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9th Chess Olympiad
The 9th Chess Olympiad ( hr, 9. Šahovska olimpijada), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, FPR Yugoslavia (present day Croatia). Eighty-four players from 16 nations played a total of 480 games. The acclaimed 1950 Dubrovnik chess set was designed and manufactured specifically for the Olympiad. Results Team standings : Team results Individual medals The prizes for best individual results went to: at olimpbase.org * Board 1: and |
Poster For Chess Olympiad 1950
A poster is a large sheet that is placed either on a public space to promote something or on a wall as decoration. Typically, posters include both typography, textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either wholly graphical or wholly text. Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and informative. Posters may be used for many purposes. They are a frequent tool of advertisers (particularly of events, musicians, and films), propaganda, propagandists, protestors, and other groups trying to communicate a message. Posters are also used for reproductions of artwork, particularly famous works, and are generally low-cost compared to the original artwork. The modern poster, as we know it, however, dates back to the 1840s and 1850s when the printing industry perfected colour lithography and made mass production possible. History Introduction According to the French historian Max Gallo, "for over two hundred years, posters have been displayed in public places all over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Rossetto
Héctor Decio Rossetto (8 September 1922 in Bahía Blanca, Argentina – 23 January 2009 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentinian chess player. He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and the Grandmaster title in 1960. He was a five-time Argentine Champion (1942, 1944, 1947, 1962, and 1972). Rossetto won the Mar del Plata chess tournament in 1949 and again in 1952 (shared with Julio Bolbochán). He also won in Mar del Plata (KIM) in 1962. He was the director of the 1978 Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires. He was a player from the "golden age" of chess in Argentina, led by Miguel Najdorf, with Erich Eliskases, Hermann Pilnik, Carlos Guimard, Julio Bolbochán, and young Oscar Panno Oscar Roberto Panno (born 17 March 1935 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine chess Grandmaster. Panno was the first top world chess player born in South America. Panno won the 2nd World Junior Chess Championship in 1953, ahead of such future stron .... References External links Hector Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Euwe
Machgielis "Max" Euwe (; May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978. Early years, education and professional career Euwe was born in the Watergraafsmeer, in Amsterdam. He studied mathematics at the University of Amsterdam under the founder of intuitionistic logic, L.E.J. Brouwer (who later became his friend and for whom he held a funeral oration), and earned his doctorate in 1926 under Roland Weitzenböck. He taught mathematics, first in Rotterdam, and later at a girls' Lyceum in Amsterdam. After World War II, Euwe became interested in computer programming and was appointed professor in this subject at the universities of Rotterdam and Tilburg, retiring from Tilburg University in 1971. He published a mathematical analysis of the game of chess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Evans (chess Player)
Larry Melvyn Evans (March 22, 1932 – November 15, 2010) was an American chess player, author, and journalist who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1957. He won or shared the U.S. Chess Championship five times and the U.S. Open Chess Championship four times. He wrote a long-running syndicated chess column and wrote or co-wrote more than twenty books on chess. Chess career Early years Evans was born on March 22, 1932 in Manhattan, the son of Bella (Shotl) and Harry Evans. His family was Jewish. He learned much about the game by playing for ten cents an hour on 42nd Street in New York City, quickly becoming a rising star. At age 14, he tied for 4th–5th place in the Marshall Chess Club championship. The next year he won it outright, becoming the youngest Marshall champion at that time. He also finished equal second in the U.S. Junior Championship, which led to an article in the September 1947 issue of Chess Review. At 16, he played in the 1948 U.S. Chess Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Kramer (chess Player)
George Mortimer Kramer (born 15 May 1929) is an American chess player, Chess Olympiad individual bronze medal winner ( 1950). Biography After World War II George Kramer was one of the most promising new chess players in the United States. In 1945, at the age of sixteen, he won the New York State Chess Championship. In 1946, he debuted in U.S. Chess Championship where ranked at 9th place. In 1952, George Kramer won Manhattan Chess Club Championship. George Kramer played for United States in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1950, at reserve board in the 9th Chess Olympiad in Dubrovnik (+5, =5, -3) and won individual bronze medal. In later years, George Kramer was no longer repeated these results in chess tournaments. He also participated twice in the U.S. Chess Championships (1957, 1962) but ranked at the bottom of the table each time. In 1960s he three times won New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shainswit
George Shainswit (January 3, 1918 – September 5, 1997) was a leading American chess player. He played various tournaments including five U.S. Chess Championships. Biography George Shainswit was born in New York City, United States on January 3, 1918. From the end of 1930s to the early 1950s George Shainswit was one of American leading chess players. He played mainly in domestic chess tournaments. In 1943, George Shainswit shared 1st place with Anthony Santasiere in Ventnor City. In 1945, he was an American reserve player in USA vs. USSR radio chess match. In 1950, George Shainswit shared 1st place with Arnold Denker in Manhattan Chess Club Championship. He played in five U.S. Chess Championships: * in 1938 and ranked in 15th place; * in 1940 and shared 8th–11th place; * in 1944 and ranked in 6th place; * in 1948 and shared 5th–7th place; * in 1951 and ranked in 9th place. George Shainswit played for United States in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1950, at fourth board in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Albert Horowitz
Israel Albert Horowitz (often known as I. A. Horowitz or Al Horowitz) (November 15, 1907 – January 18, 1973) was an American International Master of chess. He is most remembered today for the books he wrote about chess. In 1989 he was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame. Chess career Horowitz was the chess columnist for ''The New York Times'', writing three columns a week for ten years. He was the owner and editor of '' Chess Review'' magazine from 1933 until it was bought out and taken over by the United States Chess Federation in 1969 and merged into ''Chess Life''. ''Chess Review'' magazine was founded in 1933 as a partnership between Horowitz and Isaac Kashdan; however, Kashdan dropped out after just a few issues and Horowitz became sole owner. Before that, Horowitz had been a securities trader on Wall Street. He had been partners with chess masters Maurice Shapiro, Mickey Pauley, Albert Pinkus and Maurice Wertheim. Horowitz dropped out and devoted himself to ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Steiner
Herman Steiner (April 15, 1905 – November 25, 1955) was an American chess player, organizer, and columnist. He won the U.S. Chess Championship in 1948 and became International Master in 1950. Even more important than his playing career were his efforts promoting chess in the U.S., particularly on the West Coast. An exemplar of the Romantic School of chess, Steiner was a successor to the American chess tradition of Paul Morphy, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, and Frank Marshall. Biography Born in Dunaszerdahely, Austria-Hungary (now Dunajská Streda, Slovakia), Steiner came to New York City at a young age. For a time, he was active as a boxer. At age 16 he was a member of the Hungarian Chess Club and the Stuyvesant Chess Club. With the experience he gained in the active New York City chess scene, Steiner rapidly developed his chess skill and in 1929 he tied for first place (with Jacob Bernstein) in the New York State championship tournament at Buffalo. The same year he was first in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Reshevsky
Samuel Herman Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski; November 26, 1911 – April 4, 1992) was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was a contender for the World Chess Championship from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s: he tied for third place in the 1948 World Chess Championship tournament, and tied for second in the 1953 Candidates tournament. He was an eight-time winner of the US Chess Championship, tying him with Bobby Fischer for the all-time record. He was an accountant by profession and also a chess writer. Early life, early chess exhibition and competition Reshevsky was born at Ozorków near Łódź, Congress Poland, to a Jewish family. He learned to play chess at age four and was soon acclaimed as a child prodigy. At age eight, he was beating many accomplished players with ease and giving simultaneous exhibitions. In November 1920, his parents moved to the United States to make a living by publicly exhibiting their child's talent. Resh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Hilmar Staudte
Hans-Hilmar Staudte (18 January 1911 – 21 January 1979) was a German jurist and chess player, Chess Olympiad team and individual bronze medals winner ( 1950). Biography In 1940, Hans-Hilmar Staudte in University of Hamburg defended his doctorate in law. During the World War II he worked as a judge in Munich. After the war, Hans-Hilmar Staudte was in custody of allies. In 1948, he participated as a witness in Nuremberg trials. In the later years, Hans-Hilmar Staudte worked at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Bonn until he retired at the age of 65. He died after a long illness. In 1925 he became a member of Aachen chess club. In 1935, Hans-Hilmar Staudte ranked 2nd in the Bas-Rhin Chess Federation Championship. In 1941, he won one of the Bavaria chess congresses second tournament. In 1950, in German Chess Championship Hans-Hilmar Staudte shared 2nd place with Efim Bogoljubov behind winner Wolfgang Unzicker. Hans-Hilmar Staudte played for West Germany in the Chess Olympiad: * In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Rellstab (chess Player)
Ludwig Rellstab (23 November 1904 – 14 February 1983) was a German chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1942 and was awarded the International Master title in 1950. Biography Rellstab was born in Schöneberg, Berlin to a distinguished family of academics and musicians. His great-grandfather, also named Ludwig Rellstab, was a well-known poet and music critic. His father Ludwig M. E. Rellstab was a professor of physics and electronics, who in 1914 became chief engineer at Siemens & Halske. His sister Annekäthe was a pianist. Chess career He was German Champion, winning at Bad Oeynhausen 1942. He took 8th in the (unofficial) European Championship at Munich 1942 (Alexander Alekhine won). In 1943, he took 6th in Salzburg (Paul Keres and Alekhine won). In 1943, he took 5th in Vienna (10th GER-ch; Josef Lokvenc won). Rellstab represented Germany at fifth board in the Munich 1936 unofficial Olympiad, and won two bronze medals (team and individual). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Pfeiffer
Gerhard Pfeiffer (June 14, 1923 – June 27, 2000) was a German chess master and chess problemist. He tied for 5-7th at Bad Oeynhausen 1941 (8th German Chess Championship, Paul Felix Schmidt and Klaus Junge won); shared 1st with Lothar Schmid at Wiessenfels 1947 (Soviet Zone-ch); shared 10th at Bad Pyrmont 1949 (West Germany-ch, Efim Bogoljubow won); took 2nd, behind Rudolf Teschner, at Düsseldorf 1951 (GER-ch); and took 5th at Sofia 1957 (zonal, Miroslav Filip won). Pfeiffer won six times for West Germany in Chess Olympiads (1950-1960), and won two bronze medals (team and individual) in the 9th Chess Olympiad at Dubrovnik 1950. He was awarded the International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ... title in 1957. References 1923 births 2000 deaths Ches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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