Leonids Dreibergs

Biography and many games from <hemy> here: http://www.serverchess.com/leonids....

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Dreibergs 1940 Riga Championship 1st place CROSSTABLE:

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Wikipedia article: Leonids Dreibergs

At the end of World War II, joining the westward exodus in 1944/45, he — along with many other Baltic players, e.g. Romanas Arlauskas, Lucijs Endzelins, Miervaldis Jursevskis, Leho Laurine, Edmar Mednis, Karlis Ozols, Ortvin Sarapu, Povilas Tautvaišas, Povilas Vaitonis, Elmârs Zemgalis, etc., and Ukrainian players, e.g. Fedor Bohatirchuk, Stepan Popel, Myroslav Turiansky, etc. — moved to the West.

After the war, as a D.P. (Displaced Person) in West Germany, he tied for 12-13th at Augsburg 1946 (Wolfgang Unzicker won),4 and shared first with Zemgalis at Esslingen 1949. Then, he emigrated to the United States. Dreibergs won twice the Michigan Championship (1954 and 1955).5 He also played in Correspondence Chess League of America (CCLA).6

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Latvian Wikipedia article:

Wikipedia article: Leon%C4%ABds Dreibergs

Leonids Dreibergs (born in 1908 . On 27 October in Riga , died in 1969 . On 6 April Saginavâ , Michigan , United States ) was a Latvian and US chess master and chemical engineer.

he started playing chess from the age of 12. In 1928 he won the Riga Chess Club Championship. After that, a lot of time is required to study at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Latvia , which Drebergberg ceases to be a chemical engineer. In 1938, Dreiberg successfully played at the Latvian Chess Championship and won the right to participate in the 2nd Kemeri - Riga International Tournament, where he won 9th place. 1 In March 1940, Dreichberg won 1st place in Riga's Mastery Tournament, becoming the 1940s Riga Master 2, and in December he won 5th-6th. place in the Latvian national team tournament. 3

Second World War during Dreibergs, like many other Baltic chess players, such as Romans Arlausks , Lucius Endzelîns , Miervaldis Jurðevska , Leho Laurin , Edmar Mednis , Karlis Ozols , Ortwin Sarap , Povilas Tautvaiðs , Povilas Vaitonis , elmârs zemgalis and others fled to Germany . From 1946 to 1949 Dreibergs participated in several chess tournaments - in 1946 in the Augsburg tournament 4 , in 1947 in the American Zone Latvian Championship and H. MatisonMemorial in Havana , 1949 in the Exile Latvian Championship in Eslingen , where they shared 1 - 2. place with Elmar Zemgale. 5 In 1950 he moved to the United States where he continued to work as a chemical engineer. Here in Dreiberg twice - in 1954 and in 1955 - became Michigan state champion. He also took part in the US Correspondent Chess League competition and in 1961 shared the first place in the League Championship. 6

Places in Latvian Chess Championships

1930 . year - 6th place in 1st round.
1938 . year - 3rd place in group 2.
1941 . Year 5th.
1943 . Year 3 - 6 place.

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Latvian Chess Encyclopedia

Born on October 27, 1908 in Riga and died on April 6, 1969 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA. He is buried in Forest Lawn cemetery in Saginaw. Master in both over-the board and correspondence chess. Leonids Dreibergs started to play chess at the age of 12. In 1928 he was crowned the Champion of the prestigious Riga Chess Club. After completing his studies at the University of Riga as a chemical engineer, Dreibergs had more time to devote to chess.

Dreibergs started his long and interesting chess career in 1939 when he won the Riga Championship. He successfully participated in the 2nd Kemeri International tournament. In this tournament he won against GM Szabo and also against GM Petrovs. He was an excellent correspondence player and in 1960 he was the highest rated Correspondence player of the Correspondence Chess League of America. He was an avid Latvian Gambit player and 36 of his games are found in Latvian Gambit theory books. By profession Dreibergs was a chemical engineer.

GAMES: Doelling v Dreibergs

-Encyclopedia of Latvian Chessplayers Volume 1, pp. D-50-52

Encyclopedia of Latvian Chessplayers Volume 1 pp. D-50 - D-52

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Born on October 27, 1908 in riga and died on April 6 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA. He is buried in Forest Lawn cemetary in Saginaw. Master in both over-the board and correspondence chess. Leonids Dreibergs started to play chess at the age of 12. In 1928 he was crowned Champion of the prestigious Riga Chess Club. After completing studies at the University of Riga as a chemical engineeer, Dreibergs had more time to devote to chess. Dreibergs started his long and interesting chess career in 1939 when he won the Riga Championship. He successfully participated in the II Kemeri International Tournament, held in Kemeri-Riga 1939. In this tournament he won against GM Szabo and also against GM Petrovs.

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Leonids Dreibergs was an excellent correspondence player and in 1960 he was the highest rated correspondence payer of the Correspondence Chess League of America. He was an avid Latvian Gambit player and 36 of his games are found in Latvian Gambit theory books. By profession Driebergs was a chemical engineer.

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According to Chessmetrics, in 1939 Leonids Dreibergs ELO was 2320 and he was the 89th best chess player in the world!

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Brief Dreibergs bio from CCLA Server Chess
http://www.serverchess.com/leonids....

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Riga 1930-1931 (23 December-23 January) Third Latvian Chess Congress/Third unofficial Latvian Chess Championship. Game Collection: 3rd Latvian Chess Congress 1930-1931

In the Third Latvian Chess Congress <Dreibergs finished 6th> in Division One with +7-5=1, behind Petrovs, Hasenfuss, Elisons and others. Fride, p.6; Di Felice "Chess Results 1921-1930" pp.282-283; Сегодня", January 24, 1931, p.6; "Сегодня" January 22, 1931, p.5; "Сегодня "January 15, 1931, p.8; "Сегодня", December 7, 1930, p.16; Latvijas Saha èempionâts; "Rigasche Rundschau", January 24, 1931, p. 13; Wikipedia article: 1930. gada Latvijas %C5%A1aha %C4%8Dempion%C4%81ts

Wikipedia article: 1930. gada Latvijas %C5%A1aha %C4%8Dempion%C4%81ts

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Petrov vs L Dreibergs, 1930

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Riga Championship 1937 Dreibergs finished shared 3rd in Preliminary Group 2, behind F. Apesenieks and E. Gize. He qualified for the final tournament, finishing 6th, behind M. Feigins, A. Koblents, E. Gize, T. Bergs and F. Apsenieks.

Crosstable Di Felice 1936-1940 p.128

Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1937.??.??"
EventDate "1937.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Black "Gize, Ernests"
Result "0-1"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sachs. Bridzs. Nr.6 (06.02.1937) http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view..."

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bg5 c6 7.Be2 Bf5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Rfe1 Qc7 13.h3 Rae8 14.a3 Re6 15.b4 b5 16.Bd3 Rfe8 17.Rxe6 Rxe6 18.Be3 Nb6 19.a4 Nc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Rab1 Qe7 22.Nd1 Ne4 23.Qe1 f5 24.f4 g5 25.Qf1 Ng3 26.Qf3 gxf4 0-1

L Dreibergs vs E Gize, 1937

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1937 National Team Training "Parbaudes" Dreibergs shared first with N. Elisons and A. Koblents, ahead of M. Feigins, K. Ozols, T. Bergs, T. Melngailis and others.

Article with crosstable

"Saha Maksla", Nr. 18 (Dec 25, 1937)

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

Sacikstei ar Lietuvu domâtais valsts komandas termiòa turnirs tagad pabeigts. Uzvarçtajos "jaunatne" - Driebergs, Elisons un Koblence vienadu punku skatu un tik i tad meistars Feigins, turnira stiorakais dalibnieks.

Lai gan turnirs nebija domâts galvenâ kârtâ sacensîbai vietu deï un pçc valsts sacikstes savu nozimi zaudçja, tomçr uzvarçtâju sasniegums ir ievçrojams, pie tam negaidîts.

Nezinu, ka kâds pirms turnira bûtu pereìojis pirmo vietu Dreibergam vai runâjis par kâdâm Îpaðibâm vai spçjâm, kas spçlç varçtu tam sagâdât tik labus pânâkumus.

Bet panâkumi îr un ar laimi vien tos ðoreiz nevar izskaidrot. Î vietu Dreibergergam s gâdâja galvenâm kârtâm lielais miers un gandriz zinâmiskâ nopietniba ar kâdu viòð savâ samçrâ asajâ stilâ uzbûvçja partijas pret saviem pretiniekim, kuru gandrîz visus turçja stiprâkus par sevi. Tâ nereti pazistamie "lauvas", neturçdami savu mazâk slaveno pretinieku par neko seviðku, tika pârsteigti ar diezgan dzîïdomigiem manevriem.

Elisonam, kura raksturâ ir traìiska neticiba savâm, daþreiz "izaug spârni" kâ ðinî turnirâ pçc uz aras pâr todien nefisai uzmanigo Feiginu. Tad ar savu origiâlo sistema, kurai vins tic, tas kïûst bistams. Citam nevienam ði "burvju sistçma" nepadodas un daþreiz apbur ari Elisonu paðu. Feigins reiz pamatoti aizrâdija, ka Elisons, priekðzimigais galotòu tçchniíis, spçlçtu daudz stiprâk, ja varçtu panâkt normâlâsu spçles veidu.

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The national team-run tournament for Latvia is now complete. The winning "youth" - Driebergs, Elisons and Coblins share the same point of view, and so Master Feigin, the tournament participant. Although the tournament was not meant to be the main event in the race and lost its role after the state race, the winning achievement is remarkable and unexpected. I do not know that someone before the tournament would have been to the first place in Dreichberg or talked about some of the qualities or abilities that could make the game so good. But luck and luck alone cannot explain this success. The place of Dreibergergam was mainly ensured by the great peace and the well-known seriousness with which he built parties in his rather sharp style against his opponent, who almost all held stronger than himself. So often known "lions", without having their less famous rival for nothing, were surprised by pretty daring maneuvers.

Elison, whose character is a tragic disbelief in his own, sometimes "grows wings" as this tournament after arsenal over the nephites watching Feigin. Then with his original system, which he believes in, it becomes a bist. For another, this "magic system" does not give up and sometimes enchants Elison. Once, Feigin rightly pointed out that Elisons, the forebod's top-notch, would play much better if he could achieve a normal game.

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Event "National Team Training"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1937.??.??"
EventDate "1937.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Black "Endzelins, Lucius"
Result "1-0"
Source "Krustamikla. Sahs. Bridzs Nr.42 (16.10.1937); http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-... "

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 Qc7 7.Bd3 e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Re1 0-0 10.c4 Rd8 11.Qc2 c5 12.d5 Nf8 13.dxe6 Nxe6 14.Nge4 g6 15.Nc3 a6 16.b3 Bf8 17.Bb2 Nf4 18.Be4 Bg7 19.g3 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Nd3 21.Bxg7 Nxe1 22.Raxe1 Kxg7 23.Qc3+ Kh6 24.Neg5 Be6 25.Qf6 Qc6 26.Rxe6 Qxe6 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Ne5 1-0

L Dreibergs vs L Endzelins, 1937

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Event "National Team Training"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1937.??.??"
EventDate "1937.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Black "Bergs, Teodors"
Result "1-0"
Source "Saha Maksla Nr.18 (25.12.1937); http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view..."

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6 exf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Re1 Qc7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Be2 Rfe8 13.Nh4 Bxe2 14.Rxe2 Nb6 15.Qd3 Re6 16.Rae1 Rae8 17.c4 Bb4 18.Red1 Bf8 19.Rc2 Qd7 20.Nf3 g6 21.a4 Nxa4 22.c5 Red8 23.Rcd2 Nxb2 24.Rxb2 Bxc5 25.Qb3 Bb6 26.Nd2 Re7 27.Nc4 Bc7 28.Rbd2 b5 29.Nb2 Qd6 30.g3 Qe6 31.Qxe6 Rxe6 32.Nd3 Bxg3 33.Nc5 Re7 34.d5 cxd5 35.Rxd5 Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Kg7 37.Nd7 Be5 38.Bc5 Re8 39.Bxa7 b4 40.Nxe5 Rxe5 41.Rd6 b3 42.Rb6 Ra5 43.Bb8 Ra1+ 44.Kg2 Rab1 45.Bf4 h5 46.Be3 Rbd1 47.h4 Rd5 48.f4 g5 49.fxg5 fxg5 50.Bxg5 Rd3 51.Bf4 f6 52.Kf2 Rc3 53.Be3 Rc4 54.Kg3 Rc3 55.Kf3 Rc4 56.Bf2 Rc3+ 57.Ke4 Rh3 58.Kf4 Rd3 59.Be3 Rc3 60.Bd4 1-0

L Dreibergs vs T Bergs, 1937

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Riga Championship 1938 (Jan 26- April 13) Shared 1st with Alexander Koblents in Group 2; but lost on tiebreaks and did not play in the championship final match between the winners of group 1 and 2. Koblents lost to Feigins in the final. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940"

Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1938.??.??"
EventDate "1938.01.26"
Round "?"
White "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Black "Bergs, Teodors"
Result "1-0"
Source "Saha Maksla Nr.27 (10.05.1938) http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-..."

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6 Nxf6 7.Bc4 Bf5 8.0-0 e6 9.Ne5 Be7 10.Be3 0-0 11.c3 Nd5 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.f4 Qc7 14.Rac1 f6 15.Nd3 Rae8 16.g3 Kh8 17.Rce1 Bh3 18.Rf2 Qf7 19.Qf3 Qg6 20.Rd2 e5 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Qxd5 exf4 23.Qxd6 fxe3 24.Rxe3 Qf5 25.Rf2 Qg4 26.Rfe2 Qg6 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Qxe8 29.Kf2 h6 30.Nf4 Bf5 31.Qd5 Bc8 32.c4 g5 33.Ng2 Bg4 34.Ne3 Qh5 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qe7+ Kg8 37.Nxg4 Qxg4 38.Qxf6 Qe4 39.Qd8+ Kg7 40.Qc7+ Kg6 41.Qe5 Qd3 42.Qe6+ Kg7 43.Qe3 Qc4 44.a3 Qc2+ 45.Qe2 Qf5+ 46.Ke3 Qe6+ 47.Kd2 Qb6 48.Qe5+ Kf7 49.Qd5+ Kf6 50.Kc3 a6 51.Qc5 Qe6 52.d5 Qe1+ 53.Kb3 Qd1+ 54.Ka2 b5 55.Qc6+ Kf7 56.d6 Qg4 57.Qc7+ Kf6 58.Kb3 Qd1+ 59.Kb4 Qd4+ 60.Ka5 Qa4+ 61.Kb6 1-0

L Dreibergs vs T Bergs, 1938

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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1938.??.??"
EventDate "1938.01.26"
Round "?"
White "Zvirbulis, Martins"
Black "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Result "0-1"
Source "Saha Maksla Nr.26 (25.04.1938) http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view..."

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Nxc3 0-0 9.Be2 Qb6 10.0-0 Rd8 11.Be3 Qa5 12.b4 Qe5 13.Qd3 d5 14.f4 Qb8 15.Rad1 b6 16.Bf3 Bb7 17.exd5 Ne7 18.d6 Nf5 19.Nb5 Bxf3 20.Rxf3 a6 21.Nc7 Rxd6 0-1

M Zvirbulis vs L Dreibergs, 1938

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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1938.??.??"
EventDate "1938.01.26"
Round "?"
White "Rosenbergs, Viktors"
Black "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Result "0-1"
Source "Saha Maksla Nr.26 (25.04.1938) http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view..."

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Qg4 Nxc3 8.Qxg7 Rf8 9.a3 Ba5 10.Bg5 Qxg5 11.Qxg5 Ne4+ 12.b4 Nxg5 13.bxa5 a6 0-1 (Black won on the 45th move)

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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1938.??.??"
EventDate "1938.01.26"
Round "?"
White "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Black "Kunins, Z"
Result "1-0"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sachs. Bridzs. Nr.17 (23.04.1938) http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-..."

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nge2 Bd6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Qc2 Bg4 8.h3 Be6 9.Bf4 Ng6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Nbd2 Nce7 12.0-0-0 Nf4 13.Nxf4 Qxf4 14.Rdf1 Bf5 15.Qa4+ c6 16.Bxf5 Qxf5 17.Rfe1 f6 18.Re2 Kf7 19.g4 Qd7 20.f4 Rhe8 21.f5 Nc8 22.Rxe8 Qxe8 23.g5 Nd6 24.gxf6 gxf6 25.Qd1 Qd7 26.Qh5+ Kf8 27.Rg1 Nxf5 28.Rf1 Ng7 29.Qxh7 Kf7 30.Nf3 Ke6 31.Ng5+ 1-0

L Dreibergs vs Z Kunins, 1938

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Tournament 1938

Event "Tournament"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1938.??.??"
EventDate "1938.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Joffe"
Black "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Result "0-1"
Source "Saha Maksla Nr.28 (25.05.1938) http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view..."

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Qa4+ b5 7.Ndxb5 Bd7 8.Bf4 Bxb5 9.Ncxb5 axb5 10.Qxb5+ Nbd7 11.0-0-0 c3 12.g3 cxb2+ 13.Kb1 Bd6 14.Bh3 Ngf6 15.Bxd6 cxd6 16.Rxd6 Qc7 17.Rhd1 0-0 18.Bxd7 Rxa2 19.Kxa2 Qc2 20.Rdb1 Ne4 21.Rd3 Ra8+ 22.Qa4 Rxa4+ 23.Bxa4 Qxa4+ 24.Kxb2 g6 25.f3 Nc5 26.Rd2 Qc4 0-1

Joffe vs L Dreibergs, 1938

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Tallin 1938 (October 29-30) Match 2nd Riga - Tallinn Chess clubs. Leonids Dreibergs scored +1-1=0 vs Th. Sappberg on 4th board. Latvia won the match 20.5 - 13.5.

Game Collection: Tallinn 1938 1st Riga vs Tallinn Chess clubs

L Dreibergs vs T Sappberg, 1938

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Latvian Championship 1938-1939 (Riga Dec.24 1938 - Jan. 1 1939) First stage: pre-Kemeri 1939 leg. Dreibergs finished 3rd in Championship Group B, behind F. Apsenieks and T. Melngailis. He qualified to compete in the final tournament, which would be an internal competition among the Latvian championship candidates within the <Kemeri 1939> international tournament.

Wikipedia article: 1938. gada Latvijas %C4%8Dempion%C4%81ts %C5%A1ah%C4%81

Crosstable: Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs. (07.01.1939)

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

Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1938.12.??"
EventDate "1938.12.24"
Round "?"
White "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Black "Zdanovs, Igors"
Result "1-0"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs (07.01.1939); http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view..."

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bd2 Bg4 10.Qe1 Nd7 11.f4 Bh4 12.Qe3 Nc5 13.Be1 Be7 14.f5 f6 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.Rf4 Bh5 17.Rh4 d5 18.exd5 Bf7 19.Qh3 h6 20.Bd2 Bg8 21.Bh6 gxh6 22.Rxh6+ Kg7 23.Qg4+ 1-0

L Dreibergs vs I Zdanovs, 1938

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Helsinki 1939 (19-21 February) 3rd SELL Student Olympiad.

Event "3rd SELL Baltic Student Olympiad"
Site "Helsinki FIN"
Date "1939.02.??"
EventDate "1939.02.19"
Round "?"
White "Vard, H"
Black "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Result "1-0"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs. Nr.10 (11.03.1939); http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-... "

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Rc1 a6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 c6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.f4 g6 14.0-0 Nh5 15.Nd1 Qe7 16.Rf3 Ng7 17.Qf2 c5 18.Nc3 Be6 19.h3 Rc8 20.g4 cxd4 21.exd4 f6 22.Nxg6 hxg6 23.Bxg6 Bf7 24.f5 Bxg6 25.fxg6 f5 26.Rf1 Qg5 27.Nxd5 fxg4 28.Nf6+ Kh8 29.hxg4 Qh6 30.Qg2 Re3 31.g5 Qh2+ 32.Qxh2+ Bxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Rxf3 34.Rxf3 Rc2+ 35.Kg1 Ne6 36.Ne8 Kg8 37.Rf7 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Rc2+ 39.Ke1 Rh2 40.Nf6+ Kh8 41.g7+ 1-0

H Vard vs L Dreibergs, 1939

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Kemeri 1939 (4-20 March) Game Collection: Kemeri 1939 International Tournament/Seventh Latvian Chess Congress/Fourth official Latvian Chess Championship

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Olympic Selection tournament 1939 Four round all play all between Dreibergs, Endzelins, and Tenis Melngailis to determine 4th and reserve board spots for the 1939 Chess Olympiad.

Endzelins 1st, Melngailis 2nd, Dreibergs 3rd.

At the 1939 Olympiad, Endzelins played 4th board, Melngailis played reserve board, Dreibergs did not make the team.

Crosstable: Di Felice "Chess Results 1936-1940" p.249

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

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Sporta Pasaule Nr.637 (22.04.1939)
http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-...

Latvijas ðaha savienîbas vakardienas sçde bija veltita vienibas sastadisanai Argentinas olimpidei. Tanî îedalija lielmeistaru V. Petrovu un meistaru Fr. Apsenieku un M. Feiginu. Tâ ka nâkoðais kandidats Dr. Hazenfuss dienesta apstâkju dçl uz olimpiadi nevar braukt, savieniba nolçma sarîkot papildu turniru. Tani Îedalija izlozes kârtîbâ ðâdus speletajus: T. Melngaili, L. Dreibergu un L. Endzelinu.

The yesterday's session of the Latvian Chess Union was devoted to the assembly of the unit in Argentina for the Olympics. In that case, the great master V. Petrov and master Fr. Apsenieku and M. Feigin. So the next candidate Dr. Because of Hazenfuss's conditions of service, the Olympics cannot go, the union decided to organize an additional tournament. The following players were selected by Tani Iedalia by lottery: T. Melngaili, L. Dreiberg and L. Endzelin.  

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Event "Olympic Selection tournament"
Site "Liepaja LAT"
Date "1939.??.??"
EventDate "1939.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
Result "1-0"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs. Nr.21 (27.05.1939)" http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view...

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nc6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Ne4 11.Bd3 Qa5+ 12.Nd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Bd7 14.c3 Qd5 15.0-0 Na5 16.Bf4 Rc8 17.Rfe1 Nc4 18.Qe2 Bc6 19.Qg4 g6 20.Bh6 f5 21.Qg3 Kf7 22.Bxc4 Qxc4 23.Qe5 Rhg8 24.Bg5 Rge8 25.Qf6+ Kg8 26.Bf4 Qd5 27.f3 Qd8 28.Rxe6 Qxf6 29.Rxf6 Re2 30.c4 Rc2 31.c5 Re8 32.Be5 Bd5 33.Rd6 Bc6 34.a3 Re7 35.h4 Rd7 36.Rxd7 Bxd7 37.Re1 Rd2 38.Bf6 Bc6 39.Re7 Ra2 40.Rg7+ Kf8 41.Rxh7 Rxa3 42.Rg7 Bd5 43.Rxg6 Kf7 44.Rh6 a5 45.Be5 Ra1+ 46.Kh2 a4 47.Rd6 a3 48.Rxd5 Ke7 49.c6 bxc6 50.Ra5 Ke6 51.h5 a2 52.h6 1-0

L Dreibergs vs T Melngailis, 1939

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Event "Olympic Selection tournament"
Site "Liepaja LAT"
Date "1939.??.??"
EventDate "1939.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Endzelins, Lucius"
Black "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Result "1-0"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs. Nr.20 (20.05.1939)" http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-...

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 a6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 11.Ne5 c6 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Bg3 g6 14.Nf3 Nh5 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Na4 Bg4 17.Be2 Re7 18.Nc5 Rae8 19.b4 Bc8 20.Ne5 Ng7 21.a4 f6 22.Nf3 Nf5 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 g5 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Bd3 Nh6 27.Qc2 Rg7 28.e4 g4 29.e5 Qc7 30.exf6 Rf7 31.Ne5 Rxf6 32.Qd2 Rxe5 33.dxe5 Qxe5 34.Qe3 Qh5 35.f3 gxf3 36.Rxf3 Ng4 37.Rh3 Nxe3 38.Rxh5 Ng6 39.Rg5 Kg7 40.Bxg6 hxg6 42.Re5 1-0

L Endzelins vs L Dreibergs, 1939

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Event "Olympic Selection tournament"
Site "Liepaja LAT"
Date "1939.??.??"
EventDate "1939.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Black "Endzelins, Lucius"
Result "0-1"
Source "Rits Nr.112 (23.04.1939)" http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-...

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bc4 Bd6 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.f4 0-0 12.c3 c5 13.Ng6 hxg6 14.dxc5 Bxc5+ 15.Kh1 Nb6 16.Bb3 Nbd5 17.Bd2 Bd6 18.Qf3 b5 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Nf6 22.Qf3 Rac8 23.Be3 Bc5 24.Bxc5 Qxc5 25.Rd3 Rxd3 26.Qxd3 Qb6 27.Qf3 Rd8 28.Rd1 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Qd6 30.Be2 a6 31.g4 Qd2 32.a4 bxa4 33.Bxa6 Qc1+ 34.Bf1 Qxb2+ 35.g5 Nh5 36.Qa8+ Kh7 37.Qxa4 Qxc3 38.Qe4 Qc1 0-1

L Dreibergs vs L Endzelins, 1939

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Riga Championship 1940 (17 -26 March) Dreibergs finished 1st, over Master T. Bergs, A. Koblents, Master F. Apsenieks, L. Endzelins, J. Kruzkops, M. Zvirbulis, E. Lazdins, J. Krastins, I. Zdanovs, A. Bidegs, Master Edgars Krumins, J. Fride, Z. Solmanis, J. Zarumba and J. Laukevics.

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

Article http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-...

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Event "Riga Championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1940.03.??"
EventDate "1940.03.??"
Round "?"
White "Apsenieks, Fricis"
Black "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Result "0-1"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs. Nr.14 (06.04.1940) http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view... "

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nge2 Be7 6.0-0 a6 7.f4 d6 8.h3 Qc7 9.a4 b6 10.Kh2 Bb7 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 0-0 13.Be3 Na5 14.f5 Nc4 15.Bc1 Qd7 16.b3 Ne5 17.Qe2 Rac8 18.Bb2 Nc6 19.Rad1 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 Qc7 21.Rc4 Qd7 22.Rcd4 Qc7 23.fxe6 fxe6 24.h4 d5 25.exd5 exd5 26.Bh3 Rce8 27.Qd3 Bd6 28.Nd1 Ne4 29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.Be6+ Kh8 31.Bxd5 Nxg3 32.Rc4 Nf5+ 33.Kg2 Bc5 0-1

F Apsenieks vs L Dreibergs, 1940

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Event "Riga Championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1940.03.??"
EventDate "1940.03.??"
Round "?"
White "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Black "Zarumba, J"
Result "1-0"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs. Nr.14 (06.04.1940) http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view... "

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bc4 c6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Qe2 0-0 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Rad1 Nb6 11.Bd3 Nbd5 12.Ne4 Nb4 13.Nxf6 Bxf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Be4 Nd5 16.Ne5 Qg5 17.f4 Nxf4 18.Qe3 1-0

L Dreibergs vs J Zarumba, 1940

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Event "Riga Championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1940.03.??"
EventDate "1940.03.??"
Round "?"
White "Krastins, J"
Black "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Result "1-0"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs. Nr.13 (30.03.1940) http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-... "

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Nbd2 Bf5 7.Bxf5 gxf5 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.f4 e6 10.Rf3 Qe8 11.b3 Kh8 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.c4 c6 14.Qe2 Rg8 15.Kh1 Ne4 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Rh3 f5 18.Rg1 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Bf8 20.g4 Rxg4 21.Rxg4 fxg4 22.Qxg4 Rc7 23.f5 Rg7 24.Qf4 dxc4 25.f6 Rg6 26.Qxe4 cxb3 27.axb3 Kg8 28.Qd3 c5 29.e4 Qc6 30.Rg3 b5 31.Qf3 Kf7 32.Rg1 c4 33.bxc4 Qxc4 34.Rc1 Bc5 35.h4 Qb4 36.Bc3 Qa3 37.Ra1 Qb3 38.Qd3 Qc4 39.Rxa7+ Kg8 40.Ra8+ Bf8 41.Rxf8+ Kxf8 42.Qd8+ Kf7 43.Qe7+ 1-0

J Krastins vs L Dreibergs, 1940

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Event "Riga Championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1940.03.??"
EventDate "1940.03.??"
Round "?"
White "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Black "Koblents, Alexander"
Result "1-0"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs. Nr.13 (30.03.1940) http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-... "

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Nb3 0-0 9.f4 Be6 10.g4 d5 11.f5 Bc8 12.exd5 Nb4 13.Bf3 gxf5 14.g5 Ng4 15.Bc5 Na6 16.Bd4 Ne5 17.Bg2 f4 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Be4 f5 20.gxf6 exf6 21.Bh7+ Kh8 22.Qh5 Bxc3+ 23.Kf1 Bg4 24.Qxg4 Rf7 25.Bf5 Be5 26.Qh5+ 1-0

L Dreibergs vs Koblents, 1940

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

Includes games from Riga Championship

Koblents v Kruzkops

Bergs v Fride

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Riga Municipal Workers 1940

Event "Riga Municipal Workers"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1940.??.??"
EventDate "1940.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Zdanovs, Igors"
Black "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Result "1-0"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs. Nr.17 (24.04.1940) http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-... "

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.b3 e6 5.Bb2 h6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.0-0 Bd6 10.d3 0-0 11.Nbd2 Bc5 12.Qe2 a5 13.Kh1 a4 14.Ne5 Qe8 15.g4 Bh7 16.Rf3 axb3 17.Nxb3 Be7 18.Rh3 c5 19.g5 Nd7 20.Rg1 Rxa2 21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Bxg7 c4 23.gxh6 Rfa8 24.Bd4+ Kf8 25.Qg2 cxb3 26.Qg7+ Ke8 27.Qxh7 Qc6 28.cxb3 Qc2 29.e4 c5 30.Be5 d4 31.Qg8+ Kd7 32.h7 f6 33.Qg7 fxe5 34.fxe5 Ra1 35.Rhg3 Rxg1 36.Rxg1 Qxd3 37.Qxe7+ Kc6 38.Qxe6+ Kb5 39.Qc4+ 1-0

I Zdanovs vs L Dreibergs, 1940

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Estonia - Latvia Match 1940 (15-16 June) Dreibergs scored +1-0=1 against E. Lahts on 3rd board. Estonia won the match 19.5 - 12.5

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

Event "Match Estonia - Latvia"
Site "Tallin EST"
Date "1940.06.16"
EventDate "1940.06.16"
Round "2"
White "Laht, E"
Black "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Result "0-1"
Source "Krusta-mikla. Sahs. Bridzs. Nr.25 (22.06.1940) http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view... "

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.e3 0-0 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Rfe8 9.Qc2 Nf8 10.0-0 c6 11.Nfd2 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Ndf3 Be6 14.Rab1 Rad8 15.b4 a6 16.a4 Bc8 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 Rd6 19.h3 Nh6 20.Na4 g5 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Ne5 g4 23.hxg4 Nxg4 24.Nxg4 Bxg4 25.Bf5 Qg5 26.Bxg4 Qxg4 27.Qd1 Qh4 28.g3 Rg6 29.Qf3 Re6 30.Nc5 Ref6 31.Qg2 Qg4 32.Rb8 Kg7 33.Nd3 Nfd7 34.Rb7 Rh6 35.Nf4 Ndf8 36.Rc7 Ne6 37.Nxe6+ Rexe6 38.Ra7 Rh3 39.Rfc1 Reh6 40.f3 Qh5 0-1

E Laht vs L Dreibergs, 1940

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National Team Candidates Riga 1940 (7 Oct - 30 Dec)

Latvijas nacionâlâs izlases kandidâtu turnîrâ

Latvian national team candidates in the tournament

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National tournament- Riga 07.10-30.12.1940
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Game Collection: Riga 1940 National Team Candidates

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SSR Latvian Chess Championship Riga 1941 (2-23 March)

Wikipedia article: 1941. gada Latvijas %C4%8Dempion%C4%81ts %C5%A1ah%C4%81

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Event "SSR Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1941.??.??"
EventDate "1941.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Koblents, Alexander. ()"
Black "Dreiberg"
Result "1-0"
ECO "D28"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 a6 8.Rd1 b5 9.dxc5 Qc7 10.Bd3 Bxc5 11.a4 b4 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Qe7 15.Ng5 e5 16.Nde4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Na5 18.Nxc5 Qxc5 19.Qh5 f5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 1-0

L Dreibergs vs Koblents, 1939

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1941.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Dreiberg"
Black "Remigolsky (LAT)"
Result "1-0"
ECO "B73"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Qd2 Ng4 10.Bxg4 Bxg4 11.f4 Bd7 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Nd5 a6 14.f5 Ne5 15.Bh6 Nc4 16.Qc1 Nxb2 17.Bxg7 Nxd1 18.f6 Re8 19.Qh6 1-0

L Dreibergs vs S Remigolsky, 1941

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1941.??.??"
Round "3"
White "Dreiberg"
Black "Kamenetsky Ya"
Result "1-0"
ECO "C50"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Qe2 O-O 8.O-O Bc5 9.h3 Be6 10.Bd3 Qd4 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.Be3 Qe5 13.Rae1 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 f6 15.Kh1 Qc5 16.Qg3 Ne5 17.f4 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Rad8 19.Rf3 Rd7 20.f5 Bf7 21.e5 Bd5 22.e6 Re7 23.Rf4 Qd6 24.Qf2 c5 25.Rg4 a6 26.Qh4 c6 27.Re3 b5 28.a3 a5 29.Ne2 c4 30.dxc4 Bxc4 31.Nf4 Rc7 32.Ng6 Re8 33.Qxh7+ 1-0

L Dreibergs vs Y Kamenetsky, 1941

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Riga 1941 (30 March-1 April) Game Collection: Riga 1941 Latvia SSR - Lithuania SSR Match Latvia SSR - Lithuania SSR Match

L Dreibergs vs L Abramavicius, 1941

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Tournament 1943 (January)

Event "ZV. d. BV. Tournament"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1943.01.06"
EventDate "1943.01.??"
Round "?"
White "Dreibergs, Leonids"
Black "Bergs, Teodors"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "Deutsche Zeitung im Ostland Nr.60 (01.03.1943) http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-..."

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Qe2 Nxf4 6.Qe5+ Ne6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Qe2 Bc5 9.c3 0-0 10.Bxe6 Re8 11.Qb5 Qd5 12.d4 Rxe6+ 13.Kd1 Rd6 14.Nbd2 Bb6 15.Qxd5 Rxd5 16.Nc4 Na5 17.Ne3 Rd8 18.Kc2 c5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.b4 Bxe3 21.Bxe3 Bf5+ 22.Kc1 Rac8 23.Bd4 Nc6 24.Kb2 Be4 25.Rac1 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Kf8 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Kb3 Ke7 30.Rg1 g6 31.Re1+ Kd6 32.h4 Rc7 33.Re8 Re7 34.Rb8 Kc7 35.Rh8 b5 36.Kc2 Re3 37.Rxh7 Rxf3 38.Kd2 Kd6 39.Ke2 Rf5 40.Ke3 Kd5 41.Rh8 Kc4 42.Ra8 Rh5 43.Rxa7 1/2-1/2

L Dreibergs vs T Bergs, 1943

gespielt am 6. Januar 1943 im Turnier der Schachwerbewoche des ZV. d. BV. in Riga

Lauferspiel

Anmerkungen von Th. Berg fur die DZ im Ostland

played on January 6, 1943 in the tournament of the chess week of the ZV. d. BV. in Riga

Bishop's Opening

Comments by Th. Berg for the DZ in Ostland

Deutsche Zeitung im Ostland Nr.60 (01.03.1943)
http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-...

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Riga, 18. Januar. Am vergangenen Sonntag fanden an verschiedenen Orten des General-bezirks Lettland Schachpropaganda-veranstaltungen statt, zu welchen im Auftrage der Hauptabteilung "Erholung und Lebensfreude" des Zentral-verbandes der Berufsverbände auch mehrere Rigaer Spitzenspieler erschienen waren. So gab in Mitau der Schachreferent der Hauptabteilung "Erholung und Lebensfreude" des ZVdbV I. Schdanows eine Simultanvorstellung an 25 Brettern. In etwa 3 Stunden erzielte er folgendes Resultat: +18 -4 = 3.

In Wenden hielt J. Kruskops einen Vortrag
über das Wesen des Schachspiels. Bei der folgenden Simunltanvorstellung siegte er in 12 Partien, verlor 2 und machte eine unentschieden. In Oger speilte der dortige Meister J. Plemizkis gegen 12 Gegner mit einem Ergebnis von +6 -6.

Weiterhin waren zu demselben Zwecke auch Meister Bergs, Dreibergs, Strautmanis und Solmanis eingesetzt, über deren Tätigkeit wir noch später berichten werden.

Riga, January 18th. Last Sunday saw chess propaganda events taking place in various areas of the Latvian General District, to which a number of Riga top players had also appeared on behalf of the Department of "Rest and Joy of Life" of the Central Association of Professional Associations. Thus, in Mitau, the chess officer of the main department "Rest and Joy of Life" of ZVdbV I. Zhdanov gave a simultaneous performance on 25 boards. In about 3 hours he achieved the following result: +18 -4 = 3.

In Wenden J. Kruskops gave a lecture
about the nature of chess. In the following simunltaneous performance, he won in 12 games, lost 2 and made a draw. In Ogre, the local champion J. Plemizkis fought against 12 opponents with a score of +6 -6.

     Furthermore, for the same purpose also master Bergs, Dreibergs, Strautmanis and Solmanis were employed, about whose activity we will report later.

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

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Karlis Betins Club match-tournament (summer? 1943)

Four teams:

Daugaweeshci

VEF

US

Auskelis

Dreibergs played for team Auskelis

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

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Latvian Chess Championship Riga 1943 (23 - 31 December)

Wikipedia article: 1943. gada Latvijas %C4%8Dempion%C4%81ts %C5%A1ah%C4%81

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German Tournament 1943 Crosstable http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-...

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Augsburg 1946 (25 Sept - 6 Oct) Dreibergs finished shared 12th, behind W. Unzicker, E. Zemgailis, P. Tautvaisas, F. Saemisch, L. Endzelins and others.

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

CROSSTABLE:

https://www.schachbund.de/augsburg-...

https://www.365chess.com/tournament...

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

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

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

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MICHIGAN CHESS ASSOCIATION State Champions

https://web.archive.org/web/2007081...

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hemy Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #929)

Interesting article was published by Tenis Melngailis in "Brîvâ Zeme", April 1, 1940, p. 11: "Jaunie Rîgas šacha meistari" - "New Riga chess champion". (In this case 'meistar' should be translated as a 'champion', not as a 'master'). "2 rounds before the end of the tournament is already known the name of the winner - 32 years old Leonids Dreibergs. Indeed impressive result. This time the winner was the strongest in spirit and body.

Success of chess player depends on health, well-being. Rarely, another game requires a nervous effort, energy consumption like a chess. It should not be forgotten that none of the chess players has economic security, except, perhaps, Koblenc. Everyone is working, earns his daily bread. These daily worries do not require less energy. And in the spring, a person feels a lot of fatigue. For this very reason, I did not participated in this tournament.

Grand master V. Petrov, as well as K. Ozols are busy to finish the University, so they did not played too..."

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