Riga 1934 (9 February-15 March) Match vs. Rudolf Spielmann. Game Collection: Vladimir Petrov - Rudolf Spielmann Match 1934 The 1st game was played at the premises of the Club of Journalists and Artists at Fortress (Krepostnaja) Street 41, the 3rd at the pavilion of Vērmanes Garden, and games 4-8 s at At the Riga University Sports Facilities, Church Street 5. <Petrovs lost the match, scoring +1-2=5>. Fride, p.9; Di Felice,"Chess Results 1931-1935" p.265; Dienas Lapa", February 10, 1934, p.12; "Rigasche Rundschau", March 16, 1934, p.3

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Games

Event "Match Petrov - Spielmann"
Site "Riga"
Date "1934.02.09"
Date "1934.02.09"
Round "1"
White "Spielmann, Rudolf"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Source "Fride, Andris 'Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story from Greatness to the Gulag', Caissa Editions, 2004, pp.164-165"

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4.Bd3 c4 5.Be2 b5 6.b3 Bb7 7.a4 a6 8.c3 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11.Qc2 0-0 12.bxc4 bxc4 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Rfb1 Qc7 17.f4 f6 18.e6 Nf8 19.f5 Bh6 20.Nf1 gxf5 21.Qxf5 Ng6 22.a5 Kh8 23.Qh5 Bg7 24.Bg4 Rg8 25.Bf5 Bf8 26.Rd1 Bc6 27.Rd4 Be8 28.Rxd5 h6 29.Qh3 Bc6 30.Rc5 Qb7 31.Ng3 Rd8 32.Rb1 Qa8 33.Qh5 Rd2 34.Bxg6 Rxg2+ 35.Kf1 Bf3 36.Qf5 Rxg6 37.Qxg6 Be2+ 38.Ke1 Qf3 39.Qf5 Qxe3 40.Bc1 Qg1+ 41.Nf1 Bg4 42.Re5 Bxf5 43.Rxf5 Rc2 44.Bd2 Rxd2 45.Kxd2 Qg2+ 46.Kc1 Qe4 47.Ng3 Qe3+ 48.Kb2 Qd2+ 49.Ka1 Qxc3+ 50.Ka2 Qc2+ 51.Rb2 Qa4+ 52.Kb1 Qd1+ 53.Ka2 c3 54.Rb8 Qd2+ 55.Ka1 c2 56.Rxf8+ Kg7 57.Rc8 c1=Q+ 58.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 59.Ka2 Qc4+ 60.Ka3 Qxe6 61.Rh5 Kg6 62.Rh4 Qd6+ 63.Rb4 Qc5 64.Ka4 Qc2+ 65.Ka3 Qc3+ 66.Ka4 Qa1+ 67.Kb3 Qxa5 0-1

Spielmann vs Petrov, 1934

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Event "Match, game 2"
Site "Riga"
Date "1934.02.12"
Round "2"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"
Result "1/2-1/2"
ECO "D41"
PlyCount "57"
Source "'Jaunākās Ziņas', February 13, 1934, p 3"

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc7+ Rd7 16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. d5 Kd6 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Be4 Rb2+ 22. Rc2 Rxc2+ 23. Bxc2 Bxa2 24. Bxh7 g6 25. h4 Ke5 26. g4 Kf6 27. h5 gxh5 28. gxh5 Kg5 29. Bg8 1/2-1/2

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Event "Match, game 3"
Site "Riga, Vermanes Garden"
Date "1934.02.13"
Round "3"
White "Spielmann, Rudolf"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "1-0"
ECO "D32"
PlyCount "111"
Source "'Jaunākās Ziņas', February 14, 1934, p. 7; 'Jaunākās Ziņas', February 15, 1934, p. 8"

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8. dxc5 d4 9. Ne4 O-O 10. g3 Bf5 11. Nfd2 d3 12. Bg2 Qd4 13. exd3 Qxb2 14. O-O Rad8 15. Nc4 Qd4 16. Ncd6 b6 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. Nc5 Qa3 21. Qc1 Qxc1 22. Rfxc1 Ncd4 23. Kf1 Rc8 24. Rc4 h5 25. Be4 Rc7 26. h3 Rfc8 27. Rbc1 Nd6 28. Rxd4 Nxe4 29. dxe4 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rd7 Ra5 33. Rxf7 Rxa2 34. Kg2 Kg6 35. Rf5 Ra3 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Kh7 38. Rh5+ Kg8 39. f3 Ra1 40. Kg3 a5 41. Kf4 a4 42. Ra5 Ra3 43. g5 Kf7 44. Ra6 g6 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Ra6 Kg7 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Ke5 Rxf3 49. Rxa4 Rb3 50. Ra6 Kf7 51. Rf6+ Kg7 52. Rd6 Rb5+ 53. Rd5 Rb4 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55. Re7 Kf8 56. Kf6 1-0

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Event "Match, game 4"
Site "Riga Univ. Sports Facilities"
Date "1934.03.08"
Round "4"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"
Result "1/2-1/2"
ECO "D13"
PlyCount "73"
Source "'Jaunākās Ziņas', March 9, 1934, p. 3; 'Libausche Zeitung', March 13, 1934, p. 4"

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nc3 f5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 Bd7 13. Rac1 Be8 14. Na4 Qe7 15. Nc5 b6 16. Na6 Rc8 17. a3 Bh5 18. Qa4 Qd6 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. axb4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd2 23. Ba6 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ng5 26. Rc6 Kf7 27. Rc7+ Kg6 28. Rxa7 Rf7 29. Ra8 Rc7 30. Bd3 Rc1 31. Rb8 Rd1 32. Be2 Rd2 33. Bf3 Rxb2 34. Rxb6 Ne4 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rb8 h5 37. b5 1/2-1/2

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Event "Match, game 5"
Site "Riga Univ. Sports Facilities"
Date "1934.03.09"
Round "?"
White "Spielman, Rudolf"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "1/2-1/2"
ECO "E51"
PlyCount "54"
Source "'Rigasche Rundschau', March 17, 1934, p. 14

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Qb3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxb4 Qg5 19. f3 Rfd8 20. Rf2 Rc7 21. f4 Qg4 22. h3 Qg3 23. Raf1 Rcd7 24. Qb3 Qg6 25. Rc1 Qe4 26. Qg3 Qg6 27. Qb3 Qe4 1/2-1/2

Fride alternate score:

Event "Match, game 5"
Site "Riga Univ. Sports Facilities"
Date "1934.03.09"
Round "?"
White "Spielman, Rudolf"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "1/2-1/2"
ECO "E51"
PlyCount "54"
Source "Andris Fride, "Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story from Greatness to the Gulag (Caissa Editions 2004), p.165

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Qb3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxb4 Qg5 19. f3 Rfd8 20. Rf2 Rc7 21. f4 Qg4 22. h3 Qg3 23. Raf1 Rdc8 24. Qb3 Qg6 25. Rc1 Qe4 26. Qg3 Qg6 27. Qb3 Qe4 1/2-1/2

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Event "Match, game 6"
Site "Riga Univ. Sports Facilities"
Date "1934.03.10"
Round "6"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Spielman, Rudolf"
Result "0-1"
ECO "D36"
PlyCount "144"
Source "'Rigasche Rundschau', March 24, 1934, p. 13

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 f6 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Nc5 Nd5 15. Bg3 b6 16. Nd3 Be6 17. e4 Nb4 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Kb1 Bf7 20. Nh4 Qd7 21. f3 a5 22. Nf5 a4 23. Be1 Bf8 24. Ne3 b5 25. d5 Qa7 26. Rd3 f5 27. Nxf5 cxd5 28. Bf2 Qb7 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Rhd1 Be6 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Qf7 33. Qc3 Rac8 34. Qd4 Bxa2+ 35. Ka1 Bb3 36. Rd7 Qg6 37. Rg1 Be6 38. Ra7 Bf7 39. Qg4 Qc2 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Bd4 Qg6 42. Qd7+ Kg8 43. Qxb5 Qd6 44. Bc3 a3 45. Qb3+ Kh8 46. Rd1 axb2+ 47. Bxb2 Ra8+ 48. Kb1 Qg6+ 49. Qc2 Re2 50. Qxg6 hxg6 51. Bd4 Rb8+ 52. Kc1 Rc8+ 53. Kb1 Rxg2 54. Be5 Re8 55. Rd5 g5 56. Kc1 Rf2 57. Kd1 Rxf3 58. Bg3 g4 59. Rd4 Ra8 60. Rxg4 Ra2 61. Ke1 Rb3 62. Rh4+ Kg8 63. Kf1 Rb1+ 64. Be1 Rc2 65. Rh5 Kf7 66. h4 Rh2 67. Re5 Kf6 68. Re4 Kf5 69. Re7 Rh1+ 70. Kf2 Rbxe1 71. Rxe1 Rxe1 72. Kxe1 Kg4 0-1

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Event "Match, game 7"
Site "Riga Univ. Sports Facilities"
Date "1934.03.13"
Round "7"
White "Spielmann, Rudolf"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "1/2-1/2"
ECO "B74"
PlyCount "40"
Source "'Brīvā Zeme', April 30, 1934, p 10"

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Bd3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 d5 15. Bd4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qc7 17. e5 Rad8 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne2 Bxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Qe5 21. Re1 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

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Event "Match, game 8"
Site "Riga Univ. Sports Facilities"
Date "1934.03.15"
Round "8"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Spielman, Rudolf"
Result "1/2-1/2"
ECO "A11"
PlyCount "96"
Source "'Rigasche Rundschau', March 24, 1934, p. 13; Andris Fride, "Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story from Greatness to the Gulag (Caissa Editions 2004), pp.165-166

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Qc2 dxc4 4. Qxc4 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 Be6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Nf3 Nb4 11. Qd1 h6 12. O-O Qc8 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc2 Bh3 17. Qb2+ Kh7 18. Qe5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc7 20. Qe4 Nf6 21. Qc2 Rad8 22. d4 Qd7 23. e3 Qd5 24. Rac1 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Rfd1 e6 27. Ne5 Kg7 28. f3 Nd6 29. Nd3 Rfe8 30. Nc5 Re7 31. b4 b5 32. Kf2 Nc4 33. a4 Nb2 34. Rd2 Nxa4 35. Nxa4 bxa4 36. Ra2 e5 37. dxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxc6 a5 39. f4 Rb5 40. bxa5 Rxa5 41. Rc4 a3 42. Rc3 Rda8 43. e4 g5 44. Kf3 gxf4 45. gxf4 Rh5 46. Kg4 Rxh2 47. Rxh2 a2 48. Rxa2 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

The score of the game 8 in the "Rigasche Rundschau", March 24, 1934, p. 13 ended (after move 48. ... Rxa2) with the note: "und the Partie wurde im 56. zuge Remis gegeben." and the match was given a draw in the 56th

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #262)

well known game from the match 'Spielmann v Petrov' (+2-1=5*) missing in the database:

"'...Den schwersten Stand hatte ich aber — wie auch das Ergebnis zeigt* — gegen Petrow. Dieser schachlich hoch gebildete, phantasiereiche ­Spieler hat das Zeug zu einem ganz großen Meister in sich und es fehlt ihm höchstens noch die Atmosphäre der großen internationalen Arena...'" - Rudolf Spielmann (WSZ 1934, p. 116)

Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #264)

"I got the worst of it in the match against Petrov, as shown by the score. That imaginative player, highly cultured in chess, has what it takes to become one of the great masters; the only thing he still needs to get there, at most, is a taste of the international arena."

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #284)

I will share my knowledge about the match Spielman - Petrov during the 1934 Baltic tour of Spielmann, it may be interesting to many people.

The match Spielmann - Petrov started on February 9, 1934. For the game 1 I found 2 versions with different order of some moves, both are for first 38 moves, before the game was adjourned.

The next one is from Latvian newspaper "Dienas Lapa" ("Daily page"), February 10, 1934, p. 12

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4mzv3y2di...

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 c4 5. Be2 b5 6. b3 Bb7 7. a4 a6 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Rfb1 Qc7 17. f4 f6 18. e6 Nf8 19. f5 Bh6 20. Nf1 gxf5 21. Qxf5 Ng6 22. a5 Kh8 23. Qh5 Bg7 24. Bg4 Rg8 25. Bf5 Bf8 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. Rd4 Be8 28. Rxd5 h6 29. Qh3 Bc6 30. Rc5 Qb7 31. Ng3 Rd8 32. Rb1 Qa8 33. Qh5 Rd2 34. Bxg6 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Bf3 36. Qf5 Rxg6 37. Qxg6 Be2+ 38. Ke1 0-1

The second one is from Latvian magazine in "Old Russian" language "Dlia Vas" ("For you"), February 18, 1934, p. 17. The article "My first game (meeting) with R. Spielmann." was written by Petrov.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9e943nizy...

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c4 5. Be2 b5 6. b3 Bb7 7. a4 a6 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 g6 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Rfb1 Qc7 17. f4 f6 18. e6 Nf8 19. f5 Bh6 20. Nf1 gxf5 21. Qxf5 Ng6 22. a5 Kh8 23. Qh5 Bg7 24. Bg4 Rg8 25. Bf5 Bf8 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. Rd4 Be8 28. Rxd5 h6 29. Qh3 Bc6 30. Rc5 Qb7 31. Ng3 Rd8 32. Rb1 Qa8 33. Qh5 Rd2 34. Bxg6 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Bf3 36. Qf5 Rxg6 37. Qxg6 Be2+ 38. Ke1 Qf3 The move 38. ...Qf3 was written in the envelope.

The full game was published in "Rigasche Rundschau", February 17, 1934, p. 14. http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view...

The 2nd game on February 12, Petrov played with White pieces. It was published in "Jaunākās Ziņas", February 13, page 3. "neizskirta" = draw https://www.dropbox.com/s/47kr171c3...

The 3rd game Spielmann - Petrov played on Feb 13.

"Jaunākās Ziņas", February 14, page 7. "vakar"= yesterday, "partraukta" - adjourned https://www.dropbox.com/s/u61mm042t...

"Jaunākās Ziņas", February 15, page 8. The adjourned games continued on Feb 14. 1st game - Spielmann resigned, 3rd game Spielmann won.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l86gc6gme...

The 4th game Spielmann - Petrov played on March 8 and was adjourned. "Jaunākās Ziņas", March 9, page 3.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fdln8x5jn...

This game was ended with draw and result after 4 games was 2-2. ("Libausche Zeitung", March 13, 1934, p. 4

http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view...

The games 6,7,8 were published in "Rigasche Rundschau", March 24, p. 13.

The game 6: https://www.dropbox.com/s/57947fbf6...

The game 7, played on March 13: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yz3tl9hkh...

The game 8: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j4652f33v...

"Rigasche Rundschau", March 16, 1934, p. 3:
"Spielmann - Petrow 4.5 - 3.5. Thursday's eighth and final game of the match Spielmann-Petrow ended in a draw. The conclusion is: Spielmann won two games, lost one and five finished draw."

Thursday = March 15, 1934.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #289)

The 4th game Spielmann - Petrov played on March 8 and was adjourned after 37. b5. We are missing the second part of the game.

Meanwhile I found the game 5 in "Rigasche Rundschau", March 17, page 14.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/glfrh5meo...

The dates of some games are confirmed from the "Сегодня": game 6 was played on March 10, 1934 ("Сегодня", March 10, 1934, p.6) game 7 was played on March 13, 1934 ("Сегодня", March 14, 1934, p.6) game 8 was played on March 15, 1934 ("Сегодня", March 15, 1934, p.6)

In Riga Spielmann played matches with Feigin, Apscheneek and Petrov.

Feigin: 1st game played 2 February 1934. Spielmann won +1, =3.

Apscheneek: 1st game played 15 February 1934. Spielmann won +3, =1.

At the end of February Spielman played in a tournament in Revel (Tallinn), Estonia, before returning to Riga to continue his match with Petrov.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #292)

"Сегодня", February 9, 1934 p. 5: "Today at 7 pm in the In the premises of the Club of Journalists and Artists at the Fortress (Krepostnaja) Street 41 is starting match between Spielman and the Latvian maestro V. Petrov"

"Сегодня", February 13, 1934 p. 6:

The third game of the match will be played today in the pavilion of Vērmanes Garden. The beginning at 7 o'clock evening" Wikipedia article: V%C4%93rmanes Garden

"Сегодня", March 10, 1934, p.6:

"The fifth game of the chess match between
Spielmann and Petrov ended in draw. Today at 7 pm on Church (Tserkovnaja) street 5 the sixth game will be played."

"Сегодня", March 15, 1934, p.6:

"Today at 7 pm the last, 8th game will be played at Church (Tserkovnaja) street 5".

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #293)

"Rigasche Rundschau", January 30, 1934, p. 7:
"The well-known Austrian grand master Rudolf Spielmann coming after a successful tour through Sweden and Poland, where over 400 simultaneous games won, on Thursday, February 1st in the afternoon in Riga. His first appearance in Riga takes place on Sunday, February 4, in a simultaneous game.

The second event is a match Spielmann - Feigin intended for 4 games. The 1st game will be held on Friday, the 2nd of February. It will be played in the Jewish club, Schulenstraße 6.

Spielmann will leave Riga on the February 17th or 18th, to Walk, Dorpat and Reval."

Valga (Walk), Tartu (Dorpat), Reval (Tallinn) - Estonian cities. Wikipedia article: Valga, Estonia

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #294)

post by whiteshark

In the <Wiener Schachzeitung> Spielmann wrote a report about 'his chess journey through the Baltic': http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a... (p115-122) Game 7 (March 13th) with a brief analysis (p.121-122)

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Ehn's Spielmann biography has only one related sentence.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #298)

"Jaunākās Ziņas", March 9, 1934, p. 3: "Yesterday the game 4 of Spielmann - Petrov match was held in the Riga Universities Sports Facilities, Church Street 5. The game was adjourned. Today at 7 pm the game 5 will be held at Church Street 5."

So far we know that the 1st game was played at the premises of the Club of Journalists and Artists at the Fortress (Krepostnaja) Street 41, the 3rd at the pavilion of Vērmanes Garden and 4-8 games at Riga Universities Sports Facilities, Church Street 5.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #302)

I found the game 7 of the match Spielmann - Petrov in "Brīvā Zeme", April 30, p. 10.

http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/t...

Event "Match, game 7"
Site "Riga Univ. Sports Facilities"
Date "1934.03.13"
Round "7"
White "Spielmann, Rudolf"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "1/2-1/2"
ECO "B74"
PlyCount "40"
Source "'Brīvā Zeme', April 30, 1934, p 10"

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Bd3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 d5 15. Bd4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qc7 17. e5 Rad8 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne2 Bxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Qe5 21. Rf1 Qd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

In the "Rigasche Rundschau", March 24, 1934, p 13, where this game was published as well, were missing last 2 moves: 21. Rf1 Qd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4.

One more source for 1st game of the match Spielmann - Petrov: "Brīvā Zeme", February 17, 1934, page 7.

http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/t...

Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #309)

game 7 of the match Spielmann - Petrov in "Brīvā Zeme", April 30, p. 10. <In the "Rigasche Rundschau", March 24, 1934, p 13, where this game was published as well, were missing last 2 moves: 21. Rf1 Qd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4.>

Today I found one more source of the game 7 - in the Latvian magazine "Pasta-Telegrāfa Dzīve", April 1, 1934, p. 66.

It is matching the score presented in "Brīvā Zeme", 22 moves.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #306)

The score of the game 8 in the "Rigasche Rundschau", March 24, 1934, p. 13 ended (after move 48. ... Rxa2) with the note: "und the Partie wurde im 56. zuge Remis gegeben."