Pál Faragó (Romanian: Paul Farago; * April 4, 1886 in Pereg, Kingdom of Hungary; † December 1, 1969 in Cluj) was a Hungarian chess composer who lived in Hungary and later in Romania.

His life
Faragó attended college in Kecskemét, studied polytechnics in Budapest, became a geodesic engineer and obtained his doctorate there. In 1910, he settled in Kolozsvár, which was annexed to Romania after the First World War on June 4, 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon.

In the last minutes of his life, Faragó played on his pocket chessboard, which was later buried with him.

Chess composing

Faragó published his first endgame study in 1899 at the age of 13. In addition to other awards, Faragó successfully participated in various chess olympiads. At the German “Chess Counter-Olympiad” in Munich in 1936, he received the gold medal out of 134 entries, and in 1952 he came third in Helsinki.

Faragó was awarded the titles “Master of Sport” and “Merited Master of Sport” in 1955 and 1961. In 1956 he was appointed International Arbiter of Chess Composition. Posthumously, he achieved the standard for the title of International Master of Chess Composition.

In November 1936, Faragó took over the studies department of the Revista Română de Şah, which he headed until the end. Faragó worked in the studies department of Magyar Sakkvilág for more than ten years.

One of Faragó's compositions called Labirint, published in the Magyar Sakkvilág magazine in 1944, was only published 19 years later.

"Paul Farago published his first study at the age of 13. He won the gold medal at the Munich Chess Olympiads in 1936 and was International Judge for studies. He held the chess study column of both magazines "Revista Română de Şah" and "Magyar Sakkvilág". He was renowned for his very difficult compositions, where Black often has hidden possibilities and White prevails after a tough battle.
Farago exposed his ideas regarding endgame studies in his book "Idei noi în şahul artistic" (New ideas in chess composition, 1956)." chesscomposers.blogspot.com

Others                                                                                                                                                                                            3 endgame studies composed by him are selected on the ARVES Internet site. The selection was made by Mario Guido García 

Source: chesscomposers.blogspot.com