Name Zoltan Balla | Role Chess Player | |
Died April 1, 1945, Budapest, Hungary | ||
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Zoltan von Balla, 1928
Zoltan von Balla (31 August 1883, Budapest – 1 April 1945, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess champion.
In 1904, Balla took 11th place in Coburg (14 DSB Congress, B tournament). In 1905, he took 10th place in Vienna. In 1906, he won the first Hungarian Championship in Gyor. He shared the title with Zsigmond Barasz at Budapest in 1911. He won at Gyor in 1911, took 18th place at Breslau in 1912 (18th DSB-Congress, Akiba Rubinstein and Oldrich Duras won), tied for 7th and 8th at Pistyan in 1912 (Rubinstein won), tied for 3rd and 4th at Temesvar in 1912, and tied for 4th and 5th at Budapest in 1913 (Rudolf Spielmann won).
In 1916, he took 2nd in Budapest. In 1918, he tied for 1st and 2nd in Budapest. In 1918, he tied for 6th and 7th in Kaschau (Richard Reti won). In 1921, he took 5th in Budapest. In 1922, he tied for 12th and 13th in Pistyan (Efim Bogoljubow won). In 1924, he won in Budapest. In 1925, he took 3rd in Budapest. In 1928, he took 9th in Budapest (Jose Raul Capablanca won).
In 1935, Balla tied for 17th and 18th in Tatatovaros (Laszlo Szabo won). In 1939, he tied for 1st and 2nd with Laszlo Szabo in Budapest (Dori Memorial). In 1940, he tied for 4th and 5th in Budapest (Maroczy Jubilaeum, Max Euwe won).
He died in a traffic accident with a Soviet tank at the end of the Second World War.