Steiner, Lajos




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1922  73  2395 (49) 16
1923  63  2417 (37) 35
1924  77  2405 (36) 21
1925  116  2364 (33) 30
1926  135  2351 (33) 25
1927  71  2411 (29) 46
1928  69  2418 (27) 64
1929  28  2469 (37) 10
1930  14  2500 (35) 21
1931  20  2494 (30) 49
1932  32  2468 (32) 27
1933  30  2475 (26) 76
1934  34  2474 (28) 55
1935  27  2496 (26) 72
1936  21  2503 (27) 82
1937  32  2479 (33) 39
1938  21  2503 (34) 52
1939  17  2507 (47) 12
1940  21  2490 (55) 12
1941  29  2468 (60) 1
1942  41  2449 (62) 0
1943  44  2430 (60) 12
1944  61  2420 (57) 16
1945  69  2411 (57) 30
1946  68  2411 (65) 12

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Steiner, Lajos  
Born: 14 June 1903
Died: 22 Apr. 1975
 
Notes:
Gaige has date of death 22-04-1975; Woodger has date of death 22-06-1975. The Australian Dictionary of Biography article by John S. Purdy has 22-04-1975. The Sydney Morning Herald of 25 Apr. 1975 (p.26) has an invitation to his funeral.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 338
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 404
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 374
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 360
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 289
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 406
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 367
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 359
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 260, 261
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 355
Periodicals
   [SMH], 25 Apr. 1975, page 26
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Kashdan, I.I. - Steiner, L. 1930 (1)         (f)     6   -   4
Kashdan, I.I. - Steiner, L. 1930 (2)         (f)     5   -   4
Steiner, L. - Lilienthal, A. 1934         (f)     4   -   2
Steiner, L. - Rethy, P. 1934         (f)     7   -   3
Steiner, L. - Grob, H. 1935         (f)     3   -   1
Panov, V.N. - Steiner, L. 1936         (f)     1   -   1

Tournament data

Budapest 1922 (2)     6th Hungarian Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier Final     6.5  /  8
Budapest 1922 (3)     Budapest Tournament     6  /  8
Portsmouth 1923 (4)     16th British Chess Federation Congress - Minor Tournament     5  /  5
Vienna 1923 (2)     Schlechter Memorial Tournament     7  /  11
Budapest 1923 (2)     Budapest Tournament     5.5  /  7
Gyula 1923     Gyula Tournament     8.5  /  13
Meissen 1924     12th Saxonian Chess Federation Congress     6  /  7
Gyor 1924 (1)     Hungarian Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     8  /  14
Hastings 1925 (1)     5th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Section 1     2  /  7
Chemnitz 1925     13th Saxonian Chess Federation Congress     4  /  6
Debrecen 1925 (1)     Debrecen Master Tournament     6  /  13
Budapest 1925 (1)     Budapest Tournament     2  /  4
Dresden 1926 (2)     Dresden Chess Club 50 Year Jubilee Congress     2  /  9
Budapest 1926 (7)     Budapest Tournament     3  /  8
Budapest 1926 (8)     Budapest Tournament     4.5  /  8
Vienna 1927 (2)     11th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     6  /  11
Bad Schandau 1927     15th Saxonian Chess Federation Tournament     5  /  7
Mittweida 1927     Mittweida Tournament     2.5  /  5
Kecskemet 1927 (2)     Kecskemet Tournament - Preliminary Section B     8  /  9
Kecskemet 1927 (3)     Kecskemet Tournament - Final Section A     3.5  /  7
Niendorf 1927     Niendorf Tournament     1  /  7
Hastings 1928 (1)     8th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     6  /  9
Berlin 1928 (1)     Berlin Tournament     6.5  /  13
Leipzig 1928 (2)     16th Saxonian Chess Federation Congress     4  /  7
The Hague 1928 (1)     Olympic Amateur Championship     5.5  /  15
Brno 1928 (2)     Brno Tournament     4.5  /  9
Berlin 1928 (8)     Berlin Tournament     3.5  /  11
Bradley Beach 1929     Bradley Beach Tournament     7  /  9
New York 1929 (6)     Manhattan Club - Hungarian Club Match    
  Steiner, L. - Kashdan, I.I.     0 - 1    
New York 1930 (4)     Manhattan Club - Hungarian Club Match    
  Steiner, L. - Pinkus, A.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1930 (5)     Marshall Club - Hungarian Club Match    
  Steiner, L. - Santasiere, A.E.     1 - 0    
Berlin 1931 (2)     Berlin International Tournament     2  /  5
Budapest 1931 (1)     9th Hungarian National and Szavay Memorial Tournament     11.5  /  14
Vienna 1931     14th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     8  /  13
Prague 1931 (5)     4th Olympiad     12  /  17
Budapest 1932 (1)     10th Hungarian National Tournament     10.5  /  17
Kosice 1932     Kosice Tournament     7  /  10
Hastings 1933 (1)     13th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     5.5  /  9
Antwerp 1933     Antwerp Tournament     4.5  /  5
Budapest 1933 (1)     Pre-Olympic Tournament     8.5  /  14
Budapest 1933 (2)     11th Hungarian National Tournament - Major Section     8.5  /  14
Moravska Ostrava 1933     12th Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia     7  /  11
Folkestone 1933 (2)     5th Olympiad     7.5  /  14
Budapest 1933 (4)     Budapest Chess Association Tournament     9  /  11
Budapest 1934 (1)     12th Hungarian National Tournament and Maroczy Jubilee - Major Section     8  /  16
Budapest 1934 (6)     Budapest International Tournament     6.5  /  15
Maribor 1934     Maribor Tournament     6.5  /  8
Budapest 1935     Kempelen Memorial Tournament     11  /  13
Tata 1935 (1)     13th Hungarian National Tournament - Major     11  /  17
Warsaw 1935 (2)     6th Olympiad     10.5  /  18
Lodz 1935 (3)     Lodz International Tournament     5  /  9
Vienna 1935 (3)     18th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     8  /  11
Budapest 1936 (1)     Barasz Memorial Tournament     9.5  /  14
Budapest 1936 (2)     14th Hungarian National Tournament     13  /  16
Podebrady 1936 (2)     14th Czechoslovakia Championship     8.5  /  17
Munich 1936     Unofficial Olympiad     15.5  /  20
Melbourne 1936 (4)     11th Pietzcker Tournament     5.5  /  6
Zurich 1936 (2)     Zurich Tournament     7  /  7
Perth, Western Australia 1937     19th Australian Championship     12  /  12
Sydney 1937     Steiner Invitation Tournament     5.5  /  8
Zoppot 1937     Zoppot Tournament     2.5  /  6
Warsaw 1937 (1)     Warsaw Quadrangular Tournament     1.5  /  3
Brno 1937     Brno Tournament     8  /  11
Vienna 1938 (1)     20th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     8.5  /  11
Ljubljana 1938     Ljubljana Tournament     9.5  /  15
Debrecen 1938     Debrecen Tournament     10.5  /  11
Budapest 1938 (1)     Karinthy Memorial Tournament     12  /  15
Batavia 1939     Batavia Tournament     5  /  5
Batavia (?) 1939     Java-Bode Tournament     7  /  7
Sydney 1940     24th New South Wales Championship     10.5  /  11
Sydney and Melbourne 1940     55th New South Wales - Victoria Telegraphic Match    
  Steiner, L. - Crowl, F.A.     1 - 0    
Sydney and Melbourne 1941     56th New South Wales - Victoria Telegraphic Match    
  Steiner, L. - Lazare, S.     1 - 0    
Sydney 1943     26th New South Wales Championship     10.5  /  11
Sydney and Melbourne 1943     57th New South Wales - Victoria Telegraphic Match    
  Steiner, L. - Crowl, F.A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Sydney 1944 (1)     58th New South Wales - Victoria Telegraphic Match    
  Steiner, L. - Crowl, F.A.     1 - 0    
Sydney 1944 (2)     27th New South Wales Championship     8.5  /  10
  Steiner, L. - Goldstein, M.E.     5 - 1    
Sydney 1945 (1)     Y.M.H.A. Invitation Tournament     11  /  11
Sydney 1945 (2)     28th New South Wales Championship     6.5  /  8
Sydney 1945 (3)     21st Australian Championship     12  /  15
Sydney 1946     29th New South Wales Championship     10.5  /  11
Sydney and Melbourne and Paris and Marseille 1946     Australia - France Radio and Cable Match    
  Steiner, L. - Bernstein, O.S.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 17 Dec. 2024