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1 Vladimirs Petrovs Tournaments/Matches 1923-19 This is not a complete list of every event Vladimir Petrov played in, but it covers all of his major tournaments and matches. The list spans a relatively short period from 1924 to 1942 because Petrov was arrested by the NKVD and died in a Soviet gulag in 1943. Still, he managed to win the Latvian Championship four times and won several international events, most notably Kemeri (1937). After the Russian annexation of Latvia in 1940, Petrov played only in Soviet tournaments and began to post more consistent results- results strong enough to suggest that this was a chess master who had been cut down in his prime. Many thanks to User: hemy for contributing much valuable research to this project, including all of the many events sourced to contemporaneous magazines and newspapers. ################################ Riga 1922 Blitz Match vs. Viktors Rosenbergs. <Petrovs won the match> Fride, p.158 [Event "Blitz Match" Site "Riga" Date "1922.??.??" EventDate "1922" Round "?" Result "1-0" White "Victors Rosenbergs" Black "Vladimir Petrov" ECO "B10" WhiteElo "?" BlackElo "?" Source "Fride, Andris 'Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story', 2004, p56" PlyCount "29" 1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Na4 e5 5. Bc4 b5 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qxe5 Bg7 9. Qc5 bxa4 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Ne5+ Bxe5 13. fxe5+ Kg7 14. Qf8+ Kh7 15. Rf7# 1-0 ] V Rosenbergs vs Vladimir Petrov, 1922 ############# Riga 1923 (19 January) Riga-2 Chess Club Blitz Tournament. <Petrovs finished 2nd>, behind H. Mattisons, ahead of K. Betins, A. Taube and others, scoring 15.5/22. ["Ilustrēts Žurnāls", February 9, 1923, p.18; "Rigasche Rundschau", January 25, 1923, p.10. ] ################ Riga 1923 (31 January) Riga-2 Chess Club Blitz Tournament. <Petrovs finished 11th>, behind H. Mattisons, A. Taube, and others, scoring 12.5/25. "Ilustrēts Žurnāls", February 9, 1923, page 18 ################ Riga 1923 (1 February) Riga 2 Chess Club Blitz Tournament. <Petrovs shared 4th> with A. Strautmanis, behind F. Apsenieks, H. Mattisons, and A. Taube, scoring 22/29. "Rigasche Rundschau", February 1, 1923, p.7 ################ Riga 1923 (23 March) Riga 2 Chess Club Blitz Tournament. <Petrovs finished 5th>, behind F. Apsenieks, H. Mattisons, A. Taube and A. Hartmann, scoring 26.5/35. Fride, p.3; "Ilustrēts Žurnāls", March 30, 1923, p. 15 ################ Riga 1923 (May) Riga 2 Chess Club Winter Season Swiss Tournament Reserves. <Petrovs finished 2nd>, scoring 8.5/12. "Ilustrēts Žurnāls" June 8, 1923, p.18; "Rigasche Rundschau", July 24, 1925, p.7 ################ Riga 1923 (5 October) Riga 2 Blitz Tournament. <Petrovs shared 2nd> with L. Halperns, behind F. Apsenieks, scoring 21/27. "Ilustrēts Žurnāls", October 12, 1923, p.19. ################ Riga 1923 (26 October) Riga 2 Chess Club Blitz Tournament. <Petrovs shared 3rd> with A. Taube, behind H. Mattisons and F. Apsenieks, scoring 27.5/33. "Ilustrēts Žurnāls", November 2, 1923, p. 23. ################ Riga 1924 (29 April) First Latvian Chess Congress (Reserves Tournament). <Petrovs finished 1st>, over A. Meersons and K. Knauts, scoring +7-0=2. Petrovs was promoted from Category 3 to Category 1 rating after this event. Andris Fride, "Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story from Greatness to the Gulag" (Caissa Editions, 2004), p.3; "Latvis", April 29, 1924, p.5; "Ilustrēts Žurnāls", May 2, 1924, p.14; "Сегодня", December 12, 1926, p.4 ################ Riga 1924 (1 October-1 June) Riga Chess Club Swiss Tournament. <Petrovs finished 1st> over A. Strautmanis and others, scoring 17/20. "Rigasche Rundschau", July 24, 1925, p.7; "Latvijas Vēstnesis", June 6, 1925, p.6. ############################ Riga 1924 (3 November) Blitz Tournament. <Petrovs finished 3rd> behind H. Mattisons and A. Taube, scoring 25/31. "Sachs", November 3, 1924, p.6 ################ Riga 1925 (9 January) Riga 2 Chess Club Blitz Tournament. <Petrovs shared 3rd> with W. Zamuels, behind F. Apsenieks and A. Strautmanis, scoring 25/30. "Rigasche Rundschau", January 16, 1925, p.9 ################ Riga 1925 (9 February) Riga Chess Club (formerly Riga 2 Chess Club) Blitz Tournament. <Petrovs finished 3rd> behind F. Apsenieks and H. Mattisons, scoring 22/27. "Rigasche Rundschau", February 13, 1925, p.7 ################ Riga 1925 (February) Russian (Lomonosov) Secondary School vs Latvian City Gymnasium match. "Latvijas Vēstnesis", February 28, 1925, p.6 [Event "Russian Secondary-City Gymnasium match" Site "Riga LAT" Date "1925.02.22" EventDate "?" Round "?" Result "1/2-1/2" White "Vladimir Petrov" Black "Augusts Strautmanis" ECO "C80" WhiteElo "?" BlackElo "?" Source "Latvijas Vestnesis, Feb 28, 1925, p6" PlyCount "76" 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Nxe5 Be7 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bf6 12. Re1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 d6 14. c4 Bf5 15. d3 Qd7 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Re3 Rxe3 20. fxe3 Qe6 21. Kf2 c6 22. e4 Bg6 23. g4 Qe7 24. Kg3 h5 25. h4 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Qf8 27. h5 Bh7 28. Kf4 f6 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. h6 Bg8 31. Qf5 Bh7 32. hxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qd7+ Kg6 34. Qxb7 Qh6+ 35. Kf3 Qh3+ 36. Ke2 Qg2+ 37. Kd1 Qf1+ 38. Kd2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2 ] Vladimir Petrov vs A Strautmanis, 1925 ################ Riga 1925 (8 March) Riga Chess Club vs Riga Chess Federation match. <Petrov scored +1-0=0> vs. P. Kupfers. Riga Chess Club won the match 9-4. "Nedēļa", March 13, 1925, p.46 ################ Riga 1926 (2-21 November) First Riga Championship. <Petrovs finished 1st>, over T. Bergs, F. Apsenieks, and others. Fride pp.3-4; Gino Di Felice, "Chess Results 1921-1930" (McFarland,2006), p.149; "Pirmadiena", Nr.90, November 22, 1926, p.3; "Brāvā Tāvija", November 23, 1926, p.4 Fride Game 10 Apsenieks-Petrovs 0-1, pp.45-46 ################ Riga 1926-1927 (23 December-2 January) Second Latvian Chess Congress (Masters Tournament). In the Latvian Chess Congress series, the winner of each edition's Masters Tournament would be regarded as the Chess Champion of Latvia. <Petrovs shared 2nd> with T. Bergs, behind F. Apsenieks. Fride, pp.3-4; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1921-1930" p.150; Latvijas šaha čempionāts; "Rīgas Ziņas", December 23, 1926, p.1; "Libausche Zeitung", January 5, 1927, p.5 [Event "2nd Latvian Chess Congress"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1926.12.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Vladimir Petrov"] [Black "Indrikis Strazdins"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "Rigasche Rundschau, February 5, 1927, p15"] [PlyCount "43"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nfd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rfd1 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 b6 16. Rad1 Ng6 17. h4 Bb7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxe6 Bc6 21. Rd6 Be8 22. Bd5 1-0 ################ Riga 1928 (1-12 April) Riga University vs Tartu University Match. <Petrovs scored +1-0=1> against J.Turn on first board. The match was tied 10-10. "Jaunākās Ziņas", April 3, 1928 p.6. Vladimir Petrov vs J Turn, 1928 ############# Riga 1928 (June-July) Latvian National Team Selection Tournament. The top two finishers of this event would join Latvian masters H. Mattisons, F. Apsenieks, and K. Betins on the Latvian national team at the upcoming Chess Olympiad in The Hague. A. Strautmanis won the tournament. <Petrovs finished shared 2nd> with A. Taube and M. Feigin, but was selected to the national team over the latter two because he demonstrated "masterful positional play." As it turned out, by the time the Hague Olympiad began, neither H. Mattisons nor K. Betins competed. The Latvian national team comprised F. Apsenieks, A. Strautmanis, V. Petrovs, A. Taube, and A. Melnbardis. "Сегодня", July 20, 1928, p.6; http://www.olimpbase.org/1928/1928l... Movse Feigin vs Vladimir Petrov, 1928 ################ The Hague Olympiad 1928 (21 July-5 August) Game Collection: The Hague Olympiad 1928 (Petrov's games) <Petrovs scored 53.1%> on third board for Latvia. Fride, p.5; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1921-1930" p.224; olimpbase http://www.olimpbase.org/1928/1928i... Vladimir Petrov vs K Makarczyk, 1928 ################ Riga 1929 (February) Riga Chess Club Winter Tournament. <Petrovs finished 1st> over N. Elisons, T. Berg and others, scoring 11/13 "Latvis", February 8, 1929, p. 7; "Rigasche Rundschau", February 8, p. 15 ################ Tartu 1929 (25-26 March) Riga University vs Tartu University Match. <Petrovs scored +1-0=1> against J.Turn on first board. Riga University won the match 10.5-9.5 "Pāewaleht", Number 88, 3 April 1929, p.5 J Turn vs Vladimir Petrov, 1929 Vladimir Petrov vs J Turn, 1929 ################ Ventspils (Vindava) 1929 (31 August-10 September) Ventspils Chess Club 30th Memorial Tournament. <Petrovs shared 4th>, behind A. Strautmanis, F. Apsenieks, T. Bergs, and N. Elisons. Fride, p.5; "Latvis", September 13, 1929, p.6; "Сегодня", August 30, 1929, p.8; "Сегодня", September 11, 1929, p.8 ################ Riga 1929 (28-29 December) First Riga vs. Kaunas Match (This match would become a traditional event, later named Latvia vs. Lithuania Match). <Petrovs scored +2-0=0> against G. Gladštein on 5th board. Riga won the match 10-4. "Latvijas Sargs", December 31, 1929, p.8; "Сегодня", December 30, 1929, Page 6 Vladimir Petrov vs Gerz Gladstein, 1929 ########### Hamburg Olympiad 1930 (13-27 July) Game Collection: Hamburg Olympiad 1930 (Petrov's games) <Petrovs scored 64.7%> on second board for Latvia. Fride, p.6; Fride, p.7; Di Felice,"Chess Results 1921-1930" pp.291-294; olimpbase http://www.olimpbase.org/1930/1930i... Tartakower vs Vladimir Petrov, 1930 Marshall vs Vladimir Petrov, 1930 ############### Riga 1930-1931 (23 December-23 January) Third Latvian Chess Congress (Masters Tournament). <Petrovs finished 1st> in Division One with +13-0=0, then defeated Division 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 šaha čempionāts; "Rigasche Rundschau", January 24, 1931, p. 13 Event "3rd Latvian chess congress" Site "Riga" Date "1930.12.26" Round "5" White "Petrov, Vladimir" Black "Dreibergs, Leonids" Result "1-0" ECO "D85" PlyCount "59" Source "Latvian newspaper in Russian language '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 The game from round 6 of 3rd Latvian Chess Congress with Wolfgang Hasenfuss. Wolfgang R Hasenfuss Event "3rd Latvian chess Congress" Site "Riga" Date "1930.12.27" Round "6" White "Hasenfuss, Wolfgang" Black "Petrov, Vladimir" Result "0-1" ECO "B25" PlyCount "66" Source "Latvian newspaper in German language '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 The game from round 12 of 3rd Latvian Chess Congress with N. Elisons. Event "3rd Latvian Chess Congress" Site "Riga" Date "1930.12.31" Round "12" White "Elisons, N." Black "Petrov, Vladimir" Result "0-1" ECO "D00" PlyCount "50" Source "Latvian newspaper '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 PLAYOFF VS FEIGINS Event "championship match game 1" Site "Riga" Date "1931.01.15" Round "1" White "Petrov, Vladimir" Black "Feigin, Movse" Result "1-0" ECO "A11" PlyCount "127" Source "Latvian newspaper in Russian language '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 Event "championship match game 2" Site "Riga" Date "1931.01.16" Round "2" White "Feigin, Movse" Black "Petrov, Vladimir" Result "1/2-1/2" ECO "D03" PlyCount "78" Source "Latvian newspaper in Russian language '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 Event "championship match game 3" Site "Riga" Date "1931.01.17" Round "3" White "Petrov, Vladimir" Black "Feigin, Movse" Result "1-0" ECO "B73" PlyCount "95" Source "Latvian newspaper in Russian language '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 Event "championship match game 4" Site "Riga" Date "1931.01.19" Round "4" White "Feigin, Movse" Black "Petrov, Vladimir" Result "1-0" ECO "E90" PlyCount "67" Source "Latvian newspaper '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 Event "championship match - game 5" Site "Riga" Date "1931.01.20" Round "5" White "Petrov, Vladimir" Black "Feigin, Movse" Result "1-0" ECO "B74" PlyCount "61" Source "Latvian newspaper '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 ######################### 0 games, 14th NSW v Victoria telegraph match (1894-1895) 14th NSW v Victoria telegraph match (1894-1895) Tournament Results board (partial): NSW v Victoria telegraph match (1895) Source: http://www.ozbase.com.au/games.html 9 games, 1895 1930 - Hamburg Olympiad (Alekhine's Games) Compiled and written by TheFocus chessforum #################################### Alekhine played first board for France in the 3rd Olympiad, played at Hamburg, Germany. This was the first time that a reigning world champion was to play in a Chess Olympiad. The French team finished in 12th place out of the 18 participating countries. Poland, led by Akiva Rubinstein, took first place, with Hungary second, and Germany in third. Alekhine won the brilliancy prize for his game against Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden). He did not win a medal because the medalists played 17 games each. Alekhine rested during his scheduled games against the strongest opponents he would have faced, including Flohr, Marshall, Maroczy, Rubinstein, and Sultan Khan. In <Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946>, authors Skinner and Verhoeven speculate on the reason for this behavior: "The reason for this was probably due more to his unwillingness to undertake the time and effort required in the absence of any substantial prize money, rather than any fear of meeting those particular opponents." 9 games, 1930 1931 - Prague Olympiad (Alekhine's Games) Compiled and written by TheFocus chessforum The 4th Olympiad took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia with 19 teams competing. Alekhine played on Board one for France in every round, taking no rest days and achieving a score of 10 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss to achieve the highest score on board 1. The loss to Mattison was Alekhine's first loss in serious competition since winning the World Champion's title four years earlier. The United States finished in first place, followed by Poland in second place, and Czechoslovakia in third. 18 games, 1931 1931 Nice Consultation Compiled and written by TheFocus chessforum A rather unusual training event was organized by the Cercle Alekhine, a recently founded chess club based in Nice. The world champion Alekhine, and two of the up and coming young stars, Salo Flohr and Gosta Stoltz agreed to participate. These were joined by two local players, Brian Reilly and the Russian emigre L. Monosson, who were both members of the Cercle Alekhine. The event took the form of a consultation tournament of twelve games between the masters, who were partnered in each case by one of the local amateurs. There were three prizes, but only the masters were eligible for these. The first half of the tournament was played in the Palais Mediterranee and the second half in the Cercle Alekhine. The event was easily won by Alekhine, who scored four wins and four draws. Flohr came second with two wins, three draws and three losses and Stoltz third with five draws and three losses. Monosson achieved the best result of the local players by scroing 7½ out of 12 and Reilly achieved 4½ out of 12. A number of the games appeared in various publications annotated by Alekhine himself, as a portend for the future, some were annotated in depth by the young Botvinnik for SHAKHMATNY LISTOK, indicating that the future world champion had already started to make a deep study of the possibility of a match for the world championship some time in the future - <Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946> by Skinner and Verhoeven. 8 games, 1931 1933 - Folkestone Olympiad (Alekhine's Games) Compiled and written by TheFocus chessforum The 4th Chess Olympiad was held in Folkestone, England. Alekhine again returned to play board one for France, competing in 12 of 14 matches, and achieving a score of 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, to Tartakower. The United States again won the event, with Czechoslovakia in second, and a three-way tie for 3rd to 5th places between Sweden, Poland and Hungary. France finished in 8th place. 12 games, 1933 1946 First Category tournaments <1946> (May - June) 1st Category tournaments: Riga, Latvia (May - June) Ivanovo (June) Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine (June) Zhdanovichi, Belarus (June) http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... ############## [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Zhdanovichi BLR USSR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ratmir Kholmov"] [Black "Shumakher"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bd7 14.d5 Nc4 15.g4 Rf8 16.Ng3 Ne8 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.gxf5 Nb6 19.Kh2 Qd8 20.Rg1 Kh8 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Nxg5 Nf6 23.Qe2 Qe7 24.Rg2 h6 25.h4 Nbd7 26.Nh3 Rg8 27.Rag1 Nf8 28.Qe3 N8h7 29.Bd1 Rab8 30.Kh1 Rbe8 31.Rh2 Rb8 32.Rg3 Rbe8 33.Ng1 Rb8 34.Rgg2 Ra8 35.Nf3 Nd7 36.h5 Qf6 37.Nh4 Nhf8 38.Rg4 Re8 39.Ng6+ Kh7 40.Rhg2 Nb6 41.Nxf8+ Rexf8 42.b3 Na8 43.Rg6 Qe7 44.f6 Qxf6 45.Rxf6 gxf6 46.Rxg8 Rxg8 47.Qf3 Kg7 48.Qg4+ Kh7 49.Qd7 1-0 Kholmov vs A Shumakher, 1946 === [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Zhdanovichi URS"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kholmov Ratmir D (RUS)"] [Black "Aizenshtadt M"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B24"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.Bf4 e5 8.Be3 Nd4 9.O-O d6 10.f4 Be6 11.h3 Qd7 12.Kh2 h5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 h4 15.g4 Nxe2 16.Qxe2 exf4 17.Bxf4 Bxb2 18.Rab1 Bf6 19.Kh1 O-O 20.Qf2 Bg7 21.Qxh4 Rae8 22.Bg5 Nc8 23.Bf6 Bxf6 24.Rxf6 Kg7 25.Rbf1 Rh8 26.Qg5 Re7 27.Be4 Qe8 28.h4 Rh7 29.h5 Kg8 30.Qf4 Rxe4 31.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 32.dxe4 gxh5 33.g5 Rg7 34.g6 Rxg6 35.Rxf7 Nb6 36.Rxb7 Nc4 37.Rxa7 Nd2 38.Rg1 Rxg1+ 39.Kxg1 Nxe4 40.a4 Nc3 41.a5 Nxd5 42.Rb7 Nb4 43.Rxb4 1-0 Kholmov vs M Aizenshtadt, 1946 === [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Alekseev"] [Black "Vasily Skotorenko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Source "rusbase"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qxf6 Rg8 14. Be2 Be7 15. Qf4 Bg5 16. Qe4 Bb7 17. Bf3 O-O-O 18. Rd1 b4 19. Na4 Qb5 20. b3 c3 21. h4 Be7 22. g3 Rd7 23. Qe2 Rgd8 24. O-O Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Qe3 Qd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Bh5 Rd2 29. Rc1 c2 30. Kf1 Bf8 31. Ke1 Bh6 32. f4 Rg2 33. Bxf7 Rg1+ 34. Kd2 Rg2+ 35. Ke3 Rxg3+ 36. Kf2 Bxf4 37. Bxe6+ Kc7 38. Rxc2 Bxe5 39. Rc4 Bd6 40. h5 Rg5 41. Rg4 Rxh5 42. Rg7+ Kb8 1/2-1/2 Alekseev vs V Skotorenko, 1946 === [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Strelchin"] [Black "Vasily Skotorenko"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "rusbase"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Nf3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nf4 Qc7 12. Bd2 c4 13. Qe2 b5 14. b4 cxb3 15. axb3 Qb7 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. h4 a5 18. g4 b4 19. c4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rfc8 21. Qd3 a4 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. bxa4 Na5 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. d5 Nc4 26. dxe6 Ndxe5 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. exf7+ Nxf7 29. Qe2 Bf8 30. f3 b3 31. Be3 Qe8 32. Bc1 Qxa4 33. Qb2 Bc5+ 34. Kh1 Bd4 35. Qe2 b2 36. Bxb2 Bxb2 37. Nd5 Be5 38. Qd3 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qb2+ 40. Kf1 Bd4 41. Ne3 Ne5 42. Qe4 Qc1+ 43. Ke2 Qxe3+ 44. Qxe3 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 Kf7 46. Kf4 Ke6 47. g5 g6 48. Ke4 Nf7 49. Kf4 Kd5 50. h5 Nd6 51. Kg4 Nf5 52. h6 Nd4 53. f4 Ke4 0-1 Strelchin vs V Skotorenko, 1946 === [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Vasily Skotorenko"] [Black "Arkady Gurvich"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Ne7 8. Be3 Qd8 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Nd4 12. Rad1 c6 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Nf5 15. Rdf1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Be7 17. Ne4 O-O 18. d4 Qd7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. h4 Rfe8 21. Qg3 f5 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qe7 24. Qe3 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bxc4 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxc4 Re1+ 28. Kf2 Rxd1 29. Rb4 Rd7 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. Kf4 Kf6 32. g3 g6 33. Ra4 a6 34. Rb4 h6 35. Rb3 g5+ 36. hxg5+ hxg5+ 37. Kf3 Rd5 38. Rxb7 Rxc5 39. Rb6 a5 40. a4 Rc4 41. b3 Rc3+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Ke5 44. b4 axb4 45. Rxb4 c5 46. Rb3 c4 47. Ra3 c3 48. a5 Kd4 49. Ke1 Rh2 50. Kd1 Kd3 51. Ke1 Rh1+ 52. Kf2 Kd2 53. a6 c2 54. Ra2 Kc3 55. a7 c1=Q 56. a8=Q Rf1+ 57. Kg2 Kd4 58. Qa4+ Ke5 59. Qb5+ Kf6 60. Ra6+ 1-0 V Skotorenko vs A Gurvich, 1946 --- [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Zhikol"] [Black "Vasily Skotorenko"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "rusbase"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. d4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 d6 5. Qh5+ g6 6. Nxg6 Nf6 7. Qh4 hxg6 8. Qxh8 Bf5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Ba6 Rb8 14. O-O-O d5 15. a3 Kf7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qh4 Rxb2 18. Nb1 Rb6 19. Be2 Qe5 20. g4 Rxb1+ 21. Kxb1 Bxa3 0-1 Zhikol vs V Skotorenko, 1946 === [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Vasily Skotorenko"] [Black "Viktorov"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.g3 Nd7 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Ne7 9.Qe2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Rd1 Bg4 12.f3 Bc5 13.Be3 Nd3 14.Nc2 Bxe3+ 15.Nxe3 Be6 16.b3 Qd4 17.bxc4 Bxc4 18.Qd2 Ba6 19.Bf1 Rd8 20.Ne2 Qb2 21.Qxb2 Nxb2 22.Rxd8+ Kxd8 23.Nc3 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 Kc7 25.Ke2 Rd8 26.Rb1 Nd3 27.f4 Nc5 28.Rb4 b5 29.f5 a5 30.Rb1 b4 31.Ncd1 Nxe4 32.Rb2 Kb6 33.Rc2 Kb5 34.Rc4 Rd2+ 35.Ke1 Rxa2 36.Rxe4 Nc8 37.Re8 Nb6 38.Re7 b3 39.Rxf7 a4 40.Rxg7 a3 41.f6 b2 42.f7 Nd7 43.f8Q Nxf8 44.Nc2 Ra1 45.Nxa3+ Kb4 46.Kd2 Kxa3 47.Ra7+ Kb3 48.Rb7+ Ka3 49.Nxb2 Rh1 50.Kc2 Rf1 51.Rb3+ Ka2 52.Rb4 Rf2+ 53.Kc3 Rf3+ 54.Nd3 Ne6 55.Kc2 Ka3 56.Re4 Rxd3 57.Rxe6 Rf3 58.Rxc6 Rf2+ 59.Kc3 Ka4 60.Rh6 Rf7 61.Kc4 Ka5 62.Kd5 Kb4 63.Ke6 Ra7 64.Kf6 Kc4 65.Rh5 Kd4 66.Rg5 Ke4 67.Rg7 Ra6+ 68.Kg5 h6+ 69.Kh5 Kf5 70.h4 Rb6 71.g4+ Kf4 72.Rg6 Rb8 73.Rxh6 Kg3 74.g5 Rb4 75.Ra6 Rxh4+ 76.Kg6 Rb4 77.Kh7 Rb7+ 78.Kh6 Rb4 79.g6 Rh4+ 80.Kg7 1-0 V Skotorenko vs Viktorov, 1946 === [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Yuri Klochkov"] [Black "Vasily Skotorenko"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne1 Bxg2 9.Nxg2 Qe8 10.Bg5 Nc6 11.e3 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.h3 Nf6 14.Kh2 Qg6 15.Qe2 Qh6 16.Rh1 g5 17.Kg1 Rf7 18.h4 Raf8 19.hxg5 Qxg5 20.Nf4 Ng6 21.Kf1 Kh8 22.Ke1 Nxf4 23.exf4 Qg7 24.Kf1 Ng4 25.Rd1 Rf6 26.Kg2 Rg8 27.Rh3 Rh6 28.Rxh6 Qxh6 29.Rh1 Qg7 30.Qd3 d6 31.b4 Qg6 32.Nb5 Qf7 33.c5 e5 34.dxe5 Qxa2 35.Qd4 bxc5 36.bxc5 dxc5 37.Qxc5 Nxf2 38.Rxh7+ Kxh7 39.Qe7+ Rg7 40.Qh4+ Kg8 41.Qd8+ Kf7 42.Nc3 Qe6 43.Kxf2 Rh7 44.Nd5 Rh2+ 45.Kg1 Rc2 46.g4 fxg4 47.f5 Qxf5 48.Qe7+ Kg6 49.Qe8+ Kg5 50.Qe7+ Kh5 51.Nf4+ Qxf4 52.Qh7+ Kg5 53.Qxc2 g3 0-1 Yuri Klochkov vs V Skotorenko, 1946 === [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Vasily Skotorenko"] [Black "Serebriakov"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 cxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Qxf6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bc3 Qh6 11.Re1 c6 12.Bb4 d6 13.Bxd6 Be6 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Bc4 Rad8 16.Qf3 Rd6 17.Qa3 a6 18.Qb4 b5 19.Bb3 Qg5 20.f4 Qf6 21.Rad1 Rhd8 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Rxd6 Rxd6 24.Rd1 e5 25.fxe5 Qxe5 26.Re1 1-0 V Skotorenko vs Serebriakov, 1946 === [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Vladimir Vulfovich Kunin"] [Black "Vasily Skotorenko"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Be3 Nc5 10.f3 a5 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Rfe1 Qb6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Qb4 16.Bf1 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 b6 18.Rdd1 Na6 19.a3 Rfe8 20.b3 Nc5 21.Rb1 Ra8 22.g4 Be5 23.Red1 Reb8 24.h3 a4 25.b4 Nb3 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.dxc6 Rc8 28.f4 Bc3 29.Rd3 Bg7 30.Bxb6 Rab8 31.Ba7 Ra8 32.Be3 Rab8 33.Bg2 Na5 34.Ba7 Ra8 35.bxa5 Rxa7 36.Rb7 Rxa5 37.Rxe7 Bf8 38.Rb7 Rc5 39.Bd5 R8xc6 40.Bxc6 Rxc6 41.Rb4 d5 42.Rxa4 dxc4 43.Rc3 Kg7 44.Raxc4 Rxc4 45.Rxc4 Bxa3 46.Kg2 Be7 47.Kf3 h6 48.Ke4 Bh4 49.Kd5 Kf6 50.Kd6 Kg7 51.Kd7 Kg8 52.Ke8 f5 53.gxf5 gxf5 54.Kd7 Kf7 55.Rc5 Kf6 56.Rc6+ Kf7 57.Kd6 Bf6 58.Kd5 Bb2 59.Kc4 Bf6 60.Rxf6+ Kxf6 61.Kd5 Kf7 62.Ke5 Ke7 63.Kxf5 1-0 V Kunin vs V Skotorenko, 1946 === [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Vladimir Akimovich Shevchenko"] [Black "Vasily Skotorenko"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.b3 O-O 7.c4 c6 8.Bb2 Qe8 9.Qc1 h6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.e3 Ne4 12.Re1 g5 13.f3 Nef6 14.e4 fxe4 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.fxe4 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Qh5 18.Qd2 Ng4 0-1 Vladimir Akimovich Shevchenko vs V Skotorenko, 1946 === [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Vasily Skotorenko"] [Black "Yanin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 h6 8.Bh4 O-O 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.O-O Rc8 14.a3 Nfd5 15.Bg3 c5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Qd2 Be6 19.Bc2 g6 20.e4 Bf8 21.Qf4 Rc5 22.Rfd1 Qc8 23.Bb1 dxe4 24.Bxe4 Rd8 25.h3 Nd5 26.Bxd5 Rdxd5 27.Kh2 Bg7 28.Rxc5 Rxc5 29.Qd6 Bxb2 30.Qe7 Rd5 31.Rxd5 Bxd5 32.Ne5 Qf8 33.Qd7 Be6 34.Qxb7 Qxa3 35.Nc6 Bf6 36.Qb8+ Kh7 37.Bd6 Qb2 38.Qc7 Kg7 39.Nd8 Kg8 40.Nxe6 fxe6 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Qd7+ Bg7 43.f4 Qf6 44.Be5 Qf8 45.Qxa7 Kg8 46.Qd4 Bxe5 47.Qxe5 Kh7 48.Kg3 Qf7 49.h4 h5 50.Kh3 Qe7 51.Kg3 Qa3+ 52.Kh2 Qe7 1/2-1/2 V Skotorenko vs Yanin, 1946 === [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Emanuil Vainblat"] [Black "Vasily Skotorenko"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Bd3 Ng6 10.O-O f6 11.Ba3 c4 12.Be2 fxe5 13.dxe5 Ncxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bh5+ Ng6 16.Re1 Kf7 17.f4 Kg8 18.f5 Nf4 19.Qg4 Nxh5 20.Qxh5 exf5 21.Re7 Be8 22.Qxf5 h6 23.Bc5 b6 24.Rf1 1-0 E Vainblat vs V Skotorenko, 1946 === [Event "First Category Tournament"] [Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Vasily Skotorenko"] [Black "Lubensky"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.Nc3 c5 2.e3 d5 3.d4 e6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 Nb4 9.Ne2 O-O 10.Ng3 Nxd3 11.Qxd3 g6 12.Bd2 Ne8 13.Rae1 Nd6 14.Ne5 Bd7 15.b3 Bb5 16.c4 dxc4 17.bxc4 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Rc8 19.Rc1 Qd5 20.Ne3 Bxd3 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Rf3 Rxc1+ 23.Bxc1 Bc4 24.f5 Bxa2 25.f6 Bd6 26.Ba3 Rd8 27.Re3 h6 28.Bxd6 Rxd6 29.Re8+ Kh7 30.Re7 Rxf6 31.Rxb7 Bc4 32.Rxa7 Rf4 33.h3 h5 34.Re7 h4 35.Ne2 Bxe2 36.Rxe2 Rxd4 37.Kf2 Kg7 38.Kf3 Kf6 39.Re8 Kf5 40.Re7 f6 41.Rh7 g5 42.Rd7 Rd3+ 43.Kf2 Kf4 44.Rf7 Rd2+ 45.Kf1 Kg3 46.Rxf6 Rd1+ 47.Ke2 Rd4 48.Rg6 Kxg2 49.Rxg5+ Kxh3 50.Ke3 Rd1 51.Ke2 Rd4 52.Ke3 Re4+ 53.Kd3 Re1 54.Rxd5 Rd1+ 55.Ke4 Rxd5 56.Kxd5 Kg2 0-1 V Skotorenko vs M Lubensky, 1946 1 game, 1946 1st British Chess Federation championship 1904 https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg... <Tournament:> 1st British Championship (won by Napier after play-off with Atkins) Includes play-offs & games from subsidiary events <Venue:> Hastings, GBR <Dates:> 22 August - 3 September 1904 ================== 1904 British Chess Championship 1. Napier, William Ewart 2. Atkins, Henry Ernest 3. Blackburne, Joseph Henry 4. Bellingham, George Edward H 5. Michell, Reginald Pryce 6. Lee, Francis Joseph 7. Jacobs, Herbert Levi 8. Palmer, Wilfred Charles (Rev) 9. Tattersall, Creassey Edward Cecil 10. Macdonald, Ronald Cadell (Dr) 11. Mackenzie, Arthur John 12. Chepmell, Claude Herries (Capt) The draw order for this and other 1904 congress all-play-all events is derived from what appears in the press (e.g. Daily Telegraph & Courier, 23 August 1904, The Field, 27 August and 3 September 1904) showing a partially completed crosstable in draw order – pairings for each round can be derived using the details shown below. Note on the line-up: "Mr. [Hector William] Shoosmith, however, retired at the eleventh hour, and his place was taken by Mr. A[rthur]. J[ohn]. Mackenzie of Birmingham." (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 23 August 1904) Play: 7pm-10pm on the first day, thereafter 10am-1pm, with an evening session of 7pm-10pm. Time limit: 30 moves / 1½ hours in the first session, and in the second (morning session), thereafter 20 moves per hour. Prizes: £60, £30, £20, £10. Non-prizewinners received £1 per win. Eligibility: British subjects. The entries of Teichmann and Van vliet were not accepted. (Morning Post - Tuesday 23 August 1904) Play-Off Match (January 1905, Hastings) 1904 British Championship Play-Off 1 2 3 4 Total 1 Napier,William Ewart ½ 1 ½ ½ 2½ 2 Atkins,Henry Ernest ½ 0 ½ ½ 1½ The prize winners were as follows British Championship.—The first and second prizes were divided between Messrs. H. E. Atkins and W. E. Napier, each receiving £45. Mr. Atkins also took the Amateur Championship Gold Medal and title of British Amateur Champion. His score against the other amateurs was 7½ points, against 7 points scored by Mr. Napier. The tie for the British Championship will be decided by a contest of four games. The match will be played during the coming Christmas holidays. Mr. J. H. Blackburne took third prize, £20, and Mr. Bellingham the fourth £10. The non-prize winners received £1 for each game won, and the aggregate sum given in this way amounted to £25. This arrangement was much appreciated by the competitors. 90 games, 1902-1905 1st Latvian SSR Chess Congress <Riga 1941> (2-23 March) First Latvian SSR Chess Congress (Masters Tournament) The event name changed because Latvia had become a republic of the USSR, the "Soviet Socialist Republic of Latvia." The Latvian Chess Union no longer existed as an independent body with the power to regulate Latvian chess events. Alexander Koblenz, the winner of the Masters Tournament of this congress, became the first Latvian SSR Chess Champion (Ninth Latvian Chess Champion if you include the winners of the first seven Latvian Chess Congresses and the "standalone" Latvian Chess Championship in 1934). <Petrovs shared 3rd> with V. Indulens, behind A. Koblenz and F. Apsenieks. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... ] [https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941.... ] [Fride, p.29; Gino Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946" (McFarland 2008), p.37] ["Sarkanais Sports", March 24, 1941, p.3] ["Brīvais Zemnieks", March 25, 1941, p. 6] ########################## <Players> Alexander Koblents Alexander Koblents Vladimir Petrov Vladimir Petrov Fricis Apsenieks Fricis Apsenieks Tenis Melngailis Tenis Melngailis Teodors Bergs Teodors Bergs Leonids Dreibergs Leonids Dreibergs Zigfrids Solmanis Zigfrids Solmanis Igors Zdanovs Igors Zdanovs Karlis Alexander Ozols Karlis Ozols Yakov E Kamenetsky Yakov Kamenetsky Lucius Endzelins Lucius Endzelins A Zirnis A Zirnis Valerians Indulens Valerians Indulens J Margolis J Margolis S Remigolsky S Remigolsky Wladimir Dembo Wladimir Dembo M Kuznecovs M Kuznecovs F Vedigs Vedigs Janis Fride Janis Fride Appei Vedigs "In 1939 Appei Vedigs won with a 100 percent result Kurzeme Regional Championship" (Encyclopedia of Latvian Chess Players Vol II, p. V-23) Only two players were not from Riga- Vedigs (Kuldiga) and M. Kuanecovs (Ludza- which is old Latgale). Kuldiga is a Latvian city ​​in Kurzeme ################# <Petrovs PGNs ALREADY IN DATABASE> [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "5"] [White "Petrov, Vladimir"] [Black "Apsenieks, Fricis"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nd2 c6 7.Qxc4 e5 8.Ngf3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nb6 10.Qd3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rd1 Kh8 13.Nf1 Qe8 14.Ne3 Ng4 15.Ndf5 Nxe3 16.Bxe3 Bf6 17.Nd6 Qe5 18.Nxf7+ 1-0 http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view... Petrov vs F Apsenieks, 1941 ================ [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Solmanis, Zigfrids"] [Black "Petrov, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.d4 Qf5 10.Re1 Be6 11.Bg5 Bd6 12.g4 Qd5 13.b3 b5 14.f4 O-O 15.f5 Bxf5 16.gxf5 Qxf5 17.Qd3 Qg6 18.Kh1 Rfe8 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Qf3 h6 21.Bf4 Qf6 22.Rf1 Qxd4 23.Rad1 Qe4 24.Bxc7 Qxf3+ 25.Rxf3 Re7 26.Bd8 Re8 27.Bb6 Rab8 28.Bc5 Rbd8 29.Rfd3 Rxd3 30.Rxd3 Re1+ 31.Bg1 Re6 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Ra8 Re2 34.Rxa6 Rxc2 35.a4 Rc3 36.a5 Rxb3 37.Rxc6 Ra3 38.a6 b4 39.a7 b3 40.Rc1 1-0 Z Solmanis vs Petrov, 1941 ####################################### http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... Championship of Latvia- Riga 1941 [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Koblents, Alexander"] [Black "Dreibergs, Leonids"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 a6 8.Rd1 b5 9.dxc5 Qc7 10.Bd3 Bxc5 11.a4 b4 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Qe7 15.Ng5 e5 16.Nde4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Na5 18.Nxc5 Qxc5 19.Qh5 f5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 1-0 Koblents vs L Dreibergs, 1941 ======== [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Solmanis, Zigfrids"] [Black "Apsenieks, Fricis"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Re8 11.Qf3 Bf8 12.Bd2 Kh8 13.Rae1 Ng8 14.f5 Be7 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qf3 Bg5 17.fxg6 fxg6 18.Qf2 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 Qe7 20.Qe3 Qg7 21.Ba6 Nh6 22.h3 Nf5 23.Qf2 Nd4 24.Rd1 Ne6 25.Bb7 Rab8 26.Qxa7 Nc5 27.Ba6 Be6 0-1 Z Solmanis vs F Apsenieks, 1941 ======== [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Zdanovs Igors"] [Black "Apsenieks, Fricis"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.b3 Re8 9.Bb2 Qc7 10.Ne1 Nf8 11.d5 c5 12.a3 Ng6 13.g3 Bh3 14.Ng2 Bf8 15.Bc1 Qd7 16.Re1 Re7 17.Ne3 Rae8 18.Bf3 a6 19.b4 cxb4 20.axb4 Rc8 21.Na4 Qc7 22.c5 Nd7 23.Nc4 Ree8 24.Nab6 Nxb6 25.Nxb6 Rcd8 26.Be3 dxc5 27.Na4 cxb4 28.Bb6 Qd6 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.Qd3 b5 31.Nb2 Qb6 32.Rec1 Bc5 33.Rxc5 Qxc5 34.Rxa6 Qc3 35.Qe2 Rc8 36.Nd1 Qc4 37.Ra2 b3 38.Rb2 Ra8 39.Qxc4 bxc4 40.Nc3 Ra1+ 41.Rb1 b2 42.Be2 Nf8 43.Bxc4 Nd7 44.Bf1 Bxf1 45.Kxf1 Nc5 46.Ke2 Na4 47.Kd2 Nxc3 48.Rxb2 Nxe4+ 49.Ke3 f5 0-1 I Zdanovs vs F Apsenieks, 1941 ======== [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Dreibergs, Leonids"] [Black "Remigolsky, S"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Qd2 Ng4 10.Bxg4 Bxg4 11.f4 Bd7 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Nd5 a6 14.f5 Ne5 15.Bh6 Nc4 16.Qc1 Nxb2 17.Bxg7 Nxd1 18.f6 Re8 19.Qh6 1-0 L Dreibergs vs S Remigolsky, 1941 ======== [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Melngailis, Tenis"] [Black "Indulens, Valerians"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Qa5 10.Be2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.Rd1 Rac8 13.b3 b6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.f4 Nf6 17.f5 Bd7 18.Rf4 Bc6 19.Rh4 Kh8 20.g4 Rg8 21.Kf1 gxf5 22.exf5 Rg7 23.Qd4 Rcg8 24.Rd3 Qa3 25.Rdh3 Qc1+ 26.Kf2 Qg5 27.Bf3 Bxf3 28.Kxf3 Qc1 29.Nd1 Re8 30.Ne3 e5 31.Qxd6 e4+ 32.Ke2 Qb2+ 33.Qd2 Qe5 34.Rg3 Rgg8 35.g5 Rd8 36.Nd5 Nxd5 37.Rxh7+ Kxh7 38.g6+ fxg6 39.Rh3+ Kg7 40.Qh6+ Kf6 41.cxd5 Rxd5 42.fxg6 Qb2+ 43.Ke1 Qb1+ 44.Kf2 Qc2+ 45.Ke3 Qd2+ 0-1 T Melngailis vs V Indulens, 1941 ======== [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Apsenieks, Fricis"] [Black "Bergs, Teodors"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.Nf3 a6 9.Nd6 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nbc6 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Nc6 13.Qe3 f6 14.O-O-O Qc7 15.Kb1 fxe5 16.fxe5 Rd8 17.Bd3 Nxe5 18.Qxe5 Rxd6 19.Rdf1 g6 20.h4 Bd7 21.h5 Rc6 22.Qf6 1-0 F Apsenieks vs T Bergs, 1941 ======== [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Dreibergs, Leonids"] [Black "Kamenetsky, Yakov E"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Qe2 O-O 8.O-O Bc5 9.h3 Be6 10.Bd3 Qd4 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.Be3 Qe5 13.Rae1 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 f6 15.Kh1 Qc5 16.Qg3 Ne5 17.f4 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Rad8 19.Rf3 Rd7 20.f5 Bf7 21.e5 Bd5 22.e6 Re7 23.Rf4 Qd6 24.Qf2 c5 25.Rg4 a6 26.Qh4 c6 27.Re3 b5 28.a3 a5 29.Ne2 c4 30.dxc4 Bxc4 31.Nf4 Rc7 32.Ng6 Re8 33.Qxh7+ 1-0 L Dreibergs vs Y Kamenetsky, 1941 ======== [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "13"] [White "Zirnis, A"] [Black "Bergs, Teodors"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nb4 5.Bc4 Nd3+ 6.Kf1 Qd4 7.Bxd3 Qxd3+ 8.Qe2 Qxe2+ 9.Kxe2 Nc6 10.d3 Bd7 11.Be3 e5 12.Nf3 Be7 13.Nd5 Bd6 14.d4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4+ 16.Bxd4 O-O 17.Rac1 c6 18.Ne3 Rfe8 19.f3 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Kf2 Be6 22.b3 a5 23.Nc4 Bf4 24.Rc2 Bxc4 25.bxc4 b5 26.cxb5 cxb5 27.g3 Rad8 28.Bb6 Rd2+ 29.Rxd2 Bxd2 30.Rd1 Bc3 31.Rd5 a4 32.Bd4 Bxd4+ 33.Rxd4 1/2-1/2 A Zirnis vs T Bergs, 1941 ======== [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "16"] [White "Ozols, Karlis Alexander"] [Black "Koblents, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.c4 c6 2.f4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Bxf3 6.gxf3 Qb6 7.d4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 e6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bd2 Qxb3 11.Bxb3 O-O 12.Ne4 Nbd7 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Ke2 c5 15.Nxc5 Nxc5 16.dxc5 Rxc5 17.Rxc5 Bxc5 18.Rc1 Bd6 19.e4 Nh5 20.e5 Bb8 21.Rc4 Rd8 22.Ba5 b6 23.Bb4 f6 24.f5 a5 25.fxe6 1-0 K Ozols vs Koblents, 1941 === [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "17"] [White "Apsenieks, Fricis"] [Black "Vedigs"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.Nf4 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.h3 e5 9.Nfd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Nd4 11.d3 f5 12.f4 Bd7 13.a4 Re8 14.Kh2 exf4 15.gxf4 a6 16.a5 Qf6 17.Bd2 Re7 18.Na4 Bxa4 19.Rxa4 Nb5 20.c3 Rae8 21.Rf2 Qh4 22.Kg1 Nc7 23.Ra1 Nb5 24.Qf1 Nd4 25.cxd4 Bxd4 26.Bc3 Be3 27.Qe2 Qxf4 28.Raf1 Qg3 29.Qf3 Bxf2+ 30.Rxf2 Re3 31.Qxg3 Rxg3 32.Rf3 Re3 33.Rxe3 Rxe3 34.Bd2 Re7 35.Bf4 Rd7 36.Kf2 Kg7 37.Ke3 Kf6 38.h4 Re7+ 39.Kd2 Rd7 40.Bf3 Kg7 41.Bd1 h6 42.Ba4 Rd8 43.Kc3 Kf6 44.Bxh6 Ke5 45.Bd1 Rd7 46.Bf3 Rh7 47.Bg5 Rc7 48.b3 Rc8 49.Kd2 Rf8 50.Ke3 f4+ 51.Kf2 1-0 F Apsenieks vs Vedigs, 1941 ======== [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "6"] [White "Indulens, Valerians"] [Black "Koblents, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nge7 8.h3 Be6 9.Bd2 Bf5 10.Bf4 Qd7 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Nb5 a6 13.a3 Ba5 14.Nc3 Bb6 15.Re1 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Qf5 17.Qd2 Ng6 18.Bh2 Qf6 19.Ne2 Rhe8 20.b4 Re4 21.c3 Rde8 22.a4 Qe7 23.Ng3 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Qd7 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.a5 Ba7 27.Nf5 Qe4 28.Nxg7 Nh4 29.Bg3 Nxf3+ 30.gxf3 Qxf3 31.Qe1 b6 32.Qe8+ Kb7 33.Qd7 Bb8 34.Ne8 Qxc3 35.Bxc7 Qe1+ 36.Kg2 Qe4+ 37.Kh2 1-0 V Indulens vs Koblents, 1941 =========== [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Apsenieks, Fricis"] [Black "Kuzņecovs, M"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 Bf6 5.O-O Nge7 6.dxe5 Bxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.Bb3 d6 9.f4 N5c6 10.f5 Ng8 11.Qg4 Qf6 12.Nc3 h5 13.Qe2 Nd4 14.Qc4 Nxb3 15.axb3 c6 16.Bf4 Ne7 17.Rad1 d5 18.exd5 Bxf5 19.d6 Be6 20.Qe2 Bg4 21.Qe3 Bxd1 22.Rxd1 O-O 23.dxe7 Rfe8 24.Rd7 Qf5 25.Rxb7 Qxc2 26.h3 1-0 F Apsenieks vs M Kuznecovs, 1941 === [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Kuzņecovs, M"] [Black "Kamenetsky, Yakov E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Nc4 15.b3 Nb6 16.Nbd2 Nh5 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Nf4 19.Nh2 Kh7 20.Ng4 Nd7 21.Ne3 Nf6 22.Nf5 Rg8 23.h4 N6h5 24.Bxf4 Nxf4 25.h5 g4 26.g3 Nxh5 27.Kg2 Bf8 28.Rh1 Qg5 29.Qe2 1/2-1/2 M Kuznecovs vs Y Kamenetsky, 1941 === [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Vedigs"] [Black "Zdanovs, Igors"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nc3 c6 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Nxc4 Qh5 12.f3 Nd5 13.Kf2 c5 14.Ne2 b5 15.Ne5 cxd4 16.exd4 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qh3 18.Bxb5 Bb7 19.Qd3 Rac8 20.Bc4 g5 21.Ng1 Qh5 22.h4 f6 23.Ng4 Bd6 24.Ne2 f5 25.hxg5 Qxg5 26.b3 Rf7 27.Nh6+ Kg7 28.Nxf7 Kxf7 29.Rxh7+ Ke8 30.Rxb7 Bxg3+ 31.Nxg3 Nf4 32.Qe3 Qh4 33.Rh1 1-0 Vedigs vs I Zdanovs, 1941 === [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "9"] [White "Ozols, Karlis Alexander"] [Black "Indulens, Valerians"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.d4 e6 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Nd7 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Be3 Bf6 11.e5 Be7 12.Qc2 Nf8 13.Nd2 c5 14.f4 cxd4 15.cxd4 g6 16.Be4 Nd7 17.g4 Nb6 18.f5 Bg5 19.Qd3 Nd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.f6 Bxe3+ 22.Qxe3 Re6 23.Rf3 Kh8 24.Rh3 Rc6 25.Nf3 Bxg4 26.Ng5 Qb6 27.Rxh7+ Kg8 28.Rg7+ Kf8 29.Qa3+ 1-0 K Ozols vs V Indulens, 1941 ============ [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "13"] [White "Kamenetsky, Yakov E"] [Black "Melngailis, Tenis"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Ne2 Ne7 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Nbc6 9.c3 O-O-O 10.b4 h5 11.Qc2 Rde8 12.Nd2 Kb8 13.a4 Bxe2 14.Bxe2 Ng6 15.Rfe1 Nf4 16.Bb5 Re6 17.Rxe6 Qxe6 18.Nf1 Rh6 19.Ne3 Rg6 20.Bf1 Qf6 21.Kh1 h4 22.a5 Ne7 23.a6 b6 24.Re1 Ne6 25.h3 Qf4 26.Ng4 Qd6 27.Bd3 Rg5 28.Ne5 Nd8 29.Qd2 f6 30.Nf3 Rh5 31.Qe2 Nc8 32.Qe8 Rh6 33.Bf5 g6 34.Bxg6 f5 35.Ne5 c6 36.Bxf5 Qc7 37.Bg6 Qd6 38.f4 Kc7 39.f5 Kb8 40.Ng4 1-0 Y Kamenetsky vs T Melngailis, 1941 === [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "10"] [White "Apsenieks, Fricis"] [Black "Koblents, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.e3 Nc6 9.a3 d6 10.Be2 Qb6 11.O-O h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Rfd1 O-O 15.Rab1 Rfd8 16.Ng3 Rab8 17.Nh5 Ba8 18.Qc3 Bf8 19.b3 a5 20.Bd3 Qb7 21.Be4 Nd4 22.exd4 Qxe4 23.Ng3 Qg6 24.d5 exd5 25.cxd5 Bxd5 26.Qxa5 Ra8 27.Qc3 Rxa3 28.Rb2 Bxf3 29.Qxf3 d5 30.Rxd5 Ra1+ 31.Nf1 Qa6 0-1 F Apsenieks vs Koblents, 1941 === [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "17"] [White "Margolis, J"] [Black "Indulens, Valerians"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 e6 8.Bf4 Ngf6 9.O-O Nd5 10.Be3 Bd6 11.Qd2 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 O-O 13.Ne2 Re8 14.Ng5 N7f6 15.f4 Qc7 16.c4 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 c5 18.Kh1 cxd4 19.Qxd4 e5 20.fxe5 Rxe5 21.Rxf6 gxf6 22.Ne4 Qe7 23.N2g3 Bc5 24.Qd3 Re8 25.Nxc5 Qxc5 26.h4 Qe3 27.Qxe3 Rxe3 28.Nf5 Re1+ 29.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30.Kh2 Re2 31.b4 Rxa2 32.c5 Rb2 33.Ne7+ Kf8 34.Nd5 Rb3 0-1 J Margolis vs V Indulens, 1941 === [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "14"] [White "Indulens, Valerians"] [Black "Apsenieks, Fricis"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Be3 d6 6.Nc3 Na5 7.Bb3 Nxb3 8.axb3 O-O 9.h3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.O-O Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bf6 13.Nd2 b6 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.Qf3 Kh8 16.Qf5 Rg8 17.Nxf6 gxf6 18.f3 Rg6 19.Ra4 Bc8 20.Qh5 Bd7 21.Rh4 Qg8 22.Rf2 a5 23.d4 b5 24.dxe5 a4 25.c4 a3 26.Bd4 a2 27.Ba1 bxc4 28.Rxc4 Be6 29.Rd4 Rg5 30.Qh6 Qg6 31.Qxg6 Rxg6 32.Rdd2 Rb8 33.Kh2 c5 34.f4 f5 35.c4 Rxb3 36.Rxa2 h5 37.Ra5 Re3 38.Rxc5 Re4 39.Rc6 Rxc4 40.Rxc4 Bxc4 41.Rd2 Be6 42.Bd4 Kh7 43.Bc3 Rg8 44.Ba5 Ra8 45.Bb4 Ra4 46.Rd4 h4 47.Kg1 Kg6 48.Kf2 Ra2+ 49.Bd2 Rc2 50.Rd6 Kh5 51.Ke3 Rc8 52.Ba5 Rc2 53.Rd8 Rc8 54.Rxc8 Bxc8 55.Bd8 Ba6 56.Kf2 Bc4 57.g3 hxg3+ 58.Kxg3 Bf1 1/2-1/2 V Indulens vs F Apsenieks, 1941 === [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Koblents, Alexander"] [Black "Endzelins, Lucius"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2 O-O 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Qf4 d5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Rfc1 Na6 14.Ne5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 c5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.b4 Na6 18.Nc6 Qb7 19.f3 Kh8 20.Rc2 h6 21.Rac1 f6 22.Rd1 Rac8 23.Rd6 Nc5 24.bxc5 Rxc6 25.Qe4 Rc7 26.c6 Qa6 27.Rxe6 b5 28.g4 Rfc8 29.Rd2 f5 30.gxf5 Qa4 31.Rd4 Qxa2 32.Rd7 Qc4 33.Qe5 1-0 Koblents vs L Endzelins, 1941 === [Event "Latvian SSR championship"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1941.03.??"] [EventDate "1941.03.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Kamenetsky, Yakov E"] [Black "Remigolsky, S"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 c5 14.f3 cxd4 15.fxe4 dxe4 16.Bb3 Bxb3 17.axb3 Qd5 18.Kh1 Qxe5 19.Bf4 Qd5 20.Nd2 g5 21.Bg3 Bb4 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.Qh5 Bxd2 24.Rxd2 f4 25.Be1 d3 26.h4 e3 27.Rxd3 Qxd3 28.Qxg5+ Qg6 0-1 Y Kamenetsky vs S Remigolsky, 1941 ###################################### 24 games, 1904-1941 21st Moscow Championship 1941-1942 <Moscow 1941-1942> (27 November 1941- 8 January 1942). <Petrovs finished 2nd>, behind I. Mazel, over V. Panov, V. Alatortsev, and others. [Shakmatny Bulletin, No.6, 1975, cited in Andrew Soltis "Soviet Chess 1917-1991" (McFarland 1993), p.422; Fride, p.29; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946" p.49; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... ] ###################### <Voland> Ende September 1941 setzte die deutsche Armee zum Sturm auf Moskau an. Die Sowjetunion konzentrierte sich verstärkt auf die Verteidigung der Haupstadt. Es galt, Hitlers Befehl zu durchkreuzen, die “Haupstadt des Bolschewismus” bis Afang November zu erobern, um am 7. November, dem Jahrestag der Oktoberrevolution, auf dem Roten Platz eine akribisch geplante, bombastische Siegeszeremonie seiner Truppen abzunehmen. Diese Demütigung mußte um jeden Preis verhindert werden! Sie hätte die moralische Unterminierung der Roten Armee und der Bevölkerung bedeuten können. --- At the end of September 1941, the German army attacked Moscow. The Soviet Union concentrated more on the defense of the capital. Hitler's order was to overthrow the "capital of Bolshevism" to be conquered by the beginning of November, and on the 7th of November, the anniversary of the October Revolution, a meticulously planned, bombastic victory ceremony of his troops would be held in Red Square. This humiliation had to be prevented at all costs! It could have meant the moral undermining of the Red Army and the people. === Diese Demütigung mußte um jeden Preis verhindert werden! Sie hätte die moralische Unterminierung der Roten Armee und der Bevölkerung bedeuten können. Aber noch waren die deutschen Truppen an allen Kriegsschauplätzen Europas Sieger geblieben. Großdeutschland im Zenit seiner Kriegseuphorie... Als einschneidende Maßnahme zur Verteidigung Moskaus war am 20. Oktober der Ausnahmezustande über die Stadt verhängt worden. Alle einsatzfähigen Kräft wurden an die Moskauer Front befohlen - darunter mehrere erfahrene Schachmeister Moskaus, die in der vorangegangenen Stadtmeisterschaft (1940/41) gesartet waren. Noch immer kämpften sich die Deutschen Meter um Meter an die Stadt heran. Zwar schon etwas langsamer und immer mühevoler, aber den Grßen Moskauer Autobahnringschom in Sichtweite und die Außenbezirke der Metropole unter Beschuß nehmend. Es schien, als ob diese gigantische, bislang von keinem aufgehaltene Armee, absichtlich den Vormarsch verzögerte, um Panik in der Bevölkerung auszulösen. welch gewaltige Fehleinschächtzung des deutschen Oberkommandos! Das Gegenteil trat ein: Im ganzen Land, in der ganzen Welt verbreitete sich die Nachricht von der heldenhaften Verteidigung Moskaus, von der Disziplin und Ausdauer seiner Bevölkerung. --- This humiliation had to be prevented at all costs! It could have meant the moral undermining of the Red Army and the people. But the German troops had still been the victors in all the theaters of war in Europe. Greater Germany was at the zenith of its war euphoria ... As a decisive measure for the defense of Moscow, a state of emergency had been imposed on the city on October 20. All operational forces were commanded to move to the Moscow front - including several experienced chess masters of Moscow, who had played in the previous city championship (1940/41). The Germans were still struggling to get closer and closer to the city. Although their progress became a bit slower and more laborious, but the Moscow motorway ring was in sight and the outskirts of the metropolis. It seemed as if this gigantic army, hitherto held up by no one, deliberately delayed the advance to cause panic in the population. What a tremendous misapprehension of the German High Command! The opposite occurred: throughout the country, throughout the world, news spread of Moscow's heroic defense, of the discipline and perseverance of its people.   === Mitte November 1941, bereits ene Woche nach der vorausgeträumten Siegesfeier Hitlers in Moskau, wurde der deutsche Vormarsch auf Moskau, wrudeder deutsche Vormarsch auf Moskau zum Stehen gebracht. Das war der deutschen Kriegshyäne seit dem 1. September 1939 nicht widerfahren! In der sowjetischen Haupstadt und überall im Land schöpfte man stille Hoffnung. Hier und in den entlegensten Winkeln verbreitete sich verhaltener Stolz. Die faschistische “Wochenschau” indessen erzählte Greuelgeschichten über angeblich schlimmste Zustände in Moskau und dem Hinterland. Geben wir einem amerikanischen Journalisten das Wort, der im November 1941 nach Moskau kam, hier ein Jahr blieb und später in New York ein Buch mit seinen Moskauer Erfahrungen unter dem titel “12 Monate, die die Welt veränderten” herausgab. --- In mid-November 1941, just a week after Hitler's premonition of victory in Moscow, the German advance on Moscow was brought to a halt. That had not happened to the German army since the 1st of September, 1939! Silent hope was created in the Soviet capital and throughout the country. Here and in the remotest corners, cautious pride spread. The fascist "newsreel", meanwhile, told atrocity stories about allegedly terrible conditions in Moscow and the hinterland. Let's give the floor to an American journalist who came to Moscow in November 1941, stayed here for a year, and later in New York published a book with his Moscow experiences entitled "12 Months That Changed the World."   === Larry Lessoir brachte neben Fakten aus dem kulturellen Leben im belagerten Moskau - wie der Inszenierung des Balletts “Das Zauberpferdchen” im Großen Theater, einem neuen Zirkusprogramm und der weiter betriebenen Filmtheater - such das “...und sogar ein traditionaelles Schachturnier findet statt.” Im Vorwort zu seinem nach der Stalingrader Schlacht 1943 geschriebenen Buch lesen wir: “Die Deutschen wurden auf Grund dreier Faktoren geschlagen: der überlegenen Militärstrategie, der geographischen Gegebenheiten und der beispiellosen Ergebenheit der sowjetischen Soldaten vor ihrer Heimat... Die unter Paulus’ Kommando zur Wolga vorrückende 6. Armee wurde bei beliebigem Anzug Matt gesetzt”, wie der Journalist in der Schachsprache schrieb. --- In addition to facts from the cultural life in besieged Moscow - such as the staging of the ballet "The Magic Horse" in the Great Theater, a new circus program and the ongoing movie theater - Larry Lessoir reported "... and even a traditional chess tournament takes place." In the preface to his book written after the Stalingrad battle of 1943, we read: "The Germans were defeated on the basis of three factors: the superior military strategy, the geographical conditions and the unprecedented allegiance of the Soviet soldiers to their homeland ... Under Paulus's command the 6th Army advancing to the Volga was put in any suit Matt (was put in checkmate), "as the journalist wrote in the chess language. === Genau 20 Tage nach der geplatzten Siegesfeier, also am 27. November 1941, begann im Gebäude des Moskauer Sportkomitees die XXI. Moskauer Stadtmeisterschaft. Dieser Wettbewerb hatte eine lange Tradition: im I. Championat 1919/1920 war Alexander Aljechin mit glanzvollen 11. Punkten aus 11 Partien Sieger. Die XX. und letzte Vorkriegsmeisterschaft Moskaus sah Großmeister alexander Kotow als Gewinner. Obwohl viele Schachmeister Moskaus aus versheidensten Gründen auf die Teilnahme and der ersten Kriegsmeisterschaft verzichten mußen, brachte ihr Hauptorganisator Wladimir Alatorzew 8 starke Teilnehmer zusammen: die Meister Wassili Panow, Isaak Masel, Wladimir Petrow, Nikolai Subarew und Wladimir Alatorzew, den Meisterkandidaten Jewgeni Sagorjanski sowie die Kategorie-1 Spieler Alexander Lazis und Leonid Schtscherbakow. ----------------- Exactly 20 days after the ruptured victory celebration, ie on November 27, 1941, began in the building of the Moscow Sports Committee, the XXI. Moscow city championship. This competition had a long tradition: in the first championship in 1919/1920 Alexander Alekhine was the winner with 11 points out of 11 games. The XX. and last pre-war championship of Moscow saw grandmaster Alexander Kotow as the winner. Although many chess masters of Moscow could not play in the first war championship for the most different reasons, their main organizer Vladimir Alatorzew brought 8 strong participants together: the masters Vasily Panow, Isaac Masel, Vladimir Petrov, Nikolai Subarew and Vladimir Alatorzew, the champion candidate Yevgeny Zagorjanski and the Category 1 players Alexander Lazis and Leonid Shcherbakov. ################################### Besonders der Lette Petrow war in den 30er Jahren auf internationalem Parkett aktiv und erfolgreich. Bei 7 Olympiastarts von 1928 bis 1939 gehörte er zu den erfolgreichsten Spielern. W. Panow bsaßin er Sowjetunion als namhafter Theoretiker, überaus fleißiger Autor und erfolgreicher Praktiker einen guten Ruf. Zweieinhalb Jahrzehnte fürte Panow di Schachspalte der reierungsamtlichen Tageszeitung “Iswestija”, wodurch er eng mit der Hauptstadt verbunden war. Bei allen Starts in den Moskauer Stadtmeisterschaften hatte Panow hohe Ränge belegt. 1950 wurde er “Internationaler Meister der FIDE”. I. Masel war als zweimaliger Teilnehmer der UdSSR-Meisterschaften und mehrfacher Starter in den Moskauer Championaten mit guten Plätzen ebenfalls bestens bekannt. Meister Subarew hatte die Moskauer Turniere 1925 und 1935 mitorganisiert, war maßgeblicher Aktivist des sowjetischen Schachverbandes, unermüdlicher Funktionär an allen Fronten des königlichen Spieles in der UdSSR und wiederholter Sieger der Moskauer Meisterschaften, an denen er nicht weniger als 17 mal teilnahm. In den 30er/40er Jahren galt Nikolai Subarew als aussichtsreicher Kandidat für den Vorsitz des sowjetischen Schachverbands. Der später Großmeister Vladimir Alatorzew erwarb ähnlich Subarew bleibende Verdiesnte um das Sowjetschach, erstritt anfangs in den Leningrader Championaten, später in den Moskauer Meisterschaften hohe Plazierungen, war Teilnehmer am II. Internationalen Moskauer Schachturnier (1935), erkämpfte in Zweikämpfen gegen Lilienthal (1935) und Löwenfisch (1940) gute Resultate und nahm an mehreren UdSSR- Landesmiesterschaften mit ansprechenden Resultaten teil (Vize-Meister 1933). --- Especially the Latvian Petrov was active and successful on the international stage in the thirties. In 7 Olympic Tournaments from 1928 to 1939 he was one of the most successful players. W. Panow has a good reputation in the Soviet Union as a well-known theoretician, extremely diligent author and successful practitioner. For two and a half decades, Panow judged the chess column of the government newspaper "Izvestija", which linked him closely with the capital. Panow had occupied high ranks in all the Moscow City Championship starts. In 1950 he became "International Master of FIDE". I. Masel was also well known as a two-time participant of the USSR Championships and multiple starter in the Moscow Championships with good results. Master Subarew co-organized the Moscow tournaments in 1925 and 1935, was an authoritative activist of the Soviet Chess Federation, a tireless official on all fronts of the royal game in the USSR and a repeat winner of the Moscow Championships, in which he played no less than 17 times. In the 30s / 40s Nikolai Subarew was considered a promising candidate for the chairmanship of the Soviet Chess Federation. The later Grandmaster Vladimir Alatorzew provided similar services to the Soviet chess. He first emerged in the Leningrad championships, later in the Moscow Championships with high placings, was a participant in the II International Moscow Chess Tournament (1935), fought in matches against Lilienthal (1935) and Levenfish (1940)m scored good results and participated in several USSR events with good results (Vice Champion 1933). ######################################## Die XXI. Moskauer Meisterschaft wurde aufgrund der relativ geringen Starterzahl doppelrundig ausgetragen. Nach der Hinrunde führte Petrow mit 6 Punkten aus 7 Begegnungen. Panow ging mit 5.5 aus 7 ebenfalls aussichtsreich in die Rückrunde. Masel hingegen spielte die erste Turnierhälft mit Höhen und Tiefen. Der Turnier fand in mehreren Moskauer Zeitungen breites Echo. Gelobt wurde vor allem der Kompromißlose Kampfgeist, weicher zu wenig Remispartien, am allerwenigsten zu Salonremisen führte. Allerdings war diese hohe Resultativität auch auf die Begleitumstäde des Turnieres zurückzuführen: Nebenbelastungen wie Fliegeralarme, ferner Geschützdonner und dumpfe Bombeneinschläge sowie zeitweilliges Umzichen in Luftschutzbunker trugen sicher zur erhöten Fehlerquote bei. Später faßten die Aktiven den einstimmigen Beschluß, bei Alarmen nicht mehr ihren Turnierraum zu verlassen, was erstaunlicherweise “von oben” keinen Widerspruch erfuhr. === The XXI. Moscow championship was held double-round due to the relatively low number of starters. After the first round Petrov led with 6 points from 7 games. Panow went with 5.5 out of 7 also promising for the second half. Masel, however, played the first half of the tournament with ups and downs. The tournament was widely reported in several Moscow newspapers. Above all, the uncompromising fighting spirit was praised, with few draws or adjourned games. However, this high result rate was also due to the Accompanying circumstances of the tournament: Additional distractions such as air raid alarms, gun thunder and dull bombing and temporary relocations in air raid shelters contributed to an increased error rate. Later the activists took the unanimous decision not to leave their tournament room with alarms, which surprisingly were not contradicted by orders "from above".   n addition, a number of rounds were played at other venues at the invitation of various chess clubs. On several days games could not be played because of various circumstances. So the tournament lasted 42 days ... ################## Dann die Wende in der Schlacht vor Moskau- Dezember 1941: War der Feind Ende November Schritt für Schritt zum Stehen gebracht worden, gingen die Verteidiger Moskaus im Dezember zu gezielten Gegenangriffen an einzelnen Frontabschnitten über, durchbrachen endlich auf breiter Front die feindlichen Stellungen vor Moskau und warfen die deutschen Truppen gut 100 Kilimeter zurück. Damit verbesserte sich die psychische Verfassung der Bevölkerung, was sich auch im Turnierablauf bemerkbar machte. Vor allem in der Rückrunde zog mehr Ruhe ein. Jetzt lief dr Wettbewerb beinahe wie in alten Zeiten. In der Rückrunde holte Masel zuerst Panow ein. Nach der vorletzten Runde waren Masel und Petrow mit 9.5 Punkten aus 13 Partien gleichauf. Alles hing von der letzten Runde ab, die im “Haus der Schriftsteller” stattfand. Masel hatte gegen Lazis anzutreten und gewann, wägrend Petrow dem wesentlich stärkeren Kontrahenten Alatorzew gegenübersaß. Hier kam es zu folgender Stellung - der mit Weiß spielend Alatorzew brachte seine leichte materielle und positionelle Überlegenheit so zur Geltung: === Then the turn in the battle before Moscow- December 1941: If the enemy had been brought to a halt step by step at the end of November, the defenders of Moscow went in December to targeted counterattacks on individual fronts, finally broke through on a broad front, the enemy positions in front of Moscow and the German troops dropped back a good 100 kilos. This improved the mental health of the population, which also made itself felt in the tournament process. Especially in the second half drew more peace. Now the competition ran almost like in old times. In the second half, Masel caught up with Panow first. After the penultimate round, Masel and Petrow were equal with 9.5 points from 13 games. Everything depended on the last round that took place in the "House of Writers". Masel had to compete against Lazis and won, while Petrov sat opposite the much stronger opponent Alatorzew. Here it came to the following position - playing with white Alatorzew brought his slight material and positional superiority to advantage: [Event "21st Moscow Championship"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [EventDate "1941.11.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"] [Black "Petrov, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "Rolf Voland, Strategem, pp. 45-46"] From this position, White to move: click for larger view click for larger view und der weiße Bauer schreitet zur Umwandlung. Schwarz gab auf. Somit gewan Isaak Masel mit 10.5 Punkten aus 14 Partien die XXI. Moskauer Stadtmeisterschaft vor Wladimir Petrow (9.5). and the white peasant strides to transformation. Black gave up. Thus Isaak Masel won the XXI with 10.5 points out of 14 games. Moscow City Championship ahead of Vladimir Petrov (9.5). ################################# Die Moskauer Shachliebhaber hatten doppelten Grund zur Freude: Erstens war es gelungen, das Turnier allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz abzuschließen, womit es das einzige beendete Turnier des Kriegsjahres 1941 blieb. Zweitens fiel das Ende des Wettkampfes mit der Zerschlagung der deutschen Truppen vor Moskau und ihrem Rückzug zusammen. Die Wende im Krieg schickte allererste Boten voraus... === Moscow chess lovers had two reasons to celebrate: First, they had managed to complete the tournament in defiance of all odds, which made it the only finished tournament of 1941 since the start of the war. Secondly, the end of the competition coincided with the destruction of German troops before Moscow and their withdrawal. The turn of the war had sent the very first messengers ahead ... ################# Full source reference: Rolf Voland, ""Strategem im Hinterland- Das UdSSR-Schach 1941-1945" (Schachverlag Kania, 1998) ################# 21 Championship of Moscow- 27.11.1941-5.01.1942 http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... [Event "21st Moscow Championship"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [EventDate "1941.11.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Mazel, Isaak"] [Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "Shakmatny Bulletin, No.6, 1975"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nc2 d6 7.g3 Ne5 8.Ne3 Be6 9.Bg2 c6 10.Ne4 Ke7 11.O-O Nxc4 12.Nxc4 Bxc4 13.Bg5+ f6 14.Qd4 Bd5 15.Bf4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4+ Kf7 17.Qb4 Qb6 18.Qxd6 Rd8 19.Qa3 Ne7 20.e4 f5 21.e5 Rhe8 22.Rfe1 Nd5 23.Bg5 Rc8 24.Qd6 Ne7 25.Bf1 Rcd8 26.Bc4+ Kf8 27.Qe6 Nd5 28.Bxd8 Qxd8 29.Qd6+ Qxd6 30.exd6 Nb6 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Re1+ Kd8 33.Bg8 h6 34.b3 Bf8 35.Re6 g5 36.Rf6 Nd7 37.Rg6 f4 38.gxf4 gxf4 39.Bf7 b5 40.Rg8 c5 41.Be6 1-0 I Mazel vs Alatortsev, 1941 === [Event "21st Moscow Championship"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [EventDate "1941.11.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Panov, Vasily"] [Black "Zubarev, Nikolay"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "Shakmatny Bulletin, No.6, 1975"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 c5 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 O-O 9.b3 Nc6 10.Bb2 Qc7 11.Qe2 Qf4 12.Rad1 Rd8 13.Be5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bd7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Bxe6+ Kf8 17.Nf5 Bxe6 18.Qxe6 Re8 19.Nxe7 Qc7 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Nf4 Qd4 22.Qf5 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Qxd2 24.Qxc5+ Kg8 25.Nd3 Rd8 26.Kf1 h6 27.h3 b6 28.Qc4+ Kh7 29.Kg1 Qa5 30.Re7 Qxa2 31.Qf7 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Nd5 33.Rxa7 Qf6 34.Qxf6 Nxf6 35.f4 Rc8 36.c4 Ne4 37.Rb7 Rc6 38.Nb4 Nc5 39.Nxc6 Nxb7 40.Ne5 g5 41.f5 Kg7 42.g4 Nc5 43.b4 Na6 44.Nd3 Kf6 45.Kg2 Ke7 46.Kf3 Kd6 47.Ke4 Nb8 48.Ne5 1-0 Panov vs N Zubarev, 1941 =============== [Event "21st Moscow Championship"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [EventDate "1941.11.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Mazel, Isaak"] [Black "Zagorjansky, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "Shakmatny Bulletin, No.6, 1975"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Qc2 Ne4 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.e3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Nd7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 g6 11.h4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.h5 Kg7 14.O-O-O e4 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.Nf1 Bg4 17.Re1 Nxh5 18.Nd2 Nf6 19.f3 exf3 20.gxf3 Be6 21.e4 Bxc4 22.Nxc4 h5 23.Reg1 Rh8 24.Ne3 Qe6 25.Ng2 Qd6 26.Qb3 Qb6 27.e5 Nd7 28.Nf4 Qxb3 29.axb3 Kh6 30.e6 Nf8 31.e7 Nd7 32.Nd5 Rac8 33.Re1 c6 34.Ne3 Nf6 35.Nc4 Ne8 36.Re5 Kg7 37.f4 Rc7 38.Kd2 f6 39.Re2 Kf7 40.Rhe1 h4 41.Na5 Rh5 42.b4 Rf5 43.Re4 g5 44.fxg5 fxg5 45.R1e3 Kg6 46.c4 b6 47.Nb3 Kh5 48.Ke2 g4 49.Nd2 h3 50.Nf1 Rg5 51.Ng3+ Kg6 52.Rf4 Rc8 53.Rf8 Kh7 54.Re6 h2 55.Kf2 a5 56.bxa5 bxa5 57.Kg2 Rg6 58.Rxg6 Kxg6 59.Ne4 Rb8 60.Kxh2 a4 61.Nf6 Rb2+ 62.Kg3 Nc7 63.Nxg4 a3 64.Rc8 Kf7 65.Rxc7 a2 66.Nf6 1-0 I Mazel vs E Zagoryansky, 1941 ================= [Event "21st Moscow Championship"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [EventDate "1941.11.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Isaak Mazel "] [Black "Vladimir Petrov "] [Result "0-1"] [Source "rusbase"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 c5 3.dxc5 Qa5+ 4.Nc3 Qxc5 5.e4 Nc6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Be3 Qa5 8.Bd2 Qd8 9.e5 Ng4 10.Bf4 Bg7 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.O-O-O Qxf2 13.Qe4 O-O 14.h3 d5 15.Rxd5 Bf5 16.Qa4 b5 17.Bxb5 Qxg2 18.Rg1 Qxf3 19.hxg4 Bxc2 20.Kxc2 Qf2+ 21.Ne2 e6 22.Rd2 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Rgd1 Rab8 25.Nc3 Qc5 26.Be2 Rxb2+ 0-1 3 games, 1941 24 Riga RUSBASE raw pgns [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Koblenc A. (LAT)"] [Black "Apsheniek F"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 f5 11.Bd3 c5 12.Qe2 Qf6 13.Ng5 cxd4 14.Qxe6+ Qxe6 15.Nxe6 Ne5 16.Nxf8 Nxd3 17.Nxh7 Kxh7 18.Rd1 Nxc1 19.Raxc1 Be5 20.Re1 Bf6 21.Re8 b6 22.b4 Kg6 23.c5 bxc5 24.Rxc5 d3 25.Rc1 d2 26.Rd1 Bc3 27.b5 f4 28.f3 Bd4+ 29.Kh1 Be3 30.Rd8 Bb7 31.R8xd2 Bxd2 32.Rxd2 Re8 0-1 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Fride"] [Black "Apsheniek F"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bg5 c6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.Bd2 Qc7 9.Rc1 a6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Be7 12.Bc4 O-O 13.O-O Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qc2 Bg4 16.Ne5 Rad8 17.Qb3 Rxd4 18.Bxf7+ Kh8 19.Qg3 Bd6 20.Ng6+ hxg6 21.Qh4+ Bh5 22.Qxd4 Bxh2+ 23.Kh1 Be5 24.Qh4 Rxf7 0-1 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Zarumba"] [Black "Apsheniek F"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.e3 Nf5 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Be6 10.Qe2 e4 11.Ne1 Ne5 12.Bxe4 Bxc4 13.Bd3 Nxd3 14.Nxd3 Re8 15.Rd1 Nd4 0-1 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ozols K"] [Black "Apsheniek F"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d6 4.d4 c6 5.Bg2 Qc7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Nc3 Nxf4 8.gxf4 g6 9.Qd2 Bh6 10.h4 Nd7 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.d5 Bd7 13.Rc1 c5 14.Bf3 a6 15.a4 Qa5 16.Ne6 Rc8 17.O-O Qb4 18.b3 Qxb3 19.Qd3 Qb6 20.Rb1 Qa7 21.a5 Rb8 22.Rb6 Bc8 23.Rfb1 Kf7 24.Kh1 Bg7 25.h5 Ne8 26.Rg1 Bf6 27.h6 Bxc3 28.Qxc3 Nf6 29.Ng5+ Ke8 30.Qe3 Rf8 31.Rgb1 Kd8 32.Ne6+ Ke8 33.Ng5 Kd7 34.Qe6+ Ke8 35.Qe3 Nd7 36.Rxd6 b5 37.axb6 Rxb6 38.Rdxb6 Nxb6 39.Qxc5 Bd7 40.Qxb6 1-0 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kalnins (URS)"] [Black "Indulen V.(LAT)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Be2 Bf5 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.Nd2 Nc6 10.f4 h5 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Nf3 b5 13.Bd2 c4 14.Ng5 Bg6 15.Kh1 Be7 16.Nf3 Bc5 17.Qe1 h4 18.Ng5 Ne7 19.Rf3 Bf5 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Bc1 Bg4 22.Rf1 Bxe2 23.Qxe2 Nf5 24.Rf3 a5 25.Rh3 Ke7 26.d4 Ba7 27.Qd1 b4 28.cxb4 axb4 29.c3 f6 30.Nf3 bxc3 31.Ba3+ Kf7 32.Rxb8 Rxb8 33.Nxh4 c2 34.Qxc2 Nxh4 35.Bd6 Qa5 36.Qd1 Qd2 0-1 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kruzkop (LAT)"] [Black "Lazdinsh E."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.Nf3 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Ng5 b6 4.Nxe4 Bb7 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Qe5 Bxe4 7.Qxh8 Nf6 8.d3 Bf5 9.Bg5 Kf7 10.Bxf6 exf6 11.Qxh7+ Bg7 12.Qh4 Qe7+ 13.Be2 Nc6 14.Nc3 Rh8 15.Qa4 Bh6 16.g4 Be6 17.h4 b5 18.Qe4 f5 19.gxf5 gxf5 20.Qg2 Rg8 21.Qf3 Rg4 22.Kf1 Nd4 23.Qh3 b4 24.Bxg4 fxg4 25.Qg3 bxc3 26.Qe5 cxb2 27.Rb1 Nf3 28.Qh5+ Kg7 29.Rxb2 Qf6 30.Rb5 c6 31.Ra5 Nd2+ 32.Ke1 Nf3+ 33.Kf1 g3 34.Ke2 Ng1+ 0-1 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Melngailis T."] [Black "Fride J."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.e4 Nf6 13.Qe2 e5 14.Bc3 Bb4 15.Qd2 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.Nxc3 Rd8 18.Rfd1 Bd7 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Bc6 21.Rxe5 Rd2 22.Bf1 Kf8 23.f3 Rad8 24.Bc4 R8d4 25.Ra5 Rc2 26.Rxa7 Rdd2 27.Bf1 Rxh2 28.b4 g6 29.b5 Bxb5 30.Bxb5 Rcg2+ 31.Kf1 Rb2 32.Kg1 Rbg2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Ozols K."] [Black "Dreiberg L."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A18"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 d4 6.exf6 dxc3 7.bxc3 Qxf6 8.d4 Bd6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bg5 Qg6 11.Bd3 Re8+ 12.Kd2 Bf5 13.Qc2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qh5 15.Rhe1 Nc6 16.h3 h6 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.Be3 Na5 19.c4 c6 20.Rb1 b6 21.Kc2 Nb7 22.Bd2 Nd8 23.Re1 Rxe1 24.Bxe1 f5 25.d5 Qe8 26.Qxf5 Qe2+ 27.Kb3 b5 28.Qc2 bxc4+ 29.Qxc4 Qd1+ 30.Qc2 Qxd5+ 31.Qc4 Ne6 32.Qxd5 cxd5 33.Bd2 Nf4 34.Ne1 Kf7 35.Be3 Bb8 36.Kc3 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Indulen V.(LAT)"] [Black "Gize E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 a6 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.f4 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Qd2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qc5 13.Qd2 b5 14.O-O-O Bb7 15.Ne4 Qb6 16.Nd6+ Kf8 17.g4 Nc5 18.Bd3 Bc8 19.f5 Nb7 20.Nxb7 Qxb7 21.f6 h6 22.fxg7+ Kxg7 23.g5 h5 24.Rhg1 Qc7 25.Qf4 Qe7 26.Rdf1 Bd7 27.g6 Bc6 28.gxf7+ Kf8 29.Qh6+ 1-0 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Solmanis Z."] [Black "Gize E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C05"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nxe4 6.Bxe4 Nd7 7.Qd3 a6 8.Bxh7 g6 9.Bxg6 fxg6 10.Qxg6+ 1-0 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lazdinsh E."] [Black "Melngailis T."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.b3 cxd4 5.exd4 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne5 Qb6 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nd2 Nh5 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.c3 e5 15.dxe5 Rxe5 16.Rxe5 Bxe5 17.h3 Bg3 18.hxg4 Bxf2+ 19.Kh1 Ng3+ 20.Kh2 Qc7 21.c4 Nf1+ 22.Kh1 Qh2+ 23.Nxh2 Ng3# 0-1 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fride J."] [Black "Koblenc A. (LAT)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.f4 Bf5 5.Nf3 e6 6.c3 Be7 7.Be2 c5 8.O-O O-O 9.Qb3 b6 10.Na3 Bg4 11.Nc4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Qd3 dxe5 14.Ncxe5 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Nb4 16.Qd1 Rc8 17.Kh1 Nc2 18.Rb1 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Qxd4 20.Bd3 Rfd8 21.Bd2 h6 22.Bc3 Ne3 23.Bxd4 Nxd1 24.Bg1 Nxb2 25.Rxb2 Rc1 26.Rf1 Rxf1 27.Bxf1 Rd1 28.Rf2 Re1 29.g3 Bc5 30.Rf3 Rxe5 31.Bxc5 Rxc5 32.Ra3 Rc7 33.Bd3 Kf8 34.Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Melngailis T."] [Black "Apshenieks F."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Qe7 8.e3 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Rc1 d6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O-O 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Qd4 Kb8 16.f3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Rde8 18.e4 f5 19.Bd3 f4 20.g4 h5 21.gxh5 Rxh5 22.Rce1 Qe5 23.c5 Rh4 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Be2 b6 26.Rd1 Kc7 27.Rd2 Qc5 28.Rfd1 Rh6 29.Kf1 Re5 30.Qxc5 Rxc5 31.c4 Bd7 32.Kf2 Ba4 33.Rb1 Be8 34.Rd4 Bf7 35.Rbd1 Ra5 36.R1d2 Kc6 37.Bd1 Kc5 38.Be2 Re6 39.g3 Rh6 40.Kg2 Ra3 41.e5 dxe5 42.Re4 Re3 43.Rxe3 fxe3 44.Rd7 Be6 45.Rxa7 Kd4 46.Ra3 Bf5 47.Rb3 g4 48.fxg4 Be4+ 49.Bf3 Bd3 50.g5 Rg6 51.a3 e4 52.Bh5 Rxg5 53.g4 Rg8 54.Rb5 e2 55.Kf2 Rf8+ 56.Rf5 e3+ 57.Ke1 Bxf5 58.gxf5 Rxf5 59.Bxe2 Ra5 0-1 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Strautmanis A."] [Black "Gize E."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 f5 4.exf5 Bxg2 5.Qh5+ g6 6.fxg6 Bg7 7.gxh7+ Kf8 0-1 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "19"] [White "Berg T."] [Black "Zhdanov Igor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.Nbd2 c5 7.Qa4+ Nbd7 8.Nxc4 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.Qc2 Nd5 11.Rd1 b5 12.Nce5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Qb6 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Nd3 Bd4 16.e3 Bf6 17.e4 Nc7 18.Be3 Qb8 19.Rac1 Bd8 20.Bf4 e5 21.Bxe5 Ra7 22.Nb4 Bg4 23.f3 Be6 24.Nc6 Qa8 25.Nxd8 Bc4 26.b3 Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.bxc4 Qe7 29.Bxc7 Qc5+ 30.Qf2 1-0 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Salminsh B."] [Black "Indulen V.(LAT)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bf4 Rc8 9.Rc1 h6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Na4 Ba7 12.c4 dxc4 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Rfd1+ Kc7 15.b3 cxb3 16.axb3 Nge7 17.Rd6 g5 18.Bg3 Kb8 19.h4 Be4 20.hxg5 Nf5 21.Bf4 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 hxg5 23.Bh2 Rxh2 24.Kxh2 Rh8+ 25.Kg1 Ng3 0-1 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Zhdanov Igor"] [Black "Koblenc A. (LAT)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B70"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Nb3 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.f4 Qc8 11.h3 a5 12.Qd2 a4 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc4 15.Rf2 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 a3 17.b3 Qc6 18.Rd1 Rfe8 19.f5 Ng4 20.Qxg4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Qxc3 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Rd3 Qa1+ 24.Kh2 Qxa2 25.Rdf3 Rf8 26.Rxf7 Rxf7 27.Qxg6+ Rg7 28.Qe6+ Kh8 29.Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Kalnins (URS)"] [Black "Dreiberg L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 a6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Qe2 c5 9.e4 cxd4 10.e5 Ng8 11.Nxd4 Bc5 12.Rd1 Qb6 13.Nf3 Bb7 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Bg5 Ng6 16.Ne4 Ndxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bf4 Qc6 19.Bd5 exd5 20.Nxc5 Qxc5 21.Qxe5+ Kf8 22.Rac1 Qb6 23.Re1 h6 24.Rc7 Kg8 25.Qe7 Qd4 26.Qxf7+ Kh7 27.Be5 1-0 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Apshenieks F."] [Black "Kalnins (URS)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Bb5 Qb6 8.Na3 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.e5 Nd5 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.d3 O-O 14.Ba4 Nce7 15.Bc2 Ng6 16.f5 Nh4 17.Qe4 Bh2+ 18.Kh1 Qg3 19.Bd2 exf5 20.Qxd5 Rfd8 21.Qxb7 Rab8 22.Qc6 Rbc8 23.Qb7 Rc7 24.Qf3 Nxf3 25.Rxf3 Qh4 26.Kxh2 g6 27.Re1 Re7 28.Rxe7 Qxe7 29.Be3 Rd5 30.b3 g5 31.Bxg5 Qe2 32.Rg3 Kg7 33.Ne3 Kf8 34.Nxd5 Qxc2 35.Be7+ Ke8 36.Bxc5 Qxa2 37.c4 Qxb3 38.Bxa7 Qb7 39.Be3 Qb3 40.Bf4 Qb2 41.Re3+ Kd8 42.Bc7+ Kc8 43.Re8+ Kd7 44.Re7+ Kc6 45.Be5 1-0 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "15"] [White "Dreiberg L."] [Black "Zhdanov Igor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C12"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.f3 c5 6.e5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bf2 Nfd7 10.h4 Rg8 11.hxg5 hxg5 12.Be2 Nc6 13.Qd2 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.dxc5 Qa5 16.Rh6 Rf8 17.c4 Qxd2+ 18.Kxd2 Bd7 19.Be3 g4 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Bg5 gxf3 22.gxf3 Ng8 23.Rh8 Be6 24.Bd3 Kd7 25.Re1 Nge7 26.Rh6 Nd8 27.f4 Nec6 28.Nf3 Rc8 29.Ne5+ Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Rxc5 31.Bxd8 Kxd8 32.Rexe6 Rxf4 33.Rh7 Ra5 34.Rg6 Rf8 35.Bf5 d4 36.Rd6+ 1-0 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Indulen V.(LAT)"] [Black "Melngailis T."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.O-O Nbc6 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.c3 Qd7 10.a4 h5 11.Nh4 O-O-O 12.f3 Be6 13.f4 g6 14.b4 Rdg8 15.a5 Nd8 16.b5 f6 17.Nf3 Nf7 18.Qc2 g5 19.fxg5 fxg5 20.c4 dxc4 21.Bxc4 Kb8 22.Nd2 Nh6 23.Ne4 Nd5 24.Qb3 Ng4 25.h3 Bh2+ 26.Kh1 Bf4 27.Nxf4 gxf4 28.Nc5 Qd6 29.Ba3 f3 30.Na6+ Kc8 31.Bxd6 fxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Nde3+ 33.Kf3 Bxc4 34.Qc3 cxd6 35.Rg1 Rf8+ 0-1 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Dreiberg L."] [Black "Solmanis Z."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "?"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.Qe2 Bf2+ 8.Kf1 Nd4 9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Nb5 Bb6 11.h3 Qh4 12.Qf3 a6 13.g3 Qh5 14.hxg4 Bxg4 15.Rxh5 Bxf3 16.Rf5 axb5 17.Bxf7+ Kd7 18.fxe5 Bg4 19.e6+ Kc6 20.Rg5 Bh3+ 21.Ke2 g6 22.Be3 Bxe3 23.Kxe3 Rhg8 24.d4 h6 25.d5+ Kc5 26.Rxg6 Rxg6 27.Bxg6 Rg8 28.Bf5 Bxf5 29.exf5 Kxd5 30.Kf4 1-0 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Indulen V.(LAT)"] [Black "Koblenc A. (LAT)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "?"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Qd2 h6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.O-O-O a6 11.f4 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 Nb6 13.Bb3 Qc7 14.Rhe1 e6 15.f5 Nc4 16.Qg3 Be5 17.Qg4 h5 18.Qg5 gxf5 19.exf5 b5 20.Ndxb5 axb5 21.Nxb5 Qb8 22.Rxe5 Nxe5 23.Nxd6+ Kf8 24.fxe6 Ng6 25.Qd8+ Kg7 26.Nf5+ Kh7 27.Qf6 Rg8 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Qf6+ Kh7 30.Qf7+ Kh8 31.Qf6+ Kh7 32.g3 Qe5 33.Qg5 Rg7 34.Qxh5+ Kg8 Time 0-1 [Event "Tournament"] [Site "Riga (Latvia)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Berg T."] [Black "Kruzkop (LAT)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.Qc3 O-O 10.e3 Nf5 11.Ne2 c6 12.e4 Nd6 13.Nd2 c5 14.a4 Re8 15.O-O b6 16.Nc1 h6 17.Nd3 Nb7 18.Rae1 d6 19.f4 Nd7 20.Nf3 f6 21.Nh4 Nf8 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 Qd7 24.b3 a5 25.Qd2 Nh7 26.Bh3 Qf7 27.Qd1 Qd7 28.Qh5 Re7 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Nxe5 Qe8 31.Qxe8+ Raxe8 32.Nd3 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34.Nxe1 Ng5 35.Bg2 Nd6 36.g4 Nge4 37.Bxe4 Nxe4 38.Nf3 Kf7 39.Kf1 Ke7 40.Ke2 Kd7 41.Ke3 Nd6 42.Kf4 1-0 1 game, 1926 27th Australian Championship (1956-1957) Source: ozbase http://www.ozbase.com.au/games.html Tournament Results boards: Australian Championship (1956/57) [bad tournament link] AUS-ch playoff (1957) ================== Ozols and Lazare shared 1st-2nd place in the tournament. They then played a 6 game playoff match, which was drawn. Ozols and Lazare were declared co-champions of the 27th Australian Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austr... 75 games, 1956-1957 28th Australian Championship (1958-1959) Source: ozbase http://www.ozbase.com.au/games.html Tournament Results boards: Australian Championship (1958/59) 29 games, 1958 2nd British Chess Federation championship 1905 https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg... <Tournament:> 2nd British Championship (won by Atkins) <Venue:> Southport <Dates:> 14-26 August 1905 1. Atkins, Henry Ernest 2. Sherrard, Charles Hugh 3. Ward, William 4. Bellingham, George Edward H 5. Blackburne, Joseph Henry 6. Wainwright,George Edward 7. Wahltuch, Victor Leonard 8. Palmer, Wilfred Charles (Rev) 9. Michell, Reginald Pryce 10 Gunston, William Hewison 11. Mackenzie, Arthur John 12. Shoosmith, Hector William 40 games, 1905 2nd Latvian Chess Congress <Riga 1926-1927> (23 December-2 January) Second Latvian Chess Congress/Second unofficial Latvian Chess Championship. 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 Second Latvian Chess Congress <Petrovs shared 2nd> with T. Bergs, behind F. Apsenieks.[Fride, pp.3-4; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1921-1930" p.150; Latvijas ڑaha èempionâts; "Rîgas Ziòas", December 23, 1926, p.1; "Libausche Zeitung", January 5, 1927, p.5; https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926.... ] [Event "2nd Latvian Chess Congress"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1926.12.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Vladimir Petrov"] [Black "Indrikis Strazdins"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "Rigasche Rundschau, February 5, 1927, p15"] [PlyCount "43"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nfd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rfd1 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 b6 16. Rad1 Ng6 17. h4 Bb7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxe6 Bc6 21. Rd6 Be8 22. Bd5 1-0 Petrov vs I Strazdins, 1926 This game was awarded the third prize for beauty. "Rigasche Rundschau", February 5, 1927, p. 15. http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view... ================== [Event "2nd Latvian Chess Congress"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1926.12.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Bergs, Teodors"] [Black "Petrov, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [PlyCount "143"] Source "'Latvis', January 6, 1927, p. 6" 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nf8 8. O-O Ne6 9. Be5 O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. e4 Bb7 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ba6 Qc8 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Rfe1 a6 16. a4 Rfc8 17. Qe3 Rc6 18. Bh2 Ne8 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Be4 Qh5 21. d5 Bh6 22. Qe2 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rc5 25. Nb3 Rcc8 26. Bf3 Bf8 27. Rd1 Rc4 28. Rd4 Rac8 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. a5 b5 31. Be5 f6 32. Bd4 Nd6 33. c3 Ra4 34. Kh2 Kf7 35. Bb6 Ke8 36. Nc5 Rc4 37. Ne6 Bh6 38. Bd4 Kd7 39. Nc5+ Kd8 40. b3 Rxd4 41. cxd4 Bc8 42. Ne6+ Kd7 43. Rc2 Ne8 44. g4 f5 45. g5 Bg7 46. Nxg7 Nxg7 47. Kg3 Ne8 48. h4 Nd6 49. h5 Kd8 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Kf4 Bd7 52. Rc1 Be8 53. Rh1 Kc7 54. Rh6 Bf7 55. Rh8 Be8 56. Be2 Kd7 57. Bd3 Kd8 58. Rh6 Kd7 59. Ke3 Kd8 60. Rh8 Kd7 61. Kd2 Kd8 62. Kc3 Kd7 63. Kb4 Kc7 64. Rh7 Nc8 65. Kc5 Bd7 66. Rg7 Be8 67. d6+ Kd7 68. dxe7 Nxe7 69. Bxb5+ axb5 70. a6 Kd8 71. Rxe7 Kxe7 72. a7 1-0 T Bergs vs Petrov, 1926 0 games, 34th British Chess Federation championship 1947 <34th British Chess Federation championship (1947)> https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg... Tournament: 34th British Chess Championship Venue: Lounge Hall, Harrogate Dates: 11-22 August 1947 === <1947 British Chess Championship> Broadbent, Reginald Joseph Golombek, Harry Crown, Gordon Thomas Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart Newman, Richard Hilary Thomas, George Alan Wood, Gabriel Jacquin Abrahams, Gerald Fairhurst, William Albert Blow, Ronald Wood, Baruch Harold Morry, William Ritson --- <1947 British Ladies' Chess Championship> Tranmer, Eileen Betsy Saunders, Elaine Price, Edith Charlotte Bruce, Rowena Mary Murphy, Cicely Mary Budge, Esme Hewetson Cicely Mary Murphy (1904-1990) lived in Whitchurch, Shropshire. There is more about her on the Shropshire chess website: http://www.shropshirechess.org/Hist.... Elaine Saunders's full birth name was actually Doree Elaine Zelia Saunders (born 1926, Brentford, Middx, died 2012) but she never used the first name and rarely the third name. --- <1947 BCF Premier Tournament> Aitken, James Macrae Thomas, Andrew Rowland Benedick Rhodes, Herbert Gibson Truscott, Alan Fraser Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene Buerger, Victor Sergeant, Edward Guthlac Lenton, Alfred Stone, Joseph Charlesworth, Kenneth Preston Bruce, Ronald Mackay Schenk, Hans Georg 47 games, 1905-1947 3rd Australian Open (1951-1952) 3rd Australian Open (1951-1952) Tournament Results board: 3rd Australian Open (1951) 3rd Australian Open (1952) Source: http://www.ozbase.com.au/games.html 45 games, 1951-1952 3rd Ch RSFSR 1 game, 1928 3rd Latvian Chess Congress 1930-1931 <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; https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930.... ] =================== 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. -------------- 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. === [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 === [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 === [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 ================== [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 =================== [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 === [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 ########################## 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 === [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 === [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 === [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 === [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 =================== [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 ################ 13 games, 1930-1931 4 LATVIAN CHESS BOOKS K.Bētiņš, A.Kalniņš, V.Petrovs "Šachs Latvijā līdz 1940. gadam", (Rīga: Valters un Rapa, 1940). A.Frīde, A. Auziņš "Latvija pasaules šaha olimpiādēs", (Riga: Latvijas sporta muzejs, 1993). Ģ. Salmiņš, "LIepājas šaha dzīves lappuses (1894-1944)", (Liepāja: LiePA, 2003). Ģ.Salmiņš "No Parīzes līdz Prāgai. Hermanis Matisons (1894 - 1932)", (Liepāja: LiePA, 2008). === 1 game, 1924

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