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Bogoljubov 
 
Efim Bogoljubov
Number of games in database: 963
Years covered: 1909 to 1952
Overall record: +454 -234 =269 (61.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      6 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (50) 
    C77 C68 C65 C83 C98
 Orthodox Defense (45) 
    D63 D64 D52 D55 D56
 Queen's Gambit Declined (44) 
    D37 D30 D35 D06
 French Defense (42) 
    C11 C13 C12 C17 C18
 French (31) 
    C11 C13 C12 C10
 Queen's Pawn Game (31) 
    D02 A46 A45 A40 E10
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (54) 
    C91 C77 C64 C86 C83
 Queen's Pawn Game (48) 
    A46 A40 D05 A45 D04
 Orthodox Defense (45) 
    D52 D51 D63 D64 D58
 Sicilian (42) 
    B40 B83 B23 B20 B80
 Nimzo Indian (29) 
    E38 E36 E21 E24 E34
 Semi-Slav (27) 
    D43 D45 D46 D48 D49
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Bogoljubov vs Mieses, 1925 1-0
   Bogoljubov vs NN, 1952 1-0
   Bogoljubov vs Muller, 1934 1-0
   Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929 1-0
   Bogoljubov vs Spielmann, 1919 1-0
   Bogoljubov vs Grekov, 1914 1-0
   Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929 1-0
   Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1942 1-0
   Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929 1-0
   Eliskases vs Bogoljubov, 1939 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   Alekhine-Bogoljubov World Championship Match (1929)
   Alekhine-Bogoljubov World Championship Rematch (1934)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Trainning to a brilliant practice 1 by Antiochus
   the rivals 1 by ughaibu
   Bled 1931 by Benzol
   Bled 1931 international tournament by cuendillar
   Bogoljubov vs Euwe - Two FIDE Championships by Honza Cervenka
   Carlsbad 1929 by aragorn69

GAMES ANNOTATED BY BOGOLJUBOV: [what is this?]
   Rubinstein vs Maroczy, 1920
   Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Lasker, 1925
   Lasker vs Spielmann, 1925
   Reti vs Rubinstein, 1919
   Lasker vs F Bohatirchuk, 1925
   >> 6 GAMES ANNOTATED BY BOGOLJUBOV

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EFIM BOGOLJUBOV
(born Apr-14-1889, died Jun-18-1952) Ukraine (citizen of Germany)

[what is this?]
Efim Dimitrievich Bogoljubov was born April 14, 1889 in Stanislavitsk, Kiev. He won the U.S.S.R. championship twice, in 1924 and 1925, before relocating to Germany. His first major international victory came at the Moscow tournament of 1925, where he finished 1.5 points ahead of a field that included World Champion Jose Raul Capablanca as well as Emanuel Lasker. At Kissengen 1928, he again won first prize ahead of Capablanca, and in 1929 and 1934 he played two World Championship matches with Alexander Alekhine, losing both times. His chess career continued after World War II and FIDE awarded him the official GM title in 1951.

 page 1 of 39; games 1-25 of 963  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. V Omeliansky vs Bogoljubov 0-134 1909 Championship Of KievC70 Ruy Lopez
2. Bogoljubov vs S Rozental 1-039 1911 PetersburgD33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
3. Bogoljubov vs S Langleben  1-032 1912 All Russian Amateur TtA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
4. Hromadka vs Bogoljubov 0-131 1912 All Russian Amateur TtC45 Scotch Game
5. Bogoljubov vs Taubenhaus 1-048 1913 PetersburgC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
6. S Von Freymann vs Bogoljubov 1-022 1913 St. Petersburg (Russia)A02 Bird's Opening
7. Bogoljubov vs Alapin  ½-½52 1913 PetersburgD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
8. Salwe vs Bogoljubov 0-140 1913 PetersburgA53 Old Indian
9. Bogoljubov vs Nimzowitsch 0-129 1913 St. Petersburg (Russia)C11 French
10. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov 0-127 1913 St. Petersburg (Russia)C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
11. Tarrasch vs Bogoljubov  ½-½65 1914 19. DSB Congress, Mannheim (GER)C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
12. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov 1-021 1914 Rastatt blindfoldC26 Vienna
13. Bogoljubov vs S Wainstein  ½-½28 1914 BadenC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
14. Bogoljubov vs Flamberg  0-128 1914 19. DSB Congress, Mannheim (GER)D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
15. Marshall vs Bogoljubov  ½-½27 1914 DSB Kongress XIXD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
16. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov 1-042 1914 DSB-19.Kongress Mann (07)C26 Vienna
17. M Lowtzky vs Bogoljubov 1-054 1914 St Petersburg2D55 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. Flamberg vs Bogoljubov 0-124 1914 Triberg (Germany)C80 Ruy Lopez, Open
19. Bogoljubov vs Carls 1-020 1914 19. DSB Congress, Mannheim (GER)D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3
20. Bogoljubov vs A E Post 1-032 1914 MannheimD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. Bogoljubov vs Duras 0-146 1914 Mannheim (Germany)B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
22. Breyer vs Bogoljubov 0-127 1914 19. DSB Congress, Mannheim (GER)D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
23. Bogoljubov vs Grekov 1-011 1914 KievD02 Queen's Pawn Game
24. Janowski vs Bogoljubov 1-019 1914 DSB-19.Kongress Mannheim ;HCL 20D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
25. Bogoljubov vs Mieses 1-088 1914 19. DSB Congress, Mannheim (GER)A40 Queen's Pawn Game
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May-14-09
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  Honza Cervenka: <Further, it is apparent that Capablanca finds it very difficult to separate himself from his dry style of play. His technique, on the other hand, has been at least equalled by Bogoljubow and is not especially feared by the other masters.’>

At least in his game against Bogo Capa was able to "separate himself from his dry style of play" and crushed him in great style (see Capablanca vs Bogoljubov, 1925) and if anybody had big troubles with Capa, it was just Bogo. But in general he was quite right with this remark. Capa's approach "safety first" did not made him the best service in some tournaments including Moscow 1925 or Bad Kissingen 1928 where Bogo finished ahead of him.

May-14-09   paladin at large: <Honza Cervenka> Capa's loss of a couple of games at Moscow 1925 was probably more a result of his self-imposed grueling simul schedule between Leningrad and Moscow during the Moscow tournament than to his playing style.
May-14-09
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  keypusher: <paladin at large> At Moscow 1925 Bogoljubov, Lasker and Capablanca each had two losses, but Bogo and Lasker finished ahead of Capablanca because they had fewer draws. Similarly at New York 1924 both Capablanca and Lasker had one loss but Lasker finished a point and a half in front because he had fewer draws. I think that's what honza meant by his reference to Capablanca's <safety first> style.
May-14-09
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  Honza Cervenka: <keypusher> is right. But the number of Capa's draws was not the main problem I had in mind here as it was only the outcome of his playing style and rather easygoing approach to the game. What I really had in mind was the character of significant portion of Capa's draws in these tournaments. If you go through his games there you can see quite a lot of quite effortless and bloodless draws where Capa had white pieces and went deliberately for massive simplification already in opening or early middlegame with dead drawn ending as result, which was easily held by his (sometimes much weaker) opponents.
May-14-09
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  Honza Cervenka: In Moscow 1925 typical examples of Capa's approach were games Capablanca vs Gruenfeld, 1925, Capablanca vs Rubinstein, 1925, Capablanca vs Lasker, 1925 and I Rabinovich vs Capablanca, 1925 though in last of these games Capa had black pieces (but Ilya Rabinovich with all respect to him was not in Capa's league as a player and Moscow tournament was not his best performance). He also let Romanovsky to force perpetual just in sixteen moves which Peter Arsenievich did gladly and without hesitation (see P Romanovsky vs Capablanca, 1925). Try to compare this with draws of Bogo or Lasker in the same tournament...
May-14-09
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  Benzol: I suppose that as the World Champion Capablanca felt secure and rested on his laurels so to speak. After he lost the title he made more effort in the later tournaments of 1928 and 1929.

He was 2nd at Bad Kissingen 1928 after Bogolyubov, 1st at Berlin 1928 ahead of Niemzowitsch, Spielmann, Tartakower, Reti, Rubinstein and Marshall. 1st at Budapest 1928, 1st at Barcelona 1929, 1st at Budapest 1929 and 2nd behind Niemzowitsch at Karlsbad 1929. When he was motivated he could really make an effort.

May-14-09
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  keypusher: <honza>

<Try to compare this with draws of Bogo or Lasker in the same tournament...>

Gruenfeld vs Lasker, 1925

Admittedly an extreme example but it makes the point. :-)

May-16-09   paladin at large: <keypusher><Honza Cervenka> I understand the point about the draws. However, Capa was used to winning in spite of his "dry" style. He breezed through major tournaments in 1922 in London and 1927 in New York. The two losses in Moscow 1925 were to lesser opponents in the midst of a grueling simul schedule away from the tournament. At New York 1924, he got off to a slow start due to flu/heavy cold (an illness which was noted in reports at the time), recovered, and finished 10+ 5=, but still not enough to catch Lasker. This reflects more on Lasker's greatness than a shortcoming in Capa's approach, I think.
May-16-09
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  keypusher: <Paladin at large> If he had drawn his two Moscow losses he still would have finished behind Bogoljubov. If he had won both of his losses he would have finished tied with Bogoljubov. If he had won his loss to Reti at New York 1924 he still would have finished behind Lasker. So whatever the state of his health or his simul schedule, it seems to me that his approach can be criticized. He played four major tournaments as world champ. He won two, finished second once and third once. Certainly nothing to be ashamed of, but less than he might have accomplished IMO.

On the other hand, it's been suggested that hypertension was affecting his endurance by the 1920s.

May-17-09   paladin at large: <keypusher> You are right, he would not have caught Bogo or Lasker. However, you are applying a standard to Capa that you would apply to no one else, i.e., "if you had just approached your play a little differently, you would have won every tournament!". No one's losses get as much scrutiny as his. Lasker described Capa's style well, and defended Capa's chosen, or perhaps ingrained, approach. My impression is that Capa did not lose often enough for him to consider having to change his ways.

You have raised an interesting thing, as you frequently do, which is - when did Capa ever play along bold lines (e.g. in Capa-Tartakower 1922, Capa- Czerniak 1939 come immediately to mind) - and then lose? I can't think of an example, right off hand.

I believe first mention (Winter) of Capa seeking physician's help is 1929 in Carlsbad.

May-17-09
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  keypusher: <Paladin at Large> Well, of course, one thing about Capablanca is going over all his defeats doesn't take very long. Maybe this game counts as playing on bold lines and losing:

Capablanca vs R T Black, 1911

But there certainly aren't many candidates.

<However, you are applying a standard to Capa that you would apply to no one else, i.e., "if you had just approached your play a little differently, you would have won every tournament!". No one's losses get as much scrutiny as his.>

That is a good point.

May-20-09   paladin at large: <keypusher> Yes, the game against Roy Black is a good example, thanks.
Jun-29-09
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  SirChrislov: All the o's are pronounced like a's:
bah-gah-LYU-bahf.

http://www.geocities.com/siliconval...

Jul-09-09   Jeff Popp: My mother and Efim's niece, Tilli Franke, lived in Mannheim, but often visited Triberg because it was the hometown of her mother's family, the Kaltenbach's. She said that Efim was always studying chess had would often get hurt walking down the street because he would be reading a book and would not watch where he was going.

After the end of World War II he and his wife hid their daughters and young girls, my mother included, in the attic of their home in Triberg for fear of what incoming allied forces might do.

When my father first met Efim, they shook hands and Efim's only question was "Do you play chess?" My father answered "no". He said that from then on Efim showed little or no interest in him.

My mother is still alive, so if you have any non-chess questions about Efim, pass them to me and I'll see what I can find out. (You'd best hurry. The lady is 83.)

Jul-10-09   Jeff Popp: New info from my mother is that the correct and full spelling of his name is Ewfim Bogoljubow. She also said that he wrote a column for a chess players' newsletter.

Efim was so engrossed in chess that he carried a small leather valise, about the size of a large wallet, that contained plastic chess pieces, that he carried with him where ever he went. He would constantly be using it, so much so that he would be in danger crossing a street or walking around town. My mother would escort him to tournaments in Mannheim, because he was unable to function or find his way about on his own.

Jul-10-09
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  SirChrislov: What other interests did he have beside chess?
was chess his only means of earning a living?
Jul-10-09
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  SirChrislov: Is it true that Alekine picked Bogo over Capablanca as his challenger because he knew Bogo was weaker?
Jul-10-09   Notbur: When, and how, did Bogo meet his wife? When did they marry? During World War 1, was Bogo allowed to mix with the local Germans or was he locked up?
Jul-13-09   Jeff Popp: I have forwarded the questions to my mother. I doubt she can answer the question about Alekine.
Jul-14-09   Jeff Popp: My mother has answered one of the questions so far. She confirms that chess was his only means to earn a living.
Jul-16-09   Jeff Popp: I have a son with Asberger Syndrome and, based on my mother's descriptions, I would very strongly suspect the Bojo did as well.
Jul-22-09
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  SirChrislov: One of my co-workers' name is efim and his ukranian compatriots call him "fima".
Sep-01-09
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  percyblakeney: The First Bogoljubov Memorial was won by Malakhov ahead of Dreev and Zvjaginsev, but apparently it was another Bogoljubov:

http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twi...

Sep-01-09   DCP23: <percyblakeney> That event was organized and sponsored by the nuclear physics research facility based in Dubna which employs Malakhov. That is why it's named after Bogolubov-the-physicist, not Bogolubov-the-chessplayer.

Malakhov's employer: http://tinyurl.com/mljbuk
Bogolubov: http://tinyurl.com/m5pqev

Sep-14-09
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  percyblakeney: An interesting article on Bogo by Adrian Mikhalchishin:

http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2009...

http://translate.google.com/transla...

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