Lajos Asztalos (Serbo-Croatian: Ljudevit Astaloš; 29 July 1889 – 1 November 1956[1]) was a Hungarian-Yugoslavian chess International Master, professor, and teacher of languages.

Finaly, in 1936, he played fourth board in the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich (+5 –3 =8).

[7] During World War II, Asztalos played for Croatia in a match against Slovakia on first board with Ivan Vladimir Rohaček (1:1) in Zagreb in December 1941.

Asztalos became Vice President of the Hungarian Chess Union and Secretary of the FIDE Qualification Committee.

[citation needed] Asztalos Memorial has been held regularly in Hungary since 1958 till 1971.