Victor Kahn (russian: Виктор Кан; 1889 in

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– 6 October 1971 in

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) was a Russian–French

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master. He was born in Moscow but left Russia in 1912 eventually ending up in France going via Sweden, Denmark and Germany. He won the Copenhagen Championship in 1916. He also played at Hamburg 1916. He tied for 8-9th at Copenhagen 1918. After

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, he tied for 1st-2nd at Haarlem 1919. He took 10th at Paris 1920 ( Frederic Lazard won). In 1921, he took 3rd in Utrecht (''Quadrangular''; Adolf Olland won). In 1922, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Paris ( André Muffang won). In 1923, Kahn won in Paris (Cercle Philidor Tournament). In 1924, he tied for 4-7th in Paris (

Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Зноско-Боро́вский, Yevgeny Alexandrovich Znosko-Borovsky; 16 August 1884 – 31 December 1954) was a Russian chess player, music critic, music and drama ...

won). In 1925, he tied for 5-7th in Paris City Championship (

Abraham Baratz Abraham Baratz (14 September 1895, Bessarabia – 1975, Paris) was a Romanian–French chess master. History In 1924, Baratz took 2nd, behind Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, in Paris. In 1925, he tied for 1st with Vitaly Halberstadt in the 1st Paris City ...

and

Vitaly Halberstadt Vitaly Halberstadt (20 March 1903, Odessa – 25 October 1967, Paris) was a French chess player, theorist, tactician, problemist, and, above all, a noted endgame study composer. Born in Odessa, in the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire (pre ...

won), took 4th in Scarborough (

Max Romih Massimiliano "Massimo" Romi (; 22 May 1893 – 24 April 1979) was an Italian chess master. Romih was born in Pinguente, Istria (now Buzet), and as a Croatian a citizen of Austria-Hungary, but after World War I the region of Julian March became par ...

won), tied for 1st-2nd with Bertrand in Paris. In 1926, he tied for 3rd-4th in Paris Championship (

Leon Schwartzmann Leon Schwartzmann (Szwarcman, Szwarzman, Schwarzman, Schwarzmann) (1887, Warsaw – 1942, Auschwitz) was a Polish–French chess master. He was born in Warsaw, Poland (then Russian Empire) into a Jewish family, and studied in Sankt Petersburg. In ...

won), tied for 3rd-4th in Paris (

Peter Potemkine Peter Petrovich Potemkine (russian: Пётр Петрович Потёмкин, ''Pyotr Petrovich Potyomkin''; 1886–1926) was a Russian Empire chess master. He took 7th at St. Petersburg 1904 (Mikhail Chigorin won), took 5th at St Petersburg 190 ...

and Halberstadt won), tied for 5-6th in Scarborough (

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 ...

won), and took 3rd in Paris Baratz won). In 1927, he tied for 8-9th in Paris Championship (Baratz won). In 1930, he tied for 3-5th in Paris Championship (

Josef Cukierman Joseph (Józef, Iosif) Cukierman (Zukermann) ( Gródek, Austria-Hungary, 28 March 1899 – Castres, France, 18 November 1940) was a Polish-born French chess master. Biography Cukierman was won the second Moscow City Championship (1920/21). In ...

won). After settling in Nice, he acquired French citizenship. In 1932, he took 9th in La Baule (11th FRA-ch;

Maurice Raizman Maurice Raizman (né Miron Raizman) (26 February 1905, Bendery – 1 April 1974, Paris) was a French chess master. Born into a Jewish family in Bendery (then in Russian Empire), he emigrated to France. He was six-times French Champion (1932, 1936, ...

won). In 1933, he tied for 3rd-4th in Sarreguemines (12th FRA-ch;

Aristide Gromer Aristide Gromer (Dunkirk, 11 April 1908 – ?) was a French chess master. Gromer was thrice French Champion (1933, 1937, and 1938). He tied for 5-6th at Paris 1923 ( Victor Kahn won), took 3rd at Biarritz 1926 (André Chéron and Frederic Lazard ...

won). In 1934, he won the 13th

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in Paris, tied for 1st-2nd with Raizman in 16th Paris Championship, and took 2nd, behind Znosko-Borovsky, in Nice. In 1935 he lost a match against Spanish player Ramon Rey Ardid (+0 –2 =4) in Zaragoza, he tied for 1st-2nd with

George Koltanowski George Koltanowski (also "Georges"; 17 September 1903 – 5 February 2000) was a Belgian-born American chess player, promoter, and writer. He was informally known as "Kolty". Koltanowski set the world's blindfold record on 20 September 1937 ...

in Mollet. In 1937, he took 3rd in Nice (''Quadrangular''; Alekhine won), and took 3rd in Toulouse (16th FRA-ch; Gromer and

Amédée Gibaud Amédée (Aimé) Gibaud (5 March 1885, in Rochefort-sur-Mer – 18 August 1957, in Rochefort-sur-Mer) was a French chess master. He won the French Chess Championship four times (1928, 1930, 1935, 1940) and won the French correspondence champions ...

won). In 1938, he took 4th in Nice (17th FRA-ch; Raizman and Gromer won). Kahn played in several

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s. He represented Russia in

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at Paris 1924, and played for France four times. * In 1931, at third board in 4th Olympiad in Prague (+1 –7 =5); * In 1933, at third board in 5th Olympiad in Folkestone (+3 –3 =6); * In 1935, at fourth board in 6th Olympiad in Warsaw (+1 –4 =4); * In 1939, at third board in 8th Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+4 –9 =5).Kahn, Victor
team chess record at olimpbase.org

References

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