1942 in chess

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of years in chess (table)

The below is a list of events in chess in the year 1942.

Chess events in brief[]

  • 9–18 June 1942 - Salzburg 1942 chess tournament, Six Grandmasters' Tournament in the rooms of Mirabell Palace, organised by Ehrhardt Post, the Chief Executive of Nazi Grossdeutscher Schachbund, was won by Alexander Alekhine, followed by Paul Keres, Paul Felix Schmidt, Klaus Junge, Efim Bogoljubow, and Gösta Stoltz.[1]
  • 31 August 1942 - Vladimirs Petrovs 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 (Gulag). Finally, he had died at Kotlas on August 26, 1943, from an inflammation of the lungs.[2]
  • 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, Efim Bogoljubow, Kurt Richter, Gedeon Barcza, Klaus Junge, etc. The Qualification Tournament (Wertungsturnier) won Gösta Danielsson ahead of József Szily.[3]
  • 28 September 1942 - Salo Landau 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, where they were gassed on October 12, 1944.[4]

Tournaments[]

Matches[]

  • Hector Rossetto defeated Carlos Guimard (8 : 5) in Buenos Aires, Argentina (the 20th ARG-ch).[5]
  • Walter Cruz drew with Paulo Duarte (5 : 5) in São Paulo, Brazil (the 12th BRA-ch).[6]
  • Vladimir Makogonov beat Salo Flohr (7.5 : 4.5) in Baku, Azerbaijan.[7]
  • Rudolf Teschner won against Friedrich Sämisch (5 : 3) in Berlin, Germany.
  • Samuel Reshevsky beat Isaac Kashdan (7.5 : 3.5) in New York (play-off match for the U.S. Champion title).

Team matches[]

  • 8–9 August, Sofia: Bulgaria vs. Croatia 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: Slovakia vs. Croatia 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)[8]

Births[]

  • 26 March – Vlatko Kovačević, Croatian/Yugoslav GM
  • 1 April – Ilse Guggenberger, Colombian WIM, many time Colombian Women's Champion
  • 6 April – Shimon Kagan in Tel Aviv, Israeli IM
  • 19 April – Michael Valvo in New York, American IM active in computer chess
  • 12 May – Dragoljub Velimirović in Valjevo, Serbian/Yugoslav GM
  • 17 June – , Yugoslavian/Serbian GM
  • 19 August – Milan Vukic, Yugoslavian/Bosnian GM
  • 11 November – Bill Goichberg, President of the United States Chess Federation (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 died in Omsk, Russia.
  • Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz died in Latvia.
  • Samuil Vainshtein died during the Siege of Leningrad.
  • Henryk Friedman died, probably murdered in a Nazi concentration camp, General Government.
  • Alexander Wagner died probably in Eastern Galicia, General Government.
  • 23 February - Max Blümich 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 died at the Mount Sinai Hospital, in New York City. World Chess Champion 1921-1927.
  • 18 April - Leonid Kubbel died during the siege of Leningrad. Russian chess problemist.
  • 29 April – Anatol Tschepurnoff died in Helsinki, Finland.
  • 5 June - István Abonyi died in Budapest, Hungary.
  • 8 July - Emil Zinner died in Nazi Majdanek concentration camp, General Government.
  • 9 July - Julio Balparda died in Uruguay.
  • August - Alexey Troitsky, founder of modern study composition, died of starvation in Leningrad, Russia.
  • 16 August - Leon Rosen died in New York, USA.
  • 20 August - Rudolf Spielmann died in Sweden (in exile).
  • 21 August – Vladimir Sournin died in Baltimore, USA.
  • 3 September - Leon Schwartzmann arrested in France, murdered in Auschwitz.
  • December - Sergey Lebedev died in Russia.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2008-10-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Andris Fride, Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story from Greatness to the Gulags, 2004 Caissa Editions, Yorklyn, Delaware, USA. ISBN 0-939433-61-3
  3. ^ Gillam, Anthony J.; Swift, A J (2001). 1st European championship Munich 1942. Nottingham: The Chess Player. ISBN 1-901034-46-1.
  4. ^ Nuestro Circulo #233
  5. ^ "base4049". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-05-05. Retrieved 2010-02-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21.
  8. ^ OlimpBase :: Friendly matches

External links[]

Retrieved from ""