The chess games of Abraham Baratz

Most played openings

D63		Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (3 games)
E16		Queen's Indian (3 games)
B73		Sicilian, Dragon, Classical (2 games)
E11		Bogo-Indian Defense (2 games)
D52		Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)
A01		Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (2 games)
A06		Reti Opening (2 games)
D02		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)

ABRAHAM BARATZ
(born Sep-14-1895, died Jul-28-1975, 79 years old) Romania (federation/nationality France)

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Baratz was born in Bârnova, Romania. In 1924, he went to France to study art and he lived there the rest of his life. He won the Paris championship in 1925 (shared 1st with Vitaly Halberstadt), 1927 and 1928, while finishing second in 1926. Baratz won Hyères 1926, ahead of Janowski. At Hastings 1927-28, he shared first place with Koltanowski. At Paris International Tournament 1929, he was equal 2nd with Tartakower.

Baratz competed for Romania in the Olympics at Hamburg 1930 and Prague 1931. His chess activities tapered off in the 1930's. His results were Bucharest 1930 (=1st with Wechsler), Nice 1931 (=2nd with Del Turco), Paris 1933 (=3rd with Lilienthal) and Paris 1938 (3rd).

Baratz was a sculptor with a studio in Montmartre. In 1956, he sculpted a likeness of Alekhine which sits above the grave in Montparnasse cemetery.

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Wikipedia article: Abraham Baratz

Last updated: 2020-06-27 04:01:00

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 49

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. A Baratz vs Janowski	1-0	37	1926	Hyeres	D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
2. A Baratz vs Colle	0-1	40	1926	Scarborough Premier (B)	E16 Queen's Indian
3. A Baratz vs H Bertrand	1-0	27	1927	Paris Championship	E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
4. A Baratz vs Duchamp	1-0	42	1927	Paris Championship	A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
5. A Baratz vs Menchik	0-1	26	1928	Hastings 1927/28 Major A	A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
6. A Baratz vs L Monosson	1-0	80	1928	Paris Championship	A33 English, Symmetrical
7. T Drezga vs A Baratz	0-1	15	1929	Paris Team-ch	C55 Two Knights Defense
8. Znosko-Borovsky vs A Baratz	½-½	42	1929	Paris	C10 French
9. A Baratz vs G Thomas	1-0	35	1929	Paris	E16 Queen's Indian
10. Colle vs A Baratz	½-½	90	1929	Paris	E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
11. A Baratz vs Menchik	1-0	57	1929	Paris	D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
12. J Cukierman vs A Baratz	½-½	130	1929	Paris	B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
13. A Baratz vs Duchamp	½-½	8	1929	Paris	E17 Queen's Indian
14. A Baratz vs F Lazard	½-½	76	1929	Paris	E12 Queen's Indian
15. L Szwarcman vs A Baratz	0-1	68	1929	Paris	A22 English
16. Tartakower vs A Baratz	1-0	37	1929	Paris	C25 Vienna
17. Koltanowski vs A Baratz	1-0	42	1929	Paris	E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
18. A Baratz vs J A Seitz	1-0	60	1929	Paris	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
19. A Baratz vs A Ribera Arnal	1-0	62	1930	Hamburg Olympiad	A06 Reti Opening
20. Alekhine vs A Baratz	1-0	36	1930	Hamburg Olympiad	D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. T Gauffin vs A Baratz	1-0	44	1930	Hamburg Olympiad	E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
22. A Baratz vs Rubinstein	0-1	56	1930	Hamburg Olympiad	D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted
23. Petrov vs A Baratz	0-1	27	1930	Hamburg Olympiad	D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. Yates vs A Baratz	0-1	53	1930	Hamburg Olympiad	B58 Sicilian
25. J Rejfir vs A Baratz	½-½	30	1930	Hamburg Olympiad	D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense


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