Nikolai (Nikolay) Nikolaevich Riumin (Ryumin, Rjumin, Rumin) (; 5 September 1908,

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– 1942,

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) was a

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master, one of the strongest Soviet players of the 1930s. Riumin was Moscow Champion in 1931, 1933/34, and 1935. He played in four Soviet Championships. In 1929, he took 5th in a quarter final group in

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(6th URS-ch;

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won). In 1931, he achieved his best result, 2nd after

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in Moscow (7th URS-ch). In 1933, he tied for 10-11th in

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(8th URS-ch; Botvinnik won). In 1934/35, he tied for 3rd-4th with

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, in Leningrad (9th URS-ch;

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and

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won). His best International result was at Leningrad 1934 where he shared 2nd place with

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, behind Botvinnik, and ahead of

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. In 1935, he won in

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. At Moscow 1935 he tied for 11-14th (Botvinnik and

Salo Flohr Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a Czechoslovak and Soviet chess player and writer. He was among the first recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Flohr dominated many tournam ...

won). In 1936, he tied for 7-10th in Moscow (

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won). Ill-health started to affect him in 1936. It has led to significant decline in his ability to play competitively, even though he was still a young man. He died from

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during

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in Omsk,

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. Riumin's name has been attached to two

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variations. The Riumin Variation of the

Queen's Indian Defence The Queen's Indian Defense (QID) is a chess opening defined by the moves: : 1. b:Chess Opening Theory/1. d4, d4 b:Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...Nf6, Nf6 : 2. b:Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...Nf6/2. c4, c4 b:Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...Nf6/2. c ...

was analyzed by Riumin,

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, and

Andor Lilienthal Andor (André, Andre, Andrei) Arnoldovich Lilienthal Reuben Fine, ''The World's Great Chess Games'', Dover Publications, 1983, p. 216. . (5 May 1911 – 8 May 2010) was a Hungarian and Soviet chess player. In his long career, he played against ...

: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7. The Moscow or Rauzer Variation of the

Sicilian Defence The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: :1. e4 c5 The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. The opening 1.d4 is a statistically more successful opening for Whi ...

is sometimes also called the Riumin Variation: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3.

References

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