August Rankis
Number of games in database: 33
Years covered: 1946 to 1948
Overall record: +11 -12 =10 (48.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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C12		French, McCutcheon (2 games)
C07		French, Tarrasch (2 games)
D58		Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst (2 games)

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AUGUST RANKIS (born Mar-29-1911, died Nov-02-1966) Latvia (citizen of United States of America) [what is this?] In 1957, August Rankis won the New York State Championship with a 9-0 score. He also won the New York State Championship in 1959. In 1965, he won the 5th North American-Latvian chess championship.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Dreibergs vs A Rankis   0-1 48 1946 Augsburg GER C12 French, McCutcheon 2. F Nuernberg vs A Rankis   ½-½ 35 1946 Augsburg GER D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. A Rankis vs M Riedmiller   1-0 41 1946 Augsburg GER D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 4. A Rankis vs F Krautheim   0-1 54 1946 Augsburg GER C78 Ruy Lopez 5. R Palme vs A Rankis   ½-½ 80 1946 Augsburg GER A22 English 6. Unzicker vs A Rankis   1-0 43 1946 Augsburg GER C12 French, McCutcheon 7. L Endzelins vs A Rankis   ½-½ 25 1946 Augsburg GER C49 Four Knights 8. A Rankis vs E Zemgalis   0-1 51 1946 Augsburg GER D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted 9. A Rankis vs P Troeger 1-0 44 1946 Augsburg GER C05 French, Tarrasch 10. A Rankis vs R Arlauskas   1-0 20 1946 Augsburg GER A27 English, Three Knights System 11. L Skema vs A Rankis   1-0 68 1946 Nt + D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 12. P Tautvaisas vs A Rankis   ½-½ 48 1946 Augsburg GER C59 Two Knights 13. A Krumin vs A Rankis   ½-½ 36 1946 Augsburg GER C11 French 14. A Rankis vs J Huber   1-0 25 1946 Augsburg GER C03 French, Tarrasch 15. Saemisch vs A Rankis   ½-½ 27 1946 Augsburg GER D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 16. A Rankis vs F Surmann 0-1 13 1947 Lueneburg GER C48 Four Knights 17. A Rankis vs L Roedl   0-1 55 1947 Lueneburg GER B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 18. Rellstab vs A Rankis   ½-½ 26 1947 Lueneburg GER D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 19. Saemisch vs A Rankis 0-1 57 1947 Lueneburg GER A34 English, Symmetrical 20. H Heinicke vs A Rankis   ½-½ 46 1947 Lueneburg GER A09 Reti Opening 21. W Schulz vs A Rankis   0-1 34 1947 Lueneburg GER A48 King's Indian 22. A Rankis vs Ahues   0-1 43 1947 Lueneburg GER C87 Ruy Lopez 23. G Menke vs A Rankis   ½-½ 40 1947 Lueneburg GER C01 French, Exchange 24. A Rankis vs Rautenberg   0-1 33 1947 Lueneburg GER C07 French, Tarrasch 25. A Rankis vs Bogoljubov   0-1 53 1947 Lueneburg GER E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33

Apr-12-09    whiteshark: August Rankis Birthdate 29-3-1911 Deceased 2-11-1966 Nationality GER / later emigrated -->USA Sep-17-10    GrahamClayton: 1957 and 1959 New York State champion and winner of the 5th North American-Latvian championship in Milwaukee in 1965.

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