Victor Buerger (Berger) (29 January 1904 – 1996) was a Ukrainian–British

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player.

Biography

Buerger was born in

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, Ukraine (then Russian Empire) and became a member of London Chess Club.

Tournament results

In 1923, Buerger tied for 5–7th in Pardubice (Pardubitz). In 1924, he tied for 7–9th in London. In 1925–26, he tied for 5–6th in Hastings ( Alekhine and Vidmar won). In 1926, he tied for 1st with

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in London. In 1926–27, he tied for 7–8th in Hastings ( Tartakower won). In 1927, he tied for 9–11th in London ( Nimzowitsch and Tartakower won), tied for 3rd–4th in Tunbridge Wells, and tied for 4–6th in Scarborough ( Colle won). In 1927–28, he tied for 3rd–4th in Hastings (Tartakower won). In 1928, he won in Cheltenham, took 2nd in Tenby, and tied for 7–8th in Scarborough (

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won). In 1928–29, he took 9th in Hastings. In 1929, he tied for 2nd–3rd in London. In 1930, he tied for 1st–3rd in London. In 1932, Buerger took 11th in London (Alekhine won). In 1937, he took 9th in an invitation-only Margate tournament that

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and

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won. He scored his most notable win at Margate, defeating

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in a game marred by multiple mutual blunders in time pressure.

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* 1904 births 1996 deaths Ukrainian Jews British people of Ukrainian descent British Jews Ukrainian chess players British chess players Jewish chess players 20th-century chess players Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom Sportspeople from Mykolaiv {{Ukraine-chess-bio-stub