König, Imre




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1921  193  2298 (50) 20
1922  212  2291 (48) 14
1923  182  2308 (51) 2
1924  147  2329 (50) 2
1925  138  2341 (45) 8
1926  117  2363 (39) 26
1927  118  2363 (49) 0
1928  144  2362 (50) 0
1929  155  2362 (42) 15
1930  101  2393 (39) 19
1931  64  2424 (41) 21
1932  69  2413 (51) 0
1933  86  2403 (53) 0
1934  97  2393 (49) 0
1935  119  2383 (36) 30
1936  145  2367 (33) 31
1937  191  2347 (35) 24
1938  229  2332 (35) 29
1939  154  2360 (34) 42
1940  168  2351 (52) 0
1941  174  2342 (61) 0
1942  166  2333 (66) 0
1943  177  2323 (68) 0
1944  197  2314 (67) 0
1945  221  2305 (63) 0
1946  235  2296 (55) 20

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: König, Imre R.  
   Also known as: Mirko König; Emmerich König
Born: 9 Feb. 1901
Died: 9 Sep. 1992
 
Notes:
Svetosor of 22 Nov. 1923 has 'Em. König', who I take to be Imre König. Svetosor of 25 Oct. 1923 has 'Alf. König', but this seems to be an error for Emmerich (Imre) König, perhaps because his opponent in the Brno - Vienna Schlecter Club match was Alf. Teller. The Neue Wiener Schachzeitung of Oct. 1923 (p.262) has 'Emmerich König' playing for the Schlechter Club.
 
References
Books
   Berdichevsky, Shakhmatnaya Evreiskaya Entsiklopedia, page 117
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 328
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 390
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 360
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 347
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 221
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 267
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 137
Periodicals
   [NWSZ], no. 9, Oct. 1923, page 262
   [Svet], 25 Oct. 1923
   [Svet], 22 Nov. 1923
   [WSZ], vol. 3, no. 11, June 1925, page 169

Tournament data

Vienna 1921 (2)     Gambit Tournament     4.5  /  9
Celje 1921     1st Yugoslav Chess Federation Congress - Amateur Championship     8  /  11
Vienna 1922 (1)     Austrian Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     2  /  14
Brno 1923 (1)     Brno - Vienna Schlechter Club Match    
  Konig, I.R. - Teller, A. (2)     0.5 - 0.5    
Vienna 1923 (1)     Brno - Vienna Schlechter Club Match    
  Konig, I.R. - Berger, Vl.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bratislava 1924 (1)     Bratislava Club - Schlechter Club Match    
  Konig, I.R. - Smogrovics, J.     1 - 0    
Trencianske Teplice 1924 (1)     Slovakia - Austria Match    
  Konig, I.R. - Zobel, L.     1 - 0    
Vienna 1925 (1)     Austrian Chess Federation Tournament     2.5  /  5
Vienna 1925 (2)     Berlin-Budapest-Prague-Vienna Four-City Match    
  Konig, I.R. - Vajda, A.     0 - 1    
  Konig, I.R. - Zander, O.     0 - 1    
  Konig, I.R. - Prokes, L.     1 - 0    
Vienna 1926 (1)     10th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     6.5  /  11
Dresden 1926 (3)     Germany - Austria Team Match    
  Konig, I.R. - Antze, O.H.A.     1 - 1    
Vienna 1926 (3)     Congress of the German Chess Union in Vienna - Master Tournament     6.5  /  11
Vienna 1926 (6)     Germany - Austria Team Match    
  Konig, I.R. - Leonhardt, P.S.     0.5 - 1.5    
Rogaska Slatina 1929     Rogaska Slatina Tournament     6  /  15
Vienna 1930 (1)     13th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     9.5  /  16
Vienna 1930 (3)     Vienna Tournament     5  /  7
Vienna 1931     14th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     9.5  /  13
Prague 1931 (5)     4th Olympiad     6  /  8
Belgrade 1935     1st Yugoslav Master Championship     10  /  15
Warsaw 1935 (2)     6th Olympiad     9  /  15
Novi Sad 1936     2nd Yugoslav Master Championship     7.5  /  13
Munich 1936     Unofficial Olympiad     10.5  /  18
Belgrade 1937     2nd Belgrade Championship     7  /  10
Rogaska Slatina 1937     3rd Yugoslav Master Championship     6.5  /  14
Hastings 1938 (2)     18th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves A     7  /  9
Margate 1938 (3)     Margate Premier Reserves B     5  /  9
Brighton 1938 (3)     31st British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open B     7  /  11
Hastings 1939 (2)     19th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves A     6  /  9
Margate 1939 (2)     Margate Premier Reserves A     7.5  /  11
Bournemouth 1939 (1)     32nd British Chess Federation Congress - Premier Tournament     6.5  /  11
London, England 1939 (1)     Hampstead Invitational Tournament     7.5  /  11
London, England 1946 (2)     London International Tournament - Section B     6.5  /  11
Moscow and London, England 1946     U.S.S.R. - Great Britain Radio Match    
  Konig, I.R. - Smyslov, Va.V.     0 - 2    
London, England 1946 (3)     London Championship     3.5  /  7


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025