Riga 1935 (22-31 December) Second official Latvian Chess Championship (Sixth Latvian Chess Championship if you include the winners of the first five Latvian Chess Congresses). In this year, the Latvian Chess Championship meeting was not part of the ongoing series of Latvian Chess Congresses. The meeting included a masters and a reserves section.
In the Second official Latvian Chess Championship <Petrovs finished 1st> in the masters section, over M. Feigins, N. Elisons, and F. Apsenieks, <scoring +11-0=2>. Di Felice,"Chess Results 1931-1935" p.325; "Brīvā Zeme", January 11, 1936, p.22; "Ziemeļlatvija", January 4, 1936, p.1; "Rīts", December 23, 1935, p.6; "Libausche Zeitung", December 24, 1935, p.7; "Rigasche Rundschau", December 27, 1935, p.5; "Sporta Pasaule", December 30, 1935, p.6; "Pasta-Telegrafa Dzīve", January 1, 1936, p. 40; "Latvijas Kareivis", January 1, 1936, p.7; "Rigasche Rundschau", January 2, 1936, p.10; "Sporta Pasaule", January 2, 1936, p.6; "Rīts", January 2, 1936, p.6;
Crosstable
Wikipedia article: 1935. gada Latvijas %C5%A1aha %C4%8Dempion%C4%81ts
Results
1. Petrov 12/13 (+11 -0 =2)
2. Feigins 9.5/13
3. N. Elisons 9/13
4. F. Apšenieks 8.5/13
5. T. Bergs 8/13
6. E. Krūmiņš 7.5/13
7. Hazenfuss 7/13
8. Eklons 6.5/13
9. Solmanis 6/13
10. Arn. Kalniņš 5/13
11. Levitins 4/13
12. Brakmanis 3/13
13-14 Skuja and Melnbārds 2.5/13
Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #608)
Games
Event "Latvian Championship 1935"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.23"
EventDate "1935.12.22'"
Round "3"
White "Krumins, Edgars"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Source: "'Krustamīkla. sahs. Brids', January 4, 1936, p. 11"
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 b5 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qa5 8. c5 f5 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 Ngf6 11. Ng5 Nf8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nh3 Qc7 14. f3 Ng6 15. e4 O-O 16. e5 Nh7 17. f4 Ne7 18. Bf3 g5 19. Bh5 Bd7 20. g4 Be8 21. Bxe8 Raxe8 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Nf3 fxg4 24. Nfxg5 Nf5 25. Nxh7 Qxh7 26. Nf2 Re7 27. Qd3 Rg7 28. Nh1 Qh3 29. Ng3 Rff7 30. Rf2 Nh4 31. Raf1 Rh7 32. Kh1 Nf3 33. Qe2 Qxg3 0-1
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E Krumins vs Petrov, 1935
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Edgars Krumins Russian Wikipedia page: Wikipedia article: %D0%9A%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88, %D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80
Edgars Krumins Latvian Wikipedia page: Wikipedia article: Edgars Kr%C5%ABmi%C5%86%C5%A1 (%C5%A1ahists)
Post by Mifralu from Alfred J Krumins cg.com bio page:
Alfred J Krumins (kibitz #2)
1935 Latvian Chess Championship Crosstable listing "E. Krumins" from Latvian Wikipedia page Wikipedia article: 1935. gada Latvijas %C4%8Dempion%C4%81ts %C5%A1ah%C4%81
1935 Latvian Chess Championship Crosstable from <Di Felice> listing "Edgars Krumins": Gino Di Felice "Chess Results 1931-1935" (McFarland 2006), p.325
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Event "Latvian championship 1935"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.24"
EventDate "1935.12.22'"
Round "5"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Berg, Teodor"
Result "1-0"
Source: "'Krustamīkla. Sahs. Brids', December 28, 1935, p. 12"
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Bb4 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. g4 Bxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Qh3 h6 15. Re2 Nc5 16. f4 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 d4 18. Rg1 c5 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 g6 21. Rg4 Qc7 22. exd4 Rfd8 23. Rh4 Kf8 24. d5 Rxd5 25. Rf2 1-0
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Petrov vs T Bergs, 1935
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Event "Latvian championship 1935"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.29"
EventDate "1935.12.22'"
Round "10"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Kalnins, Arnolds"
Result "1-0"
Source: "'Krustamīkla. Sahs. Brids', January 4, 1936, p. 12"
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. g3 a5 8. a3 a4 9. b4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 11. Rc1 Bh6 12. e3 Nbd7 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Ne5 Nd6 17. Rc5 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. Rfc1 Qa6 20. Qc2 Bb3 21. Qc3 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 e6 23. Bf1 b5 24. d5 Kf8 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qg7+ Ke8 27. Bf6 Qb7 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. dxc6+ Qxc6 30. Qxh7+ Kc8 31. Rxc6+ 1-0
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Arn. Kalnins (Arnolds Kalnins) Latvian Wikipedia page:
Wikipedia article: Arnolds Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1 (%C5%A1ahists)
Petrov vs A Kalnins, 1935
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Event "Latvian championship 1935"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.??"
EventDate "1935.12.22'"
Round "?"
White "Apsenieks, Fricis"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "Fride, Andris 'Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story from Greatness to the Gulag', Caissa Editions, 2004, p.47"
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Qe2+ Qe7 7.Qxe7+ Bxe7 8.Bf4 c6 9.Nbd2 h6 10.0-0 Be6 11.Rae1 0-0 12.Ne5 Re8 13.h3 Nbd7 14.Ndf3 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Nd7 16.Re2 Bd6 17.Nxd7 Bxf4 18.Nc5 b6 19.Nxe6 Rxe6 20.Rxe6 fxe6 21.Bg6 Kf8 22.Re1 Ke7 23.g3 Bc7 24.Re3 Rf8 25.Bh5 g5 26.Bg4 Rf6 27.Kg2 c5 28.Ra3 a5 29.dxc5 bxc5 1/2-1/2
F Apsenieks vs Petrov, 1935
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Event "Latvian championship 1935"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.??"
EventDate "1935.12.22'"
Round "?"
White "Hasenfuss, Wolfgang R"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Source "Fride, Andris 'Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story from Greatness to the Gulag', Caissa Editions, 2004, pp. 102-103"
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Bg4 9.c3 Qd5 10.Re1 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Qd6 12.f4 e6 13.Qf3 Nbd7 14.Be3 b6 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Bf1 Qd5 17.Qe2 Qd6 18.Bg2 Nd5 19.Qf3 Qc7 20.Rd2 c5 21.Ne2 N7f6 22.Red1 Rd6 23.dxc5 bxc5 24.b4 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 cxb4 27.cxb4 Nd5 28.a3 Qb6 29.Kf2 Rc8 30.Rd3 Rc2 31.Kg3 Qa6 32.e4 Nf6 33.e5 Nd5 34.Nd4 Rxg2+ 0-1
W Hasenfuss vs Petrov, 1935
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Event "Latvian championship 1935"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.??"
EventDate "1935.12.22'"
Round "?"
White "Skuja, Roberts"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Source "Fride, Andris 'Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story from Greatness to the Gulag', Caissa Editions, 2004, p. 162"
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Be3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Bf3 Qa5 12.c3 Nd7 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.Be4 Ng4 16.Rfe1 Bd7 17.h3 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 e5 19.Nc2 Bc6 20.Nb4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qb6 22.Nd5 Qe6 23.Rb4 b6 24.a4 Rfd8 25.a5 Bf8 26.Rb5 Bc5 27.axb6 axb6 28.c4 Kg7 29.Ra1 Qf5 30.Qf3 Qxf3 31.gxf3 Bd4 32.Ra6 Rdc8 33.b3 Rc5 34.Rb4 b5 35.Ra5 bxc4 36.Rxb8 Rxa5 37.bxc4 Ra1+ 38.Kg2 Ra2 39.Rc8 Rxf2+ 40.Kg3 h5 41.h4 Rc2 42.Nb4 Rc3 43.Nd5 Ra3 44.Kg2 Ra2+ 45.Kg3 Ra3 46.Kg2 Ra2+ 47.Kg3 Ra5 48.Rb8 e4 49.Re8 exf3 50.Kxf3 Ra3+ 51.Ne3 Kf6 52.Kf4 Bxe3+ 53.Rxe3 Rxe3 54.Kxe3 Ke5 55.Kd3 f6 56.Kc3 g5 0-1
R Skuja vs Petrov, 1935
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Event "Latvian championship 1935"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.??"
EventDate "1935.12.22"
Round "?"
White "Bergs, Teodors"
Black "Apsenieks, Fricis"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "Rigasche Rundschau, Nr.8 (11.01.1936)"
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. Qxd4
Nc6 7. Qd1 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Nc3 Rc8
12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. Rfe1 Na6 15. e4 Nc5 16. Nd4
Ba8 17. Nd5 Nfd7 18. f4 Re8 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nbc3 Ne6 21. Ne2
Bxb2 22. Qxb2 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Qd2 Rc5 25. Rf1 Qc8
26. Rc1 Qa6 27. g4 Nb6 28. Nec3 Nc7 29. Nxe7+ Rxe7 30. Qxd6
Rxc3 31. Qxe7 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Ne6 33. f5 Nf8 34. Rc7 Nbd7
35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Qxd7 Qxa2 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. f6+ Kxf6
39. e5+ Kxe5 40. Bxa8 Qa1+ 41. Kg2 Qa2+ 42. Kg3 Qxb3+
43. Bf3 Qb4 44. Qe8+ Kf6 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qe5+ Kf8 47. Qh8+
Ke7 48. Qe5+ Kf8 49. h4 Qb3 50. Qh8+ Ke7 51. Qe5+ Kf8
52. Qd4 Qb1 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qd4+ Kg8 55. Qe3 Kg7 56. Bd5
Qa1 57. Bb3 b4 58. Qf3 Qe5+ 59. Kh3 Qe7 60. Bd5 h6 61. Qf4
Qd7 62. Qe5+ Kh7 63. Be4 b3 64. h5 Qd8 65. hxg6+ fxg6
66. Qe6 Qg5 67. Qf7+ Kh8 68. Bxg6 Qe3+ 69. Kg2 Qe2+ 70. Kg3
Qe1+ 71. Qf2 Qxf2+ 72. Kxf2 Kg7 1/2-1/2
T Bergs vs F Apsenieks, 1935
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NEW GAMES
Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.??"
EventDate "1935.12.22"
Round "?"
White "Hasenfuss, Wolfgang R"
Black "Levitins, Z"
Result "1-0"
ECO "?"
Source "Krustamikla.Sahs.Bridzs. Nr.1 (04.01.1936)"
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nge2 Bd7 6. d3
g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Ne8 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. g4 b5
12. Ng3 Rb8 13. Nd1 b4 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Bh6 Qa5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. f4 Qa4 20. Rf2 Nb5 21. Raf1
Na3 22. Nd1 Nb1 23. Qe1 Qa5 24. g5 Rb6 25. e5 Na3 26. Bxc6
Rxc6 27. f5 Qc7 28. e6 d5 29. Kh2 Bc8 30. f6+ Kh8 31. fxe7
Qxe7 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. exf7 Qf8 34. Qe5+ 1-0
W Hasenfuss vs S Levitins, 1935
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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.??"
EventDate "1935.12.22"
Round "?"
White "Apsenieks, Fricis"
Black "Levitins, Z"
Result "1-0"
ECO "?"
Source "Krustamikla.Sahs.Bridzs. Nr.1 (04.01.1936)"
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2
g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Kh1 Bd7 10. f4 a6 11. Bf3 Rc8
12. Nb3 Re8 13. Nd5 Be6 14. c3 Nd7 15. a4 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5
17. Re1 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qc7 19. a5 Nc5 20. Bf2 Kf8 21. Ra3 e5
22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. b4 Nd7 25. c4 Ke7 26. Rd3
Bf6 27. Qe2 Kf7 28. g4 Re8 29. Qe4 Rc8 30. Kg2 Qxc4 31. f5
Qxe4 32. Bxe4 exf5 33. gxf5 Be5 34. fxg6+ hxg6 35. Bxb7 Rb8
36. Bc6 Nf6 37. b5 axb5 38. a6 Rh8 39. a7 Rxh2+ 40. Kf1 1-0
F Apsenieks vs S Levitins, 1935
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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.??"
EventDate "1935.12.22"
Round "?"
White "Feigin, Movsa"
Black "Skuja, Roberts"
Result "1-0"
ECO "?"
Source "Krustamikla.Sahs.Bridzs. Nr.1 (04.01.1936)"
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Qa5 6. Ne5
Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8. Qd2 e6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. Bd3
Be7 12. Qc2 e5 13. O-O h6 14. e4 O-O 15. f4 exd4 16. cxd4
Nf6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Be4 Rd8 19. f5 c5 20. f6 Bf8 21. Nd6 Nb4
22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. fxg7+ Bxg7 24. Qe4 Be6 25. Bf5 Rxd6
26. exd6 Qxd6 27. Bb2 cxd4 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rf7 Qd5
30. Qg6 Rg8 31. Raf1 Qd6 32. R1f6 1-0
M Feigin vs R Skuja, 1935
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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.??"
EventDate "1935.12.22"
Round "?"
White "Bergs, Teodors"
Black "Hasenfuss, Wolfgang R"
Result "0-1"
ECO "?"
Source "Krustamikla.Sahs.Bridzs. Nr.1 (04.01.1936)"
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1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. e3 Nbd7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Qf6 11. Nxe4 fxe4
12. Nd2 Qh6 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. f3 exf3 15. Bxf3 Re8 16. e4 e5
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. exd5 exd4 19. Qf2 Bh3 20. Rfe1 Bb4
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rd1 Ng4 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Rf1 Qe3
25. Nc4 Qxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Bh3 27. Rf3 b5 28. Ba3 Bc3 29. Nd6
Re1+ 30. Kf2 b4 31. Rxc3 Rf1+ 32. Ke2 bxc3 33. Nc4 Ra1
34. d6 Bf5 35. g4 Rxa2+ 36. Kf3 Bc8 0-1
T Bergs vs W Hasenfuss, 1935
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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.??"
EventDate "1935.12.22"
Round "?"
White "Feigin, Movsa"
Black "Solmanis, Zigfrids"
Result "1-0"
ECO "?"
Source "Krustamikla.Sahs.Bridzs. Nr.1 (04.01.1936)"
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. a3 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. e3 Be5 10. Bd3 b6 11. f4
Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 d5 13. b3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. Bb2 Bb7
16. O-O Qc8 17. Qe5 Qc6 18. Rf3 Qc5 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rg3+
Qg5 21. fxg5 f5 1-0
M Feigin vs Z Solmanis, 1935
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Event "Latvian championship 1935"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.??"
EventDate "1935.12.22"
Round "?"
White "Levitins, S"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Source "Aizsargs Nr. 3 (15.03.1936)"
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3
Be7 7. d4 Bd7 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. d5 Nb8
12. g4 Bg6 13. Nbd2 c6 14. c4 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nbd7 16. Nh4
Rc8 17. Nf5 Re8 18. Rc1 Bf8 19. Bd3 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 h5
21. Be2 Qb8 22. Qb1 Rc8 23. Rc1 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rxc1+
25. Qxc1 Ne8 26. b4 Qc7 27. Qxc7 Nxc7 28. a4 b5 29. a5 f6
30. Nb1 Kf7 31. Nc3 Bh7 32. Bb6 Na8 33. Ba7 g6 34. Ne3 Nc7
35. Nc2 Bh6 36. Bd3 Bd2 37. Na2 Bh6 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Ke2 Bg8
40. Na3 f5 41. f3 Nf6 42. Nc3 fxg4 43. fxg4 Nxg4 44. Naxb5
axb5 45. Nxb5 Kd7 46. Nxc7 Kxc7 47. b5 Kb7 48. b6 Be3
49. a6+ Ka8 50. Bb5 0-1
Petrov vs S Levitins, 1935
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RESERVES SECTION
Riga 1935 Latvian championship reserves
Event "Latvian championship reserves"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.??.??"
Round "5"
White "Eriks Lazdins"
Black "Janis Peinbergs"
Result "1-0"
Source "Krustamikla.Sahs.Bridzs. Nr.2 (11.01.1936)"
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2
Qc7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4
cxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bd2 Bf6 15. Bb4 Re8
16. Bc5 Rb8 17. b4 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Bd7 20. Rc1 Ra8
21. Qb3 Kf7 22. Nd2 Bg5 23. Rc2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Ra6 25. Rde2
Bc8 26. Re5 g6 27. b5 cxb5 28. Qxb5 Qc6 29. Qd3 Bb7 30. f3
Ra2 31. h4 Qd7 32. Qe3 Qc6 33. d5 Qa4 34. Qh6 Bxd5
35. Qxh7+ Kf6 36. Be3 Kxe5 1-0
E Lazdins vs J Peinbergs, 1935
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Event "Latvian championship reserves"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.??.??"
Round "5"
White "M Robs"
Black "H Muiznieks"
Result "1-0"
Source "Krustamikla.Sahs.Bridzs. Nr.2 (11.01.1936)"
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3
Nbd7 7. Qc2 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4
Re8 12. Rfe1 c5 13. Rad1 c4 14. Bf5 b5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4
Bb7 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Be6+ Kf8
21. Qg6 1-0
M Robs vs H Muiznieks, 1935
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