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Abram Model
A Model 
 

Number of games in database: 77
Years covered: 1921 to 1945
Overall record: +33 -35 =9 (48.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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C17 French, Winawer, Advance (3 games)
B03 Alekhine's Defense (2 games)
A91 Dutch Defense (2 games)
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ABRAM MODEL
(born Oct-23-1896, died Feb-16-1976, 79 years old) Latvia

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Abram Yakovlevich Model was born in Daugavpils, Latvia. He then lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd, Leningrad). Model was a Russian master, although he had his master title taken away by the Soviet chess authorities due to lack of results. He shared third place in the 1927 USSR Championship. During World War II, Model won the 18th Championship of Leningrad in 1944. Towards the end of the war, Model corresponded with well-known players and teachers such as Vladimir Zak and Alexander Tolush, then trained Viktor Korchnoi for a short time. Model seldom appeared in competitions and, as was common among Soviet masters, never went outside the USSR, as he taught mathematics and chess in the "Palace of Pioneers" in Leningrad.

Wikipedia article: Abram Model

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Last updated: 2024-05-20 07:42:22

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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 77  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Plats vs A Model  1-0531921Petrograd 1st CategoryC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
2. A Model vs S Vainshtein  0-1211921Petrograd 1st CategoryC44 King's Pawn Game
3. A Model vs N I Grekov  0-1451922Match Moscow - LeningradB40 Sicilian
4. N I Grekov vs A Model  1-0241922Match Moscow - LeningradD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
5. A Model vs G A Burmistrov  1-0281925Tournament of Cities Prelim. VIE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
6. A Model vs S Gotthilf 1-0331925Leningrad InternationalA06 Reti Opening
7. A Model vs Torre 0-1361925Leningrad InternationalA50 Queen's Pawn Game
8. A Model vs Botvinnik 0-1271926Leningrad ChampionshipD05 Queen's Pawn Game
9. A Model vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky  0-1441926Leningrad ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
10. A Model vs P Ostrovsky  1-0231926Leningrad ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
11. A Model vs Botvinnik  1-0351926North West Region ChampionshipD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. A Model vs D Semenov  1-0361926North West Region Championship sf-BD85 Grunfeld
13. M Kagan vs A Model  0-1291926North West Region Championship sf-AB03 Alekhine's Defense
14. A Model vs Khramtsevsky  1-0281926North West Region Championship sf-AD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
15. A Model vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky  0-1321926North West Region ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
16. E Jacobson vs A Model 1-0311926Stockholm - LeningradA80 Dutch
17. A Model vs E Jacobson  ½-½591926Stockholm - LeningradE12 Queen's Indian
18. A Model vs P Romanovsky  0-1381927LeningradA04 Reti Opening
19. A Model vs Botvinnik  0-1591927LeningradA04 Reti Opening
20. Botvinnik vs A Model 0-1471927USSR ChampionshipC18 French, Winawer
21. V Makogonov vs A Model  1-0511927USSR ChampionshipA95 Dutch, Stonewall
22. Y Vilner vs A Model 0-1341927USSR ChampionshipC17 French, Winawer, Advance
23. A Model vs N Pavlov-Pianov  1-0521927USSR ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
24. F Bohatirchuk vs A Model 1-0391927USSR ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
25. S von Freymann vs A Model 0-1241927USSR ChampionshipA84 Dutch
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Aug-04-05  viensotrs12: daugavpils is not russia.
Aug-04-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <viensotrs12> Thankyou for the correction.

:)

Jun-23-06  sixfeetunder: Well, in 1896 Daugavpils was Russia
Jun-23-06  blingice: <mack> Except few, I'd believe, would really buy that at all. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... shows quite the opposite: Botvinnik was much better. Few people even think Botvinnik is the best. Sure, Model was good, but you can't call him the best because he wins a few games in simuls against problemists.
Jun-23-06  mack: Christ, this is a blast from the past!
Oct-18-07  whiteshark: Model during the war:
http://www.e3e5.com/article.php?id=...
Oct-20-07  Mibelz: <sixfeetunder> Well, in 1896 Daugavpils and Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Warsaw, Lodz, etc. were in Russian Empire, not in Russia.
Oct-20-07  Calli: We can safely say he would be Model citizen of any country.

Oct-23-07  BIDMONFA: Abram Y Model

MODEL, Abram Y.

http://www.bidmonfa.com/model_abram...
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Jan-13-08  pawnofdoom: There was an article in US Chess Life that brought me to this page. I believe Mack had already mentioned a different version of it below.

It described how Model won a telephone simul against 10 of the greatest masters, with 7 wins and 3 draws. However, no one knew who he was until after the simul. Very interesting story. if anyone wants to look it up, its on uschess.org

Mar-13-08  norcist: Leningrad Champion in 1944....erm just after the siege, i wouldn't think many would be in a chess playing state (wasn't there like massive starvation)
Mar-13-08  Calli: <norcist> See whiteshark's link
Mar-13-08  whiteshark: Not guilty, Your Honor!
Aug-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: I have read that the journal "Shakhmatny Listok" actually asked Model to investigate who the mysterious "Mr X" was!

Apparently Model was not considered as "X" because of his inconsistency, as he would perform well in one tournament, and then badly in the following tournament.

Sep-03-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Source: "Batsford Book of Chess Records", Yakov Damsky, Batsford, 2005
Oct-23-09  Birthday Boy: Happy Birthday!!!Abram Y Model!!!
Jun-10-10  Marmot PFL: He seems to have disappeared for a few years after 1933. I guess that was common in the 30s.
Oct-23-11  brankat: R.I.P. master Model.
Oct-23-12  brankat: The link <whiteshark> provided 5 years ago is still functional. There is some great stuff there.

I've always marveled, as if in a state of awe at this special kind of Love for, and Dedication to Chess, so much alive in Russia.

Even the siege of Leningrad, with all its barbaric aspects, didn't prevent the people of the city to pursue their chess activities. Tournaments, matches, lectures...

It was much the same with Music, Literature, Theater!

A city which was supposed to be doomed, which according to Hitler himself had no reason for further existence,.. lived a life of deprivation, but lived it to the fullest.

http://www.e3e5.com/article.php?id=...

Happy Birthday Abram Yakovlevich!

Oct-23-13  Kikoman: <Player of the Day>

Rest In Peace Sir Abram Yakovlevich Model.

Oct-23-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: R.I.P. <POTD>: Abram Yakovlevich Model.
Oct-23-13  Castleinthesky: It's very impressive that he was playing in Leningrad in 1944. He was 49 and managed to survive the War.
Oct-23-19  faulty: Trivia:Model was the opponent of Botvinnik in Botvinnik's first game in the USR championships (Ch No.5; 1927). Model won with black. that was the start of Botvinnik's top career.
May-20-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Botvinnik said that Model was the man who taught Botvinnik how to play the Dutch Defence.
May-20-24
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  HeMateMe: He was a model player?
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