The below is a list of events in chess in 1939.

Chess events in brief

* Last (21st) edition of Howard Staunton's ''The Chess-Player's Handbook'' is published. * 21 August-19 September 1939 - the 8th Chess Olympiad (known at the time as the Hamilton-Russell Cup) is held in Buenos Aires. Germany wins the gold medal ( Erich Eliskases on first board), Poland silver ( Savielly Tartakower on first board), and Estonia bronze ( Paul Keres on first board). * The 7th Women's World Championship is held in conjunction with the Olympiad. Vera Menchik-Stevenson (England) retains her title. She won, scoring 18/19, followed by Sonja Graf (16/19),

Berna Carrasco Berna Carrasco Araya (Carrasco de Budinich) (19 December 1914 – 7 July 2013) was a Chilean chess master, born in San Bernardo, Chile. At the 1939 Women's World Championship in Buenos Aires, she finished in third place behind Vera Menchik ...

(15.5/19), etc. * Political refugees - At the conclusion of events, many participants decided to stay in Argentina or moved elsewhere in South America, rather than face an uncertain future by returning to Europe in the midst of World War II. The players affected included Miguel Najdorf,

Paulino Frydman Paulino (Paulin) Frydman (26 May 1905 in Warsaw, Poland – 2 February 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Polish chess master. Career In 1922, Paulin Frydman took 2nd place, behind Kazimierz Makarczyk in Warsaw. In 1923, he tied for 2nd- ...

, Gideon Ståhlberg, Erich Eliskases, Paul Michel, Ludwig Engels, Albert Becker, Heinrich Reinhardt, Jiří Pelikán, Karel Skalička, Markas Luckis, Movsas Feigins, Ilmar Raud, Moshe Czerniak, Meir Rauch, Victor Winz, Aristide Gromer, Franciszek Sulik, Adolf Seitz, Chris De Ronde,

Zelman Kleinstein Zelman Kleinstein (Latv: Zalamans Kleinsteins) in Dvinsk (now Daugavpils in Latvia), (1910 or 1912 – ?) was a Palestine/Israeli chess player. He played for Palestine (British Mandate) team in the 8th Chess Olympiad on fourth board (won 2, los ...

, Sonja Graf and Paulette Schwartzmann. Most of them were Jewish and had come to Buenos Aires in August 1939 on the Belgian steamer "Piriapolis". The ship has therefore come to be regarded as the epitome of Noah's Ark for a generation of chess players. Significantly, all members of the German team also chose not to return to Nazi Germany. * 27 December 1939 - American Chess Federation and National Chess Federation form the United States Chess Federation (USCF).

Tournaments

* Hastings International Chess Congress won by László Szabó ahead of Max Euwe, 1938/39. *

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(the Australian Chess Championship), won by

Gary Koshnitsky Gregory (Gary) Koshnitsky (6 October 1907, Kishinev – 17 September 1999, Australia) was an Australian chess master. Born in Kishinev, in the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Moldova), he emigrated in his youth to Aust ...

, 1938/39. * Wanganui (the New Zealand Chess Championship), won by John Dunlop, 1938/39. *

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

(the Latvian Chess Championship), won by

Vladimirs Petrovs Vladimirs Petrovs (russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Петро́в, translit=Vladimir Mikhailovich Petrov; 27 September 1907 – 26 August 1943) was a Latvian Russian chess player. He was born in Riga, in the Governorate of L ...

, 1938/39. * Warsaw won by Mieczysław Najdorf ahead of Dawid Przepiórka, 1938/39. * Karlsruhe won by Anton Kohler, Efim Bogoljubow and Eisinger Jr, 26 December 1938 - January 1939. * Leningrad-Moscow won by Salo Flohr ahead of Samuel Reshevsky, January 3 - February 1, 1939. * Amsterdam (KNSB), won by Euwe, Szabó and Flohr * Amsterdam (VARA), won by

Salo Landau Salo (Salomon) Landau (1 April 1903, Bochnia, Galicia, Austria-Hungary – March 1944,Westerbork Cartotheek NIOD Amsterdam Grodziszcze, Świdnica County, Poland) was a Dutch chess player, who died in a Nazi concentration camp. Biography Early ...

and Euwe. * Baarn (I) (''Quadrangular''), won by Flohr. * Baarn (II) (''Quadrangular''), won by Euwe. * Beverwijk (''Quadrangular''), won by

Nicolaas Cortlever Nicolaas (Nico) Cortlever (14 June 1915, in Amsterdam – 5 April 1995) was a Dutch chess master. He tied for 7-8th at Rotterdam 1936 (10th Dutch Chess Championship, NED-ch, Salo Landau won); took 2nd at Amsterdam 1938 (11th NED-ch, Max Euwe won) ...

. * Amsterdam (the 12th Dutch Chess Championship), won by Landau. * Birmingham won by Lodewijk Prins ahead of Paul List and H.E. Price. * Budapest won by

Zoltán von Balla Zoltán von Balla (31 August 1883, Budapest – 1 April 1945, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess champion. In 1904, Balla took 11th place in Coburg (14 DSB Congress, B tournament). In 1905, he took 10th place in Vienna. In 1906, he won the first ...

and Szabó. * Kemeri–

won by Flohr ahead of Gideon Ståhlberg and Szabó, March 1939. * Warsaw won by Najdorf ahead of

Paulin Frydman Paulino (Paulin) Frydman (26 May 1905 in Warsaw, Poland – 2 February 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Polish chess master. Career In 1922, Paulin Frydman took 2nd place, behind Kazimierz Makarczyk in Warsaw. In 1923, he tied for 2nd-4 ...

. * Łódź won by

Izaak Appel Izaak (Isaak) Appel (1905–1941) was a Polish chess master. Biography In 1926, he took 12th place in the Warsaw (1st POL-ch) competition, which was won by Dawid Przepiórka. In 1929, he took 2nd place, behind Teodor Regedziński, in the C ...

and

Jakub Kolski Jakub (Josek) Kolski (1899, Łódź – 1941, Warsaw) was a Polish chess master. In the period 1920-1930s, Kolski was one of the strongest Łódź chess players. In 1922, he won ahead of Dawid Daniuszewski in Łódź. In 1924, he took 2nd, behin ...

, ahead of Teodor Regedziński, March 1939. * Lvov (Championship of the City), won by Izak Schächter ahead of

Henryk Friedman Henryk Friedman (Friedmann) (1903–1942) was a Polish chess master. He lived in Lviv (Lwów, Lemberg). In 1926–1934, Friedman won seven times in succession the Championship of Lviv but 1930, when he took 2nd place behind Stepan Popel. Friedman ...

. * Minsk (the Belarusian Chess Championship), won by Gavril Veresov. * Leningrad (the Leningrad City Chess Championship), won by

Georgy Lisitsin Georgy Mikhailovich Lisitsin or Lisitsyn (russian: Гео́ргий Миха́йлович Лиси́цын; 11 October 1909 – 20 March 1972) was a Russian chess master from Leningrad. After high school he entered the Leningrad Industrial Instit ...

. * Lübeck won by Alfred Brinckmann, start 2 April 1939. * Krefeld won by Georg Kieninger and Ludwig Engels, start 6 April 1939. * Bad Warmbrunn won by

Rudolf Keller Rudolf Keller (16 June 1917 – 28 November 1993) was a German chess master. Born in Dresden, he was the brother of Edith Keller-Herrmann. In 1935–1938, he won Dresden and Saxony championships. He took 4th at Berlin 1938, shared 1st with Ludwig ...

, Paul Michel and Ludwig Rellstab, start 7 April 1939. * Aberdeen (the Scottish Chess Championship), won by Max Pavey, April 1939. * Margate won by Paul Keres ahead of José Raúl Capablanca and Flohr, 12–21 April 1939. * Leningrad (the 11th USSR Chess Championship), won by

Mikhail Botvinnik Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik, ( – May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess. Botvinnik ...

ahead of Alexander Kotov, April 15 - May 16, 1939. *

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(''Europa-Turnier'') won by Bogoljubow ahead of Kurt Richter, start 15 May 1939. * Montreux (the

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), won by Henri Grob. * Paris won by Nicolas Rossolimo ahead of Savielly Tartakower. * Rome (the Italian Chess Championship), won by Mario Monticelli ahead of Vincenzo Castaldi. * Zagreb (the Yugoslav Chess Championship), won by Milan Vidmar ahead of Vasilije Tomović. * Prague won by Jiří Pelikán ahead of

Karel Opočenský Karel Opočenský (7 February 1892 – 16 November 1975) was a Czechoslovak chess master. Chess career Opočenský was four-time Czech Champion (1927, 1928, 1938, and 1944). In 1919, he took 2nd, behind František Schubert, in Prague ( Czechoslo ...

František Schubert František Schubert (27 April 1894, Mladá Boleslav – 19 April 1942, Łódź) was a Czech chess master. Before World War I, he took 4th at Pilsen (Plzeň) 1911 ( Amos Pokorný and Zářecký won), played at Böhmisch Trübau (Česká Třebová) ...

and Karel Skalička. * Buenos Aires (the Argentine Chess Championship, ''Torneo Mayor''), won by Ion Traian Iliescu followed jointly by

Carlos Maderna Carlos Hugo Maderna (4 August 1910 – 23 January 1976) was an Argentine chess master. Chess Career He was twice Argentine Champion; in 1940 he won a match for the title (of 1939) against Luis Piazzini (8 : 6), then lost a match to Car ...

Luis Piazzini Luis Roberto (Ruben) Piazzini (11 May 1905 – 4 March 1980) was an Argentine chess master. He participated many times in Argentine championships, and was an Argentine Champion in 1933 winning ARG-ch ''Torneo Mayor'' and a match for the tit ...

, and

José Gerschman José Gerschman (born October 11, 1916 in San Salvador, Entre Rios, died 1998) was an Argentine chess master. He played four times in Argentine Chess Championship (''Torneo Mayor''). He took 15th in 1937 (Jacobo Bolbochán won), took 19th in 193 ...

. * London (Championship of the City), won by George Alan Thomas. * London (League Congress), won by William Winter. * Durban (the South African Chess Championship) won by Wolfgang Heidenfeld. * Oslo (the 19th Nordic Chess Championship), won by Ståhlberg and

Erik Lundin Erik Ruben Lundin (2 July 1904 – 5 December 1988) was a Swedish chess master. In 1928, he won in Oslo, took 5th in Helsingborg, tied for 2nd-3rd in Stockholm (''Quadrangular'', Richard Réti won). In 1929, he took 2nd in Göteborg (Nordic Che ...

. * Helsinki (the

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), won by

Osmo Kaila Osmo Ilmari Kaila (11 May 1916 – 3 June 1991) was a Finnish chess master and chess problemist. Born in Helsinki, he was twice Finnish Chess Championship, Finnish Champion (1939, 1954) and thrice Sub-Champion (1947, 1951, 1952). At the 20th ...

. * Copenhagen (the Danish Chess Championship, play-off), won by

Holger Norman-Hansen Holger Norman-Hansen (2 January 1899 – 26 March 1984) was a Danish chess master. Norman-Hansen played for Denmark in Chess Olympiads: * In the 1st Chess Olympiad at London 1927 (+11 -2 =2); * In the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928 (+4 ...

. *

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(the Swedish Chess Championship), won by Ståhlberg ahead of Rudolf Spielmann and Nils Bergkvist. *

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won by Flohr and Spielmann. * Tallinn (the Estonian Chess Championship), won by Ilmar Raud. * Jerusalem (Championship of the City), won by Moshe Czerniak, June 1939. * Berlin (the

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), won by Mölbitz ahead of

Paul Mross Paul Mross (Paweł Mróz) (23 January 1910, in Bismarckhütte (now Chorzów) – 17 January 1991, in Düsseldorf) was a Polish–German chess master. Biography Born in Bismarckhütte (now Chorzów), Upper Silesia, he won the Silesian Chess Champi ...

, June 1939. * Bad Elster won by Erich Eliskases followed by Josef Lokvenc,

Herbert Heinicke Herbert Heinicke (14 March 1905, Porto Alegre, Brazil – 4 April 1988, Hamburg) was a German chess master. Biography He, like Carlos Otto Junge and Klaus Junge, left South America for Hamburg, Germany. In 1930, he took 2nd, behind Heinrich Wagn ...

and Michel, start 4 June 1939. * Vienna won by Eliskases ahead of Hans Müller, start 11 June 1939. * Bad Harzburg won by Eliskases ahead of Ståhlberg, start 25 June 1939. * Bad Oeynhausen (the 6th German Chess Championship), won by Eliskases followed by Lokvenc, Karl Gilg, etc., start 9 July 1939. *

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ahead of

Fred Reinfeld Fred Reinfeld (January 27, 1910 – May 29, 1964) was an American writer on chess and many other subjects. He was also a strong chess master, often among the top ten American players from the early 1930s to the early 1940s, as well as a college ...

, 8–16 July 1939. * New York City (the 40th U.S. Open, American Chess Federation Championship), won by Reuben Fine followed by Reshevsky,

Israel Albert Horowitz Israel Albert Horowitz (often known as I. A. Horowitz or Al Horowitz) (November 15, 1907 – January 18, 1973) was an American International Master of chess. He is most remembered today for the books he wrote about chess. In 1989 he was induc ...

, etc., 17–29 July 1939. *

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won by Max Euwe ahead of Ernest Klein and Flohr, August 1939. *

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won by Petrovs, followed by Eliskases, Vladas Mikėnas, etc., 21–28 September 1939. *

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(Millington Drake Tournament) won by Alexander Alekhine ahead of Harry Golombek and Vera Menchik, 21–29 September 1939. * Buenos Aires (''Circulo'') won by Keres and Miguel Najdorf, ahead of Ståhlberg and Czerniak, 2–19 October 1939. * New York City (the 23rd Marshall Chess Club Championship), won by Fine followed by Hanauer, Frank James Marshall, David Polland, Herbert Seidman, Edward Lasker, etc. *

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won by Imre König and

Philip Stuart Milner-Barry Sir Philip Stuart Milner-Barry (20 September 1906 – 25 March 1995) was a British chess player, chess writer, World War II codebreaker and civil servant. He represented England in chess both before and after World War II. He worked at Bletc ...

, December 1939. *

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(the 11th Ukrainian Chess Championship), won by Isaac Boleslavsky, 12–31 December 1939. * Moscow (the Moscow City Chess Championship), won by Andor Lilienthal ahead of Vasily Panov and Vasily Smyslov, 1939/40. * Hastings International Chess Congress won by Frank Parr, 1939/40.

Matches

* Erich Eliskases defeated Efim Bogoljubow (11.5 : 8.5) in Germany (various places), January 1939. * Sonja Graf beat Fenny Heemskerk (4 : 0) in Amsterdam. * Sonja Graf beat

Catharina Roodzant Catharina (Toos) Roodzant (née Glimmerveen) (21 October 1896, Rotterdam – 24 February 1999) was a Dutch female chess master. She won thrice the female Dutch Chess Championship (1935, 1936 and 1938). Roodzant lost a match for the title to Fenny ...

(3 : 1) in Rotterdam. *

drew with

Theo van Scheltinga Tjeerd (Theo) Daniel van Scheltinga (6 March 1914, Amsterdam – 30 July 1994) was a Dutch chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1950. Van Scheltinga was one of the leading Dutch players from 1936 to the late 1950s. ...

(5 : 5) in Amsterdam. *

drew with László Szabó (5 : 5) in Amsterdam. * Max Euwe beat

(7.5 : 2.5) in Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague. *

Roberto Grau Roberto Gabriel Grau (18 March 1900 – 12 April 1944) was an Argentine chess master. He was born and died in Buenos Aires. Chess career Grau played in many Argentine championships. In 1921/22, he tied for 3rd–4th (ARG-ch 1 Mayor; Damian ...

defeated Carlos Guimard (7.5 : 5.5) in La Plata, Argentina (the 17th ARG-ch). *

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beat

Walter Cruz Walter Oswaldo Cruz (23 January 1910, in Petropolis – 3 January 1967, in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian chess master. He was six-time Brazilian Champion (1938, 1940, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1953) and thrice Sub-Champion (1928, 1929, 1939). He playe ...

(5.5 : 2.5) in Rio de Janeiro ( BRA-ch). * Paul Keres won against Max Euwe (7.5 : 6.5) in The Netherlands (various places) in 1939/40.

Team matches

* 15–16 April, Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary), Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: Germany vs. Hungary 26½-13½ (13½-6½, 13-7) (Eliskases 1½ Barcza; Bogoljubow 11 E.Steiner; Kieninger ½½ Rethy; Gilg ½1 Vajda; P.Michel 1½ Szily; Rellstab 1½ Tipary; Richter 11 Füster; Heinicke 1½ Törok; Kohler ½½ Balla; A.Becker ½1 Negyessi; Zollner 00 Balogh; L.Schmitt ½1 Sarközy; Lokvenc 1½ St. Gecsei; Schlage ½0 Sebestyen; Blümich ½½ Bakonyi; Hahn 1½ Sooky; R.Keller ½½ Laszlo; Krassnig ½1 Szentkiralyi-Toth; Platt ½1 Vargha; H.Keller ½1 Rög) * 28–29 May, The Hague: Netherlands vs. England 10-10 (4½-5½, 5½-4½) (Euwe 0½ Alexander; Landau 10 Thomas; Van den Bosch 1½ Milner-Barry; Cortlever 00 Broadbent; Van Scheltinga ½½ Golombek; G.S.Fontein 0½ Winter; De Groot ½1 E.G.Sergeant; Muhring 11 B.H.Wood; Mulder 0½ Parr; J.H.C.Fontein ½1 Lenton) OlimpBase :: Friendly matches
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Births

* 7 January – Ivan Radulov in Burgas, Hungarian GM * 29 January – Hans-Joachim Hecht in Luckenwalde, German GM, two-time

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* 29 January – Li Shongjian, Chinese chess player * 1 March –

Leroy Dubeck Leroy William Dubeck (born March 1, 1939) is an American chess master and retired professor of physics. He was president of the United States Chess Federation (USCF) from 1969 to 1972. Dubeck also writes science fiction. Career Academic Dubeck ...

in Orange, New Jersey, President of the United States Chess Federation (1969–1972) * 14 March –

Stewart Reuben Stewart Reuben (born 1939) is a British chess player, organiser, arbiter and author. He has also been a professional poker player, been called "one of Britain's foremost poker players" and "one of the best two or three players in England", and ...

, British chess player, organiser, and arbiter * 1 June – Yaacov Bernstein, Israeli chess player * 27 August –

Tüdeviin Üitümen Tüdeviin Üitümen (, internationally often Tudev Ujtumen; born 27 August 1939 – died 1993) was a Mongolian chess master. He became Mongolia's first International Master in 1965. In 1969, he won the West Asian Zonal tournament in Singapore. He ...

, Mongolian IM * 15 November –

Charles Kalme Charles Ivars Kalme ( lv, Kārlis Ivars Kalme, November 15, 1939 – March 20, 2002) was a Latvians, Latvian United States, American chess master and a mathematician. Kalme was born in Riga, Latvia on November 15, 1939. At the conclusion of Wo ...

, American IM

Deaths

* 1939 - Katarina Beskow-Froeken died in Sweden. Women's World Sub-Champion in 1927. * 1939 - Iosif Januschpolski (Yanushpolsky) died. * 2 February 1939 - Bernhard Gregory died in Berlin, Germany. * 8 February 1939 -

Salomon Langleben Salomon Langleben ( he, סלומון לאנגלבן; 1862 in Warsaw – February 8, 1939 in Warsaw) was a Polish chess master. He lived for many years in the United States of America. In 1894 he won in Buffalo. At the end of the 19th century, ...

died in Warsaw, Poland. * 11 February 1939 - Jan Kvíčala died in Czecho-Slovakia. * 28 May 1939 -

Hans Fahrni Hans Fahrni (1 October 1874 in Prague – 28 May 1939 in Ostermundigen) was a Swiss chess master. In 1902, he took 12th in Hanover ( DSB Congress, B tournament, Walter John won). In 1904, he won in Coburg (DSB-Congress, B tournament). In 190 ...

died in Ostermundingen, Switzerland. 1st to play 100 simultaneously, 1911. * 7 August 1939 - Paul Krüger died in Germany. * August 1939 - Alexei Alekhine killed by NKVD in the Soviet Union. * September 1939 -

Jan Kleczyński, Jr. Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article N ...

died of a heart attack during a bombing of Warsaw (World War II). * September 1939 - Karol Piltz died during the siege of Warsaw. * after 17 September 1939 -

Kalikst Morawski Kalikst von Morawski (1859 – after 17 September 1939) was a Polish chess master. Born in a village Boryszkowce (''Боришківці''), Galicia (then Austria-Hungary, next Poland, now Ukraine), he studied law in the Lviv University from 1877 ...

died during the Soviet occupation of Lvov. * 26 September 1939 - Ottó Bláthy died in Budapest. Created longest problem, 290 moves. * 4 October 1939 - Ludvig Collijn died in Stockholm. President of the Swedish Chess Association from 1917 to 1939.

References

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