Béla Perényi (October 20, 1953 – November 13, 1988) was a Hungarian chess International Master known for his work in opening theory.
[1] He died in a car crash in 1988 while on the way to visit his fiancée, Ildikó Mádl.
is a line in the Najdorf Sicilian named after Perenyi, who invented it.
[5] It has since been used multiple times by other strong Hungarian masters, including Judit Polgar[6][7] and Peter Leko.
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