Riga 1930-1931 The main tournament was held in two groups (20 December 1930-1 January 1931), and the playoff between the winner of each group was held (15-27 January). Third Latvian Chess Congress/Third unofficial Latvian Chess Championship. Game Collection: 3rd Latvian Chess Congress 1930-1931 The Latvian Chess Union did not officially declare the winner of a Latvian Chess Congress masters tournament to be the "Latvian Chess Champion" until the fifth Congress in 1934-1935. In addition, winners of Latvian Chess Congress masters tournaments were not permitted to compete in subsequent Congress masters tournaments until the fifth Congress in 1934, and then in all subsequent Congresses. Informally, most sources will begin counting the Latvian Chess Champions from the winner of the first Latvian Chess Congress- H. Matisons in 1924- but a more historically accurate counting would list the first Latvian Chess Champion as the winner of the Fifth Latvian Chess Congress- F. Apsenieks in 1934-1935.
In the Third Latvian Chess Congress <Petrovs finished 1st> in group 1 with +13-0=0, then defeated group 2 winner M. Feigins in the championship match +4-1=3. Petrovs was awarded the Latvian Master title. Fride, p.6; Di Felice "Chess Results 1921-1930" pp.282-283; Сегодня", January 24, 1931, p.6; "Сегодня" January 22, 1931, p.5; "Сегодня "January 15, 1931, p.8; "Сегодня", December 7, 1930, p.16; Latvijas Saha Čempionāts; "Rigasche Rundschau", January 24, 1931, p. 13; Wikipedia article: 1930. gada Latvijas %C5%A1aha %C4%8Dempion%C4%81ts
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Petrov became a chess master after gaining the title of 3rd Latvian Chess Congress winner on January 23, 1931.
"Yesterday late night the game from the match ended as a draw. Petrov achieved 5.5 points and won the match".
"Сегодня", January 24, 1931, page 6.
"Yesterday the game number 6 of chess match between Petrov and Feigin once more resulted in winning by Petrov.
... Petrov achieved 4.5 points, Feigin 1.5. The game 7 will start today at 6 p.m in Jewish club. Petrov is playing White. In case if Petrov will win today, the match will be finished and the title of Latvian maestro will get Petrov".
"Сегодня", January 22, 1931, page 5.
"Chess match for the title of Latvian maestro will start today between winners of the 2 divisions of recently finished chess tournament Petrov and Feigin ..."
"Сегодня", January 15, 1931, page 8.
"The deadline for enlisting to chess tournament of the 3rd Latvian Chess Congress, that will be open at December 23rd, is December 10th. ... the tournament for the title of maestro will include two groups of 14 players ..."
"Сегодня", December 7, 1930, page 16.
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Additional source of the Petrov's master title: "Rigasche Rundschau", January 24, 1931, p. 13.
Petrow - Schachmeister.
Der gestrige Wettkampf Petrow - Feigin endete in später Nachtstunde unentschieden. Von den vorgesehenen 10 Spielen hat Petrow somit 5 1/2 gewonnen und ist als Sieger aus dem Wettkämpf hervorgegangen.
Petrov - chess master.
Yesterday's competition Petrov - Feigin ended in a late night draw. Of the 10 games Petrov has won 5 1/2 and emerged victorious from the competition.
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Event "3rd Latvian congress"
Site "Riga"
Date "1930.12.26"
EventDate "1930.12.23"
Round "5"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Result "1-0"
Source "'Сегодня' December 31, 1930, page 5"
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.Be3 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Bh6 Na5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. d5 Rc5 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Qe3 Kg7 21.h4 h5 22. Nd4 Qd6 23. e5 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Rh8 25. Bxg6 Qg4 26. Be4 Nc4 27. Qg5+ Qxg5 28. hxg5 Nxe5 29. Nf5+ Kf8 30. d6 1-0
Petrov vs L Dreibergs, 1930
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Event "3rd Latvian Congress"
Site "Riga"
Date "1930.12.27"
EventDate "1930.12.23"
Round "6"
White "Hasenfuss, Wolfgang R"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Source "'Rigasche Dundschau', January 17, 1931, p. 21"
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Bd7 8. h3 Qc8 9. Kh2 h5 10. f3 a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. c3 Nf5 15.Bd2 Be5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Ng1 Nh6 18. Nf3 h4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. gxh4 Nf5 21. Qe2 Nxh4 22. Rfe1 O-O-O 23. Qxe7 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxh3 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Bg5 Qxe7 27.Rxe7 Rxd3 28. c4 Rd4 29. Bf6 Rxc4 30. Rae1 Rd7 31. Re8+ Kc7 32. R1e7 Rxe7 33.Rxe7+ Kb6 0-1
W Hasenfuss vs Petrov, 1930
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Event "3rd Latvian Congress"
Site "Riga"
Date "1930.12.31"
EventDate "1930.12.23"
Round "12"
White "Elisons, Nils"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Source "'Latvis', January 9, 1931, p. 6"
1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bg5 d4 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Ne4 f5 8.Ned2 e5 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. e3 Bxb3 12. cxb3 Bxc5 13. exd4 Bb4+ 14. Nd2 Qxd4 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Bc4 e4 17. O-O-O Qxf2 18. Rhf1 Qe3 19. Rde1 Qh6 20. g4 Rad8 21. g5 Qxh2 22. Re2 Qh3 23. g6 hxg6 24. Rg1 Qh6 25. Reg2 Ne5 0-1
N Elisons vs Petrov, 1930
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Event "3rd Latvian congress group 1"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1930.12.??"
EventDate "1930.12.23"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "Eklons, Alfreds"
Black "Skuja, Roberts"
Source "Rigasche Rundschau Nr.19 (24.01.1931)"
http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-...
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bg4 6. Bf4
Nge7 7. Nbd2 Ng6 8. Bg3 Qd7 9. b4 Qe6 10. Qa4 O-O-O 11. b5
Ncxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxa7 Nd3+ 14. Kd1 Nb2+ 15. Kc1 Nxc4
16. Qa8+ Kd7 17. Qxb7 Bxa3+ 18. Kd1 d3 19. Qc6+ Qxc6
20. bxc6+ Kxc6 21. Nxc4 dxe2+ 22. Kc2 Bf5+ 23. Kb3 Rd3+
24. Ka4 Ra8+ 25. Na5+ Kc5 0-1
A Eklons vs R Skuja, 1930
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Event "3rd Latvian congress group 1"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1930.12.??"
EventDate "1930.12.23"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "Teodors Zeids"
Black "Janis Fride"
Source "Rigasche Rundschau Nr.2 (03.01.1931)"
http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-...
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O
d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. e5
dxe5 12. Re1 Nge7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nxe5 Qf5
16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. Bf4 h5 18. Ne4 Nxd5 19. Rad1 c6 20. Rxd5+
cxd5 21. Nd6 Qe6 22. Nexf7+ 1-0
T Zeids vs J Fride, 1930
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Event "3rd Latvian congress group 1"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1930.12.??"
EventDate "1930.12.23"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "Wolfgang R Hasenfuss"
Black "Alfred J Krumins"
Source "Rigasche Rundschau Nr.2 (03.01.1931)"
http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-...
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Be2
d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. h3 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qd2 Bd7
12. Rad1 Rac8 13. Bf3 b5 14. Nb3 Nb8 15. Qf2 Bc6 16. Bb6
Qb7 17. Na5 Qa8 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. e5 Ne8 20. Nd5 Qb7
21. Nb4 dxe5 22. Qc5 Nxb4 23. Bxb7 Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Nxc2
25. Bxe7 Ne3 26. Bxf8 Bxf8 27. Bxa6 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 exf4
29. Bxb5 Nf6 30. a4 Ne4 31. Rd8 1-0
W Hasenfuss vs A Krumins, 1930
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PLAYOFF VS FEIGINS
Event "3rd Latvian Congress playoff"
Site "Riga"
Date "1931.01.15"
EventDate "1930.12.23"
Round "1"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Feigin, Movsa"
Result "1-0"
ECO "A11"
PlyCount "127"
Source "'Сегодня' January 22, 1931, p. 8"
1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. c4 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Be2 Qe7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 e5 13. Qh4 Qxh4 14. Nxh4 Re8 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. Bf3 e4 19. Bd1 Bd6 20. Bc2 Be5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Nf1 Bf5 23. Re2 Rae8 24. Rae1 R5e6 25. h3 h5 26. Ne3 Bg6 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Re5 29. Kh2 Nh7 30. Nd5 Ng5 31. f4 Nf3+ 32. Kg3 Nxe1 33. Rxe1 Rxd5 34.cxd5 f5 35. Re3 Rd8 36. d3 Rxd5 37. dxe4 fxe4 38. f5 Bf7 39. Bxe4 Rd7 40. g5
Kf8 41. Kf4 b5 42. g6 Bd5 43. Bxd5 Rxd5 44. Re6 c4 45. bxc4 bxc4 46. Rc6 Rd2 47. a4 Rf2+ 48. Ke4 c3 49. Rxc3 Ra2 50. Rc4 Ke8 51. Ke5 Kd7 52. Rd4+ Ke7 53.Rb4 Re2+ 54. Re4 Ra2 55. Kf4+ Kf8 56. Rc4 Ke7 57. Rc7+ Kf8 58. Rf7+ Kg8 59. Ra7 Rxa4+ 60. Kg5 Kf8 61. Ra8+ Ke7 62. Rg8 Rb4 63. Rxg7+ Kf8 64. Ra7 1-0
Petrov vs M Feigin, 1931
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Event "3rd Latvian Congress playoff"
Site "Riga"
Date "1931.01.16"
EventDate "1930.12.23"
Round "2"
White "Feigin, Movsa"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "'Сегодня' January 22, 1931, p. 8"
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nd2 f5 9. f3 e5 10. fxe4 exd4 11. exd4 O-O 12. Bc4+ Be6 13. Bxe6+ Qxe6 14. O-O Nd7 15. e5 Rad8 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Qb3 Nxe5 18. Rxf5 Qxb3 19. axb3 Nd3 20.Rxa7 Re2 21. Nf1 Rb8 22. Rfa5 Ne1 23. Re5 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Nd3 25. Ne3 Nxe5 26.Nd5 c6 27. Nb6 Kf7 28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Ke6 30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Ra5 Rf8+ 32. Ke3
Re8+ 33. Kd3 Rf8 34. Rg5 g6 35. c5+ Ke6 36. b4 Rf2 37. Rg3 Kf6 38. Ke3 Rc2 39.Kd3 Rf2 1/2-1/2
M Feigin vs Petrov, 1931
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Event "3rd Latvian Congress playoff"
Site "Riga"
Date "1931.01.17"
EventDate "1930.12.23"
Round "3"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Feigin, Movsa"
Result "1-0"
Source "'Сегодня' January 23, 1931, p. 8"
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 Red8 14. Qe1 Be6 15.Qf2 b6 16. g4 Nb4 17. Bf3 Bc4 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Bd4 e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bg2 Nbc6 22. Be3 Ne7 23. Nd4 Be6 24. Bg5 Nc4 25. Ndb5 Qb7 26. e5 d5 27. Qf4 Qd7 28.Ne4 Qxb5 29. Bxe7 Bxe5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Bxf6 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Re8 33. b3 Na3 34.Bd4 Qe7 35. Qe5 f6 36. Qxe6+ Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Bxd5 Rce8 39. c4 Nc2 40.
Bxf6 Ne3 41. Bxe6+ Rxe6 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. g5 Nf5 44. Rd7+ Ke8 45. Rxa7 Re2 46.Kg1 Nh4 47. Kf1 Rd2 48. Rxh7 1-0
Petrov vs M Feigin, 1931
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Event "3rd Latvian Congress playoff"
Site "Riga"
Date "1931.01.19"
EventDate "1930.12.23"
Round "4"
White "Feigin, Movsa"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "1-0"
Source "'Latvis', January 23, 1931, p. 4"
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. d5 Ne8 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. f4 h6 14. Nd3 Kh7 15. Rae1 Nef6 16. Bf3 Ng8 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Kh1 a6 19. a4 Rae8 20. Bg3 Bc8 21. e5 Nb8 22.Bh2 Bd7 23. Re2 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. cxb5 Qb6 26. b4 cxb4 27. Nxb4 Bxb5 28.Nxb5 Qxb5 29. Rfe1 Rd8 30. Be4 Na6 31. Nc6 Ra8 32. Rb1 Qa4 33. Bc2 Qa3 34. Re3
1-0
M Feigin vs Petrov, 1931
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Event "3rd Latvian Congress playoff"
Site "Riga"
Date "1931.01.20"
EventDate "1930.12.23"
Round "5"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Feigin, Movsa"
Result "1-0"
Source "'Jaunākās Ziņas', Febuary 06, 1931, p. 16"
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Nxa5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Qxa5 15. h3 d5 16. e5 Nh5 17. d4 Ng3 18. f6 Nxf1 19. Qxf1 exf6 20. exf6 Rfe8 21. Qf3 Bxf6 22. Rf1 Bg7 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Bf2 Rf8 25. Qxb7 Rab8 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Nxd5 Rxb2 28. Be3 Rd8 29. Nf4 Bxd4 30. Bxd4+ Rxd4 31. Ne6 1-0
Petrov vs M Feigin, 1931
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Event "3rd Latvian Congress playoff"
Site "Riga"
Date "1931.01.21"
EventDate "1930.12.23"
Round "6"
White "Feigin, Movsa"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Source "Fride's Petrovs bio pp.78-79"
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.dxc5 d4 6.Ne4 f5 7.Nd2 e5 8.c3 dxc3 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.e3 Bxc5 11.Bc4 Qg5 12.Ngf3 Qf6 13.Rg1 0-0 14.g4 Kh8 15.g5 Qd6 16.e4 Bxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Qc5+ 18.Kg2 fxe4 19.Ne1 Rd8 20.Qe2 Bg4 21.Qxg4 Rxd2+ 22.Be2 Qxc3 23.Rd1 Nd4 24.Rxd2 Qxd2 25.Kf1 Qxa2 26.Qxe4 Qxe2+ 27.Qxe2 Nxe2 28.Kxe2 a5 29.Nd3 a4 30.Rb1 a3 31.Kd2 Ra5 32.h4 Kg7 33.Ke3 b5 34.Nb4 a2 35.Ra1 Ra4 36.Nxa2 b4 37.Rb1 Rxa2 38.Rxb4 Rh2 39.Kf3 h5 40.Kg3 Rd2 41.Rb3 Rd4 42.Re3 Rg4+ 43.Kh3 e4 44.Ra3 Kf8 45.Ra5 Ke7 46.Rf5 Ke6 47.Rf6+ Kd5 48.Rxf7 e3 0-1
M Feigin vs Petrov, 1931
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