Sterk, Károly
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1907 |
32 |
2472 | (66) | 6 |
| 1908 |
33 |
2471 | (61) | 0 |
| 1909 |
37 |
2470 | (52) | 10 |
| 1910 |
37 |
2471 | (50) | 0 |
| 1911 |
36 |
2473 | (40) | 23 |
| 1912 |
47 |
2454 | (34) | 31 |
| 1913 |
56 |
2437 | (37) | 30 |
| 1914 |
50 |
2433 | (50) | 0 |
| 1915 |
48 |
2429 | (55) | 0 |
| 1916 |
49 |
2425 | (55) | 0 |
| 1917 |
51 |
2421 | (48) | 14 |
| 1918 |
60 |
2413 | (50) | 8 |
| 1919 |
70 |
2396 | (55) | 0 |
| 1920 |
80 |
2380 | (54) | 0 |
| 1921 |
104 |
2364 | (47) | 11 |
| 1922 |
138 |
2347 | (46) | 9 |
| 1923 |
128 |
2355 | (46) | 0 |
| 1924 |
121 |
2364 | (36) | 29 |
| 1925 |
129 |
2360 | (35) | 21 |
| 1926 |
184 |
2334 | (31) | 46 |
| 1927 |
262 |
2306 | (38) | 11 |
| 1928 |
402 |
2263 | (39) | 16 |
| 1929 |
259 |
2312 | (40) | 9 |
| 1930 |
173 |
2358 | (37) | 21 |
| 1931 |
139 |
2383 | (32) | 40 |
| 1932 |
183 |
2354 | (33) | 26 |
| 1933 |
317 |
2302 | (32) | 37 |
| 1934 |
267 |
2322 | (32) | 31 |
| 1935 |
332 |
2305 | (33) | 30 |
| 1936 |
338 |
2299 | (36) | 28 |
| 1937 |
385 |
2284 | (42) | 14 |
| 1938 |
382 |
2289 | (53) | 0 |
| 1939 |
358 |
2294 | (56) | 11 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Sterk, Károly |
| Born: 29 Sep. 1881 |
| Died: 10 Dec. 1946 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 317 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 338 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 404 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 374 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 407 |
| Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 144, 317 |
| Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 262 |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Tournament data
| Budapest 1909 |
Winter Tournament |
5.5 | / | 10 |
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| Budapest 1911 (1) |
Budapest Club Tournament |
11 | / | 14 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1911 (2) |
Hungarian Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier |
6 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Pistyan 1912 |
Pistyan Tournament |
9 | / | 17 |
| | | |
| Temesvar 1912 (1) |
4th Hungarian Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier |
6.5 | / | 14 |
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| Budapest 1913 (1) |
Budapest Tournament |
2.5 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1913 (2) |
Budapest Club Tournament |
7 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Debrecen 1913 (1) |
5th Hungarian Chess Federation Congress - Championship |
6 | / | 10 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1917 |
Budapest Tournament |
4 | / | 8 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1918 (1) |
Budapest Masters Tournament |
3.5 | / | 8 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1921 (2) |
Budepest Tournament |
4 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1922 (1) |
6th Hungarian Chess Federation Congress - Championship Tournament |
4 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Paris 1924 (4) |
Olympic Tournament - Preliminary Section 1 |
3 | / | 5 |
| | | |
| Paris 1924 (14) |
Olympic Tournament - Consolation Cup |
4.5 | / | 8 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1924 (2) |
Olympic Training Tournament |
7.5 | / | 12 |
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| Budapest 1924 (4) |
Olympic Training Tournament |
1.5 | / | 4 |
| | | |
| Gyor 1925 (1) |
Hungary - Austria Match |
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Sterk, K. - Muller, Ha. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1925 (2) |
Budapest Tournament |
7 | / | 10 |
| | | |
|
Sterk, K. - Lovas, G. |
1 - 1 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1925 (3) |
Budapest Tournament |
5.5 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1926 (5) |
Budapest Team Tournament |
| | | | | | |
|
Sterk, K. - Moritz, B. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
| | | |
|
Sterk, K. - Balogh, J. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
| | | |
| Bardejov 1926 |
Bardejov Tournament |
5 | / | 12 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1926 (6) |
Budepest Defense Tournament |
3.5 | / | 11 |
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| Budapest 1926 (7) |
Budapest Tournament |
4.5 | / | 8 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1926 (8) |
Budapest Tournament |
6.5 | / | 8 |
| | | |
| London, England 1927 (4) |
20th British Chess Federation Congress - Premier Tournament |
6.5 | / | 11 |
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| Budapest 1928 (1) |
Budapest Tournament |
2 | / | 7 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1928 (3) |
Budapest Club Tournament |
0 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1929 (2) |
Budapest Tournament |
4.5 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Vienna 1930 (2) |
Budapest - Vienna Team Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Sterk, K. - Becker, A. |
0 - 1 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1930 (1) |
Lajos Szasz Memorial Tournament |
8 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1930 (3) |
Buda Club Tournament |
6.5 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1931 (1) |
9th Hungarian National and Szavay Memorial Tournament |
10.5 | / | 14 |
| | | |
| Prague 1931 (5) |
4th Olympiad |
5 | / | 11 |
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| Budapest 1931 (2) |
Budapest Chess Association Tournament |
12 | / | 16 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1932 (1) |
10th Hungarian National Tournament |
7.5 | / | 17 |
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| Budapest 1932 (2) |
Budapest Chess Association Tournament |
7 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1933 (1) |
Pre-Olympiad Tournament |
3 | / | 12 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1933 (2) |
11th Hungarian National Tournament - Major Section |
4.5 | / | 14 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1933 (4) |
Budapest Chess Association Tournament |
4.5 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1934 (1) |
12th Hungarian National Tournament and Maroczy Jubilee - Major Section |
8 | / | 16 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1934 (6) |
Budapest International Tournament |
5.5 | / | 15 |
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| Budapest 1935 |
Kempelen Memorial Tournament |
6.5 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| Tata 1935 (1) |
13th Hungarian National Tournament - Major |
6.5 | / | 17 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1936 (1) |
Barasz Memorial Tournament |
6.5 | / | 14 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1936 (5) |
Lederer Memorial Tournament |
9.5 | / | 14 |
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| Budapest 1937 (2) |
15th Hungarian National Tournament |
5 | / | 14 |
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| Budapest 1939 (2) |
Deri Memorial Tournament |
6.5 | / | 11 |
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| Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026 |
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