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David Przepiorka
Number of games in database: 265
Years covered: 1903 to 1938
Overall record: +91 -97 =77 (48.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (27) 
    D02 A46 D05 E10 D04
 Ruy Lopez (22) 
    C79 C87 C88 C78 C66
 Queen's Gambit Declined (10) 
    D30 D37 D31 D06
 Orthodox Defense (10) 
    D63 D64 D52 D50 D51
 Queen's Indian (8) 
    E12 E19 E16
 Tarrasch Defense (6) 
    D32
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (22) 
    C84 C72 C71 C87 C77
 French Defense (19) 
    C10 C14 C11 C00 C01
 Orthodox Defense (18) 
    D52 D60 D64 D55 D51
 Caro-Kann (12) 
    B15 B13 B12 B17 B18
 French (10) 
    C10 C11 C00 C13
 Queen's Pawn Game (10) 
    D00 D05 D04 D02 A46
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Przepiorka vs Prokes, 1929 1-0
   Przepiorka vs L Steiner, 1925 1-0
   Euwe vs Przepiorka, 1928 0-1
   Przepiorka vs Gruenfeld, 1925 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Liege 1930 by suenteus po 147
   Hastings 1924/25 by suenteus po 147

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DAVID PRZEPIORKA
(born Dec-22-1880, died 1940) Poland

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David Przepiorka was born on the 22nd of December 1880 in Warsaw, Poland. He was Polish Champion in 1926. Active in tournament play from 1904 - 1931 he obtained his best result at Munich in 1926 when won 1st prize (+4, =1) ahead of Rudolf Spielmann and Efim Bogoljubov. He took 2nd place to Max Euwe in the second and last World's Amateur Championship in 1928 and played in two Olympiads 1930 and 1931.

During the Second World War he was present at a forbidden meeting of the Warsaw Chess Circle. The Germans arrested everyone there and the Jews, including Przepiorka, were sent to concentration camps and killed.


 page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 265  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. J F Heemskerk vs Przepiorka  1-032 1903 BerlinA07 King's Indian Attack
2. A Neumann vs Przepiorka  1-045 1904 ViennaC87 Ruy Lopez
3. F J Lee vs Przepiorka  0-159 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERD02 Queen's Pawn Game
4. J Perlis vs Przepiorka  1-062 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
5. Przepiorka vs A H Petterson  ½-½77 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
6. Przepiorka vs Fahrni  ½-½46 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
7. Przepiorka vs A E Post  ½-½65 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERC87 Ruy Lopez
8. L Forgacs vs Przepiorka 1-023 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. W Cohn vs Przepiorka  1-022 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERD00 Queen's Pawn Game
10. W Schwan vs Przepiorka  ½-½41 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERA02 Bird's Opening
11. Reggio vs Przepiorka  ½-½65 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
12. Przepiorka vs Spielmann 0-137 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
13. Przepiorka vs Swiderski  1-033 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERC88 Ruy Lopez
14. Przepiorka vs J W Baird  ½-½31 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
15. Przepiorka vs H Caro  1-052 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERC67 Ruy Lopez
16. Przepiorka vs A Neumann  0-128 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERC77 Ruy Lopez
17. Przepiorka vs B Leussen  0-141 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERC41 Philidor Defense
18. Nimzowitsch vs Przepiorka ½-½25 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERB22 Sicilian, Alapin
19. K Ignacy vs Przepiorka  ½-½32 1905 Barmen Masters B, GERB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
20. Nimzowitsch vs Przepiorka  ½-½49 1906 Munich GERB32 Sicilian
21. Swiderski vs Przepiorka  1-024 1906 DSB-15.KongressD05 Queen's Pawn Game
22. Spielmann vs Przepiorka 1-026 1906 NurembergC23 Bishop's Opening
23. Przepiorka vs Tarrasch 0-137 1906 DSB-15.KongressC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
24. Przepiorka vs Znosko-Borovsky  0-160 1906 Nuremberg DSB15 KongressC42 Petrov Defense
25. Przepiorka vs L Forgacs  0-127 1906 DSB-15.KongressC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
 page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 265  PGN Download
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Oct-24-03   uponthehill: Also Petrov did.
Mar-06-04   WMD: <<I've read that friends of Przepiorka and Polish resistance asked desperatly Bogoljubov, who was working in Nazi administration of General Governorship during those sad days to do something to rescue Przepiorka from Gestapo's chamber. Boljubov did nothing to help.>>

Really? And where did you read that?

Mar-06-04   WMD: <<Also Petrov did.>> Really? Which ones?
Mar-06-04   Lawrence: Francisco Lupi on Alekhine: One afternoon I asked him how it was that he received so many privileges from the Germans and in German-occupied countries. He revealed that this arose from an old acquaintance with the notorious Dr. Frank, the Nuremberg war criminal, who was a chess enthusiast and had one of the most complete chess libraries Alekhine had ever seen. "And was Dr. Frank kind to you?" "Yes, in the beginning he showed great generosity toward me. But later he began to show signs of suspicion, especially after he knew about a comment I had made on the execution of Przepiorka, a Jewish player who had gone into a Prague cafe verboten to Jews." And Alekhine added nervously: "Maybe some of my colleagues do not understand that I had to act discreetly if I wanted to stay alive."
Feb-12-05   MidnightDuffer: Chigorin vs Przpiorka, 1906

One would think, that this is Przepiorka and the time line coincides with the 1906 games in Nuremberg.

May-08-05   perfidious: Lupi's comments on Alekhine are most interesting; after the war, Euwe chastised Alekhine for not interceding on behalf of Przepiorka and Salo Landau, another Polish Jew.

This is the only reference I've seen to Bogolyubov's activities during the war years, other than his participation in war-time events; is it possible that he too felt in danger, should he try acting in behalf of Przepiorka?

Dec-08-05   JG7: check out the game Przepiorka v L. Steiner Debrecen 1925 it has a nice finish. I picked this game randomly so there must be other gems in this collection.
Dec-08-05   WTHarvey: Here are some crucial positions from David's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/prze.html
Dec-08-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Resignation Trap: Here's a photo of the Player of the Day: http://www.kwabc.com/Bilder/Graf-Ar... .
May-25-06   BIDMONFA: David Przepiorka

PRZEPIORKA, David
http://www.bidmonfa.com/przepiorka_...
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May-25-06   itz2000: Sad story of a GM who died cause of blind hate by the Nazis, like all the jews who died in WW2.

R.I.P.

May-25-06   kvcs: User: itz2000 , thank you for your kind and thoughtful post!

Shalom, Molly

May-25-06   Alyosha: Przepiorka is best remembered for his compositions, as he was a brilliant problem composer. I'll try to track down some of them and post them here in a few days.

(can anyone tell me how to put a chess diagram in the post?)

May-25-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: <alyosha> FEN Help Page
Dec-22-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Albertan: According to my chessbase database David Przepiorka came in second at Gyor 1924(behind Geza Nagy),he also came in second at Hastings 1924 (he lost first on a tie-break to Steiner),he came in second at Merano 1926 (he had a better tie-break than Spielmann...Colle won the tournament), he also came in second in the 1928 World Amateur Chess Championship Tournament (behind Max Euwe defeating Euwe in their individual game ).
Dec-22-06   Tomlinsky: An endgame study from a man who gave much to the game and was brushed aside by pure evil. He lives on regardless.


click for larger view

White to play and win

Dec-22-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: <Dec-08-05 Resignation Trap: Here's a photo of the Player of the Day> It always surprises me that with how many? 10,000? players in the database, some get randomly chosen over and over again for PotD. Maybe I should make a statistic. It will probably prove that it's not surprising at all...
Dec-26-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Peligroso Patzer: <Tomlinsky: An endgame study from a man who gave much to the game and was brushed aside by pure evil. He lives on regardless.>

I was just checking back to see if a solution had been posted (not yet, apparently). I have only had a few minutes to look at the starting position for this study during the past several days, but the idea of 1. Rxg8 Nxg8 2. g6 seems as if it should win. I will spend some more time on it when I get the chance, and check back in a few days hoping to find that a solution has been provided by then.

Przepiorka was indeed a very fine player, and, as you note, another tragic victim of the Holocaust.

Dec-22-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Karpova: A picture: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...
Jul-18-08   myschkin: Rest in Peace <Dawid Przepiórka> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmiry
Sep-21-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Karpova: Some interesting information from C.N. 5768:

> Przepiorka taught himself how to play chess at the age of 7 (no family memeber knew the rules of chess)

> He was already a chess prodigy at the age of 9

> In 1891 his name was first mentioned in a competition for solvers

> At the age of 12 he beat Jean Taubenhaus in excellent style but sadly the gamescore was not preserved

Source: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Dec-22-08   zzzzzzzzzzzz: he deafeated euwe
Dec-22-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: David Przepiorka has a lifetime subscription on being PotD on his birthday.
Jun-26-09
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  percyblakeney: Przepiorka won against some very strong players: Nimzowitsch, Rubinstein, Tarrasch, Euwe and Spielmann (four times). His only game against Capablanca was drawn. Przepiorka seems to have had his best results when he was close to 50, first in Munich 1926 ahead of Rubinstein and Bogo, second behind Euwe in Haag 1928, and team gold and silver in the Olympiads 1930 and 1931.
Aug-22-09   GrahamClayton: <Peligroso Patzr><Tomlinsky: An endgame study from a man who gave much to the game and was brushed aside by pure evil. He lives on regardless.>

I was just checking back to see if a solution had been posted (not yet, apparently). I have only had a few minutes to look at the starting position for this study during the past several days, but the idea of 1. Rxg8 Nxg8 2. g6 seems as if it should win. I will spend some more time on it when I get the chance, and check back in a few days hoping to find that a solution has been provided by then.

Peligroso Patzer,
Analysis of this problem can be found at:

http://www.chessending.com/psitn358...

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