König, Imre




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1921  193  2299 (50) 20
1922  209  2292 (48) 14
1923  180  2310 (51) 2
1924  145  2331 (50) 2
1925  137  2342 (45) 8
1926  117  2365 (39) 26
1927  121  2364 (49) 0
1928  145  2364 (50) 0
1929  153  2364 (42) 15
1930  99  2395 (39) 19
1931  64  2425 (41) 21
1932  70  2415 (51) 0
1933  87  2405 (53) 0
1934  93  2395 (49) 0
1935  116  2385 (36) 30
1936  140  2369 (33) 31
1937  183  2349 (35) 24
1938  225  2334 (35) 29
1939  147  2362 (34) 42
1940  155  2353 (52) 0
1941  161  2344 (61) 0
1942  149  2335 (66) 0
1943  153  2326 (68) 0
1944  168  2317 (67) 0
1945  186  2308 (63) 0
1946  186  2299 (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