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1917 in chess
Summary
Events in
chess
in 1917:
Chess events in brief
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Seventh
Triberg chess tournament
- last tournament played by the "Russian" internees, held in
Triberg im Schwarzwald
, Germany, during
World War I
. The event was won jointly by
Ilya Rabinovich
and
Alexey Selezniev
ahead of
Efim Bogoljubow
and
Samuil Weinstein
. After the war, a Ukrainian master Bogoljubow remained in Triberg, where he married a local woman and spent the rest of his life in Germany, settling permanently in 1926.
Tournaments
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Vienna
(the 8th
Leopold Trebitsch Memorial Tournament
) (
Triangular
), won by
Carl Schlechter
ahead of
Milan Vidmar
and
Arthur Kaufmann
, 1916/17.
Łódź
won by
Akiba Rubinstein
ahead of
Gersz Salwe
and
Teodor Regedziński
, 1916/17.
Łódź
(
Quadrangular
), won by G. Salwe, 1916/17.
Brno
won by
Julius Brach
.
Budapest
won by
Gyula Breyer
followed by
Zsigmond Barász
,
Károly Sterk
,
Kornél Havasi
and
Johannes Esser
.
Warsaw
won by A. Rubinstein ahead of
Moishe Lowtzky
,
Zdzisław Belsitzmann
and
Alexander Flamberg
.
Triberg
(
Quadrangular
) won by
Ilya Rabinovich
and
Alexey Selezniev
.
Berlin
won by
Walter John
and
Paul Johner
.
Paris
won by
Arnold Aurbach
ahead of
Adolphe Silbert
.
The Hague
won by
Jan Willem te Kolsté
and
Gerard Oskam
.
Scheveningen
won by
George Salto Fontein
and G. Oskam ahead of
Max Marchand
and
Rudolf Loman
.
Utrecht
won by H. van Hartingsvelt and H.S. van Linschoten.
New York City
(Manhattan Chess Club Championship), won by
Abraham Kupchik
.
Rochester
(New York State Championship) won by
Oscar Chajes
ahead of H.M. Philips.
Lexington
(the 18th
Western Chess Association
), won by
Edward Lasker
ahead of
Jackson Whipps Showalter
and W. Winter, finished 25 August.
Havana
(
Triangular
), won by C.S. Howell ahead of
Juan Corzo
.
Buenos Aires
won by
Rolando Illa
and C.M. Portela.
Christiania
(the 10th
Nordic Chess Championship
), won by
Gustaf Nyholm
ahead of
Karl Berndtsson
.
Stockholm
(
Swedish Chess Championship
) won by
Otto von Löwenborg
and
Anton Olson
ahead of K. Berndtsson and G. Nyholm.
Grenaa
(the 8th
Danish Chess Championship
), won by
Egil Jacobsen
.
London
(the 28th London championship), won jointly by
Philip Walsingham Sergeant
, E. Macdonald and G.E. Wainwright, ahead of
Edward Guthlac Sergeant
and
Theodor Germann
, 1917/18.
The Hague
won by G.S. Fontein ahead of
Alexander Rueb
, 1917/18.
Łódź
won by T. Regedziński ahead of
Samuel Factor
and G. Salwe, 1917/18.
Vienna
(the 9th
Leopold Trebitsch Memorial Tournament
) (
Quadrangular
), won by M. Vidmar ahead of
Savielly Tartakower
, C. Schlechter and
Lajos Asztalos
, 1917/18.
Matches
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Otto Löwenborg
won against
Anton Olson
(3 : 2) in Stockholm.
Gustaf Nyholm
defeated
Karl Berndtsson
(3.5 : 1.5) in Gothenburg.
Gustaf Nyholm
beat
Otto Löwenborg
(4 : 1) in Stockholm.
Births
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19 March -
László Szabó
born in Budapest, Hungary. 9-time HUN-ch. GM 1950.
11 June -
Romanas Arlauskas
born in Kaunas, Lithuania. GMC 1965.
24 June -
César Boutteville
born in Thinh Hao, Vietnam, 6-time FRA-ch.
20 July -
Luis Augusto Sánchez
born in Columbia, 6-time COL-ch. IM 1951.
14 November -
Stig Lundholm
born in Luleå, Sweden. SWE-ch 1944, IMC 1983.
27 November -
Haije Kramer
born in the Netherlands. Dutch IM 1954.
Deaths
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19 January - Walter Gledhill died in Harrogate, England. Gledhill Attack.
17 March -
James Alexander Porterfield Rynd
died in Dublin, Ireland.
17 March -
Franz Brentano
died in Zurich, Switzerland.
16 July -
Vincenz Hruby
died in Trieste, Italy.
17 July -
Arturo Reggio
died in Milan, Italy.
References
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