Lajos Steiner
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Lajos Steiner (born 14 June 1903, Nagyvárad (Oradea) – died 22 April 1975, Sydney)
In 1923, he tied for 4-5th in Vienna. In 1927, he won in Schandau. In 1927, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Kecskemét. In 1927/28, he took 2nd. In 1929, he took 2nd in Bradley Beach. In 1931, he won in Budapest (HUN-ch). In 1931, he took 5th in Vienna. In 1931, he tied for 5-6th in Berlin. The event was won by Herman Steiner. In 1932/33, he tied for 3rd-4th in Hastings (Salo Flohr won). In 1933, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Moravska Ostrava (Mährisch-Ostrau). The event was won by Ernst Grünfeld. In 1933, he took 4th in Budapest. In 1934, he tied for 1st-2nd with Vasja Pirc in Maribor (Marburg). In 1935, he tied for 1st-2nd with Erich Eliskases in Vienna. In 1935, he tied for 5-6th in Lodz (Savielly Tartakower won). In 1935, he took 4 th in Tatatovaros (László Szabó won). In 1936, he won, with Mieczysław Najdorf, in Budapest (HUN-ch). In 1937, he took 2 nd, behind Alexander Koblencs in Brno (Brunn). In 1937, he took 3rd in Zoppot (Sopot). In 1937/38, he won in Vienna. In 1938, he tied for 3rd-4th in Ljubljana (Laibach). The event was won by Borislav Kostić. In 1938, he tied for 8-9th in Lodz (Pirc won).
Lajos Stener played a few matches. In 1930, he lost (+3 –5 =2) to Isaac Kashdan. In 1934, he won (+7 –3) against Pál Réthy. In 1935, he won (+3 –1) with Henri Grob.
He played for Hungary in the Chess Olympiads.
- In 1931, he played at second board at 4th Olympiad in Prague (+10 –3 =4).
- In 1933, he played at second board at 5th Olympiad in Folkestone (+5 –4 =5).
- In 1935, he played at first board at 6th Olympiad in Warsaw (+7 –4 =7).
- In 1936, he played at second board at unofficial Olympiad in Munich (+13 –2 =5).
He won individual bronze medal in Prague, and team gold medal and individual silver medal in Munich.
Lajos Steiner emigrated to Australia in 1939. He won the Australian championship four times in 1945, 1946/47, 1952/53, and 1958/59. He took 3rd in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) – Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad) in 1948. The event was won by Jan Foltys. He took 19th at the 1st Interzonal Tournament in Saltsjöbaden in 1948. The event was won by David Bronstein.
Awarded the IM title in 1950.
