Menachem Oren (Chwojnik)
Number of games in database: 36
Years covered: 1926 to 1956
Overall record: +17 -11 =8 (58.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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E67		King's Indian, Fianchetto (3 games)
E16		Queen's Indian (2 games)
D37		Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)
E60		King's Indian Defense (2 games)
D30		Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)

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MENACHEM OREN (CHWOJNIK) (born 1901, died Dec-1962) Poland (citizen of Israel) [what is this?] Mieczyslaw Chwojnik was born in Poland in 1901. During World War II, he moved to Palestine, where he changed his name to Menachem Oren. In 1926, he tied for 8-9th at the 1st Polish Championship in Warsaw. Chwojnik (Oren) played at four Chess Olympiads: for Poland in 1928, and for Israel in 1952, 1954, and 1956. He was Israeli Champion in 1951, and passed away in Tel Aviv in 1962. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menach...

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Oren vs Friedmann   1-0 34 1926 Poland D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. Rubinstein vs M Oren 1-0 21 1927 Lodz E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 3. M Oren vs M Lowcki   0-1 41 1927 POL-ch A04 Reti Opening 4. M Oren vs D Daniuszewski   1-0 39 1927 POL-ch D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. M Oren vs A Vajda   0-1 36 1928 Olympiad E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 6. J Rejfir vs M Oren   0-1 39 1928 The Hague ol (Men) D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 7. Weenink vs M Oren   1-0 31 1928 Olympiad B83 Sicilian 8. F Scafarelli vs M Oren   0-1 39 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. M Oren vs Smyslov   ½-½ 52 1952 01, Helsinki D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 10. M Oren vs Larry Evans   0-1 62 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 11. M Oren vs Sliwa   0-1 41 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E16 Queen's Indian 12. M Oren vs W Pietzsch 1-0 42 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E17 Queen's Indian 13. M Oren vs I Dyner 1-0 24 1952 Tel Aviv, Israel E60 King's Indian Defense 14. J H Donner vs M Oren   1-0 54 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C10 French 15. A Pytlakowski vs M Oren   0-1 40 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 16. K Tsiknopoulos vs M Oren   0-1 76 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) B20 Sicilian 17. M Oren vs J C Gonzalez   ½-½ 60 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. M Oren vs K S Ojanen   1-0 41 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A98 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with Qc2 19. Prins vs M Oren   1-0 23 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C00 French Defense 20. M Oren vs C Poulsen   ½-½ 27 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. P Mueller vs M Oren   0-1 51 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C07 French, Tarrasch 22. M Oren vs B Rabar   ½-½ 16 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 23. M Oren vs G Palmason   1-0 45 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E46 Nimzo-Indian 24. M Oren vs T Store   1-0 28 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. M Oren vs Julio Bolbochan   ½-½ 25 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36

Aug-23-06    Mibelz: Menachem Oren was born (as Mieczyslaw Chwojnik) in Poland in 1901 (not in 1913). He played for Poland in the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928, and for Israel in the Olympiads at Helsinki 1952, Amsterdam 1954, and Moscow 1956. http://www.olimpbase.org Apr-15-09    Benzol: "Akiba Rubinstein: The Later Years" has Moishe Chwojnik being born in 1901. Jul-26-12    Karpova: He won the 1926 'Nowy Dziennik' tournament in Kraków: 1. Chwojnik 7.0 2-3. Em. Rubinstein 5.5 2-3. B. Schenker 5.5 4. Blaszcsak 4.5 5. Perlberg 4.0 6. Landau 3.5 7-8. Fraenkel 2.5 7.8. Mannheimer 2.5 9. M. Schenker 1.0 Source: Page 168 of the '(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung', 1926

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