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Theodor Germann
Theodor Germann ( lv, Teodors Germans; 14 August 1879 – 29 January 1935) was a Latvian chess master. He tied for 6-8th at Riga 1899 (the 1st Baltic Chess Congress), took 5th at Riga 1900, took 6th at Dorpat (Tartu) 1901 (the 2nd Baltic-ch), tied for 6-7th at Riga 1902, tied for 3-4th at Reval (Tallinn) 1904, tied for 6-7th at Riga 1907, and tied for 8-9th at Reval 1909. In 1910s, he lived in England, where he played in several tournaments in London. He tied for 9-10th in 1913 and 1914, shared 1st with Edward Guthlac Sergeant and lost a playoff match to him in 1915/16, took 7th in 1916, took 5th in 1917, and shared 1st with R.C.J. Walker in 1918. After World War I, he tied for 9-10th at Hastings 1919 (Minor, E.G. Sergeant won), tied for 9-10th at Riga 1924 (the 1st Latvian Chess Championship, Hermanis Matisons Hermanis Matisons (german: Herman Mattison; 1894, Riga – 1932) was a Latvian chess player and one of world's most highly regarded chess masters in the early 1930s. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Chess Championship
The first Baltic Chess Congress took place in Riga, Latvia (then Russian Empire), in 1899. The winner was Robert Behting, the elder brother of Kārlis Bētiņš, who won a play-off game with Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz. The second Baltic Chess Congress was played in Dorpat, Estonia (then Russian Empire), in 1901. There were four winners. The first Baltic Chess Championship was held in the city of Klaipėda, Lithuania, on May 22–27, 1931. The eight-player single round-robin tournament was won by Isakas Vistaneckis (LTU) 4.5/7, a half point ahead of S. Gordonas (LTU), Paul Saladin Leonhardt (GER), Vladas Mikėnas (EST/LTU) and Vladimirs Petrovs (LAT). The three others, Fricis Apšenieks Fricis Apšenieks ( Old orthography: ''Fritzis Apscheneek''; 7 April 1894 in Tetele, Courland Governorate – 25 April 1941 in Riga, Latvian SSR) was a Latvian chess master. Biography In 1924, Apšenieks finished 2nd, behind Hermanis Matisons, a ... (LAT), Aleksandras Machtas (LTU), and E. Gertsch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Guthlac Sergeant
Edward Guthlac Sergeant (3 December 1881, Crowland, Lincolnshire – 16 November 1961, Kingston upon Thames) was an English chess master. Sergeant participated many times in the British Chess Championship, the London City championship and the Hastings International Chess Congress. In 1907, he was one of four players who tied for 2nd place in the British Championship in London; the winner was Henry Ernest Atkins. He won or shared 1st place at London in 1913, at London in 1915/16 (when he won a playoff match against Theodor Germann), at London in 1916, at Hastings in 1919 (Minor), at Bromley in 1920 and at Broadstairs in 1921. He tied for 2nd place with Harry Golombek at the British Championshi at Brighton in 1938; the victor was Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander. Sergeant was a second cousin of Philip Walsingham Sergeant. In 1949 he was awarded the OBE in the Birthday Honours in recognition of his 39 years' service in the office of the Solicitor to the Board of the Inland Revenue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Chess Championship
The Latvian Chess Champsionship () is the annual national chess tournament of Latvia among men and women players, which was established in 1924. It is organized by the Latvian Chess Federation (), previously - Latvian Chess Union (). History The first professional Latvian chess players can be traced back to the 19th century, when Latvia was a part of the Russian Empire. They participated in chess tournaments and union congresses, organized by the Riga Chess Association which was founded in 1890. After World War I and the Latvian War of Independence and the establishment of the Latvian Chess Union in 1924, the official Latvian chess championship tradition was started as the Latvian Chess Congresses. The first Latvian Chess Congress took place in 1924 in Riga. After the start of the Soviet occupation of Latvia the 1940 edition was not held, but in 1941 the first Chess Championship of the Latvian SSR was played. The tournament was also played once during the German occupatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermanis Matisons
Hermanis Matisons (german: Herman Mattison; 1894, Riga – 1932) was a Latvian chess player and one of world's most highly regarded chess masters in the early 1930s. He was also a leading composer of endgame studies. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 38. In 1924, Matisons won the first Latvian Chess Championship tournament. Later that year he finished ahead of Fricis Apšenieks, and Edgard Colle to win the first World Amateur Championship, which was organized in conjunction with the Paris Olympic Games, followed by Max Euwe in 1928. Matisons played first board for Latvia at the 1931 Chess Olympiad in Prague and defeated Akiba Rubinstein and Alexander Alekhine, then the reigning World Champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, .... Sixty of Matisons' endgame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Chess Championship
The Estonian Chess Championship is played to determine the Estonian champion in chess. The first unofficial championship in Estonia was held in 1903 and was organized by a chess club from Tallinn (then Reval, Russian Empire). After World War I, Estonia became independent. In 1923, the first official Estonian championship was held in Tallinn and has since been organized on an annual basis. In 1945, the first women's championship was held. Unofficial Championships : Official Championships : Multiple Champions Men's Champions : Women's Champions : References * (establishment and results from 1905 through 1910) *https://web.archive.org/web/20120118064310/http://vabaettur.ee/main/results/meistrid.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20070611070649/http://www.maleliit.ee/modules.php?print=1&name=Arhiiv&a=23&klass=1&id=1Paul Keres [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladas Mikėnas
Vladas Mikėnas (17 April 1910 – 3 November 1992) was a Lithuanian chess player and journalist. He was awarded the titles of International Master and Honorary Grandmaster by FIDE. Early career Vladas Mikėnas played for Lithuania at first board in five official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads. * In July 1931, he played at the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague (+7 –5 =6). * In July 1933, he played at the 5th Chess Olympiad in Folkestone (+5 –3 =6). * In August 1935, he played at the 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw (+2 –6 =10). * In August/September 1936, he played at the unofficial Olympiad in Munich (+5 –7 =8). * In July/August 1937, he played at the 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+7 –3 =8). * In August/September 1939, he played at the 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+10 –5 =4). In 1930, he won the Estonian Championship in Tallinn (3rd EST-ch). In 1931, he tied for 2nd–5th at the first Baltic Championship in Klaipėda, which was won by Isakas Vistaneckis. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1879 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War. * January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins. * January 22 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Isandlwana: A force of 1,200 British soldiers is wiped out by over 20,000 Zulu warriors. * January 23 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Rorke's Drift: Following the previous day's defeat, a smaller British force of 140 successfully repels an attack by 4,000 Zulus. * February 3 – Mosley Street in Newcastle upon Tyne (England) becomes the world's first public highway to be lit by the electric incandescent light bulb invented by Joseph Swan. * February 8 – At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute, engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposes the global adoption of standard time. * March 3 – United States Geological Survey is founded. * March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Deaths
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of Prontosil, the first broadly effective antibiotic, is published in a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
