Elmars Zemgalis
John Donaldson "Elmars Zemgailis - Grandmaster without the title" Pomeranian Publishing, 2001
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Riga 1936-1940 Lomonosov High School championship. <Zemgalis> was crowned school champion four times during this span.
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Riga 1942 Latvian Trade Union championship. <Zemgalis> finished 1st.
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Riga 1943 Latvian Trade Union championship. <Zemgalis> finished =1st with Alfred J Krumins.
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Jelgava 1943 Jelgava championship. <Zemgalis> finished 1st.
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Riga 1944 (May) Paul Keres clock simultaneous exhibition. <Zemgailis> scored +0-0=1.
Event "Paul Keres clock simul"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1944.05.??"
Round "?"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Keres, Paul"
Black "Zemgalis, Elmars"
ECO "?"
EventDate "1944.05.??"
Source "Donaldson, 'Elmars Zemgalis' pp.7-9"
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nc3
a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. e4 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Ne5 16. Nf3
Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nfg4 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. h3 Bxd4 20. hxg4 Rc8
21. Bf4 Ng6 22. Bg3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Rd6 Rc6 25. Rd7
Nf8 26. Rd1 a5 27. Rb1 Qc5 28. Ba4 bxa4 29. Rxb7 Qc1+
30. Qf1 Qd2 31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. Bxc7 Qxa2 33. Qb5 Qb3 34. Qe8
Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd7 36. Qb8 f5 37. Bd6 Qf7 38. gxf5 exf5
39. e5 Qh5+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qh5+ 42. Kg1 Qd1+ 43. Kh2
Qh5+ 1/2-1/2
Keres vs E Zemgalis, 1944
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Riga 1944 Riga Blitz championship. <Zemgalis> finished 5th, behind Igors Zdanovs, Zigfrids Solmanis, Nicolas Engalicev and Augusts Strautmanis, scoring 10½/17.
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Riga 1944 Riga championship. <Zemgalis> finished shared 6th with Leonids Dreibergs, behind
Teodors Bergs,
Karlis Ozols,
Teodors Zeids,
Augusts Strautmanis and Wolfgang Hasenfuss, scoring 7½/14. <Bergs> won the championship in a playoff against <Ozols>, scoring +3-0=0.
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Germany 1946 (November) DSB Team championship.
Zemgalis played for the Esslingen team.
Event "DSB Team championship"
Site "Germany GER"
Date "1946.09.??"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "Zemgalis, Elmars"
Black "Baumanis, George"
Source "Donaldson, 'Elmars Zemgalis' pp.9-10"
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3
O-O 7. Rc1 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Be2 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. Qc2 a6 13. O-O b5 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Qb6
16. Ne4 Ned5 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Nc6 Rb7 19. Rd6 Qc7 20. Qc5
g6 21. h4 Kg7 22. Qe5 h5 23. Rc5 Rb6 24. Bxh5 Kh7 25. Qxf6
Qxd6 26. Ne7 e5 27. Bxg6+ Kh6 28. Qg5+ Kg7 29. Bf5+ Kh8
30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nxc8 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 1-0
E Zemgalis vs G Baumanis, 1946
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Event "DSB Team championship"
Site "Germany"
Date "1946.09.??"
Result "1-0"
White "Elmars Zemgalis"
Black "Blaubrik"
Source "chessbase"
1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2
Bb7 7. b3 g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Ba3 c5 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nxe4 1-0
E Zemgalis vs Blaubrik, 1946
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Augsburg 1946 (23 September) Baltic Blitz championship. <Zemgalis> finished 2nd with Leonids Dreibergs, behind Lucius Endzelins , scoring 13/15.
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Augsburg 1946 (25 September-6 October) DP (Displaced Persons) international tournament. <Zemgalis> finished 2nd, behind Wolfgang Unzicker, ahead of Friedrich Saemisch, Paul Tautvaisas, Lucius Endzelins, Romanas Arlauskas, Paul Troeger, Alfred J Krumins and Leonids Dreibergs, scoring +10-0=6.
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Regensburg 1946 (December) Klaus Junge Memorial. <Zemgalis> finished 2nd behind Fedor Bohatirchuk, ahead of Wolfgang Unzicker and others, scoring +5-1=2.
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Hanau 1947 (30 January-10 February) International Tournament. Game Collection: Hanau 1947 International Tournament
Zemgalis finished 3rd behind Lucius Endzelins and Karlis Ozols , ahead of Friedrich Nuernberg , Friedrich Saemisch , Walter Jursevskis , Leonids Dreibergs , Kazys Skema , A Zirnis , Alfred J Krumins, Arkadij Strazdins, Ignas Zalys ,
Maximilian Ernst Poolake (Maximilian Ernst ("Max") Poolake, b. 1 Sep 1914 in Estonia, married 1949 in Gloucestershire to Daphne I M Pitt, died 2 Oct 1987 in Bournemouth.), Heinricks Kalnins , Artur Darznieks , Artemijs Stabins and Udo Nurme, scoring +10-3=3.
This tournament also featured an internal "Latvian Championship in Exile" competition among the Latvian players at <Hanau 1947>. In addition to their score in the general tournament, a second cros table would be created to reflect only the Latvian players' results against other Latvian players in the tournament.
Among the Latvian players, <Zemgailis> tied for 1st with Teodors Bergs and Karlis Ozols . The winner of the Latvian Championship in Exile competition would not finally be decided until a three man quadruple round robin playoff match was held in Fischbach (14-21 May).
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Fischbach 1947 (14-21 May) American Zone DP Latvian Championship
playoff tournament. Game Collection: Fischbach 1947 DP Latvian championship
Zemgalis won the playoff, scoring +5-1=2 against Lucius Endzelins and Karlis Ozols to become the 1st Latvian Champion in Exile.
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Hanau 1947 (27 September-8 October) Hermanis Mattisons Memorial. Game Collection: Hermanis Matisons Memorial 1947
Zemgalis finished 2nd behind Lucius Endzelins, ahead of Efim Bogoljubov, Baldur Hoenlinger, Paul Tautvaisas, Karlis Ozols, Wilhelm Rautenberg, Alexey Selezniev, Paul Troeger, Leonids Dreibergs, Romanas Arlauskas, A Zirnis, Kazys Skema, Jerzy Dreszer, Walter Jursevskis and Heino Heinla (Estonia), scoring +7-2=6.
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Hesse 1947 Team match.
Zemgalis played 1st board for the Latvian exiles team against a team from Hesse. The Latvian team won 6-4
Event "Team Match Lat. Exiles v Hesse"
Site "Hesse GER"
Date "1947.10.??"
Result "0-1"
White "Niephaus, Walter"
Black "Zemgalis, Elmars"
EventDate "1947.??.??"
Source "Donaldson, 'Elmars Zemgalis' p.119"
1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. d3 d5 4. f4 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nf3 c5
7. c3 Nc6 8. g3 b5 9. Bh3 Nb6 10. Na3 b4 11. Nc2 bxc3
12. bxc3 Na4 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. O-O Rb2 15. Qd1 Rb6 16. Nce1
Nb2 17. Qc2 c4 18. d4 g6 19. Rf2 Ba6 20. Bf1 Qb8 21. Bc1
Nd3 22. Nxd3 cxd3 23. Bxd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Na5 25. g4 h5
26. h3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Nc4 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Rg8+ 30. Kf1
exf5 31. Qxf5 Qb7 32. Ke1 Qd7 33. Qh7 Rbg6 34. Rb1 Nb6
35. e6 Qxe6+ 36. Re2 Qf5 37. Qh2 Re6 38. Qb8+ Bd8 39. Rxe6+
fxe6 40. Qe5 Qxb1 41. Qxe6+ Kf8 42. Qh6+ Ke7 43. Ne5 Qe4+
44. Be3 Rg1+ 45. Ke2 Qg2+ 46. Bf2 Qf1+ 47. Kf3 Qd1+ 48. Kf4
Qc1+ 49. Be3 Qf1+ 50. Nf3 Bc7+ 51. Kf5 Qxf3+ 0-1
Niephaus vs E Zemgalis, 1947
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Regensburg 1948 Oberpfalz championship.
Zemgalis finished shared 1st with Josef Steger, ahead of Georg Meyer, Peter Kalinovsky, Novokirsky, Dr. Bayridel, F. Roth, and Dozemalie, with a clean score of +6-0-0.
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Bad Nauheim 1948 (April) Team match- Latvian exiles vs.
Bad Nauheim team.
On second board for the Exiles team, Zemgalis scored 1-0 against Wolfgang Unzicker.
Event "Team match-Lat. Exiles vs Bad Nauheim"
Site "Bad Nauheim GER"
Date "1948.04.??"
Result "0-1"
White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"
Black "Zemgalis, Elmars"
EventDate "1948.04.??"
Source "Donaldson, 'Elmars Zemgalis' pp.24-26"
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7
6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 b6 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6
11. Qc3 Qe7 12. Qxc7 Qb4+ 13. c3 Qxb5 14. Qxb7 Qxb2 15. O-O
Rd8 16. d5 O-O 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Qxa7 Rd7 0-1
Unzicker vs E Zemgalis, 1948
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Fischbach 1948 (14-21 May) American zone DP Latvian championship.
Zemgalis finished 3rd behind tournament winner Lucius Endzelins.
Also participating were Heinricks Kalnins, John Pamiljens, Leonids Dreibergs, Karlis Ozols, Gaigats, Alfred J Krumins, Nagelis, Artemijs Stabins, A Zirnis, Rudelis and Strals.
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Esslingen 1948 (19-26 September) Wuertemburg championship.
Zemgalis finished 1st, over Sigmund Wolk, Hans Berner, A Zirnis, Paul Tautvaisas, Ewald Habermann, Paul Ludwig, Emil Diemer, Igor Garais, and Franz Skrbec, scoring +5-0=4.
Crosstable with names from "chessbites" https://www.chessbites.com/Games.as...
Event "Wuertemburg championship"
Site "Esslingen GER"
Date "1948.09.??"
Result "0-1"
White "Zemgalis, Elmars"
Black "Diemer, Emil Joseph"
EventDate "1948.09.19"
Source "Donaldson, 'Elmars Zemgalis' p.119"
1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Be7
7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Qe8 9. Nbd2 Qh5 10. Qc2 d5 11. Ne5 Nbd7
12. Nd3 Bd6 13. b4 Ng4 14. h3 Ndf6 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Nf3 f4
17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Rxf4 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Kf1 Raf8
21. Ke1 Be8 22. a4 Bg6 23. Qb3 Be4 24. Bc1 Bxf3 25. Bxf3
Rxf3 26. exf3 Nh2 27. Rd3 dxc4 28. Qxc4 Nxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Qh1+
30. Qf1 Qxf3 31. Be3 e5 32. Rd1 h5 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Qe2 Qf5
35. dxe5 Qxe5 36. Bd4 Qg5 37. Bxa7 Qg1+ 38. Kd2 Rd8+
39. Kc1 Qg5+ 40. Be3 Rxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Qf5 42. Qd4 Kh7 43. Kd2
g6 44. Qd8 Qf7 45. Bd4 Qa2+ 46. Kc3 Qa3+ 47. Kc4 Qc1+
48. Bc3 Qf4+ 49. Kb3 g5 50. Qe7+ Kg6 51. Qxb7 h4 52. Qxc6+
Kh5 53. a5 h3 54. Qe8+ Kg4 55. Qe6+ Kh4 56. a6 h2 57. a7
h1=Q 58. Qh6+ Kg4 59. Qxh1 Qf7+ 60. Kc2 Qxf2+ 61. Kd3 Qxa7
62. Qe4+ Kh5 63. Qf3+ g4 64. Qf5+ Kh4 65. Bf6+ Kg3 66. Qe5+
Kg2 67. Qe4+ Kh2 68. Be5+ g3 69. Qh4+ Kg2 70. Qxg3+ Kf1
71. Qh3+ 0-1
E Zemgalis vs E Diemer, 1948
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Event "Wuertemburg championship"
Site "Esslingen GER"
Date "1948.09.??"
Result "1-0"
White "Zemgalis, Elmars"
Black "Tautvaisas, Paul"
EventDate "1948.09.19"
Source "Donaldson, 'Elmars Zemgalis' p.120"
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 Nb6 11. Bb5
Bd7 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Be3 a6 14. Be2 Na4 15. Nbd4 b5 16. Qd2
Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. b3 Bb4 19. Qd3 Nc5 20. Rxc5 Bxc5
21. Nxc6 Bxe3 22. Nce5 Bc6 23. Qxe3 Bxe4 24. Rd1 Rad8
25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Ng5+ Kg8 28. Nxe4 Qd5
29. f4 e5 30. f5 Rc8 31. Bd3 Qd4 32. Qxd4 exd4 33. a4 bxa4
34. bxa4 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Ra1 36. Nc5 a5 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Ke4
Rg1 39. g3 Rg2 40. Kxd4 Rxh2 41. Ke5 h5 42. Bc4+ Ke7
43. Bb5 Rc2 44. Ne6 Kf7 45. Nf4 Rh2 46. Bc4+ Ke7 47. Be2
Rh1 48. Nxh5 Kf8 49. Nf4 Rg1 50. g4 Ke7 51. Nd5+ Kf8
52. Kf4 Rc1 53. Bb5 Rb1 54. Ne3 Kf7 55. Kg5 1-0
E Zemgalis vs P Tautvaisas, 1948
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Event "Wuertemburg championship"
Site "Esslingen GER"
Date "1948.09.??"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Wolk, Sigmund"
Black "Zemgalis, Elmars"
EventDate "1948.09.19"
Source "Donaldson, 'Elmars Zemgalis' p.120"
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Be2 Nbd7 4. d4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4
dxc4 7. Na3 Nb6 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qb3 Ne4
11. Rd1 Nd6 12. Be2 Be6 13. d5 Bd7 14. Bd2 Qe8 15. Rdc1 Ba4
16. Qa3 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxd5
20. Qxc71/2-1/2
S Wolk vs E Zemgalis, 1948
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Germany 1948 Team match.
Event "Team Match"
Site "Germany GER"
Date "1948.??.??"
Result "1-0"
White "Zemgalis, Elmars"
Black "Grimm"
EventDate "1948.??.??"
Source "Donaldson, 'Elmars Zemgalis' p.120"
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. d4 e4 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Qb3
Be6 12. Qxb7 Bd5 13. Qb5+ c6 14. Qa4 f6 15. Nc4 Be7 16. Na5
Qb6 17. c4 Qb4+ 18. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 19. Bd2 Bxa5 20. cxd5 Bxd2+
21. Kxd2 cxd5 22. Rab1 O-O 23. Rb7 Rf7 24. Rhb1 Raf8
25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rb8+ Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Kc3 h5
29. Kb4 Kf7 30. Kc5 Ke6 31. h4 g5 32. g3 gxh4 33. gxh4 a6
34. a4 a5 35. Kc6 Kf5 36. Kxd5 Kg4 37. Kxe4 f5+ 38. Ke5
Kxh4 39. Kxf5 Kh3 40. Kg5 1-0
E Zemgalis vs Grimm, 1948
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Ruit 1949 (May) Wuertemburg championship. Game Collection: Wuertemburg championship 1949
Zemgalis finished 1st, over Sigmund Wolk, Ewald Habermann, Krauss, Skrbek, Theodor Schuster, Becker and Grimm.
Rainer Becker bad player ID
Krauss Krauss
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Oldenburg (1949) International tournament.
Zemgailis shared 1st with Efim Bogoljubov.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts
Zemgalis * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 12
Bogoljubov ½ * 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 12
Heinicke ½ 1 * 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 11½
Rossolimo ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 11½
Sarapu ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 11
Kieninger ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 10
Unzicker ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 10
O'Kelly ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 1 * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 9
Rellstab 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 9
Wade 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½
Tautvaisas 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 8
Enevoldsen ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 7½
Rautenberg ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 * 0 1 0 0 1 6½
Heemsoth 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 1 1 6½
Walther ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 * 1 0 0 5½
Kuppe 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 * 1 ½ 5½
Sämisch 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 5½
Wood 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 3½
#################################Germany 1949 Team match.
Game Collection: Germany 1949 Team match
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Esslingen 1949 (November) DP Latvian championship.
Game Collection: Esslingen 1949 DP Latvian championship
Zemgailis shared 1st with Leonids Dreibergs, ahead of Igor Garais, A Zirnis, Zibens, Alberts Melnbardis, Heinricks Kalnins, Stirna and John Pamiljens, scoring +4-0=4.
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Stuttgart 1951 (February)
Game Collection: Stuttgart 1951 Zemgalis farewell tournament
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Seattle 1952 (4-6 July) Match v Ulvestad
Game Collection: Seattle 1952 Match Zemgalis-Ulvestad
Zamgailis won the match +2-0=2.
Kibitzing
