Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau mai a Szabó ki Budapest, i uru atu ia ki te ao hākinakina i te tau 1935, i te tau 18, i te wikitōria i te tuatahi o ngā Whakataetae o Hungarian, he whakataetae ao i Tatatóváros, ā, i kōwhiria ia ki te tohu i tōna whenua ki te
Ko te Warsaw Chess Olympiad. E whakaarohia ana i ako te taiohi Szabó i raro i a Géza Maróczy, i taua wa he tangata rangatira i roto i te kaitakaro Hungarian i whakangungu i mua i nga toa o te ao, Max Euwe me Vera Menchik.