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Victor Soultanbeieff
V Soultanbeieff 
 

Number of games in database: 136
Years covered: 1921 to 1969
Overall record: +49 -46 =41 (51.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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VICTOR SOULTANBEIEFF
(born Nov-11-1895, died Feb-09-1972, 76 years old) Russia (federation/nationality Belgium)

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Victor Ivanovich Soultanbeieff moved to Belgium after the Russian revolution. He was champion of the Belgian federation* in 1932 (=Israel Dyner), 1934, 1943, 1957 and 1961 and was 5th at Spa in 1926.

*Wikipedia article: Belgian Chess Championship

Wikipedia article: Victor Soultanbeieff


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 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 136  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Soultanbeieff vs NN 1-0221921GallipoliC55 Two Knights Defense
2. V Soultanbeieff vs NN 1-0181923LiegeC70 Ruy Lopez
3. V Soultanbeieff vs E Lancel  ½-½471923Belgian ChampionshipC11 French
4. J Horowitz vs V Soultanbeieff  0-1531923Belgian ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
5. E Sapira vs V Soultanbeieff  0-1511923Belgian ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
6. V Soultanbeieff vs Colle  0-1671923Belgian ChampionshipC46 Three Knights
7. Koltanowski vs V Soultanbeieff 1-0261923Belgian ChampionshipC49 Four Knights
8. V Soultanbeieff vs P Devreese  1-01719242nd La Nation Belge CupC49 Four Knights
9. M Lenglez vs V Soultanbeieff  0-15119242nd La Nation Belge CupB02 Alekhine's Defense
10. V Soultanbeieff vs S Silberschatz  ½-½5119242nd La Nation Belge CupC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
11. E Sapira vs V Soultanbeieff  ½-½4419242nd La Nation Belge CupC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
12. V Soultanbeieff vs I Censer  0-14319242nd La Nation Belge CupB44 Sicilian
13. Colle vs V Soultanbeieff  ½-½3719242nd La Nation Belge CupD80 Grunfeld
14. V Soultanbeieff vs J B Perlmutter  1-03719242nd La Nation Belge CupB20 Sicilian
15. Duchamp vs V Soultanbeieff  1-05419242nd La Nation Belge CupA13 English
16. V Soultanbeieff vs E Lancel  ½-½3719242nd La Nation Belge CupD95 Grunfeld
17. V Soultanbeieff vs M Barzin  ½-½4619242nd La Nation Belge CupC11 French
18. A F van Beneden vs V Soultanbeieff  0-12519242nd La Nation Belge CupD08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
19. V Soultanbeieff vs N Borukhovich  1-0331925National interclubsB20 Sicilian
20. V Soultanbeieff vs M Nebel  ½-½381925National interclubsC12 French, McCutcheon
21. V Soultanbeieff vs Colle  1-0281926National interclubsB02 Alekhine's Defense
22. A Tackels vs V Soultanbeieff  0-1371926National interclubsD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
23. Colle vs V Soultanbeieff  1-0291926National interclubsD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
24. V Soultanbeieff vs A Tackels  ½-½391926National interclubsC12 French, McCutcheon
25. V Soultanbeieff vs M Lenglez  1-0501926SpaE15 Queen's Indian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-16-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Soultanbeieff was a truly original player; it's a lot of fun going over his games.
Oct-04-05  DutchDunce: Sounds like a really yummy supper creation as well. "Sultan Beef"...mmmm.
Mar-03-08  MichAdams: Yes, I could just go a nice salt beef sandwich, a flask of milky coffee and a couple of jam doughnuts.
Sep-06-08  myschkin: . . .

Soultanbéieff was known for his agressive playing style, which sometimes resulted in short, brilliant games, but which sometimes led to unnecessary defeat. Some of his games are still famous like his games against [E Liubarski vs V Soultanbeieff, 1928 ] or [V Soultanbeieff vs Borodin, 1943 ]. Unlike many other players, Soultanbéieff stayed true to his attacking style when he grew old. He left his name to the Soultanbeieff defence, a line in the Slav Defense which was introduced in the correspondence game Alexander Macht – Soultanbéieff, 1931–32:

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 5.a4 e6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor... (very good wiki bio)

Photographs:

http://www.lecavalier.lu/Simultanpa...

Note (in German):

http://schachblaetter.de/?p=335

Mar-03-10  Cardinal Fang: My favourite Soultanbeieff game isn't in the database yet :-

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Jan-20-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Here is Soultanbeieff playing a nice variation of the epaulette mate, against Liubarski at Liege in 1935:


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1.♖f7+ ♔e8 2. ♗b5+ ♔d8 3. ♖bd7+ ♔e8 4. ♖de7+ ♔d8 5.♖e8+ ♖e8 6.♖d7#


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Mar-10-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: A quick victory by Soultanbeieff that is not in the database:

[Event "?"]
[Site "Liege"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaplan"]
[Black "Soultanbeieff, Victor Ivanovich"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. ♘c3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. ♘xb5 cxb5 6. ♕f3 ♘c6 7. ♕xc6+ ♗d7 8. ♕f3 e5 9. dxe5 ♗b4+ 10. ♔e2 ♘h6 11. h3


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11...♗g4! 12. ♕xg4 ♘xg4 13. hxg4 ♕d3+ 14. ♔f3 ♕xf1 0-1

Source: Bill Wall, “500 Queen’s Gambit Miniatures”, Chess Enterprises Inc, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, 1985

Aug-11-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Here are a couple of pictures of Soultanbeieff giving a simultaneous exhibition in Luxembourg in the mid 1930's:

http://www.lecavalier.lu/History/Si...

Jan-29-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: There is a pub near me called the Sultan, in South London.

It is a superb pub, really a great local.
http://www.hopback.co.uk/our-pubs/t...
Anyway, they are holding a beer festival from 22-24 April 2016.

I put this in my diary as <SULTAN B.F.>, and I thought, wow!...

Victor Ivanovich Soultanbeieff

Nov-11-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: He is player of the day today, because if he had continued to live (or failed to die) he would be 121 today.

I went to that Sultan BF that I mentioned earlier. It was very good. It rained a bit but that made the beer last longer.

Nov-11-16  TheFocus: Player of the Day

Happy birthday, Victor Sultan of Beef!!

Nov-11-16  Gejewe: His book "Guide pratique du jeu des combinaisons" (1950) was reprinted in the early 1974 as "Le maitre de l'attaque : 100 parties de Soultanbeieff" and as a junior player his attacking flair highly impressed me. In 1981, an open was organised in Liège, Belgium as the "Soultanbeieff memorial" and naturally I have played there. His son Alexandre Soultanbeieff was a guest of honor in the event, he was a chessplayer in his younger years (mentioned in the book). This Alexandre, an artist by profession, was born in 1926 and still seems to be active.., at 90.. ("seems" as information on internet is not always up to date )
Nov-11-18  Nosnibor: In Fischer`s 60 Memorable Games he referred to his victory over Keres in game 9 as "Meat and Potatoes ".However I am sure he was not thinking of Soultanbeieff when this intro to the game was written.
Nov-11-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Chernev had a lot of Soultanbeieff's victories in <Combinations: The Art of Chess>. That's about the only place I've seen the guy mentioned.
Nov-11-19  BIDMONFA: Victor Ivanovich Soultanbeieff

SOULTANBEIEFF, Victor
http://www.bidmonfa.com/soultanbeie... _

Nov-11-19  spingo: If he was around nowadays we would probably write his name as Sultanbeev, like in Dreev or Bareev.

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