1941 in chess

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Below is a list of events in chess in the year 1941.

Chess events in brief[]

  • Basic Chess Endings by Reuben Fine was published.
  • 29 August 1941 - Gideon Ståhlberg played a 400-game simultaneous exhibition in Buenos Aires; 364 wins, 14 draws, 22 losses.[1]
  • 8–14 September 1941 - Europaturnier held in Munich, was organised by Ehrhardt Post, the Chief Executive of Nazi Grossdeutscher Schachbund. Max Euwe had declined the invitation for München 1941 due to his "occupational obligations", as manager of a groceries business. This time he refused to participate, because Alexander Alekhine was invited. Euwe mentioned futile reasons. The real motive was Alekhine's offence of Euwe in his anti-Semitic articles.[2] Alekhine wrote six Nazi articles which first appeared in the Paris newspaper in March 1941. He wrote a series of articles for the Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden called "Jewish and Aryan Chess." The articles were reproduced in Deutsch Schachzeitung.[3] Among others, Alekhine had written about the "Jewish clique" around Euwe in World Chess Championship 1935.

The Munich 1941 chess tournament was won by Gösta Stoltz, who scored a spectacular victory (1½ points ahead of Alekhine and Erik Lundin), and won 1,000 Reichsmarks. His trophy (donated by the Ministerpräsident Ludwig Siebert) of Meissen porcelain is worth close to $1,000.[4]

Tournaments[]

Matches[]

  • Max Euwe beat Efim Bogoljubow (6.5 : 3.5) in Karlsbad, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
  • Paul Felix Schmidt beat Klaus Junge (3.5 : 0.5) in Bromberg, Germany.
  • Johannes Türn beat Feliks Kibbermann (3.5 : 0.5) in Tallinn, Estonia.
  • Jan Foltys drew with Karel Opočenský (6 : 6) in Prague.
  • Samuel Reshevsky defeated Israel Albert Horowitz (9.5 : 6.5) in New York.
  • Carlos Guimard beat Carlos Maderna (8 : 1) in La Plata, Argentina.
  • Albéric O'Kelly de Galway drew with Victor Soultanbeieff (1 : 1) in Belgium.[5]

Team matches[]

  • 7–8 December, Zagreb: Croatia vs. Slovakia 10-6 (4½-3½, 5½-2½)

(Asztalos 01 Rohaček; Rabar 1½ Potuček; Tekavčić 11 Ujtelky; Šubarić 11 Pazman; Jerman 0½ Miština; M.Filipčić 00 Lauda; Petek 11 Štulir; B.Filipčić ½½ Stanek) [6]

Births[]

  • 14 January – Oscar Quiñones in Lima, Peruvian chess player
  • 25 April – Raymond Weinstein in Brooklyn, American chess player
  • 3 May – Nona Gaprindashvili in Zugdidi, Georgia, Women's World Champion (1962–1978), first female GM
  • 16 June – Tõnu Õim in Tallinn, Estonian correspondence GM
  • 2 August – Jacob Murey in Moscow, Israeli GM
  • 11 August – Alla Kushnir in Moscow, Israeli WGM, several-time challenger for the Women's Championship
  • 3 October – Victor Palciauskas in Kaunas, American correspondence GM, World Correspondence Champion 1978–1984
  • 10 September – Rosendo Balinas, Jr., Filipino GM
  • 13 December – Bessel Kok, Dutch chess organizer
  • 30 December – Bruno Parma in Ljubljana, Slovene/Yugoslav GM

Deaths[]

  • Jakub Kolski died of starvation in the Warsaw Ghetto.
  • Izaak Towbin died in the Warsaw Ghetto.
  • Leon Kremer died in the General Government.
  • Josef Cukierman committed suicide in France.
  • Konstantin Vygodchikov died in Belarus.
  • František Treybal died in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
  • 11 January – Emanuel Lasker died in Manhattan, New York. World Chess Champion in the period 1894-1921.
  • 25 April – Fricis Apšenieks died of tuberculosis in Riga. Latvian champion 1926/27 and 1934.
  • 2 May - Ignatz von Popiel died in Lvov.
  • after 22 June – Izaak Appel disappeared and probably died in a Nazi concentration camp, the District Galicia of General Government.
  • 12 July – Charles Jaffe died in Brooklyn, New York. Former New York State champion and chess editor.
  • 13 July – Ilmar Raud died of starvation in Buenos Aires, Argentina (in exile). Estonian champion in 1934 and 1939.
  • August - Aron Zabłudowski killed by Nazis in Bialystok, Poland.
  • 3 September – Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky died, according to the Soviet official sources, on Lake Ladoga on a ship in a German air raid (he was the only one killed on the barge, which was displaying Red Cross flags) during the Siege of Leningrad, but is believed by some to have fallen victim to the Stalinist repression as the majority of the Old Guard of revolutionists. Three-time Leningrad City champion in 1925 (jointly), 1926 and 1929.
  • 27 September – Juan Corzo died in Havana. Cuban champion in 1898, 1902, 1907, 1912, and 1918.
  • 2 October – Karel Treybal arrested on 30 May, imprisoned and later charged with concealing weapons for use by resistance forces and the illegal possession of a pistol. He was condemned to death and executed by the Nazis in Prague, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
  • 3 October – died in Cleobury North, England. President of British Chess Federation.
  • 16 October – Antanas Gustaitis was caught attempting to cross the border on 4 March, arrested by NKVD, and taken to Moscow where he was shot. Lithuanian champion in 1922.
  • 29 December – Boris Koyalovich died during the siege of Leningrad.
  • 29 December – Vsevolod Rauzer died during the siege of Leningrad. Ukrainian champion in 1927 and 1933 (jointly).

References[]

  1. ^ "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2008-10-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Alekhine and the Nazis". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21.
  4. ^ "Chess Notes by Edward Winter".
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2010-02-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ OlimpBase :: Friendly matches

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