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Abraham Speijer

ABRAHAM SPEIJER (born Nov-19-1873, died Sep-05-1956, 82 years old) Netherlands [what is this?] Abraham Speijer (Speyer) of Amsterdam.(1) Tournaments Speijer shared 1st place at Amsterdam 1899 together with Benjamin Leussen. (2) After a shared 1st place at the Munich Hauptturnier B (1900), Section I, together with Hugo Goering, (3) he scored 50% in the Siegergruppe.(4) At Hilversum (1903), Speijer scored 9.5/14.(5) In 1907, he came in clear first in three tournaments: Utrecht,(6) Amsterdam,(7) and Amsterdam-Utrecht.(8) Speijer participated in St Petersburg (1909) where he managed to beat Julius Perlis and Jacques Mieses. At the 1st Netherlands Championship in Leiden (1909), he shared 1st place with Adolf Georg Olland. (1) Although Speijer only came in 15th at Hamburg (1910), he beat Georg Salwe and Oldrich Duras among others. Speijer shared 1st place at Richmond (1912) together with William Hewison Gunston, scoring 10.0/11.(9) At Scheveningen (1913) he beat Mieses again and played decisive games only. Matches Speijer, considered to be the best player of Amsterdam, had the honour of playing a short match against World Champion Dr. Emanuel Lasker in Amsterdam, December 26 to 28, 1908, losing 0.5-2.5.(10) In 1910, Speijer participated in the match between the London Chess Club and the Netherlands Chess Federation.(11) He also won a match against Jan Willem te Kolste in The Hague, 1911,(12) and drew Frank James Marshall in London, 1912.(13) Sources (1) Page 51 of the January-February 1910 Wiener Schachzeitung. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek" (2) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (3) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (4) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (5) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (6) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (7) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (8) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (9) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (10) Page 28 of the January 1909 Wiener Schachzeitung. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek" (11) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (12) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/matches/m184... (13) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/matches/m187... Wikipedia article: Abraham Speijer

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page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 150  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Bleijkmans vs A Speijer   1-0 44 1898 VAS Winter Competition C44 King's Pawn Game 2. A Speijer vs NN   1-0 21 1899 Amsterdam C49 Four Knights 3. A Speijer vs W Gudehus   1-0 29 1900 Munich D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. H Meijer vs A Speijer   0-1 29 1900 Amsterdam C28 Vienna Game 5. A Speijer vs Janowski 0-1 28 1901 Amsterdam C53 Giuoco Piano 6. W Meiners vs A Speijer   1-0 37 1903 HSG anniversary C60 Ruy Lopez 7. J de Soyres vs A Speijer 0-1 72 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum C53 Giuoco Piano 8. B Leussen vs A Speijer   0-1 37 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 9. A Speijer vs R Loman ½-½ 54 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum C67 Ruy Lopez 10. A Speijer vs W Meiners   1-0 30 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. M Lange vs A Speijer   ½-½ 45 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. A Speijer vs Duras 0-1 29 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 13. A Speijer vs A Neumann   1-0 53 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum A43 Old Benoni 14. W Schwan vs A Speijer   0-1 39 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum A03 Bird's Opening 15. A Speijer vs J W te Kolste   ½-½ 62 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. C Trimborn vs A Speijer   ½-½ 79 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 17. P Leonhardt vs A Speijer   ½-½ 71 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. A Speijer vs F Brown   ½-½ 36 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum B01 Scandinavian 19. J F Heemskerk vs A Speijer   0-1 32 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 20. J Esser vs A Speijer   ½-½ 48 1903 31st DCA Congress, Hilversum C77 Ruy Lopez 21. A Speijer vs H W Trenchard   1-0 31 1905 VAS-Hastings D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. R Loman vs A Speijer   1-0 42 1906 Match D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. R Loman vs A Speijer   0-1 63 1906 Match C87 Ruy Lopez 24. R Loman vs A Speijer   0-1 39 1906 Match C25 Vienna 25. A Speijer vs R Loman 1-0 37 1906 Match D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 150

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Jun-11-05    aw1988: Who is this by the way? A master? Jun-11-05    iron maiden: A Dutch master relatively unknown outside of his own country. In 1909 he played a short exhibition match with Lasker in Amsterdam, losing 0-2 with one draw. That and the St. Petersburg tournament a month later seem to be the only top-level events in which he competed. Jun-11-05    WMD: < A Dutch master relatively unknown outside of his own country.> Try totally unknown. Jan-10-07    Karpova: He also competed in Scheveningen 1913: http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scac... where he beat Mieses, Breyer and Yates. Still 12th out of 14 with 4 points (no draws). Birthday: Nov-19-1873 Died Nov-5-1956 From the Netherlands. Feb-15-14    Karpova: 1st Congress of the Netherlands Chess Federation in Leiden, August 1909. Dutch Championship tournament: 1-2. Speijer 5.0 1-2. Olland 5.0 3. Leussen 4.5 4. Esser 3.0 5. Loman 2.5 Source: Page 51 of the January-February 1910 'Wiener Schachzeitung' Nov-19-16    TheFocus: Happy birthday, Abraham Speijer. Jan-14-24    Messiah: This dude drew Spelmann, Vidmar and Lasker, and won against Breyer and Mieses. I should have heard about him!

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