Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ ya na Budapest, Szabó banyere n'egwuregwu egwuregwu mba ụwa na 1935, mgbe ọ dị afọ 18, merie nke mbụ nke Hungarian Championships, asọmpi mba ụwa na Tatatóváros, a họpụtakwara ya ka ọ nọchite anya obodo ya na
Warsaw Chess Olympiad. A na-eche na Szabó na-eto eto na-amụ ihe n'okpuru Géza Maróczy, mgbe ahụ, ọ bụ nna nna na Hungary chess onye zụrụ ndị mmeri ụwa n'ọdịnihu, Max Euwe na Vera Menchik.