Sürengiin Möömöö

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In this Mongolian name, the given name is Möömöö. Süren is a patronymic, not a family name.
Sürengiin Möömöö
CountryMongolia
Born1930
Khyargas, Uvs, Mongolia

Sürengiin Möömöö (Mongolian: Сүрэнгийн Мөөмөө) is a Mongolian linguist and chess player. He was born in 1930 in Khyargas, Uvs.[1]

Linguistics career[]

Sürengiin Möömöö graduated from the National University of Mongolia in 1957 with a degree in Mongolian language, literature and linguistics. He proceeded to begin a teaching career at that university which lasted over 50 years.[2] He obtained a Candidate of Sciences degree on his pioneering studies of Mongolian phonetics[3] at Leningrad State University in 1970,[2] and a Doctor of Science degree from the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1984 for his dissertation on Mongolian dialectology.[4] He taught at the University of Warsaw from 1969 to 1973 and was a visiting professor at Osaka University from 1978 to 1980.[2]

In 1982, Möömöö co-authored a book on Mongolian dialects with his student Yümjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan.[2] He edited Damdinsüren and Osor's 1983 Mongolian Orthographic Dictionary (Mongolian: Монгол үсгийн дүрмийн толь),[5][6] the standard source for Mongolian Cyrillic orthography until 2018.[7][8] He was a member of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences,[2] and was awarded the title of Honoured Teacher of Mongolia by President Nambaryn Enkhbayar in 2008.[9]

Chess career[]

Sürengiin Möömöö competed in several editions of the Mongolian Chess Championship. He finished second at the 1955 championship, won it in 1958, and finished third in 1961.[1]

In the first international chess tournament held in Mongolia (Ulan Bator 1956, won by Heinz Liebert), Möömöö finished in seventh place with 9/15, making the best score among the Mongolian participants.[1][10] He tied for third with Andor Lilienthal in a tournament held in Tashkent in 1959, which was won by .[11] In 1960, he played a match for the West Asian subzonal (a qualifying stage for the 1963 World Chess Championship) held in Madras, losing 1–3 to Manuel Aaron.[12]

Möömöö played for Mongolia in three Chess Olympiads:[13]

Möömöö also represented Mongolia three times in the World Student Team Chess Championships:[14]

  • In 1958, at first board in the 5th World Student Team Chess Championship in Varna, scoring +4, =0, -5;
  • In 1959, at second board in the 6th World Student Team Chess Championship in Budapest, scoring +5, =3, -5;
  • In 1960, at second board in the 7th World Student Team Chess Championship in Leningrad, scoring +5, =0, -7.

Möömöö competed in the inaugural World Senior Chess Championship held in Bad Wörishofen in 1991, where he scored 6.5/11 and finished in a tie for 23rd place.[15][16]

Publications[]

  • Möömöö, Sürengiin (1962). Зөв бичих дүрмийн толь (in Mongolian). Улсын Хэвлэлийн хэрэг эрхлэл хороо. OCLC 1062289151.
  • Möömöö, Sürengiin (1970). Система фонем современного монгольского языка: экспериментальное исследование [The phoneme system of modern Mongolian: an experimental study] (к. филол. н.) (in Russian). Leningrad State University.
  • Möömöö, Sürengiin (1982). Galsan, S. (ed.). Орчин үеийн монгол хэлний аялгуу [Modern Mongolian phonetics] (in Mongolian). Ulsyn Khevleliin Gazar. OCLC 41284881.
  • Möömöö, Sürengiin; Mönkh-Amgalan, Yümjiriin (1982). Орчин цагийн монгол хэлний авиазүй [Modern Mongolian language and dialects] (in Mongolian). Mongolian Academy of Sciences. OCLC 1015012225.
  • Möömöö, Sürengiin (1984). Die Sprechkultur und das System der Intonation in der mongolischen Sprache [The linguistic culture and the system of intonation in the Mongolian language] ( [de]) (in German). Humboldt University of Berlin. OCLC 916980822.
  • Möömöö, Sürengiin; Tsedendamba, Tsogdogiin, eds. (1997). Орчин цагийн Монгол хэл [Modern Mongolian] (in Mongolian). Mongolian Academy of Sciences. OCLC 131282441.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Сvрэнгийн Мєємєє" [Sürengiin Möömöö]. MongolChess. Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Эрдмийн гал шар уураг" (in Mongolian). National Association of Mongolian Language and Literature Teachers. Montsame. 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  3. ^ Svantesson, Jan-Olof; Tsendina, Anna; Karlsson, Anastasia; Franzén, Vivan (2005). The Phonology of Mongolian. New York: Oxford University Press. p. xvii. ISBN 0-19-926017-6.
  4. ^ "Die Sprechkultur und das System der Intonation in der mongolischen Sprache" (in German). Humboldt University of Berlin. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Ц.Дамдинсүрэн, Б.Осор. Монгол үсгийн дүрмийн толь. Уб., 1983" (in Mongolian). National Council for Language Policy. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  6. ^ "Толийн тухай" [About the dictionary]. Монгол хэлний зөв бичих дүрмийн журамласан толь (in Mongolian). Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  7. ^ Dulguun, B. (2018-06-20). "New dictionary to end uncertainty over spelling". UB Post. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  8. ^ "President attends launch ceremony of a Mongolian spelling dictionary" (Press release). Office of the President of Mongolia. 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  9. ^ "Ерєнхийлєгч : » Д.Жамъянжав ардын жvжигчин боллоо". Olloo.mn (in Mongolian). 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  10. ^ Di Felice, Gino (2010). Chess Results, 1956–1960. McFarland. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-786-44803-6.
  11. ^ Popovsky, Alexey. "International Tournament- Tashkent 15-30.11.1959". Russian Chess Base. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  12. ^ "OlimpBase :: Asian subzonal West :: Madras 1960". www.olimpbase.org.
  13. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Suren Momo". www.olimpbase.org.
  14. ^ "OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Suren Momo". www.olimpbase.org.
  15. ^ "Wch Seniors". 365Chess.com. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  16. ^ "DWZ-Auswertung 9147-000.F05: Senioren Weltmeisterschaft 1991". Alte DWZ-Onlinedatenbank (in German). 2003-02-17. Retrieved 2021-06-20.

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