Elod Macskasy
| Elod Macskasy | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Macskásy Előd |
| Country |
Hungary Canada |
| Born | 17 April 1919 Arad, Hungary |
| Died | 21 January 1990 (aged 70) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Title | National Master (Hungary and Canada) |
| Peak rating | 2290 (July 1971) |
Elod Macskasy (Hungarian: Macskásy Előd) (17 April 1919 – 21 January 1990) was a Hungarian-born Canadian chess master. He was a mathematics professor, and also competed in swimming for Hungary at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Elod Macskasy was born in Arad, which at the time was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, but was shortly afterwards ceded to Romania by the Treaty of Trianon. He completed his early schooling there, and at the age of 16 won the chess championship of the city.
He studied mathematics in Budapest from 1937 to 1942, at the Pázmány Péter University, earning his doctorate. During this time, he competed with some success in team and student chess tournaments.
Macskasy scored 1/1 on the first reserve board for Hungary at the 2nd Balkaniad, Sofia 1947, and his team won the gold medals. In 1947, he gained the Hungarian National Master title following his performance in the 1947 Hungarian championship. Perhaps his best Hungarian result occurred in 1952, when he won a Master tournament ahead of Árpád Vajda, István Bilek and Károly Honfi.
Macskasy co-authored a book on the 1952 Hungarian championship.
Following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he emigrated to Canada, where he secured a position as professor of mathematics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
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