<Kaunas 1941> (19-22 April) Baltic SSR Team tournament. Game Collection: Kaunas 1941 Baltic SSR Team tournament This was a team match tournament between Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. A. Koblents played first board for Latvia. On second board, <Petrovs scored +0-0=1 against V. Mikenas (Lithuania)> and <+1-0=0 against F. Kibbermann (Estonia)>. Latvia won the match with 7.5/12, ahead of Lithuania (7/10) and Estonia (3.5/12). "Atpūta", May 23, 1941, p.29; "Sarkanais Sports"; April 24, 1941, p. 3[rusbase-1]

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Event "Baltic SSR Team Tournament"
Site "Kaunas LTU"
Date "1941.04.21"
EventDate "?"
Round "?"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Vladas Mikenas"
Black "Vladimir Petrov"
ECO "D51"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
Source "'Atputa', May 23, 1941, p. 29"
PlyCount "66"

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15. Bb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 c4 17. b3 cxb3 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 b2 20. Rc2 Qc7 21. Qd4 Rd8 22. Qxb2 O-O 23. Bxb5 Qa5 24. Be2 Nxe5 25. Bxa6 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Qxa6 27. Rfc1 Rd5 28. Rc5 Qd6 29. Qc3 Rd2 30. a4 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 32. Kf1 Rd8 33. f4 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

V Mikenas vs Petrov, 1941

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Non Petrov Games

Event "Baltic SSR Team Tournament"
Site "Kaunas LTU"
Date "1941.04.??"
Round "1"
White "Solmanis, Zigfrids"
Black "Karing"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Qd3 Be6 18. a3 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bb3 Nd7 22. Qxd4 Bf6 23. Qd1 Re8 24. Rb1 Ne5 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. Qd2 Qf5 27. Bg3 Bd8 28. Qe3 Re7 29. Rbd1 Nd3 30. Rxd3 Rxe3 31. Rdxe3 h6 32. Bxd6 Bg5 33. Rf3 Qd7 34. Bb4 Bf6 35. d6 Re8 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Re1 Re8 38. Rd1 Re2 39. Bd5 Rc2 40. Be4 Rc4 41. Bf5 Qc6 42. Bc3 Bd8 43. Re3 Rf4 44. Bb1 Qd7 45. Rde1 Kf8 46. g3 Rf6 47. Bxf6 gxf6 48. Rd1 Bb6 49. Rf3 Qe6 50. d7 Qe2 51. d8=Q+ Bxd8 52. Rxd8+ Kg7 53. Re3 Qxb2 54. Bf5 b4 55. Ree8 Qc1+ 56. Kh2 1-0

Z Solmanis vs Karing, 1941

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Event "Baltic SSR Team Tournament"
Site "Kaunas LTU"
Date "1941.04.??"
Round "3"
White "Indulens, Valerians"
Black "Tautvaisas, Paul"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ne8 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 c6 11. Nxe6 Qa5 12. Nxf8 Kxf8 13. Qd2 1-0

V Indulens vs P Tautvaisas, 1941

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Event "Baltic SSR Team Tournament"
Site "Kaunas LTU"
Date "1941.04.??"
Round "3"
White "Gutmanis, Eric"
Black "Zdanovs, Igors"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bd3 Qd6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. c3 Ng6 15. Bg3 Bg4 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Rad1 d4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nbxd4 Bxd4 20. Qc2 Bb6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b3 Nf4 23. Bh4 Nxe2+ 24. Kh1 Qxf3 25. Bxd8 Nf4 26. gxf3 Bxf3+ 27. Kg1 Nh3 0-1

Eric Gutmanis vs I Zdanovs, 1941