Benjamin Markovich Blumenfeld
Number of games in database: 12
Years covered: 1903 to 1931
Overall record: +8 -3 =1 (70.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
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BENJAMIN MARKOVICH BLUMENFELD (born May-24-1884, died Mar-05-1947) Russia [what is this?] Benjamin Markovich Blumenfeld born 1884 was one of the best players in Moscow between the First and Second World Wars. He studied law at Moscow and Berlin Universities before devoting himself to chess. He later became a student of chess psychology. He received his doctorate for a thesis on the nature of blunders in chess. He is now best remembered for his theoretical contributions to openings particularly the Blumenfeld Counter-Gambit. 1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 b5

page 1 of 1; 12 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Blumenfeld vs NN 1-0 10 1903 Moskou C45 Scotch Game 2. B Blumenfeld vs Nimzowitsch 1-0 29 1903 Berlin C45 Scotch Game 3. B Blumenfeld vs P A Evtifeev 1-0 35 1905 St Petersburg B06 Robatsch 4. B Blumenfeld vs Znosko-Borovsky   ½-½ 33 1905 St Petersburg it C10 French 5. B Blumenfeld vs G Helbach 1-0 15 1905 St Petersburg C45 Scotch Game 6. Dus Chotimirsky vs B Blumenfeld   0-1 46 1905 St Petersburg D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. B Blumenfeld vs S Izbinsky 1-0 63 1905 St Petersburg B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 8. Salwe vs B Blumenfeld   0-1 57 1905 St Petersburg C12 French, McCutcheon 9. Rubinstein vs B Blumenfeld   1-0 22 1906 St.Petersburg-ch D04 Queen's Pawn Game 10. B Blumenfeld vs Alekhine 0-1 33 1908 Moscow m (02) C41 Philidor Defense 11. N Pavlov Pianov vs B Blumenfeld   0-1 31 1920 URS-ch01 A47 Queen's Indian 12. B Blumenfeld vs Botvinnik 0-1 23 1931 USSR B20 Sicilian

Apr-19-04    Vischer: Is this the person who the Blumenfeld Gambit is named after? Oct-05-04    Jesuitic Calvinist: Don't know, Vischer, but my guess is "yes". Judging by some of the players he beat, he was clearly a good enough player to have his name attach to an opening. Jul-30-08    whiteshark: Bio: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjam... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjam... <was one of the best players in Moscow between the First and Second World Wars.> ...but only one game in this database.

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