Anatol (Anatoly) Tschepurnoff (Tchepurnoff, Chepurnov, Czepurnow) (19 December 1871,

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– 29 April 1942,

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) was a

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– Finnish

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master. Before World War I, he played in many tournaments at

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. In 1903, he took 5th. In 1904, he took 9th (

Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Зноско-Боро́вский, Yevgeny Alexandrovich Znosko-Borovsky; 16 August 1884 – 31 December 1954) was a Russian chess player, music and drama critic, teache ...

won), took 2nd (

Grigory Helbach Grigory Helbach (also spelled Hellbach, Gelbach, or Gelbak) (13 January 1863, Zvenyhorodka – 3 August 1930) was a Russian chess master. He tied for 6-7th at Moscow 1899 (the 1st Russian Chess Championship, All-Russian Masters' Tournament, Mikhai ...

won), tied for 4-5th (Koyalovich won). In 1908, he tied for 7-8th (

Sergey von Freymann Sergey von Freymann (Freyman, Frejman, Freiman) (1882–1946) was a Russian-Uzbekistani chess master. In 1906, von Freymann took 2nd, behind Semyon Alapin, in Sankt Petersburg. In 1907, he tied for 6-7th in St Petersburg (Eugene Znosko-Borov ...

and Rosenkrantz won). In 1909, he took 14th (

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...

won), tied for 7-8th (

Grigory Levenfish Grigory Yakovlevich Levenfish (russian: Григо́рий Я́ковлевич Левенфи́ш; – 9 February 1961) was a Soviet chess player who scored his peak competitive results in the 1920s and 1930s. He was twice Soviet champion ...

won). In 1911, he took 8th (

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and Znosko-Borovsky won), tied for 5-6th (

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and Platz won). In 1913, he took 3rd. After the war, he won 1st

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in 1922. He played in 1st unofficial

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at Paris 1924. He was 1st in Qualification Group 7, and tied for 4-6th in Championship Final (1st World-ch Amateurs;

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won). On 20 July 1924, fifteen delegates signed the proclamation act of the Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE). The 15 founders were Abonyi (Hungary), Grau (Argentina), Gudju (Romania), Marusi (Italy), Nicolet (Switzerland), Ovadija (Yugoslavia), Renalver y Zamora (Spain), Rawlins (Great Britain), Rueb (Netherlands), Skalička (Czechoslovakia), Smith (Canada), Towbin (Poland), Tschepurnoff (Finland), Vincent (France), and Weltjens (Belgium). In 1926, he took 3rd in

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. In 1927, he represented Finland at first board (+4 –7 =4) in the

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in London. In 1928, he tied for 12–14th in

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(2d FIDE World Amateur Championship;

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won). In 1929, he took 7th in Gothenburg. (14th Nordic-ch;

Gideon Ståhlberg Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg (26 January 1908 – 26 May 1967) was a Swedish chess player. He was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became ...

won). In 1930, he took 3rd in Stockholm (15th Nordic-ch; Erik Andersen won). In 1930, he tied for 2nd-4th in Helsinki (

Eero Böök Eero Einar Böök (9 February 1910 – 7 January 1990) was a Finnish chess player and engineer. Chess career A five-time Finnish champion who represented his country six times in the Chess Olympiad, Böök was awarded the International Master ...

won).Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables
In 1931, he lost a match to Böök (4,5 : 5,5).

References

External links

Anatol Tschepurnoff at 365Chess.com
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