Victor Kahn
Number of games in database: 22
Years covered: 1909 to 1939
Overall record: +6 -11 =5 (38.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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D40		Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (2 games)
E16		Queen's Indian (2 games)

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VICTOR KAHN (born 1889, died Oct-06-1971) Russia (citizen of France) [what is this?] Victor Kahn was born in Moscow, Russia in 1889. He left Russia in 1912 eventually ending up in France going via Denmark and Sweden. He won the Copenhagan Championship in 1916 and after settling in Nice and aquiring French citizenship he became French Champion in 1934. He passed away in Nice in 1971.

page 1 of 1; 22 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Kahn vs Alekhine 0-1 32 1909 Moscow Club Autumn C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. V Kahn vs Hartlaub 0-1 16 1916 Hamburg, Germany C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 3. A Gromer vs V Kahn   0-1 29 1923 Cercle Philidor Tournament C11 French 4. A Chepurnov vs V Kahn 1-0 44 1924 Paris prel-7 C49 Four Knights 5. Alekhine vs V Kahn   1-0 36 1926 Scarborough (07) E00 Queen's Pawn Game 6. K Richter vs V Kahn   1-0 26 1931 Prague ol (Men) C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. V Kahn vs K Treybal   0-1 36 1933 Olympiad D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. A C Sacconi vs V Kahn   1-0 59 1933 Olympiad D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 9. V Kahn vs M Engelmann   1-0 37 1933 Olympiad E16 Queen's Indian 10. V Kahn vs G Danielsson   0-1 46 1935 Olympiad E16 Queen's Indian 11. V Kahn vs Koltanowski   ½-½ 19 1935 Mollet C47 Four Knights 12. A Staehelin vs V Kahn   0-1 46 1935 Olympiad D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. V Kahn vs C H Maderna   ½-½ 31 1935 Olympiad D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical 14. V Kahn vs Jacobo Bolbochan   ½-½ 49 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) fin-A D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. V Kahn vs R Blanco Estera 0-1 18 1939 Buenos Aires A84 Dutch 16. Feigin vs V Kahn   1-0 45 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 17. LA Gulla vs V Kahn   0-1 84 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 18. V Kahn vs P F Schmidt   1-0 23 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) fin-A D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 19. V Kahn vs A Kiprov   ½-½ 30 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 20. V Kahn vs A Becker   ½-½ 41 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 21. Salas Romo vs V Kahn   1-0 56 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 22. V Kahn vs J Rodriguez Hurtado   1-0 25 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B E11 Bogo-Indian Defense  page 1 of 1; 22 games

Jun-17-07    sneaky pete: <born 1889> I found a reference to Dr J Kahn, born in Saint Petersburg, May 8, 1889, "elder brother of the former French champion Victor Kahn". He settled in Oosterbeek, the Netherlands, a chemical engineer by profession and a strong chess amateur. He died in a Nazi concentration camp, probably in 1942. If that <elder brother> bit is true, Victor's birth date can't be right. If they were twins, it's rather unusual that one was born in Saint Petersburg and the other in Moscow. Jul-20-07    whiteshark: Some more data .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor... Jul-20-07    RookFile: Well, Kahn co-authored a lovely book called "The Art Of the Checkmate".

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