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Eduard Gerstenfeld
E Gerstenfeld 
 

Number of games in database: 63
Years covered: 1935 to 1941
Overall record: +19 -26 =18 (44.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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EDUARD GERSTENFELD
(born 1915, died 1943, 28 years old)

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Wikipedia article: Edward Gerstenfeld

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 63  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. K Makarczyk vs E Gerstenfeld  1-0331935Polish ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
2. E Gerstenfeld vs T Regedzinski  0-1361935Polish ChampionshipB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
3. E Gerstenfeld vs I Aloni  1-0221937Polish ChampionshipA21 English
4. E Gerstenfeld vs Stahlberg  0-1331937Polish ChampionshipA13 English
5. E Gerstenfeld vs J Foltys  0-1791937Polish ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. E Gerstenfeld vs Tartakower  0-1161937Polish ChampionshipC71 Ruy Lopez
7. E Gerstenfeld vs M Lowcki  0-1331937Polish ChampionshipA28 English
8. K Piltz vs E Gerstenfeld  0-1351937Polish ChampionshipB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
9. Najdorf vs E Gerstenfeld  ½-½471938LodzD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
10. E Gerstenfeld vs Menchik  1-0301938LodzA95 Dutch, Stonewall
11. T Regedzinski vs E Gerstenfeld  1-0341938LodzE15 Queen's Indian
12. E Gerstenfeld vs Tartakower  1-0531938LodzC41 Philidor Defense
13. J Kolski vs E Gerstenfeld  0-1411938LodzE16 Queen's Indian
14. E Gerstenfeld vs I Appel  0-1811938LodzC01 French, Exchange
15. P Frydman vs E Gerstenfeld  0-1471938LodzD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
16. E Gerstenfeld vs Stahlberg  0-1321938LodzC13 French
17. Eliskases vs E Gerstenfeld  ½-½601938LodzD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
18. E Gerstenfeld vs F Sulik  ½-½551938LodzA13 English
19. J A Seitz vs E Gerstenfeld  0-1681938LodzB24 Sicilian, Closed
20. J Foltys vs E Gerstenfeld 0-1411938LodzD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. E Gerstenfeld vs Pirc  0-1461938LodzB95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
22. L Steiner vs E Gerstenfeld  0-1751938LodzB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
23. E Gerstenfeld vs Petrov 0-1371938LodzC00 French Defense
24. E Gerstenfeld vs Bondarevsky  0-1761940URS-sfC71 Ruy Lopez
25. A Khavin vs E Gerstenfeld  0-1411940URS-sfB54 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-12-05  Resignation Trap: Gerstenfeld (1915-1943) lived in Lvov and won the Polish Championship twice before reaching age 22. In 1939 his region of Poland became part of the USSR, which explains his participation in the 1940 USSR Championship.

The world lost another talented player in 1943 when Gerstenfeld became a victim of Nazi atrocities.

May-19-06
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  Gypsy: Chessmetrics Player Profile:

Eduard Gerstenfeld (*1915 +1943)
Highest Rating: 2598 (1940), #37 in world, age 25y8m
Best Individual Performance: 2624 (Kiev-ch 1940)

Oct-08-09  whiteshark: Quote of the Day

" As a general rule, there are no more self-confident mortals than prominent chess-players. "

-- F.M. Edge

Oct-08-09  whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward...

more games: http://www.365chess.com/players/Edu...

Sep-24-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <whiteshark: Quote of the Day

" As a general rule, there are no more self-confident mortals than prominent chess-players. "

-- F.M. Edge>

Had Edge lived in another time, he might well have said this about poker players.

RIP.

Feb-07-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Richard Taylor: Tragic loss: I read the wiki info on him.
Jul-05-14  ughaibu: This bit "he was shot by Nazis during the mass killing of Jewish people in Rostov-on-Don, Russia,[5] in December 1943.[6] Rostov-on-Don was liberated by the Soviet Army on February 14, 1943" doesn't make sense.
Aug-08-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen:

<Resignation Trap>

I don't think this account is accurate:

"Gerstenfeld (1915-1943) lived in Lvov and won the Polish Championship twice before reaching age 22. In 1939 his region of Poland became part of the USSR, which explains his participation in the 1940 USSR Championship."

Your source for this is Andrew Soltis, <Soviet Chess 1917-1991, p.131>, right?

According to Wikipedia, Guerstenfeld was never Polish chess champion, and certainly not Polish chess champion twice before age 22.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polis...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwar...

Lvov did indeed become part of the Ukraine SSR, but that alone doesn't explain his participation in the 1940 USSR Championship.

This is more accurately explained by the fact that Gurstenfeld shared first in this USSR Championship Semifinal in Kiev, 1940:

http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1...

Apr-07-22  Jan Kersten: Edward Gerstenfeld was born in January 1915 in Lviv and died in 1943 in Rostov-na-Donu. Sources: http://www.szachypolskie.pl/edward-... and Shakhmatnaya Evreiskaya Entsiklopedia p.66

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