Teodor (Theodor, Theodore) Regedziński (Regedzinski, Reger) (28 April 1894 – 2 August 1954) was a Polish

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of German origin.

Biography

Born Poland (near

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...

), Regedziński was of German origin as his father, named Reger. He had lived in

since 1908, enrolling in the Łódź Association of Devotees of the Game of Chess. In 1912, he took 2nd, behind

Gersz Salwe Gersz Salwe (12 December 1862, Warsaw – 15 December 1920, Łódź), also written Salve, pl, Henryk Jerzy Salwe, italic=no, was a Polish chess master. Biography Salwe was born into a Jewish family in Warsaw (then Russian Empire). He was Szlama ...

, in an unofficial city championship. During

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, he was temporarily detained by the Austrians but was released in 1916. In 1917 he took 3rd in the club championship. In 1918 and 1919 he finished first. He participated in all four pre-war editions of the

Polish Chess Championship Individual Polish Chess Championship is the most important Polish chess tournament, aiming at selecting the best chess players in Poland. Based on the results of the tournament (mainly), the Polish Chess Federation selects the national and subsequ ...

. In 1926, he tied for 3rd-7th, behind

Dawid Przepiórka Dawid Przepiórka (22 December 1880 – presumed April 1940) was a prominent Polish chess player of the early twentieth century. Biography Dawid Przepiórka was born 22 December 1880 in Warsaw, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire), to a ...

, and Paulin Frydman, at Warsaw (1st POL–ch). In 1927, he took 4th, behind Rubinstein, Ksawery Tartakower, and

Kazimierz Makarczyk Kazimierz Makarczyk (1 January 1901, Warsaw – 27 May 1972, Łódź) was a Polish chess master. In 1922, he took 3rd in Warsaw (Academic-ch). In 1926, he finished 10th in the 1st Polish chess championship played in Warsaw. The event was won by Da ...

, at Łódź (2nd POL–ch). In 1927, he won at Kecskemét. In 1930, Regedzinski lost a match against Makarczyk (+2 –3 =3) at Łódź. In 1930, he tied for 2nd-3rd, with Jakub Kolski, behind

Izaak Appel Izaak (Isaak) Appel (1905–1941) was a Polish chess master. Biography In 1926, he took 12th place in the Warsaw (1st POL-ch) competition, which was won by Dawid Przepiórka. In 1929, he took 2nd place, behind Teodor Regedziński, in the Champ ...

, at Łódź. In 1930, he took 8th at Štubnianské Teplice. The event was won by

Andor Lilienthal Andor (André, Andre, Andrei) Arnoldovich Lilienthal Reuben Fine, ''The World's Great Chess Games'', Dover Publications, 1983, p. 216. . (5 May 1911 – 8 May 2010) was a Hungarian and Soviet chess player. In his long career, he played against te ...

, though Regedzinski defeated him in their individual game. In 1933, he won a Polish pre-Olympic tournament. In 1935, he tied for 8th-9th at Łódź. In 1935, he tied for 10th-11th in the 3rd Polish Championship at Warsaw. In 1937, he tied for 7th-8th in the 4th Polish Championship, which was an open tournament, at

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. The event was won by Tartakower, ahead of

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, and Mieczysław Najdorf. In 1938, he took 13th at Łódź. In 1939, he won a Pomeranian championship. Regedziński was a member of Polish team at four Chess Olympiads (1928, 1933, 1937, 1939) and at 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936. At the 2nd Chess Olympiad in The Hague 1928, he scored 10/13 (+8 –1 =4) receiving the third prize for the best individual result (no board order was known those days). In 1933, he played at third board (+2 –1 =4) at 5th Chess Olympiad in Folkestone. At the unofficial Olympiad in Munich 1936, where Polish team took the silver medal, he played at third board (+9 –2 =7). In 1937, he reached his all-time peak scoring 11/13 (+10 –1 =2) to win second prize for best result at reserve board and third best overall result at the

7th Chess Olympiad The 7th Chess Olympiad ( sv, Den 7:e Schackolympiad), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 31 and August 14, 1937, ...

in Stockholm. In 1939, he played at fourth board, winning the individual bronze medal (+6 –3 =4) at the

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in Buenos Aires. During

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, he had played - as Theodore Reger - in a number of tournaments, including the 7th

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at Bad Oeynhausen 1940, where he finished 10th. In October 1941, he took 6th at the 2nd

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in Kraków/Warsaw (

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...

and

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 ...

won). Because of his linguistic skills (he spoke Polish, German, Russian, English, and French), he was appointed by the German Army as an interpreter. After the end of World War II, he returned to Łódź, was arrested by the newly appointed communist authorities and sentenced for collaboration with the fascist regime to serve four years in a labor camp. Years spent in prison broke his health and his life. In the late 1940s, he became active once again, though he devoted most of his time spent on chess for work as a chess activist. In 1952 he won the championship of Łódź once again and took 5th in the 10th Polish Championship at Katowice.

Notable chess games

Teodor Regedziński vs Akiba Rubinstein, Łódź 1917, Ruy Lopez, Open, Tarrasch Defense, C80, 1-0Teodor Regedziński vs Samuel Factor (USA), The Hague 1928, 2nd Olympiad, English Opening, A13, 1-0Teodor Regedziński vs Andor Lilienthal, Štubnianske Teplice 1930, English, Symmetrical, Double Fianchetto, A30, 1-0Teodor Regedziński vs Emil Zinner (CSR), Munich (ol) 1936, Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Classical Main Line, D28, 1-0
Unique surge of White pawns attacking Black Kingside. *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927010215/http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer%3Fwhite&Regedzinski%2CTeodor Teodor Regedziński vs Isaias Pleci (ARG), Buenos Aires 1939, 8th Olympiad, Queen’s Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation, D36, 1-0]
Teodor Regedziński vs Josef Lokvenc, Krakow/Warsaw 1941, 2nd GG–ch, Caro-Kann, Panov Attack, B14, 1-0

References

External links

Teodor Regedziński at 365Chess.com
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