The chess games of Beniamino Vergani

Beniamino Vergani
Number of games in database: 21
Years covered: 1895
Overall record: +2 -17 =2 (14.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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BENIAMINO VERGANI
(born Jun-22-1863, died Jul-15-1927) Italy

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Beniamino Vergani was born on the 22nd of June, 1863. A businessman by profession, he learned chess in his early twenties and soon was competing at the national level. In 1895 he recieved an invitation to play at the famous Hastings international tournament (See Game Collection: Hastings 1895 ). He scored victories against Isidor Gunsberg and Carl Schlechter, but managed only two draws in his remaining nineteen games and finished in last place.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Mieses vs B Vergani	1-0	56	1895	Hastings	C25 Vienna
2. B Vergani vs K Walbrodt	0-1	40	1895	Hastings	A40 Queen's Pawn Game
3. B Vergani vs Blackburne	0-1	48	1895	Hastings	B01 Scandinavian
4. B Vergani vs Teichmann	0-1	40	1895	Hastings	A80 Dutch
5. Tinsley vs B Vergani	1-0	43	1895	Hastings	D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. B Vergani vs Janowski	0-1	29	1895	Hastings	D05 Queen's Pawn Game
7. Von Bardeleben vs B Vergani	1-0	38	1895	Hastings	D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. Bird vs B Vergani	1-0	42	1895	Hastings	A02 Bird's Opening
9. Steinitz vs B Vergani	1-0	41	1895	Hastings	C11 French
10. B Vergani vs Schiffers	0-1	37	1895	Hastings	C01 French, Exchange
11. B Vergani vs Gunsberg	1-0	42	1895	Hastings	C53 Giuoco Piano
12. W Pollock vs B Vergani	1-0	23	1895	Hastings	B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
13. Schlechter vs B Vergani	0-1	50	1895	Hastings	C66 Ruy Lopez
14. Albin vs B Vergani	½-½	67	1895	Hastings	C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
15. B Vergani vs Chigorin	0-1	36	1895	Hastings	C50 Giuoco Piano
16. B Vergani vs Lasker	0-1	33	1895	Hastings	C80 Ruy Lopez, Open
17. B Vergani vs Pillsbury	0-1	46	1895	Hastings	C53 Giuoco Piano
18. B Vergani vs G Marco	½-½	60	1895	Hastings	C50 Giuoco Piano
19. Burn vs B Vergani	1-0	31	1895	Hastings	C48 Four Knights
20. Tarrasch vs B Vergani	1-0	54	1895	Hastings	C25 Vienna
21. J Mason vs B Vergani	1-0	58	1895	Hastings	C50 Giuoco Piano


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Jun-02-04		refutor: does anyone have any other information on vergani? i have his name as "Benjamin Vergani" from the 1895 Hastings book, but when i check megabase 2004 the only games listed are the hastings 1895 tournament for him. any other name he may have gone by?

Jun-03-04		Benzol: <refutor> The only information I have on him is from the 1895 Hastings Tournament book also. It seems strange that he didn't compete elsewhere. Also the database here is incomplete. His games against Pollock, Walbrodt, Mason, Albin, von Bardeleben, Lasker, Marco, Tinsley and Schiffers have all yet to appear.

Jun-04-04		Chessical: A loose translation of an article about Vergani from: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/s... Born 2 June 1863 - died 15 July 1927. A businessman who learned the game in 1884, and very soon was distinguished himself in the local tournaments. He took part in the national tournament in Turin (1892) coming second behind Torre. Vergani has remained famous for his participation in Hastings (1895) where he obtained 3 points out of 21; he defeated Schlechter and Gunsberg, drew with Albin and Marco but lost against the other competitors. His participation in that tournament provoked, in Italy, a long controversy (?). In 1900, he came 2-3 in Rome scoring 10 out of 14, and in 1901 he was fifth in Venice with 5.5 out of 14. He attempted problem composition, and wrote the chess column of "Illustrated Sport of Milan" from 1890 to 1897, the year in which it ceased publication."

Jun-05-04		Benzol: <Chessical> Thanks. Some of these players have a brief moment of exposure before they fade back into obscurity, unfortunately. Still a few years from now who's going to know anything about the kibitzers at this site. :)

Jun-02-06		BIDMONFA: Beniamino Vergani VERGANI, Beniamino http://www.bidmonfa.com/vergani_ben... _

Jun-02-06		An Englishman: Good Evening: If I remember the tournament book correctly, the organizers of Hastings 1895 invited Vergani to participate because their first choice from Italy was unavailable, and Vergani was recommended as an alternative. I think he took home 2 pounds prize money--1 pound per win.

Jun-02-08		whiteshark: <Hastings 1895>: http://www.worldchesslinks.net/szqa...

May-20-11		Stonehenge: <Chessical> Your link has the wrong day of birth. It's actually the 22nd of June. I updated the bio.

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C50		Giuoco Piano (3 games)
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