Biography of <Tenis Melngailis>: Tenis Melngailis

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Riga 1933 (October) LVKA masters

Event "LVKA masters"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1933.10.12"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "Milijs Brakmanis"
Black "Tenis Melngailis"
Source "Atputa Nr.473 (24.11.1933)"

1. e4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. exd5 Nxd4 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Rad1 h6 15. Be5 Rac8 16. Rd3 Qe8 17. d6 Rc6 18. Qf4 Nh5 19. Qe4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qf4 Qe6 22. Rfd1 Ne8 23. d7 Nf6 24. Re3 Qc4 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Rxd8 Qf4 28. Rh8+ Kg6 29. Ne4 Qxe4 30. d8=Q 1-0

M Brakmanis vs T Melngailis, 1933

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Riga 1935-1936 (20 October 1935-23 February 1936) Riga Championship. <Petrovs finished 1st> over F. Apsenieks, M. Feigins, T. Bergs and others. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940" p.8; 'Krustamīkla. ٹahs. Brid‍s', November 23, 1935, p.12; "Rīts", November 19, 1935, p.7; Sporta Pasaule, Nr.237, March 3, 1936

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

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1936 Olympic Selection Tournament

Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs. Nr.29 (18.07.1936)
http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-...

Event "Olympic Selection Tournament"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1936.??.??"
EventDate "1936.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Kalnins, Heinricks"
Result "0-1"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs. Nr.29 (18.07.1936); http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-..."

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. e3 Qc7 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. f3 Bd7 16. Re2 Qh5 17. Qe1 Ne5 18. Rd1 g5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 g4 21. f4 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 gxf3 23. Rf2 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Bb5 25. Qb4 f5 26. a4 Be2 27. Qxb7 Rc2 28. Ba3 Ra2 29. Bc1 Rc2 30. Rc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc2 f2+ 32. Rxf2 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Bxd5+ 0-1

T Melngailis vs H Kalnins, 1936

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Munich 1936 (17 August-1 September) Unofficial Chess Olympiad. <Melngailis scored +4-5=1> on first reserve board.Latvia finished in 6th place, behind Hungary, Poland, Germany, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. http://www.olimpbase.org/1936x/1936...

Event "non-FIDE Munich ol (Men)"
Site "Munich GER"
Date "1936.08.20"
EventDate "?"
Round "5"
Result "0-1"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Sundberg, Bertil"
Source "olimpbase"

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 d5 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.d4 c5 10.Rd1 Ne4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Qd3 f5 14.Ne5 cxd4 15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.Bxe4 Nxe5 17.Bxh7+ Kh8 18.Qb1 Bc5 19.Bxd4 Qf6 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.f4 Ng4 22.Qg6 Qxg6 23.Bxg6 Rf6 24.Bh5 Ne3 25.Rd3 d4 26.Rc1 a5 27.Bf3 Ba6 28.Rd2 Rd6 29.Kf2 a4 30.Be4 Kg8 31.Bd3 Bb7 32.Rb2 Rb6 33.Rbb1 a3 34.Bc4+ Bd5 35.Bxd5+ Nxd5 36.Rc2 Nc3 37.Re1 Re8 38.e3 Rbe6 0-1

T Melngailis vs B Sundberg, 1936

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Event "non-FIDE Munich ol (Men)"
Site "Munich GER"
Date "1936.08.22"
EventDate "1936.08.17"
Round "9"
Result "1-0"
White "Alberto Carlos, Hector"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
Source"olimpbase"

1.1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. c3 Bf5 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Nd2 Rfe8 12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Re7 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Rxe7 Qxe7 16. Qf3 Nb8 17. Qd3 c6 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Rf1 Nf6 20. Ne5 Qe6 21. Qf5 Qxf5 22. Rxf5 Ne4 23. g4 f6 24. Nd3 a5 25. a4 Nd6 26. Rf2 Re3 27. Rf3 Re4 28. Rf4 Nc4 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. Nc5 b6 31. Nd7 b5 32. b3 Nd2 33. Nc5 e3 34. d5 1-0

H A Carlos vs T Melngailis, 1936

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Kemeri 1939 (4-20 March) Game Collection: Kemeri 1939 International Tournament and Latvian Championship Final. <Melngailis finished shared 11th with F. Apsenieks, behind S. Flohr, G. Stahlberg, L. Szabo and others, scoring +5-9=1> In the concurrent Latvian Championship scoring,

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #656)

a subset of this Kemeri 1939 tournament was in fact the Final of this Championship. Latvian Wikipedia explains my interpretation of the English translation: The previous Champion (Petrovs) plus the top 3 in each group (Bezrucko, Hasenfuss, Ozols from Group 1; and Apsenieks, Melngailis, Dreibergs from Group 2) qualified for this Final, which consisted of the best score of these 7 among themselves within this Kemeri 1939 event. Three other Latvians (Feigins, Koblencs, Solmanis) were also later admitted to this tournament, but were not qualified for this Final.

From the crosstable for Kemeri-Riga 1939, I work out the scores of these 7 against each other to be (out of 6): Petrovs 4.5 Dreibergs 4.0
Hasenfuss 3.5
Melngailis 3.5
Apsenieks 3.0
Bezrucko 2.0
Ozols 0.5
Thus Petrovs became the 1938/9 Latvian Champion.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #659)

Rigasche Rundschau, 7 February 1939 says something like: "The fight for the 1938/9 Latvian championship will take place at the end of February in a final tournament. Based on the results of the tournament just ended, the following players will be admitted to the finals: Fr. Apscheneeks, Hasenfuss, Besrutschko, Osols, Melngailis and Dreibergs. In addition there is Grandmaster W. Petrow, as well as 2-3 foreign champions." Looks like this intended end-February tournament morphed into being Kemeri-Riga 1939.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #680)

"The title of Latvia champion was gained by Petrov, since Feigin, as not gaining the place into the final group, was allowed to participate in the tournament without rights for the title of champion."

"Segodnia", March 21, 1939, p. 5.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #686)

Grand master W. Petrow at 8 place, who was heavily revised, did not really win, but still successfully defended the title of champion of Latvia; Feigin was out of the question because he had not reached the final in the pre-tournament.

Rigasche Rundschau", March 25, 1939, p. 8.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #693)

Petrovs: Beat Melngailis, Apsenieks, Bezrucko, Ozols; Drew Hasenfuss; Lost to Dreibergs. Total 4.5 points.

Dreibergs: Beat Petrovs and Ozols. Drew the other 4. Total 4 points.

Hasenfuss: Beat Apsenieks and Bezrucko; Lost to Melngailis; Drew the other 3. Total 3.5 points.

Melngailis: Beat Hasenfuss, Bezrucko, Ozols; Drew Dreibergs; Lost to Petrovs and Apsenieks. Total 3.5 points.

Apsenieks: Beat Melngailis and Ozols; Drew Dreibergs and Bezrucko; Lost to Petrovs and Hasenfuss. Total 3 points.

Bezrucko: Beat Ozols. Drew with Dreibergs and Apsenieks. Lost the other 3. Total 2 points.

Ozols: Drew with Hasenfuss. Lost the other 5. Total 0.5 points.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #696)

jessicafischerqueen Re your comment on Latvian Wikipedia being an excellent resource on Latvian Chess Championships: Yes, it does look like it, and I have copied all this material out. However, it looks as though it does seem to be needed to be treated with a note of caution: It seems to have the crosstable of group 1 of the 1938/9 Congress wrong! It gives Ozols as having 8.5 points and Silins as having 6 points. All the other sources that I have found that have crosstables for this event ("Saha Maksla" magazine, 15 Jan 1939, Page 4 very nice item; "Stasti un Romani", 7 Jan 1939, Page 12; "Krustamikla Sahs Bridzs", 7 Jan 1939, Page 12; Di Felice 1936-1940, Page 222) give Ozols as having 9 points, and Silins as having 5.5 (And "Kurzemes Vards" 3 Jan 1939, which just gives a listing, but no crosstable, has Ozols with 9 points, but Silins with 6!)

Side note: "Saha Maksla" and "Kurzemes Vards" give the "A. Kalnins" as being "Arn. [Arnoldu Kalnins". Di Felice has him as a different player, "Arvids Kalnins". I think Di Felice has only seen "A. Kalnins" and has wrongly assumed it is Arvids. He does the same thing in his crosstable for the 1932 Riga Championship as well (and possibly elsewhere). In general, I find Di Felice rather unreliable (as you also have suggested) and think any of his material used needs to be corroborated if possible (as you also have indicated), especially when he doesn't give a source.]

One other curiosity with this Championship is Di Felice giving a playoff Hasenfuss-Bezrucko +1-0=3. I confirmed this: "Stasti un Romani", 4 March 1939, Page 23 gives this, with Hasenfuss winning the first game. I was trying to understand why these two needed a playoff when both had already qualified for the Final. But it seems there was a separate Congress Championship to play for as well - winner of Group 1 to play winner of Group 2 for this. So this match was to establish the winner of Group 1. Winner of group 2 was Melngailis as Apsenieks was not eligible as a former winner. "Rigasche Rundschau", 29 April 1939, Page 18 says the Hasenfuss-Melngailis match was postponed until the autumn. I didn't find it then on a casual search, but suspect it was never played because World War Two broke out then. Also, Hasenfuss was a German Balt, so probably moved to Germany in November/December 1939 under Hitler's "heim ins Reich" program, though it could have been later.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #700)

Master Class recognized to Fr. Arsenieks, T. Bergs, M. Feigins, E. Krumins, V. Petrovs, and Old Master K. Betins, the 7th master will be determined by result of T. Melngailis - V. Hasenfuss match.

"Rīts", December 14, 1939, p. 16 and "Mazpulks", January 15, 1940, p. 34

Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #760)

The CM title for chess players was introduced in USSR in 1935 when Unified All-Union Sports Classification was created.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #702)

hemy Thanks for your explanation regarding Latvian masters and the follow-up. This clarifies things considerably. One of the great things about following this thread is not only do you learn a lot about Petrovs, but also about Latvian chess in general in that period.

I checked Di Felice, but did not find a Hasenfuss - Melngailis match there in 1940 or afterwards.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #762)

<A match between <T. Melngailis and Hassenfus> for the title of Latvian master> The match didn't take place. No one of them received Latvian master title.

In Riga championship 1944, last and unfinished by Hasenfuss tournament, he was introduced as Dr. Hazenfuss unlike Teodors Bergs, who was presented as a "meistar".

("Sporta Pasaule", April 3, 1944, p. 1)

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                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
1  Flohr        * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 12.0
2  Stahlberg    ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 11.0
3  Szabo        0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0
4  Mikenas      0 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 10.5
5  Book         ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 10.0
6  Feigins      ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 9.0
7  Bogoljubov   0 1 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8.5   
8  Petrovs      0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0
9  Dreibergs    0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6.5 
10 Hasenfuss    0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6.0
11 T.Melngailis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 1 1 1 5.5
12 Apsenieks    ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 ½ ½ 1 5.5  
13 Solmanis     ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 0 1 5.0 
14 Koblents     0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 5.0
15 Bezruchko    0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 1 4.0
16 Ozols        ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 2.5 

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.04"
EventDate "1939.03.04"
Round "1"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Solmanis, Zigfrids"
Result "1-0"
Source "365Chess"

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 d5 5. g3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Na3 Be6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc2 Be7 13. Ncd4 Qd7 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. e3 b6 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bc5 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. b4 Bxb4 24. Qd4 Qf6 25. Qxb4 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 1-0

T Melngailis vs Z Solmanis, 1939

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ROUND 2 <Apsenieks v Melngailis> 1-0

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.05"
EventDate "1939.03.04"
Round "2"
White "Apsenieks, Fricis"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
Result "1-0"
Source "365Chess"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. c3 c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Qc2 h6 13. h4 Nc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Ng5 b6 17. Bc6 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Bxc5+ bxc5 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Qg6 Qc8 22. Ba4 Ke7 23. g4 Qa6 24. b3 Qa5 25. Rh3 c4 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Kd6 28. Rxh8 Qxc3+ 29. Kd1 Qd4+ 30. Ke1 Qg4 31. Qc2 Qg1+ 32. Ke2 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Bxg5 34. Qxc4 e4 35. Qd4+ 1-0

F Apsenieks vs T Melngailis, 1939

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ROUND 3 <Melngailis v Feigins> 0-1

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.06"
Round "3"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Feigin, Movsa"
Result "0-1"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
ECO "A14"

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. O-O Bf6 10. Qc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. Rd1 e4 13. Ne1 Nd4 14. Kf1 Bg4 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Re8 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. d3 Re3 19. Rd2 Be7 20. Rc2 Qd6 21. Kf2 Re8 22. h3 Bd7 23. Qg1 Bd8 24. Bf1 Bc6 25. Rac1 Bc7 26. b4 Qxb4 27. Rc5 Rxf3+ 0-1

T Melngailis vs M Feigin, 1939

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ROUND 4 <Hasenfuss v Melngailis> 0-1

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.07"
Round "4"
White "Hazenfuss, Wolfgang R"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
Result "0-1"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
ECO "A02"

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. b3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. a3 Na5 14. Ne5 Ba6 15. Rf3 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qa4 Qd7 18. Qa6 Nd6 19. Bb2 Nd5 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 Rb8 22. Bf1 b5 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. Ne5 Qc8 25. Qxc8+ Rxc8 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Bc3 Bxa3 28. g3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 Bb2 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 Bxd4+ 32. Kg2 a5 33. Kf3 a4 34. g4 Kf8 35. Ke4 Bb2 36. f5 Ke7 37. h4 exf5+ 38. Kxf5 g6+ 39. Ke4 h5 40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Kf4 Bf6 42. Kg3 Be5+ 43. Kf3 f5 44. Ke3 Bg3 45. Kd4 Kf6 46. Be2 Bxh4 47. Bxh5 a3 48. Kc3 Ke5 0-1

W Hasenfuss vs T Melngailis, 1939

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ROUND 5 <Melngailis v Bezruchko> 1-0

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri LAT"
Date "1939.03.08"
EventDate "1939.03.04"
Round "5"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Bezruchko, Georgs"
Result "1-0"
Source "365Chess"

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Qc2 e5 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Nxe5 Qxd4 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Qb4 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bd6 c5 17. Nxc5 Bb5 18. Nxb7 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Rfe1 Bxa2 22. Ra1 Rb8 23. Rxa2 Rxb7 24. e5 Re7 25. f4 Ne8 26. Kf2 g5 27. Bc6 gxf4 28. gxf4 Bh6 29. Kf3 Ng7 30. b4 Ne6 31. Rg2+ Kf8 32. Reg1 Rc7 33. Rg8+ 1-0

T Melngailis vs G Bezruchko, 1939

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ROUND 6 <Szabo v Melngailis> 1-0

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.09"
Round "6"
White "Szabo, Laszlo"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
Result "1-0"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
ECO "E54"

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Ba6 13. Nb5 Nd5 14. Rac1 Qb7 15. Qe4 Nd7 16. a3 Be7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qe1 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Nf6 20. Qe2 a6 21. Bd3 Ned5 22. g3 b5 23. Rc5 Rac8 24. Rdc1 Nd7 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. Bxc2 N7b6 30. Nd2 Ne7 31. b3 Nc6 32. Nf3 Kg8 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Be4 Na5 37. Kc3 f5 38. Bc2 Nc6 39. Ne5 Nd5+ 40. Kd3 Nf6 41. f4 Kd5 42. Nf3 b4 43. a4 Ng4 44. h3 Nf6 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Ne5 Nd5+ 47. Kd3 Nd8 48. Bd1 Nc3 49. Bf3 Kc7 50. Kc4 a5 51. Kd3 Kb6 52. Nc4+ Ka6 53. Ne3 Kb6 54. d5 Nxd5 55. Bxd5 exd5 56. Nxf5 Ne6 57. Nd4 Nc5+ 58. Ke3 Kc7 59. g4 Nd7 60. h4 1-0

Szabo vs T Melngailis, 1939

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ROUND 7 <Melngailis v Koblents> 1-0

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.11"
Round "7"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"
Result "1-0"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
ECO "A09"

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e4 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Be2 e5 6. O-O g6 7. Ne1 Bg7 8. f4 Nge7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe1 Qb6 15. b3 f5 16. Qg3 Qe6 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Rf4 Bc6 19. Raf1 Rae8 20. h4 fxe4 21. Bg4 Qg8 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Qe5+ 1-0

T Melngailis vs Koblents, 1939

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ROUND 8 <Stahlberg v Melngailis> 1-0

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.12"
EventDate "1939.03.04"
Round "8"
White "Stahlberg, Gideon"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
Result "1-0"
Source "365Chess"

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. f4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Ne4 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qe8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nxe4 Ba4 17. Nd6 Qh5 18. Rf1 Bc6 19. Qd4 g5 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 Rae8 22. Rf2 Re6 23. Raf1 Rd8 24. Qb4 Qe8 25. Nd6 Qd7 26. Nf7 a5 27. Qa3 Rc8 28. Nxg5 Re7 29. e6 Qd8 30. Rf7 1-0

Stahlberg vs T Melngailis, 1939

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ROUND 9 <Melngailis v Mikenas> 0-1

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.13"
EventDate "1939.03.04"
Round "9"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Mikenas, Vladas"
Result "0-1"
Source "365Chess"

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. d4 Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. Qd3 a5 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e3 Nb6 16. Ne5 Ng4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Rd2 a4 19. Qb1 axb3 20. axb3 Ra3 21. b4 Nc4 22. Ra2 Rxa2 23. Nxa2 Ra8 24. Rc3 Qe6 25. Qc2 b5 26. Rb3 Bf5 27. Qe2 Qg6 28. h4 Be4 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Qc2 Ra4 32. Kg2 g6 33. Kh2 f5 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Kh2 h6 36. Kg2 Qf8 37. Kh2 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. Rb1 Qe7 41. Rb3 g4 42. Rb1 Qxe3 0-1

T Melngailis vs V Mikenas, 1939

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ROUND 10 <Melngailis v Bogoljubov> 0-1

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.14"
Round "10"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"
Result "0-1"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
ECO "A25"

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 Nb4 6. d3 c6 7. a3 Na6 8. d4 e4 9. Nge2 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Nc7 12. O-O Be7 13. f3 b6 14. fxe4 fxe4 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Nf4 g5 17. Bh3 Qc6 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Nh3 Qd7 20. Nf2 Ne6 21. Rac1 O-O 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23. Nxa4 g4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Ng5 27. Nc3 Bd6 28. Ne2 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Ne1 30. Bd2 Nd3 31. Nd1 Kf7 32. Bc3 Ke6 33. Nf4+ Bxf4 34. gxf4 Ne8 35. Kg2 Ng7 36. h3 Kf5 37. Bd2 Nh5 38. b3 Nf6 39. Nc3 a6 40. Na4 b5 41. Nc5 gxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Nxc5 43. dxc5 d4 44. exd4 Nd5 45. c6 Ke6 46. Kg4 Kd6 47. Kf5 e3 48. Be1 Kxc6 49. Ke4 e2 50. f5 h5 51. Kf3 Ne7 52. f6 Ng6 53. Kxe2 Kd5 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Ke4 h4 56. f7 Kxf7 57. Kd5 Nf4+ 58. Ke4 h3 59. Bg3 Ne2 60. Bb8 Nc3+ 61. Kf5 Nb1 62. a4 b4 63. Kg4 Nd2 64. Kxh3 Ke6 65. Kg2 Nxb3 66. Ba7 Nd2 67. d5+ Kxd5 68. Be3 b3 0-1

T Melngailis vs Bogoljubov, 1939

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ROUND 11 <Book v Melngailis> 1-0

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.15"
Round "11"
White "Book, Eero"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
Result "1-0"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
ECO "C10"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. c3 c5 9. Bc2 Qc7 10. O-O b6 11. d5 exd5 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Qxd5 Bb7 14. Qf5 Kg8 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. Qxc8 Rxc8 18. Bf5 Ra8 19. Ne5 Ng6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Nxf7 Rh4 22. g3 Rh5 23. Nd6 Bc6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. h4 Rd5 26. Nd2 Bf6 27. Nc4 Rad8 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Nd2 Kf7 30. f3 Rd7 31. a3 Bc6 32. Kf2 Rd5 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Bg5 Bf8 35. Bd2 Be7 36. Bf4 Rd7 37. Nd2 Rd3 38. Ke2 Rd7 39. Rc1 Bf6 40. Kf2 Be7 41. Rh1 Rd5 42. Nc4 Bf6 43. Ke3 Rd8 44. Nd6+ Ke6 45. Ne4 Rd7 46. Nf2 Kd5 47. Ne4 Ke6 48. Re1 Be7 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. Ke2 Bb5+ 51. Ke3 Rd3+ 52. Kf2 Bc6 53. Rc1 Rd7 54. Ke1 Ba4 55. Be5 Ke6 56. Bxg7 Bxh4 57. gxh4 Rxg7 1-0

E Book vs T Melngailis, 1939

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ROUND 12 <Melngailis v Flohr> 0-1

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.16"
Round "12"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Flohr, Salo"
Result "0-1"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
ECO "A09"

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e4 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Be2 e5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Ne1 Nge7 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Bxf4 10. Rxf4 O-O 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. Nc2 Be6 13. Rf2 N7c6 14. Rb1 a5 15. Ne1 Qe7 16. g3 f5 17. Ng2 fxe4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Nf2 g5 21. Qb3 Rf7 22. Rf1 Kg7 23. Qd1 Bg6 24. Ng4 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Nxg4 26. Bxg4 Nb4 27. Bf5 Nxa2 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Qa1 Nb4 30. Qxa5 Nxd3 31. Qd2 Ne5 32. Qc1 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Qe2 0-1

T Melngailis vs Flohr, 1939

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ROUND 13 <Dreibergs v Melngailis> 1/2-1/2

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.17"
EventDate "1939.03.04"
Round "13"
White "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "365Chess"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. c3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bxf4 10. Nxf4 c6 11. Nd2 Qd6 12. Nh5 Qg6 13. Qxg6 Nxg6 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Re3 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Rxe3 17. Rxe3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

L Dreibergs vs T Melngailis, 1939

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ROUND 14 <Melngailis v Ozols> 1-0

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.18"
Round "14"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Ozols, Karlis"
Result "1-0"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
ECO "A90"

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. Ne5 c6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. e3 Be8 13. Nf3 Bh5 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 g6 16. Rfd1 Kg7 17. Bg2 Rfd8 18. b3 Rd7 19. Qb2 Rad8 20. c5 g5 21. b4 h5 22. a4 h4 23. b5 Rh8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rb1 hxg3 26. hxg3 Qf7 27. Rd3 Rc7 28. Rb3 Rhc8 29. a5 g4 30. a6 Ne8 31. Rb7 Qe7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Qb8 e5 34. Rb7 exd4 35. exd4 Rd7 36. Qe5+ Kf7 37. Qxf5+ Nf6 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. Qxd7+ Nxd7 40. f3 Nb8 41. Bf1 gxf3 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Kxf3 Kg5 44. Be2 Nd7 45. Bf1 Nb8 46. Bd3 Nd7 47. g4 1-0

T Melngailis vs K Ozols, 1939

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ROUND 15 <Petrovs v Melngailis> 1-0

Event "Kemeri"
Site "Kemeri"
Date "1939.03.20"
Round "15"
White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
Result "1-0"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
ECO "E11"

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nxd2 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ngf3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. Nb3 Qe7 13. a3 Rfe8 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Nfd2 Ndf6 16. e3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Ne4 18. Qb2 Qf6 19. f3 Ng5 20. Qf2 Qg6 21. h4 Ne6 22. Kh2 f5 23. Bf1 Rac8 24. Bd3 Qf6 25. Rc2 Rc7 26. Rec1 Rce7 27. b5 Nd8 28. Re2 g5 29. bxc6 Bxc6 30. hxg5 Qxg5 31. f4 Qg6 32. Nd2 Nf7 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. Rxc6 Qd3 35. Nf1 Qxd4 36. exd4 Rxe2 37. Kg2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Re4 39. Ne3 h5 40. Nf5 h4 41. Nxh4 Rxd4 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Rc7 Kg8 44. Rxa7 Nd6 45. Kf3 Rd3+ 46. Kg4 b5 47. Rd7 Ne4 48. Rd8+ Kf7 49. Nf5 Rxa3 50. Rb8 Rb3 51. Rb7+ Kf6 52. Rb6+ Kf7 53. Kh4 Rb1 54. Nd6+ Nxd6 55. Rxd6 Rd1 56. Rb6 Rb1 57. Rd6 Rd1 58. Kg5 b4 59. Rb6 Rd3 60. g4 b3 61. f5 Rf3 62. Rb7+ Ke8 63. Kf6 d4 64. Re7+ Kd8 65. Re2 Rc3 66. g5 Rc2 67. Re1 b2 68. g6 Rc1 69. g7 1-0

Petrov vs T Melngailis, 1939

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Buenos Aries 1939 (17 August-1 September) Chess Olympiad.<Melngailis scored +4-1=3> on first reserve board. Latvia finished in 7th place, behind Germany, Estonia, Poland, Sweden, Argentina, and the Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia.http://www.olimpbase.org/1939/1939i...

Event "Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B"
Site "Buenos Aires ARG"
Date "1939.08.25"
EventDate "1939.08.24"
Round "2"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Nicola Barbatto Rometti"
Black "Tenis Melngailis"
ECO "C07"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
PlyCount "73"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nf3 Rb8 13. Re1 Be7 14. b3 Bb4 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O 17. Re3 Nc5 18. Rae1 Ne4 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. Nd4 Rfc8 21. f3 Nc5 22. Qc3 Qb6 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. Qf2 c5 25. Ne2 c4 26. Nf4 cxb3 27. axb3 Qd4 28. Nd3 Rc6 29. R3e2 Qxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Rbc8 31. Ree2 a5 32. Nb2 Nb6 33. Kf1 a4 34. Nxa4 Nxa4 35. bxa4 Ra6 36. Ke1 Rxa4 37. Kd1 1/2-1/2

B N Rometti vs T Melngailis, 1939

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Event "Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B"
Site "Buenos Aires ARG"
Date "1939.08.28"
EventDate "1939.08.24"
Round "5"
Result "0-1"
White "Luis V Zavala"
Black "Tenis Melngailis"
ECO "C01"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
PlyCount "72"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. a3 c6 7. h3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qb6 14. Qd3 g6 15. g4 Nd6 16. b3 Re4 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. Ng3 Qd8 19. a4 Qf6 20. Kg2 Qf4 21. Rad1 Kh8 22. c3 h5 23. Nh2 R4e6 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 h4 26. Nh1 Re2 27. Rfd1 R8e3 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Nf3 Rb2 30. b4 Ne4 31. Rc1 g5 32. c4 Nb6 33. cxd5 Nxd5 34. Kf1 Rxb4 35. a5 Ra4 36. Rb1 Ra3 0-1

L Zavala vs T Melngailis, 1939

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Event "8th olm final A"
Site "Buenos Aires ARG"
Date "1939.09.02"
Round "2"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Friedemann, Gunnar"
Result "1/2-1/2"
EventDate "1939.08.24"
Source "olimpbase"

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. c4 Bd6 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. Qc2 Rac8 12. e4 Rfd8 13. Rae1 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb4 15. Re3 Qf8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Kh2 Be7 18. d4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bg6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. f4 Bf6 22. Rd3 Qd6 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. Rd1 Nf8 25. Bc3 Rd7 26. Ba5 b6 27. Bc3 Rcd8 28. b4 Nh7 29. Qe3 Be7 30. Qf3 Rc8 31. d5 cxd5 32. cxd5 exd5 33. Bxd5 Bf6 34. Be1 Nf8 35. b5 Rcd8 36. Bc6 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Ne6 38. Bf2 Bd4 39. Bxd4 Nxd4 40. Qe4 Qd6 41. Qe1 a5 42. Qc3 Qf6 43. Qd2 Kh7 44. Be4 Rd6 45. a4 Rd8 46. h4 Qd6 47. Kg2 Kg8 48. Kf2 Qc5 49. Qc3 Qxc3 50. Rxc3 Ne6 51. Rc6 Nc5 52. Kf3 Rd4 53. Bc2 Rd2 54. Be4 f5 55. Rc8+ Kf7 56. Bc6 Rd3+ 57. Ke2 Rxg3 58. Bd5+ Ke7 59. Bf3 Rh3 60. Rc7+ Kf8 61. Rc8+ Ke7 62. Rc7+ Kd8 63. Rxg7 Ne6 64. Rg8+ Kc7 65. Ke3 Rxh4 66. Rxg6 Nxf4 67. Rc6+ Kd7 68. Rxb6 Ne6 69. Rb7+ Kd6 70. Bd1 Re4+ 71. Kd2 Rd4+ 72. Ke1 Nc5 73. Ra7 Nxa4 74. Rxa5 Nc3 75. Bf3 Ke5 76. b6+ Kf4 77. b7 Kxf3 78. Rxf5+ Ke3 79. Re5+ 1/2-1/2

T Melngailis vs G Friedemann, 1939

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Event "8th olm final A"
Site "Buenos Aires ARG"
Date "1939.09.05"
Round "4"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Zita, Frantisek"
Result "0-1"
EventDate "1939.08.24"
Source "olimpbase"

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. e4 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Bb5 17. Re1 Ba3 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Rcd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxb7 22. Rd8+ Bf8 23. Bb2 Re7 24. Rb8 a6 25. a4 Re8 26. Rb6 Be2 27. b4 g5 28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 a5 30. Kf2 Bh5 31. Bd4 Bxb4 0-1

T Melngailis vs F Zita, 1939

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Event "8th olm final A"
Site "Buenos Aires ARG"
Date "1939.09.08"
Round "7"
White "Cruz Filho, Oswaldo"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
Result "1/2-1/2"
EventDate "1939.08.24"
Source "olimpbase"

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. e3 e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Be2 Bg4 13. O-O Rac8 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. a3 h6 17. Rd2 a6 18. Rcd1 Rfe8 19. h3 Bh5 20. Nh4 Bxe2 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. Rxe2 Red8 23. Red2 Nd5 24. e4 Nxc3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Qxc3 Nc6 28. Qd2 Qb3 29. Kh2 Qb6 30. Qd7 Qxf2 31. Qxb7 Nd4 32. Nxd4 exd4 33. Qxa6 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qxe4 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qc1 Qe2 37. Qf1 Qxb2 38. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

O Cruz Filho vs T Melngailis, 1939

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Event "8th olm final A"
Site "Buenos Aires ARG"
Date "1939.09.09"
Round "8"
White "Dez, Edmond"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
Result "0-1"
EventDate "1939.08.24"
Source "olimpbase"

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Ne5 e6 16. Bg5 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Be4 Ba6 20. Rac1 Bg5 21. Rc2 Rd7 22. b3 Rcd8 23. Qg4 Bh6 24. Qh3 Rd1 25. Rce2 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Qf4 27. Qe3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Rd2 30. Kf1 Rxa2 31. Re2 Ra3 32. Kf2 Rxc3 33. Rc2 Bxe3+ 34. Ke2 Ra3 35. Bc6 Bd4 36. g3 Ra1 37. Kf3 a5 38. Ke2 a4 39. Kd2 a3 40. Ba4 a2 0-1

E Dez vs T Melngailis, 1939

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Event "8th olm final A"
Site "Buenos Aires ARG"
Date "1939.09.13"
Round "11"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Blanco Estera, Rafael"
Result "1-0"
EventDate "1939.08.24"
Source "olimpbase"

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 d6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Nf8 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Qc2 h5 11. Rfd1 Qc8 12. b4 h4 13. c5 hxg3 14. hxg3 d5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nh7 17. Bd4 Nf8 18. a4 bxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Nd7 21. Qe3 c5 22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qg5 g6 24. Rac1 Qa5 25. Nc4 dxc4 26. Bxb7 Rd8 27. Bc6 Rh5 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Ke7 30. Rcd1 Nxe5 31. Rxd8 Nxc6 32. R1d7+ Kf6 33. Rc8 Na5 34. Rxa7 Rd5 35. e4 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Nb3 37. Rxc4 g5 38. Rc3 Nd4 39. Rd7 g4 40. a5 e5 41. Ra3 Rc1 42. Rxd4 exd4 43. a6 Rc8 44. a7 Ra8 45. Ra5 Ke6 46. Kf1 Kd6 47. Ke2 Kc6 48. Kd3 Kb6 49. Ra2 Kc5 50. e5 1-0

T Melngailis vs R Blanco Estera, 1939

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Event "Buenos Aires ol (Men) f-A"
Site "Buenos Aires ARG"
Date "1939.09.15"
Round "13"
Result "1-0"
White "Tenis Melngailis"
Black "Enrique Reed Valenzuela"
EventDate "1939.08.24"
Source "olimpbase"

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 c5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 d5 11.cxd5 Qxd5+ 12.f3 Rd8 13.e4 Qb7 14.Qc2 Bc5 15.Ne2 Nc6 16.a3 e5 17.Nbc3 Rac8 18.b4 Be3 19.Rfd1 Nd4 20.Qd3 Bh6 21.Nxd4 Rxd4 22.Qb5 Nd7 23.Kf1 a6 24.Qe2 Rdc4 25.Rd3 Nf8 26.Rad1 b5 27.Qf2 R4c7 28.Ne2 f6 29.Bc3 Rd7 30.Qe1 Rcd8 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Qxd7 33.Qb1 Qh3+ 34.Kg1 Be3+ 35.Kh1 Ng6 36.Ng1 Qe6 37.Ne2 Ba7 38.Bd2 Qb6 39.Qg1 Qxg1+ 40.Nxg1 Bd4 41.Ne2 Nf8 42.Nxd4 exd4 43.Kg2 Nd7 44.Kf2 Ne5 45.Ke2 d3+ 46.Ke3 Nc4+ 47.Kxd3 Nxa3 48.Kd4 Kf7 49.Kd5 Nc4 50.Bc3 Ne3+ 51.Kc5 Nf1 52.Kb6 Nxh2 53.Kxa6 Nxf3 54.Kxb5 Ng5 55.Kc6 Ke6 56.b5 Nf7 57.b6 Nd8+ 58.Kc7 Ke7 59.Bb4+ Ke8 60.g4 h6 61.Kc8 g6 62.Bc3 f5 63.exf5 gxf5 64.gxf5 h5 65.Be1 Nf7 66.Kc7 1-0

T Melngailis vs E Reed Valenzuela, 1939

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Riga 1940 (7 October-30 December) National Tournament. <Melngailis finished shared 7th with K. Ozols, behind T. Berg, F. Apsenieks, L. Endzelin, A. Koblents, L. Dreiberg, and I. Zhdanov, scoring +9-5=5>, . [rusbase-1]

Event "Tournament"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1940.??.??"
Round "3"
White "Melngailis T."
Black "Fride J."
Result "1/2-1/2"
ECO "A05"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.e4 Nf6 13.Qe2 e5 14.Bc3 Bb4 15.Qd2 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.Nxc3 Rd8 18.Rfd1 Bd7 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Bc6 21.Rxe5 Rd2 22.Bf1 Kf8 23.f3 Rad8 24.Bc4 R8d4 25.Ra5 Rc2 26.Rxa7 Rdd2 27.Bf1 Rxh2 28.b4 g6 29.b5 Bxb5 30.Bxb5 Rcg2+ 31.Kf1 Rb2 32.Kg1 Rbg2+ 1/2-1/2

T Melngailis vs J Fride, 1940

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Event "Tournament"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1940.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Lazdinsh E."
Black "Melngailis T."
Result "0-1"
ECO "D04"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.b3 cxd4 5.exd4 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne5 Qb6 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nd2 Nh5 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.c3 e5 15.dxe5 Rxe5 16.Rxe5 Bxe5 17.h3 Bg3 18.hxg4 Bxf2+ 19.Kh1 Ng3+ 20.Kh2 Qc7 21.c4 Nf1+ 22.Kh1 Qh2+ 23.Nxh2 Ng3# 0-1

E Lazdins vs T Melngailis, 1940

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Event "Tournament"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1940.??.??"
Round "14"
White "Melngailis T."
Black "Apshenieks F."
Result "0-1"
ECO "A22"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Qe7 8.e3 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Rc1 d6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O-O 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Qd4 Kb8 16.f3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Rde8 18.e4 f5 19.Bd3 f4 20.g4 h5 21.gxh5 Rxh5 22.Rce1 Qe5 23.c5 Rh4 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Be2 b6 26.Rd1 Kc7 27.Rd2 Qc5 28.Rfd1 Rh6 29.Kf1 Re5 30.Qxc5 Rxc5 31.c4 Bd7 32.Kf2 Ba4 33.Rb1 Be8 34.Rd4 Bf7 35.Rbd1 Ra5 36.R1d2 Kc6 37.Bd1 Kc5 38.Be2 Re6 39.g3 Rh6 40.Kg2 Ra3 41.e5 dxe5 42.Re4 Re3 43.Rxe3 fxe3 44.Rd7 Be6 45.Rxa7 Kd4 46.Ra3 Bf5 47.Rb3 g4 48.fxg4 Be4+ 49.Bf3 Bd3 50.g5 Rg6 51.a3 e4 52.Bh5 Rxg5 53.g4 Rg8 54.Rb5 e2 55.Kf2 Rf8+ 56.Rf5 e3+ 57.Ke1 Bxf5 58.gxf5 Rxf5 59.Bxe2 Ra5 0-1

T Melngailis vs F Apsenieks, 1940

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Event "Tournament"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1940.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Indulen V.(LAT)"
Black "Melngailis T."
Result "0-1"
ECO "C15"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.O-O Nbc6 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.c3 Qd7 10.a4 h5 11.Nh4 O-O-O 12.f3 Be6 13.f4 g6 14.b4 Rdg8 15.a5 Nd8 16.b5 f6 17.Nf3 Nf7 18.Qc2 g5 19.fxg5 fxg5 20.c4 dxc4 21.Bxc4 Kb8 22.Nd2 Nh6 23.Ne4 Nd5 24.Qb3 Ng4 25.h3 Bh2+ 26.Kh1 Bf4 27.Nxf4 gxf4 28.Nc5 Qd6 29.Ba3 f3 30.Na6+ Kc8 31.Bxd6 fxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Nde3+ 33.Kf3 Bxc4 34.Qc3 cxd6 35.Rg1 Rf8+ 0-1

V Indulens vs T Melngailis, 1940

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Riga 1941 (2-23 March) Latvian SSR Championship. <Melngailis shared 9th with A. Zirnis, behind A. Koblents, F. Apsenieks, V. Indulen, V. Petrovs and others, scoring +6-5=5> Fride, p.29; Gino Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946" (McFarland 2008), p.37; "Sarkanais Sports", March 24, 1941, p.3; "Brīvais Zemnieks", March 25, 1941, p.6; [rusbase-2] Wikipedia article: 1941. gada Latvijas %C5%A1aha %C4%8Dempion%C4%81ts

Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1941.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Melngailis T"
Black "Indulen V.(LAT)"
Result "0-1"
ECO "B38"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Qa5 10.Be2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.Rd1 Rac8 13.b3 b6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.f4 Nf6 17.f5 Bd7 18.Rf4 Bc6 19.Rh4 Kh8 20.g4 Rg8 21.Kf1 gxf5 22.exf5 Rg7 23.Qd4 Rcg8 24.Rd3 Qa3 25.Rdh3 Qc1+ 26.Kf2 Qg5 27.Bf3 Bxf3 28.Kxf3 Qc1 29.Nd1 Re8 30.Ne3 e5 31.Qxd6 e4+ 32.Ke2 Qb2+ 33.Qd2 Qe5 34.Rg3 Rgg8 35.g5 Rd8 36.Nd5 Nxd5 37.Rxh7+ Kxh7 38.g6+ fxg6 39.Rh3+ Kg7 40.Qh6+ Kf6 41.cxd5 Rxd5 42.fxg6 Qb2+ 43.Ke1 Qb1+ 44.Kf2 Qc2+ 45.Ke3 Qd2+ 0-1

T Melngailis vs V Indulens, 1941

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1941.??.??"
Round "13"
White "Kamenetsky Ya"
Black "Melngailis T"
Result "1-0"
ECO "C01"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Ne2 Ne7 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Nbc6 9.c3 O-O-O 10.b4 h5 11.Qc2 Rde8 12.Nd2 Kb8 13.a4 Bxe2 14.Bxe2 Ng6 15.Rfe1 Nf4 16.Bb5 Re6 17.Rxe6 Qxe6 18.Nf1 Rh6 19.Ne3 Rg6 20.Bf1 Qf6 21.Kh1 h4 22.a5 Ne7 23.a6 b6 24.Re1 Ne6 25.h3 Qf4 26.Ng4 Qd6 27.Bd3 Rg5 28.Ne5 Nd8 29.Qd2 f6 30.Nf3 Rh5 31.Qe2 Nc8 32.Qe8 Rh6 33.Bf5 g6 34.Bxg6 f5 35.Ne5 c6 36.Bxf5 Qc7 37.Bg6 Qd6 38.f4 Kc7 39.f5 Kb8 40.Ng4 1-0

Y Kamenetsky vs T Melngailis, 1941

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Riga 1946 (20 February-20 March) Latvian Championship. <Melngailis finished 8th, behind A. Koblents, A. Strautmanis, Z. Solmanis and others, scoring +6-5=6.> Wikipedia article: 1946. gada Latvijas %C5%A1aha %C4%8Dempion%C4%81ts; [rusbase-3]

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Riga 1946 (5 May-30 June) Latvian Soviet Republic Team Candidates Tournament. [rusbase-4] <Melngailis shared 1st with J. Vatnikov, scoring +9-4=2.> Melngailis was awarded the Candidate Master title after this event. Wikipedia article: Tenis Melngailis

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Riga 1946 (10-29 December) Fricis Apsenieks Memorial. <Melngailis shared 3rd with M. Beilin and G. Bezruchko, behind A. Aleksandrov and V. Mezhgailis, scoring +7-5=0.> [rusbase-5]

Event "Memorial F.Apsheniek"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "8"
White "Aleksandrov A."
Black "Melngailis T."
Result "1-0"
ECO "?"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Qe2+ Qe7 7.dxc5 Qxe2+ 8.Nxe2 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.O-O Nf6 11.Ned4 Bd7 12.Re1+ Kf8 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.c3 Ne4 15.Be3 c5 16.Ne2 Rc8 17.Nf4 Nf6 18.Rad1 Bg4 19.f3 Be6 20.Bf2 Rc6 21.a4 h5 22.Nxc5 Bf5 23.b4 Rd6 24.Nb7 Bxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Rc6 26.Nxd5 Bc2 27.Nxf6 gxf6 28.Rd8+ Kg7 29.Rxh8 Kxh8 30.Nc5 Kg7 31.Re2 Bb1 32.Ke3 a5 33.Kd4 Rd6+ 34.Kc4 axb4 35.cxb4 Bf5 36.b5 Rd1 37.b6 Rb1 38.b7 Be6+ 39.Rxe6 1-0

A Aleksandrovs vs T Melngailis, 1946

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Riga 1947 (17 January-15 March) Riga Championship. <Melngailis shared 5th with A. Koblents, behind Y. Shilnish, Straume, A. Aleksandrov, and V. Mezhgailis.> [rusbase-6]

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Riga 1947 (27 March-30 April) Latvian Championship. <Melngailis shared 8th with I. Zhdanov, behind Z. Solmanis, A. Aleksandrov, V. Mezhgailis and others, scoring +5-3=11.> [rusbase-7]

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Riga 1947 (24 August-12 September) Hermanis Matisons Memorial. <Melngailis shared 3rd with J. Kruzkop, behind G. Goldberg and A. Koblents, scoring +6-2=5>. Strictly speaking, Melngailis could claim to have shared 2nd place in this event, since the winner G. Goldberg was participating "hors concours," meaning that he was not officially eligible for any of the tournament prizes- including the official 1st place, which was captured by A. Koblents. [rusbase-8]

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Yaroslavl 1948 USSR Championship quarterfinal. In Rusbase this event is also labeled "Tournament of candidates to masters," meaning that all players held the title of Candidate Master before the tournament began. <Melngailis shared 11th with Kashliaev, behind A. Cherepkov Z. Solmanis and others, scoring +3-3=11.> [rusbase-9]

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Riga 1948 (2-30 October) Latvian Championship. [rusbase-10]

Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1948.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Shilinsh"
Black "Melngailis T"
Result "1-0"
ECO "E11"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark "05 ch"

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 d6 10.O-O e5 11.Rac1 e4 12.Ne1 f5 13.Nc2 Re8 14.Ne3 Qg5 15.Rfd1 c6 16.b4 Nd7 17.b5 Nf6 18.Nd5 Qxd2 19.Nxf6+ Kf7 20.Rxd2 Kxf6 21.Rb2 cxb5 22.cxb5 Be6 23.f3 Bd5 24.Rbc2 a6 25.b6 Re7 26.Rc7 Rxc7 27.Rxc7 a5 28.fxe4 fxe4 29.Rc1 Ra6 30.Rb1 Ke7 31.Kf2 Bc6 32.d5 Bxd5 33.Ke3 Kd7 34.Kd4 Bc6 35.Bh3+ Ke7 36.Bf5 d5 37.Ke5 a4 38.Bxh7 Ra5 39.h4 Rc5 40.Bg6 Rc3 41.Rf1 Be8 42.Bxe8 Kxe8 43.g4 Rb3 44.Kxd5 Rxb6 45.Rf4 Rb2 46.Rxe4+ Kd7 47.Rxa4 Rxe2 48.Rb4 Kc7 49.Re4 Rh2 50.h5 Kd8 51.Ke5 Ke8 52.Kf5+ Kf8 53.Kg6 Rd2 54.g5 Rd5 55.Ra4 Rd6+ 56.Kh7 Rd5 57.Rf4+ Ke8 58.h6 gxh6 59.g6 1-0

G Silins vs T Melngailis, 1948

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1948.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Melngailis T"
Black "Berg Ti"
Result "1-0"
ECO "A12"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.d3 Qe7 9.Nh4 Bg4 10.Qc2 g5 11.Nf3 Rg8 12.Nbd2 O-O-O 13.a3 Kb8 14.b4 Rc8 15.Rfb1 e5 16.c5 Bc7 17.e4 Be6 18.a4 g4 19.Nh4 Ka8 20.Ba3 Nb8 21.b5 Qd7 22.Qb2 Rgd8 23.Nf5 dxe4 24.bxc6 Qxc6 25.Ne7 Qa6 26.dxe4 Ba5 27.Nb3 Rc7 28.Bf1 Bc4 29.Bxc4 Qxc4 30.Nxa5 Qxe4 31.c6 b6 32.Nb7 1-0

T Melngailis vs T Bergs, 1948

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1948.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Koblenc A. (LAT)"
Black "Melngailis T"
Result "1-0"
ECO "C07"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.exd5 Qxd5 9.Ne4 Be7 10.O-O Ne5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.c4 Bd7 13.f4 Qc7 14.Bd2 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Rc8 16.Bc3 Bf6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.f5 e5 19.Rac1 h5 20.Rfd1 Ke7 21.c5 Bc6 22.Bxc6 Qxc6 23.Rd6 Qa4 24.Qd2 Qe4 25.Re1 Qxf5 26.Rf1 Qg5 27.Rd7+ Kf8 28.Qxg5 fxg5 29.Rfxf7+ Ke8 30.Rfe7+ Kf8 31.Rxe5 Rg8 32.Rxb7 Rg6 33.b4 Rcc6 34.a4 Rce6 35.Rxe6 Rxe6 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 Ke8 38.c6 Kd8 39.Rg7 Re1+ 40.Kf2 Re5 41.b6 1-0

Koblents vs T Melngailis, 1948

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1948.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Blek (LAT)"
Black "Melngailis T"
Result "0-1"
ECO "B24"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.exd5 Nb4 7.a3 Nxd5 8.d4 e6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.c4 Qf6 11.Nf3 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.Qe2 Nc6 14.Qe4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Ra2 e5 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.b4 Be6 19.Rc2 Rac8 20.c5 Qc7 21.Be3 Rfd8 22.Rcc1 b6 23.Bg5 f6 24.Be3 Qd7 25.Rfe1 bxc5 26.bxc5 Bd5 27.Bxd5+ Qxd5 28.Bxd4 exd4 29.Rcd1 Rxc5 30.Qa6 Ra5 31.Qd3 Qa2 32.Ra1 Qf7 33.Rad1 Re5 34.f4 Re6 35.Kf2 Rb6 36.Kg1 Qb3 37.Qe4 Qxa3 38.Rxd4 Qc5 39.Red1 Rbd6 40.Qe7 Qb6 0-1

I Blek vs T Melngailis, 1948

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1948.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Melngailis T"
Black "Solmanis Z"
Result "0-1"
ECO "A09"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.exd4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 Qxd4 6.d3 e5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be3 Qd8 9.d4 exd4 10.Bxd4 c6 11.Be2 Be7 12.O-O Be6 13.Qd3 c5 14.Be5 Qxd3 15.Bxd3 O-O-O 16.Rfd1 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Rxd6 18.Nb5 Rd7 19.b3 Rhd8 20.Bc2 Rd2 21.Rac1 a6 22.Nc3 R8d4 23.Rxd2 Rxd2 24.f3 Kc7 25.Kf1 Kc6 26.Ne2 b5 27.Ke1 Rd6 28.cxb5+ axb5 29.Rd1 c4 30.Rxd6+ Kxd6 31.Kd2 Kc5 32.bxc4 Bxc4 33.Nc3 h5 34.g3 b4 35.Na4+ Kd4 36.Bb3 Bxb3 37.axb3 g5 38.Nb2 g4 39.Nd3 gxf3 40.Nxb4 Ne4+ 41.Ke1 f6 42.h3 Nc3 43.Kf2 Ke4 44.Nc2 f5 45.b4 f4 46.g4 hxg4 47.hxg4 Nd1+ 48.Kg1 Ne3 49.Ne1 Nxg4 50.Kf1 Ne3+ 51.Kg1 Nd1 52.Kf1 f2 53.Ng2 Kf3 0-1

T Melngailis vs Z Solmanis, 1948

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1948.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Kruminj (LAT)"
Black "Melngailis T"
Result "1-0"
ECO "B10"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bg4 5.d4 e6 6.Be2 Nd7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Qc7 9.O-O Ngf6 10.c3 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nf6 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.Bg5 Nd5 14.Qg4 h6 15.Bd2 O-O-O 16.b4 Bf4 17.Be1 g5 18.c4 h5 19.Qd1 Nf6 20.g3 Bd6 21.Qa4 Kb8 22.c5 Be7 23.b5 Bxc5 24.dxc5 Rxd3 25.Rb1 cxb5 26.Qxb5 Rd5 27.Ba5 Qe7 28.Bc3 Rh6 29.Qb2 Ne4 30.Be5+ Ka8 31.c6 b6 32.Rfc1 Nc5 33.Qa3 Rxe5 34.Rxb6 Rh8 35.Rb7 Qxb7 36.cxb7+ Nxb7 37.Qc3 1-0

Olafs Krumins vs T Melngailis, 1948

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1948.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Melngailis T"
Black "Zhdanov Igor"
Result "0-1"
ECO "E01"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.a4 c5 8.Bg2 b5 9.Qd3 c4 10.Qd1 Bb7 11.O-O Be7 12.b3 cxb3 13.Qxb3 Bd5 14.Qb2 b4 15.a5 O-O 16.Bf4 Nh5 17.Bd2 Rb8 18.Ne1 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Rb5 20.Nd3 Qb8 21.Rc1 e5 22.Ra4 exd4 23.Qxd4 Rd8 24.Qe4 Ne5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.Qc6 Re6 27.Qc4 Qb7+ 28.Kg1 Nf6 29.Qc7 Qa8 30.Qc4 h5 31.f3 Qa7+ 32.Kf1 Nd5 33.Qc2 h4 34.Rd1 Ne3+ 35.Bxe3 Rxd1+ 36.Qxd1 Qxe3 37.Ra2 hxg3 38.hxg3 Bc5 39.Kg2 Qf2+ 40.Kh3 Rh6+ 41.Kg4 Rg6+ 42.Kf5 Qxg3 43.Rd2 Re6 0-1

T Melngailis vs I Zdanovs, 1948

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1948.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Melngailis T"
Black "Gornev (LAT)"
Result "1-0"
ECO "D30"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Nbd7 5.c4 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.d4 O-O 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.Nh4 h6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e3 b6 13.Nc4 Bb7 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Qa4 Rec8 16.b3 Qc6 17.Qxc6 Rxc6 18.Ba3 Ba6 19.Rdc1 Rac8 20.Rxc6 Rxc6 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Kf8 23.Bd2 Ke7 24.Bb4+ Kd8 25.Nf3 Kc7 26.Nd2 Bd3 27.f3 Kc6 28.Kf2 a5 29.Be7 Ne8 30.e4 Ndf6 31.Ke3 Bc2 32.e5 Ng8 33.Bf8 h5 34.h3 g6 35.g4 hxg4 36.fxg4 b5 37.h4 b4 38.h5 gxh5 39.gxh5 Nc7 40.Nc4 a4 41.bxa4 b3 42.axb3 Kd7 43.Na5 Ke8 44.Bd6 Kd7 45.Kd2 Bh7 46.b4 Ne7 47.Bf1 Nf5 48.Bxc7 Kxc7 49.Bd3 Bg8 50.Bxf5 exf5 51.Ke3 1-0

T Melngailis vs E Gornevs, 1948

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1948.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Melngailis T"
Black "Kruzkop (LAT)"
Result "1-0"
ECO "A30"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Qh4 Nc6 10.Bh6 d6 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.b3 Qc7 14.Rac1 Nd8 15.Bh3 Ra8 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Qb7 18.Qc4 b5 19.Qc7 Rb8 20.Rd4 Qxc7 21.Rxc7 Rb7 22.Rc8 Ne6 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Rxf8 Kxf8 25.dxe6 Rc7 26.a4 Rc5 27.e4 Ne8 28.axb5 Rxb5 29.Rd3 Nc7 30.Nd4 Rc5 31.f4 Kg7 32.g4 h6 33.h4 Na6 34.Kf2 Rc1 35.g5 Nc5 36.Re3 hxg5 37.hxg5 Rd1 38.b4 Na6 39.Nc6 Nc7 40.f5 gxf5 41.exf5 Nd5 42.Nxe7 Nxe7 43.f6+ Kf8 44.fxe7+ Kxe7 45.g6 Rc1 46.g7 Rc8 47.Rg3 Rg8 48.Rg6 a6 49.Ke3 Kd8 50.Kd4 Ke8 51.Kd5 1-0

T Melngailis vs J Kruzkops, 1948

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1948.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Zwirbulis"
Black "Melngailis T"
Result "0-1"
ECO "C11"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Qe2 c6 10.Qe3 h5 11.Qf4 Na6 12.c3 Nc7 13.Qg3 Kf8 14.O-O c5 15.Rad1 c4 16.Bb1 Nd5 17.Ned2 Rc8 18.Be4 b5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Qf4 h4 21.Rfe1 Qh5 22.Kf1 Qg6 23.Ne4 h3 24.g3 Bd5 25.Re3 Rd8 26.Rde1 f5 27.Ned2 Bd6 28.Qg5 Qxg5 29.Nxg5 f4 30.R3e2 fxg3 31.fxg3 Bxg3 32.Rb1 Bf4 33.Ngf3 Rg8 34.b3 cxb3 35.axb3 Rg2 36.Rxg2 hxg2+ 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Rg1 Rh8 39.c4 Bb7 40.Nb1 Rh3 41.d5 Bxh2 42.Rxg2 Bd6 43.Nc3 Bb4 44.Ne4 exd5 45.Neg5 Bc5+ 46.Ke2 Rh1 47.Rh2 Rxh2+ 48.Nxh2 dxc4 49.bxc4 f6 50.Ngf3 a5 0-1

M Zvirbulis vs T Melngailis, 1948

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Notes

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Tenis Melngailis (kibitz #5)

Mikhail Beilin about the Latvian period of his life, from http://ruchess.ru/persons_of_day/be... "... I came to Riga, being a candidate master (CM), - the title for the present time is not says to much, but at that time CM title had only two players in Latvia - Vilis Mezhgailis and Tenis Melngailis. The only master was Alex Koblenc.

... the names of my colleges translation to Russian: Mezhgailis - a forest cock, and Melngailis - a black cock.

Senior Lieutenant Mezhgailis had with the cock nothing in common. It was a restrained tall strong man, silent and affable. He fought in the ranks of the Latvian division and hated the fascists. And he played in a solid positional style.

Melngailis was temperamental, he liked to talk, he willingly talked in Russian, although he did not speak very fluently. The German occupation survived in Latvia, but did not spread its political views. At the board these candidates were often met, although they did not feel sympathy for each other."