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1904 In Chess
Events in chess in 1904: News * The 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress is the first major international chess tournament in America in the twentieth century. It featured the participation of World Champion Emanuel Lasker, who had not played a tournament since 1900 and would not play again until 1909. American Frank Marshall was the surprise winner. * The first British Chess Championship organized by the British Chess Federation is held in Hastings. William Ewart Napier wins the men's championship and Kate Belinda Finn wins the women's championship. * The ''American Chess Bulletin'' is founded in New York City by Hermann Helms (1870–1963). Helms is the editor for the entire run of the magazine, which ceases publication in 1962. * The first official Berlin City Chess Championship is won by Horatio Caro, followed by Ossip Bernstein, Rudolf Spielmann, Wilhelm Cohn, Benjamin Blumenfeld, etc. Births * Erik Andersen * Mary Bain * Anneliese Brandler * Victor Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Bain
Mary Weiser Bain (born August 8, 1904 – October 26, 1972) was an American chess master. She was born in or near Ungvár, Kárpátalja, Hungary, which is now Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia oblast, Ukraine, into an assimilated Jewish family. Under the name Marie Weiserova, her 1921 New York immigration manifest lists her previous address as "Ushorod, Czecho-Sl." or Uzhhorod, which was then in Czechoslovakia, but it also lists her place of birth as "Iadobover" ic and the modern name of this town is unclear. She was a Women's World Chess Championship Challenger in 1937 and 1952 and the first American woman to represent the U.S. in an organized chess competition. She married Leslie Balogh Bain in 1926, an author, war correspondent and film director, and had two children with him. They divorced in 1948. In the 1950s, she ran a chess emporium and coffee house on 42nd Street in Manhattan. She died in New York. Mary Bain won the U.S. Women's Chess Championship in 1951. Bain was awarded the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Makogonov
Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov ( rus, Влади́мир Андре́евич Макого́нов, August 27, 1904 – January 2, 1993) was a chess player from Azerbaijan SSR. He was born in Nakhchivan but lived in Baku for most of his life. He became an International Master in 1950 and was awarded an honorary Grandmaster title in 1987.Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov '''' Retrieved November 30, 2006. Makogonov never became well known outside the , but was highly respected in his country as a player and coach. He was one of the world's strongest pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gottlieb Machate
Gottlieb Machate (20 November 1904, in Breslau – 27 May 1974, in Stuttgart) was a German chess master. He participated several times in Silesian Chess Congresses. In 1926 roku he took 2nd, behind Fritz Sämisch (off contest), in Bad Altheide (Polanica-Zdrój), and won the Silesian Champion title. He shared 3rd at Gleiwitz (Gliwice) 1927, won at Reichenbach (Dzierżoniów) 1928, took 4th at Breslau (Wrocław) 1930 ( Heinz Foerder won), shared 1st with Foerder at Bad Salzbrunn (Szczawno-Zdrój) 1931, took 7th at Bad Salzbrunn (Szczawno-Zdrój) 1933 ( Ludwig Schmitt won), and again won at Beuthen (Bytom) 1937. He played for Germany at first board in 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Budapest 1926, tied for 9-11th at Magdeburg 1927 (DSB Congress, Rudolf Spielmann won), tied for 5-6th at Swinemünde 1933, and took 10th at Bad Elster 1936. After World War II, he took 12th at Stuttgart 1947 (Ludwig Rellstab won), took 6th at Riedenburg 1947, tied for 8–10th at Kirchheim Teck 1947, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Lundin
Erik Ruben Lundin (2 July 1904 – 5 December 1988) was a Swedish chess master. In 1928, he won in Oslo, took 5th in Helsingborg, tied for 2nd-3rd in Stockholm (''Quadrangular'', Richard Réti won). In 1929, he took 2nd in Göteborg (Nordic Chess Championship, Gideon Ståhlberg won), and took 3rd in Västerås. In 1930, he took 7th in Stockholm (Isaac Kashdan won). In 1931, Lundin tied for 1st-3rd with Salo Flohr and Gösta Stoltz in Göteborg. In 1932, he tied for 1st with Ståhlberg in Karlskrona. In 1933, he won a match against Rudolf Spielmann (+1 -0 =5) in Stockholm. In 1934, he won in Stockholm, and took 2nd in Copenhagen (Nordic-ch; Aron Nimzowitsch won). In 1935, he took 2nd, with a score of 7.5/9, behind Alexander Alekhine's 8.5, in Örebro, after losing to Alekhine in the final round. In 1936, he took 4th in Margate (Flohr won), won in Ostend, and won in Helsinki (Nordic-ch). In 1937, he took 7th in Stockholm (Reuben Fine won), won in Copenhagen (Nordic-ch) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Levin (chess Player)
Jacob Levin (February 18, 1904 – June 17, 1992) was an American chess master. He reached the best results of his career in Ventnor City. He tied for 2nd–3rd in 1939 (Milton Hanauer won), was a winner in 1941, took second behind Daniel Yanofsky in 1942, tied for 5th–7th in 1943, and won again in 1944. He tied for 8–9th at New York 1942 (US Chess Championship, Samuel Reshevsky and Isaac Kashdan won), and took 4th at New York 1946 (US-ch, Reshevsky won). Levin was a member of the U.S. reserve team in the famous United States vs. the Soviet Union radio match in September 1945. In 2019, Levin, alongside suitemate Andrew Blank, was declared the hand-and-brain chess champion of the world on his Twitch stream, unseating the likes of Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, Caruana became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 20 days—the youngest grandmaster in the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leho Laurine
Leho Laurine (Leo Laurentius) (28 August 1904, St. Petersburg – 31 January 1998, Stockholm) was an Estonian chess master. He was Estonian Champion in 1932 (4th EST-ch), and took 3rd in 1935, behind Paul Keres, and Gunnar Friedemann (7th EST-ch). Throughout the 1930s, he played in the Estonian Club championships. In 1930 he won team silver medal, with Nedsvedski, Vidrik Rootare and Karring. In 1931 and 1938, he won two team gold medals, firstly with Villard, Karring, and Vladimirs Petrovs, and then with Paul Felix Schmidt, Johannes Türn, Kalde, and Laht. He played for Estonia in two Chess Olympiads. *In 1935, at third board in 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw (+4 -8 =2); *In 1936, at fifth board in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich (+5 -7 =3). During World War II, he played the Estonian championships of 1942 and 1943 (both won by Keres). In 1944, Laurine, along with many other Baltic players (Romanas Arlauskas. Leonids Dreibergs, Lucius Endzelins, Miervaldis Jurševski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Helling
Karl Helling (10 August 1904, Luckenwalde, Brandenburg – 15 August 1937, Berlin) was a German chess master. In 1928, he shared 1st with Kurt Richter in the Berlin City Chess Championship, and won a play-off match for the title against him (2 : 0). He also won the Berlin-ch in 1932. Helling represented Germany in the 4th Chess Olympiad at Prague 1931. In other tournaments, he tied for 7-10th at Chemnitz 1925, tied for 5-6th in the Berlin-ch 1927 ( Berthold Koch won), took 5th at Berlin (''BSG'') 1928 (Aron Nimzowitsch won); tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Richter, at Wiesbaden 1928; tied for 5-6th at Leipzig 1928 (Max Blümich won), took 9th at Berlin (''Kaffee König'') 1928 (Efim Bogoljubow won), tied for 4-7th at Duisburg 1929 (DSB Congress, Carl Ahues won). Helling won, ahead of Salo Flohr, at Zwickau 1930; won ahead of Ehrhardt Post and Richter, at Berlin 1930; and took 2nd, behind Isaac Kashdan, at Berlin 1930 (''Quadrangular''). In 1931, he lost a short match to Gösta Stoltz ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jón Guðmundsson
Jón Guðmundsson (1904 – 1980) was an Icelandic chess player, three-times Icelandic Chess Championship winner (1932, 1936, 1937), Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (1939). Biography In the 1930s Jón Guðmundsson was one of the most promising young chess players in Iceland. He three times won the Icelandic Chess Championship (1932, 1936, 1937). Jón Guðmundsson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1930, in the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+3, =4, -10), * In 1937, at second reserve board in the 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+4, =5, -7), * In 1939, at third board in the 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ... (+11, =0, -3) and won individual gold medal for group "B", showing a hundred percent result in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Grob
Henri Grob (4 June 1904 – 5? July'3 July' according to Gaige, '9 July' according to Golombek, '4 June' according to ''Mundo del Ajedrez'' November 1974, p. 318. 1974) was a Swiss chess player, artist, and painter. He was Swiss chess champion twice, and was awarded the title of International Master in 1950 at its inauguration. Grob pioneered eccentric chess openings, such as 1.g4 (book ''Angriff g2–g4'', Zürich 1942), sometimes known as Grob's Attack. Chess career Notable tournaments Grob was considered a leading Swiss player from the 1930s to 1950s and was invited to many prestigious . In 1926, he tied for 10–12th in Meran (Edgar Colle won). In 1932, he tied for 9–12th in Bern (Alexander Alekhine won). In 1934, he tied for 13–14th in Zürich 1934 (Alekhine won). In 1935, he took 3rd, behind Salo Flohr and George Koltanowski, in Barcelona, took 3rd in Rosas (Flohr won), and took 10th in Bad Nauheim ( Bogoljubow won). In 1936, he took 10th in Dresden (Alekhine won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Jeanne Frigard
Marie Jeanne Stein (''née'' Frigard; 30 October 1904, Grimaud – 29 July 1971, Ivry-sur-Seine) was a French chess player and classical violinist. She was a four-time French Women's Chess Champion (1924, 1925, 1926, 1927). She was a participant in the first Women's World Chess Championship in 1927. Biography In 1924, Frigard won the first French Women's Chess Championship in Paris after a playoff. She repeated this success three times from 1925 to 1927. In 1925 and 1927 she finished in second place but was nevertheless crowned the French women's champion, because the Paulette Schwartzmann, the winner of both tournaments, did not have French citizenship. In 1924, she finished second out of three players in a women's amateur chess tournament in Westende. In 1927 she participated in the first Women's World Chess Championship in London won by Vera Menchik, where she shared 9th–11th places. After 1927 she rarely participated in chess tournaments. Marie Jeanne Frigard played viol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Almirall Castell
Vicente Almirall Castell (27 February 1904 in Barcelona - ?) was a Spanish chess player, coach and referee who reached the rank of National Master. He developed his chess career in Madrid, and won the old Castile chess championship on the first occasion that it took place in 1935, and in the second contest of 1936 he tied with Juan Manuel Fuentes in the first position. He won the Torneo Nacional de Madrid (National Tournament in Madrid) in 1935, which gave him the right to challenge the champion Ramón Rey Ardid Ramón Rey Ardid (20 December 1903, Zaragoza – 21 January 1988) was a Spanish chess master. He was Spanish champion from 1929 to 1942. He was a psychiatrist and professor at the Zaragoza University. In 1924, he played for Spain in first unoffi ..., which he lost, making him a runner-up. In 1950 he became president of the Catalan Chess Federation, and from 1951 he was a national chess coach and international chess referee. References 1904 births Year of death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
