49) |   0 | 
 
  | 1936  | 
  166  | 
  2356 |  (40) |   29 | 
 
  | 1937  | 
  272  | 
  2315 |  (51) |   4 | 
 
  | 1938  | 
  301  | 
  2302 |  (61) |   0 | 
 
  | 1939  | 
  324  | 
  2289 |  (66) |   2 | 
 
  | 1940  | 
  311  | 
  2288 |  (71) |   0 | 
 
  | 1941  | 
  296  | 
  2287 |  (74) |   0 | 
 
  | 1942  | 
  264  | 
  2286 |  (75) |   0 | 
 
  | 1943  | 
  259  | 
  2285 |  (74) |   0 | 
 
  | 1944  | 
  264  | 
  2284 |  (71) |   0 | 
 
  | 1945  | 
  269  | 
  2283 |  (65) |   0 | 
 
  | 1946  | 
  264  | 
  2282 |  (56) |   11 | 
 
  | 1947  | 
  203  | 
  2293 |  (52) |   20 | 
 
  
Rating table notes
 
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| Biographical data |  
   | Name: Vajda, Árpád   | 
 
   |    Also known as: Dr. Arpád Vajda |  
   | Born: 2 May 1896 | 
 
   | Died: 25 Oct. 1967 | 
 
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   | References | 
 
| Books |  
   |    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 340 | 
 
   |    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 407 | 
 
   |    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 376 | 
 
   |    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 256 | 
 
   |    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 482 | 
 
   |    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 437 | 
 
   |    Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 195, 317 | 
 
   |    Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 282 | 
 
| Web |  
   |    Bartelski, Wojciech.  [2nd Chess Olympiad: The Hague 1928 - Hungary] | 
 
 
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Tournament data 
  | Budapest 1911 (3)     | 
Hungarian Chess Federation Congress - Nebenturnier A     | 
   0.5  |  /  |  5  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1916 (1)     | 
Budapest Club Championship     | 
   3.5  |  /  |  11  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Vienna 1921 (1)     | 
Austrian Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     | 
   6.5  |  /  |  11  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1921 (2)     | 
Budepest Tournament     | 
   4.5  |  /  |  11  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1922 (3)     | 
British Chess Federation Congress - Minor Tournament     | 
   9  |  /  |  11  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1922 (1)     | 
6th Hungarian Chess Federation Congress - Championship Tournament     | 
   4.5  |  /  |  9  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Portsmouth 1923 (3)     | 
16th British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open Tournament     | 
   8  |  /  |  11  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1923 (1)     | 
Buda Chess Club Tournament     | 
   5  |  /  |  8  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1923 (3)     | 
Budapest Tournament     | 
   9  |  /  |  12  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Paris 1924 (5)     | 
Olympic Tournament - Preliminary Section 2     | 
   4  |  /  |  5  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Paris 1924 (13)     | 
Olympic Tournament - Championship Final     | 
   4  |  /  |  8  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Gyor 1924 (1)     | 
Hungarian Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     | 
   8.5  |  /  |  14  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1924 (1)     | 
Budapest Tournament     | 
   5  |  /  |  9  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1924 (3)     | 
Budapest Tournament     | 
   9  |  /  |  10  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1924 (4)     | 
Olympic Training Tournament     | 
   2.5  |  /  |  4  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1924 (5)     | 
Budapest Tournament     | 
   7.5  |  /  |  10  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Vienna 1925 (2)     | 
Berlin-Budapest-Prague-Vienna Four-City Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Vajda, A. - Post, A.M.E.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Vajda, A. - Hromadka, K.     | 
  0.5 - 0.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
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    Vajda, A. - Konig, I.R.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Debrecen 1925 (1)     | 
Debrecen Master Tournament     | 
   5  |  /  |  13  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Gyor 1925 (1)     | 
Hungary - Austria Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Vajda, A. - Becker, A.     | 
  0.5 - 0.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Semmering 1926     | 
Semmering Tournament     | 
   7.5  |  /  |  17  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1926 (1)     | 
FIDE Congress - Master Tournament     | 
   6.5  |  /  |  15  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1926 (5)     | 
Budapest Team Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Vajda, A. - Brody, M.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Vajda, A. - Asztalos, L.     | 
  0.5 - 0.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1926 (6)     | 
Budepest Defense Tournament     | 
   4.5  |  /  |  11  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Kecskemet 1927 (2)     | 
Kecskemet Tournament - Preliminary Section B     | 
   5  |  /  |  9  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Kecskemet 1927 (3)     | 
Kecskemet Tournament - Final Section A     | 
   3.5  |  /  |  7  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1927 (3)     | 
1st Olympiad     | 
   7.5  |  /  |  13  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1928 (1)     | 
Budapest Tournament     | 
   5  |  /  |  7  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | The Hague 1928 (2)     | 
2nd Olympiad     | 
   10.5  |  /  |  16  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1928 (2)     | 
Budapest Tournament     | 
   4.5  |  /  |  9  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1928 (3)     | 
Budapest Club Tournament     | 
   4.5  |  /  |  9  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Ramsgate 1929 (5)     | 
22nd British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open     | 
   9  |  /  |  11  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1929 (1)     | 
Budapest Tournament     | 
   7.5  |  /  |  13  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Vienna 1930 (2)     | 
Budapest - Vienna Team Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Vajda, A. - Honlinger, B.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Hamburg 1930 (2)     | 
3rd Olympiad     | 
   9  |  /  |  14  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Nice 1931     | 
Nice Tournament     | 
   3.5  |  /  |  9  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Prague 1931 (5)     | 
4th Olympiad     | 
   7.5  |  /  |  15  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Szolnok 1932     | 
Szolnok Tournament     | 
   9  |  /  |  11  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1933 (1)     | 
Pre-Olympic Tournament     | 
   7.5  |  /  |  14  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Folkestone 1933 (2)     | 
5th Olympiad     | 
   6  |  /  |  11  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1936 (1)     | 
Barasz Memorial Tournament     | 
   8.5  |  /  |  14  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Munich 1936     | 
Unofficial Olympiad     | 
   10  |  /  |  15  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Stockholm 1937 (3)     | 
7th Olympiad     | 
   1  |  /  |  4  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Carlsbad 1939 (2)     | 
Germany - Hungary Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Vajda, A. - Gilg, K.     | 
  0.5 - 1.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Gyor 1946     | 
Gyozo Exner Memorial Tournament - Master Group     | 
   7  |  /  |  11  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1947 (1)     | 
Budapest Tournament     | 
   8  |  /  |  15  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Vienna 1947 (1)     | 
Austria - Hungary Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Vajda, A. - Palda, K.     | 
  1 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Budapest 1947 (4)     | 
Hungary - Austria Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Vajda, A. - Galia, K.     | 
  1.5 - 0.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Sofia 1947     | 
2nd Balkaniad     | 
   0.5  |  /  |  1  | 
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