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in the year 1942.

Chess events in brief

* 9–18 June 1942 –

Salzburg 1942 chess tournament The main organiser of Salzburg 1942, Ehrhardt Post, the Chief Executive of Nazi ''Grossdeutscher Schachbund'', intended to bring together the six strongest players of Germany, the occupied and neutral European countries; world champion Alexander Ale ...

, ''Six Grandmasters' Tournament'' in the rooms of

Mirabell Palace Mirabell Palace (german: Schloss Mirabell) is a historic building in the city of Salzburg, Austria. The palace with its gardens is a listed cultural heritage monument and part of the Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg UNESCO World Heritage Si ...

, organised by

Ehrhardt Post Alfred M. Ehrhardt Post (23 September 1881 in Cottbus – 1 August 1947 in Berlin) was a German chess master and functionary. Biography At the beginning of his career, he won and tied for 3-6th at Hanover 1902 (13th DSB–Congress, B tourn). ...

, the Chief Executive of Nazi ''Grossdeutscher Schachbund'', was won by Alexander Alekhine, followed by Paul Keres,

Paul Felix Schmidt Paul Felix Schmidt ( – 11 August 1984) was an Estonian and German chess player, writer and chemist. Biography In June 1935, Schmidt won, ahead of Paul Keres, at Tallinn. In May 1936, he drew a match against Keres (+3 –3 =1) at Pärnu. In 1 ...

Klaus Junge Klaus Junge (1 January 1924 – 17 April 1945) was one of the youngest Chilean-German chess masters. In several tournaments during the 1940s he held his own among the world's leading players. An officer in the Wehrmacht, he died during the Batt ...

Efim Bogoljubow Efim Bogoljubow ( or ), also known as Ewfim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow, ( (); also Romanized ''Bogoljubov'', ''Bogolyubov''; uk, Юхим Дмитрович Боголюбов, Yukhym Dmytrovych Boholiubov; April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952) ...

, and

Gösta Stoltz Gösta Stoltz (May 9, 1904 – July 25, 1963) was a Swedish chess grandmaster. Biography Stoltz played a few matches with strong chess masters. In 1926, he lost to Mikhail Botvinnik (+0 –1 =1) at a team match Stockholm – Leningrad in S ...

. * 31 August 1942 –

Vladimirs Petrovs Vladimirs Petrovs (russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Петро́в, translit=Vladimir Mikhailovich Petrov; 27 September 1907 – 26 August 1943) was a Latvian Russian chess player. He was born in Riga, in the Governorate of L ...

was arrested under the infamous Article 58, for criticising decreased living standards in Latvia since the Soviet annexation of 1940. Petrovs was sentenced to ten years in a corrective labor camp (

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). Finally, he had died at Kotlas on August 26, 1943, from an inflammation of the lungs. * 14–26 September 1942 – a tournament purporting to be the first European Individual Chess Championship (''Europameisterschaft''), organised by Post, was held in Munich. The main event was won by Alexander Alekhine, followed by Paul Keres,

Jan Foltys Jan Foltys (13 October 1908, Svinov – 11 March 1952, Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic) was a Czech chess International Master. Biography In 1933, he tied for 8-12th in Mnichovo Hradiště (13th Czech championships). In ...

Kurt Richter Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master and chess writer. Chess achievements In 1922, Richter for the first time won the Berlin City Chess Championship. In 1928, he tie ...

Gedeon Barcza Gedeon (Gideon) Barcza (August 21, 1911, in Kisújszállás – February 27, 1986, in Budapest) was a Hungarian chess grandmaster. He was eight-time chess champion of Hungary. Chess career In 1940, Barcza took third place, behind Max Euwe and ...

, etc. The Qualification Tournament (''Wertungsturnier'') won Gösta Danielsson ahead of

József Szily József Szily (2 October 1913, Budapest – 26 April 1976) was a Hungarian chess master. In 1939, he took 12th in Stuttgart (1st ''Europa Turnier'', Efim Bogoljubow won). In 1941, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Ludovit Potuček, behind Jan Foltys, in T ...

. * 28 September 1942 –

Salo Landau Salo (Salomon) Landau (1 April 1903, Bochnia, Galicia, Austria-Hungary – March 1944,Westerbork Cartotheek NIOD Amsterdam Grodziszcze, Świdnica County, Poland) was a Dutch chess player, who died in a Nazi concentration camp. Biography Early l ...

tried to escape the Nazis by fleeing to Switzerland with his family, but they were caught in Breda, near the border with Belgium. He was sent to a concentration camp in Gräditz, Silesia, where he died sometime between October 1943 and March 1944, probably 15 November 1943. His wife and young daughter, whose hiding place was betrayed, were sent to

Auschwitz Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...

, where they were gassed on October 12, 1944.

Tournaments

* Moscow (the Moscow City Chess Championship), won by Isaak Mazel ahead of

, 1941/42. *

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

won by

ahead of Rudolf Keller, 3–8 January 1942. *

Beverwijk Beverwijk () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about northwest of Amsterdam in the Randstad metropolitan area, north of the North Sea Canal very close to the North Sea coast. A ...

(the 5th Hoogovens), won by Max Euwe ahead of

Nicolaas Cortlever Nicolaas (Nico) Cortlever (14 June 1915, in Amsterdam – 5 April 1995) was a Dutch chess master. He tied for 7-8th at Rotterdam 1936 (10th Dutch Chess Championship, NED-ch, Salo Landau won); took 2nd at Amsterdam 1938 (11th NED-ch, Max Euwe won) ...

, January 1942. *

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...

(the Dutch Chess Championship, Qualification), won jointly by Arnold van den Hoek, Cortlever and

Adriaan de Groot Adrianus Dingeman (Adriaan) de Groot (Santpoort, 26 October 1914 – Schiermonnikoog, 14 August 2006) was a Dutch chess master and psychologist, who conducted some of the most famous chess experiments of all time in the 1940s-60. In 1946 he ...

. * Moscow won by Igor Bondarevsky ahead of Petrovs, February 17 – March 12, 1942. *

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

(Ghetto) won by Henryk Pogorieły ahead of

Abram Szpiro Abram (Abraham) Szpiro (1912 in Stringenau, Russian Empire – 16 February 1943, in Auschwitz) was a Polish chess master. Born in Russian Empire (now Poland), he moved with his family to Łódź. He tied for 7-8th (1930), shared 4th (1931), and ...

, February – April 1942. *

Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is a s ...

won by Miguel Najdorf ahead of

Hermann Pilnik Hermann Pilnik (8 January 1914, Stuttgart, Germany – 12 November 1981, Caracas, Venezuela) was a German Argentine chess Grandmaster. Career In 1929, he won the championship of Stuttgart. Pilnik emigrated from Germany to Argentina in 1930. He ...

and

Gideon Ståhlberg Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg (26 January 1908 – 26 May 1967) was a Swedish chess player. He was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became Nor ...

. *

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 ...

(''Club Argentino de Ajedrez''), won by Stahlberg ahead of Pilnik. *

(the Argentine Chess Championship), won by Pilnik ahead of

Jacobo Bolbochán Jacobo Bolbochán (26 December 1906 – 29 July 1984) was an Argentine chess master. He played many times in the Argentine Chess Championships. He won twice (1931 and 1932), both ahead of Isaías Pleci. In 1933, he took 2nd, behind Luis Piazzini. ...

. *

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

(the

Brazilian Chess Championship Following are the official winners of the national Brazilian Chess Championships from 1927 to date. The 1998 championship was held 9–19 December in Itabirito, Minas Gerais State. The field of sixteen played a series of two-game single-eliminatio ...

, Qualification), won by Duarte ahead of

João de Souza Mendes João de Souza Mendes Júnior (23 June"Mundo del Ajedrez" August–September 1969, p. 253. But "23 July" according to Gaige. 1892 – 10 July 1969) was a seven-time Brazilian chess champion and physician. Prior to emergence of Henrique Mecking, he ...

. *

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

(the

Peruvian Chess Championship Men's winners : Women : References External links {{Chess national championships Chess national championships Women's chess national championships Chess in Peru ...

), won by José Andrés Pérez. *

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

(the

Uruguayan Chess Championship The Uruguayan Chess Championship (''Campeonato Uruguayo de Ajedrez'') is the national chess championship of Uruguay. : References List of champions* * * {{Chess national championships Chess national championships Championship In sport, a cha ...

), won by

Arturo Liebstein Arturo Liebstein, sometimes listed as Isaac Liebstein, was a Uruguayan chess master. He won thrice in the Uruguayan Chess Championship in 1940, 1942, and 1943. He tied for 9–11th at Montevideo 1941, took 13th in the Mar del Plata chess tournam ...

. *

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...

won by

Carl Carls Carl Carls (September 16, 1880, Varel – September 11, 1958, Bremen) was a German chess master. In 1922, he took 2nd, behind Erhardt Post, in Bad Oeynhausen (22nd DSB–Congress). He won the 2nd German Championships at Bad Aachen 1934. He to ...

ahead of Junge, start 29 March 1942. *

Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...

won by Friedrich Nürnberg ahead of Georg Klaus, March 29 – April 5, 1942. * Sverdlovsk won by Viacheslav Ragozin ahead of Petrovs, March 22 – April 11, 1942. * New York City (the 4th

U.S. Chess Championship The U.S. Chess Championship is an invitational tournament held to determine the United States chess champion. Begun as a challenge match in 1845, the U.S. Championship has been decided by tournament play for most of its long history. Since 1936, i ...

) won by

Isaac Kashdan Isaac Kashdan (November 19, 1905 in New York City – February 20, 1985 in Los Angeles) was an American chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was twice U.S. Open champion (1938, 1947). He played five times for the United States in chess Olymp ...

and

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-1960 ...

, 10–30 April 1942. * Cottbus won by

and Milan Vidmar Jr., start 19 April 1942. * Bad Elster won by Walter Niephaus ahead of

Friedrich Sämisch Friedrich Sämisch (20 September 1896 – 16 August 1975) was a German chess player and chess theorist. He was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Background Sämisch was a bookbinder b ...

, start 10 May 1942. *

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

won by Alexander Alekhine ahead of Paul Keres, 9–18 June 1942. *

Bad Oeynhausen Bad Oeynhausen () is a spa town on the southern edge of the Wiehengebirge in the district of Minden-Lübbecke in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe, East-Westphalia-Lippe region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The closest larger towns are Bielefeld (39 ki ...

(the 9th German Chess Championship), won by

Ludwig Rellstab Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Rellstab (13 April 179927 November 1860) was a German poet and music critic. He was born and died in Berlin. He was the son of the music publisher and composer Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab. An able pianist, he publi ...

ahead of Hans Müller and Klaus, 22 June – July 4, 1942. *

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

won by Niephaus ahead of Junge. *

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

(the Belgian Chess Championship), won by

Albéric O'Kelly de Galway Albéric Joseph Rodolphe Marie Robert Ghislain O'Kelly de Galway (17 May 1911, in Anderlecht – 3 October 1980, in Brussels) was a Belgian chess Grandmaster (1956), an International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1962), and the third ICCF W ...

. *

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

(the

Bulgarian Chess Championship The Bulgarian Chess Championship is an event inaugurated in 1933 to crown the best chess player in Bulgaria. The championship has been held on a nearly annual basis since, with only a few years missed. In recent years some of the very best Bulgaria ...

), won by

Yury Toshev Yury Toshev ( bg, Юрий Георгиев Тошев) (24 December 1907 – 19 April 1974) was a Bulgarian chess master. He thrice won the Bulgarian Chess Championship: 1933 (jointly with Georgy Geshev but lost a play-off match to him), 1942, an ...

, July 19 – August 2, 1942. *

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

(the Hungarian Chess Championship), won by

ahead of

Géza Füster Géza Füster (February 19, 1910 – December 30, 1990) was a Hungarian-Canadian chess master. A winner of the Hungarian championship, he later represented Canada at Chess Olympiads and at an interzonal tournament for the world chess champions ...

. * Nørresundby (the

Danish Chess Championship The Danish Chess Championship was organised by the Danish Chess Union ( DSU) and first held in 1910. A masterclass was first introduced in 1915. But it is only from 1922 that the title of Danish chess champion was introduced, this was the first year ...

), won by Bjørn Nielsen ahead of Jens Enevoldsen. *

Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...

(the Swedish Chess Championship) won by

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 Che ...

. *

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

won by

Folke Ekström Nils Johan Folke Ekström (12 October 1906, in Lund – 25 January 2000, in Saltsjobaden) was a Swedish International Master (IM) of chess and of correspondence chess (IMC). He won the Swedish Championships in 1947 and 1948; Swedish Corresponde ...

and

Stig Lundholm Stig Gustav Lundholm (14 November 1917 – 19 May 2009) was a Swedish chess master. Lundholm was born in Luleå, Sweden. He won at Stockholm 1942, tied with Folke Ekström, ahead of both Gösta Stoltz and Erik Lundin, took second place behind E ...

. * Kuibyshev won by Isaac Boleslavsky ahead of Vasily Smyslov, July 27 – August 19, 1942. * Washington, D.C. (Washington Chess Divan Championship), won by Reuben Fine. *

Ventnor City Ventnor City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 9,210, a decrease of 1,440 in the preceding decade.Daniel Yanofsky Daniel Abraham Yanofsky, (March 25, 1925 – March 5, 2000), commonly known as Daniel Yanofsky or Abe Yanofsky, was a Canadian chess player, chess writer, chess arbiter, and lawyer. He was Canada's first Grandmaster and an eight-time Canadian ...

ahead of Jacob Levin. *

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(the 43rd U.S. Open), won by Herman Steiner and Yanofsky, 22–30 August 1942. *

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

(''Europameisterschaft''), won by Alekhine ahead of Keres, 14–26 September 1942. *

(''Wertungsturnier''), won by Gösta Danielsson ahead of

, 14–26 September 1942. *

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

(the 3rd GG-ch), won by Alekhine followed by Junge, Bogoljubow,

, Rudolf Keller,

Georg Kieninger Georg Kieninger (5 June 1902, in Munich – 25 January 1975, in Düsseldorf) was a German chess player and International Master (IM). A cigar smoker, Kieninger was nicknamed "Eiserner Schorsch" (roughly translated as "Iron Georgie") because of h ...

, etc., 11–24 October 1942. * Moscow ( Championship of the City), won by Smyslov ahead of Boleslavsky, November 1942. * Berlin won by

Carl Ahues Carl Oscar Ahues (26 December 1883, Bremen – 31 December 1968, Hamburg) was a German chess International Master. Chess career He was Berlin champion in 1910 and shared 3rd place at the strong Berlin tournament of 1926 (Efim Bogoljubow won ...

ahead of Rellstab, start 5 December 1942. *

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

(Duras ''60-jährigen Jubiläum''), won by Alekhine and Junge, December 1942.

Matches

* Héctor Rossetto defeated

Carlos Guimard Carlos Enrique Guimard (6 April 1913 – 11 September 1998) was an Argentine chess Grandmaster. He was born in Santiago del Estero. His granddaughter Isabel Leonard is a celebrated mezzo-soprano. Biography Guimard was thrice Argentine Champi ...

(8 : 5) in Buenos Aires, Argentina (the 20th ARG-ch). *

Walter Cruz Walter Oswaldo Cruz (23 January 1910, in Petropolis – 3 January 1967, in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian chess master. He was six-time Brazilian Champion (1938, 1940, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1953) and thrice Sub-Champion (1928, 1929, 1939). He playe ...

drew with Paulo Duarte (5 : 5) in São Paulo, Brazil (the 12th BRA-ch). * Vladimir Makogonov beat Salo Flohr (7.5 : 4.5) in Baku, Azerbaijan. *

Rudolf Teschner Rudolf Teschner (16 February 1922, Potsdam – 23 July 2006, Berlin-Steglitz) was a German chess master and writer. Teschner was seven times Champion of Berlin. In 1948, he won an East-Zones Championship in Bad Doberan, and later in 1951 took the ...

won against

(5 : 3) in Berlin, Germany. *

beat

(7.5 : 3.5) in New York (play-off match for the U.S. Champion title).

Team matches

* 8–9 August, Sofia:

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

vs.

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5–11 (2–6, 3–5) (Toshev 01 Rabar; Tsvetkov 01 Tekavčić; Neikirch 10 Šubarić; Bidev 10 Petek; Kantardzhiev 00 Jerman; Dimitrov 00 Dumić; ''unknown'' 00 Horvath; Popov 01 Licul) * 23–24 August, Trenčianske Teplice:

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8-8 (2½-5½, 5½-2½) (Rohaček ½½ Rabar; Potuček 00 Tekavčić; Ramharter ½1 Šubarić; Ujtelky 0½ Petek; Milan 0½ Jerman; Dienes 11 Horvath; Miština ½1 Dumić; Lauda 01 Licul)OlimpBase :: Friendly matches
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Births

* 26 March –

Vlatko Kovačević Vlatko (Vladimir, Vlado) Kovačević (born 26 March 1942 in Dubrovnik) is a Croatian and Yugoslavian grandmaster of chess. In 1970, Vlatko Kovačević tied for 9th-11th in Rovinj–Zagreb (Bobby Fischer won), but beat Fischer in their individu ...

, Croatian/Yugoslav GM * 1 April – Ilse Guggenberger, Colombian WIM, many time Colombian Women's Champion * 6 April –

Shimon Kagan Shimon Kagan ( he, שמעון כגן; born 6 April 1942, in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli chess master. He was Israeli Champion in 1967 and 1969. He tied for 4-5th at Netanya 1968 (Bobby Fischer won), tied for 9-10th at Netanya 1969 (Samuel Reshevsky ...

in Tel Aviv, Israeli IM * 19 April –

Michael Valvo Michael Valvo (April 19, 1942 in New York – September 18, 2004 in Chanhassen, Minnesota) was an International Master of chess. By 1962, he was one of the top blitz players in the United States. He won the 1963 U.S. Intercollegiate Champio ...

in New York, American IM active in

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* 12 May – Dragoljub Velimirović in Valjevo, Serbian/Yugoslav GM * 17 June – Dušan Rajković, Yugoslavian/Serbian GM * 19 August – Milan Vukic, Yugoslavian/Bosnian GM * 11 November –

Bill Goichberg William Goichberg (born November 11, 1942) is a chess master and chess tournament organizer and director. He founded the Continental Chess Association (CCA), which runs the annual World Open and other large tournaments. He is also a former pre ...

, President of the

United States Chess Federation The United States Chess Federation (also known as US Chess or USCF) is the governing body for chess competition in the United States and represents the U.S. in FIDE, the World Chess Federation. US Chess administers the official national rating s ...

(USCF) * 27 November – Vlastimil Jansa in Prague, Czech GM * Larry Parr, American chess writer and editor

Deaths

* Ilya Rabinovich evacuated from Leningrad but died of malnutrition in a hospital in Perm, Russia (World War II). *

Nikolai Riumin Nikolai (Nikolay) Nikolaevich Riumin (Ryumin, Rjumin, Rumin) (russian: Николай Николаевич Рюмин; 5 September 1908, Moscow – 1942, Omsk) was a Russian chess master, one of the strongest Soviet players of the 1930s. Riumin w ...

died in Omsk, Russia. * Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz died in Latvia. *

Samuil Vainshtein Samuil Osipovich Vainshtein (Weinstein, Wainstein, Vainstein, Wajnsztejn) (1894–1942) was a Russian chess master, organizer, publisher and editor. In July/August 1914, he was playing in Mannheim at (the 19th DSB Congress, when it was interrupted ...

died during the

Siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of L ...

. *

Henryk Friedman Henryk Friedman (Friedmann) (1903–1942) was a Polish chess master. He lived in Lviv (Lwów, Lemberg). In 1926–1934, Friedman won seven times in succession the Championship of Lviv but 1930, when he took 2nd place behind Stepan Popel. Friedman ...

died, probably murdered in a Nazi concentration camp,

General Government The General Government (german: Generalgouvernement, pl, Generalne Gubernatorstwo, uk, Генеральна губернія), also referred to as the General Governorate for the Occupied Polish Region (german: Generalgouvernement für die be ...

. *

Alexander Wagner Alexander (Aleksander) Wagner (7 August 1868 – 1942) was a Polish chess correspondence master and theoretician. He studied law in Lemberg (Lwów, Lviv), playing chess in the Lviv Chess Club. He took 4th at Lviv 1895 and 6th at Lviv 1896, both w ...

died probably in Eastern Galicia, General Government. * 23 February –

Max Blümich Reinhold Max Blümich (Bluemich) (3 November 1886 – 23 February 1942, Falkenberg/Elster) was a German chess master and editor. At the beginning of his chess career, he played in Leipzig where tied for 4-6th in 1909, took 8th in 1910, took 3rd in ...

died in Falkenberg/Elster, Germany. * 7 March – Sergey Belavenets died in Novgorod, Russia. Killed in combat action. Moscow City Champion 1932, 1937, 1938. * 8 March –

José Raúl Capablanca José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play. Capablanc ...

died at the Mount Sinai Hospital, in New York City. World Chess Champion 1921–1927. * 18 April –

Leonid Kubbel Leonid Ivanovich Kubbel (russian: Леонид Иванович Куббель; 1891 or 1892 – 1942) was a Russian composer of chess endgame studies and problems. Life He was born in Saint Petersburg at the end of 1891, or beginning of 1892 ...

died during the siege of Leningrad. Russian chess problemist. * 29 April –

Anatol Tschepurnoff Anatol (Anatoly) Tschepurnoff (Tchepurnoff, Chepurnov, Czepurnow) (19 December 1871, Loviisa – 29 April 1942, Helsinki) was a Russian–Finnish chess master. Before World War I, he played in many tournaments at Saint Petersburg. In 1903, ...

died in Helsinki, Finland. * 5 June –

István Abonyi István Abonyi (18 August 1886 – 5 June 1942) was a Hungarian chess master, who was born and died in Budapest. In 1912, Abonyi played the Abonyi Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2.e4) for the first time. István Abonyi with Zsigmond Barász and Gyula Breye ...

died in Budapest, Hungary. * 8 July –

Emil Zinner Emil Zinner (23 August 1909, in Brno – 8 July 1942, in Majdanek) was a Jewish-Czech chess master. Biography He won a tournament at Králicky 1929; tied for 5-6th at Bilina 1930 ( Heinz Foerder won); tied for 8-10th at Brno 1931 (Salo Flohr won ...

died in Nazi

Majdanek concentration camp Majdanek (or Lublin) was a Nazi concentration and extermination camp built and operated by the SS on the outskirts of the city of Lublin during the German occupation of Poland in World War II. It had seven gas chambers, two wooden gallows, a ...

, General Government. * 9 July –

Julio Balparda Julio César Balparda Muró (c. 1900 – 9 July 1942 in Montevideo) was an Uruguayan chess master. He won the Uruguayan Chess Championship three times (1929, 1934, and 1936). He played several times in the South American Chess Championship; tied ...

died in Uruguay. * August –

Alexey Troitsky Alexey Alexeyevich Troitsky (russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Тро́ицкий; March 14, 1866 – August 1942; also ''Alexei'', ''Troitzky'', ''Troitzki'') was a Russian chess theoretician. He is widely considered to have ...

, founder of modern study composition, died of starvation in Leningrad, Russia. * 16 August –

Leon Rosen Leon Rosen (March 1869, Warsaw – 16 August 1942, New York City) was an American chess master. Born in Warsaw, Poland (then Russian Empire), he left for Paris, France, and next emigrated to the United States. He took 4th at Paris 1896 (Dawid Janow ...

died in New York, USA. * 20 August – Rudolf Spielmann died in Sweden (in exile). * 21 August –

Vladimir Sournin Vladimir Sournin (1 August 1875, Mstislavl, Russia – 21 August 1942, Baltimore, USA) was a Russian-American chess master. Chess career In 1896, he lost a match to Frank James Marshall (+2 –7 =2) in New York. He played at Ostend 1906 (elim.), ...

died in Baltimore, USA. * 3 September – Leon Schwartzmann arrested in France, murdered in

. * December – Sergey Lebedev died in Russia.

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