| Feb-25-04 | | uponthehill: That chessplayer was shipped to Siberia by Russians, shortly after reconquering Latvia from Germans at the end of 2WW, and there he died- some say that he was executed by NKWD, some say that he died of an exhausting. He was not as good player as Keres, to become forgivness from Stalin. |
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| Feb-25-04 | | Resignation Trap: Petrov tied for first at Kemeri, 1937 with Reshevsky and Flohr, ahead of Alekhine, Keres and Fine. |
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Mar-20-04
 | | rndapology: As mentioned hither - http://www.ishipress.com/keres-bo.htm
(don't know how to make a link). I find the comments about Euwe interesting. |
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| Jun-04-04 | | rochade18: Is the Russian defense named after this Petrov? |
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Jun-04-04
 | | refutor: no it's named after Alexander Petrov |
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| Jan-08-05 | | Pawsome: There's an interesting article on Petrov by Hans Ree that sheds some light on his tragic life. http://www.chesscafe.com/hans/hans.... |
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| Jan-08-05 | | Dave Murray: <That chessplayer was shipped to Siberia by Russians, shortly after reconquering Latvia from Germans at the end of 2WW, and there he died- some say that he was executed by NKWD, some say that he died of an exhausting.> Not exactly a happy ending in this story... |
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| Feb-05-05 | | WMD: Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer’s Story From Greatness to the Gulags by Andris Fride, Caissa Editions, 190 pages, £14.99.Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer’s Story From Greatness to the Gulags by Andris Fride, Caissa Editions, 190 pages, £14.99. The author, a Latvian chess writer, tells the story of Vladimirs Petrovs (1908-43) and his remarkable chess career which ended tragically in a Siberian prison camp. His best performances were an equal first with Flohr and Reshevsky at Kemeri 1937 and at the 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad. 265 games, with notes by contemporary commentators, including Petrovs himself. There is a lot of (rather uncomfortable) anti-Soviet bitterness in the text. JS http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/reviews/b... |
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| Feb-05-05 | | euripides: The Ree article is now in the chesscafe archives on the following link: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hans1... |
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| Nov-05-06 | | GrandPatzerSCL: What is "Article 58"? |
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| Nov-05-06 | | mac277train: Article 58 of the Russian SFSR Penal Code was put in force in 1927 to arrest those suspected of counter-revolutionary activities.
The article led to the imprisonment of many prominent people, as well as multitudes of nonnotable innocents.
Sentences were long, up to 25 years, and frequently extended indefinitely without trial or consultation. Inmates under Article 58 were known as "politichesky" (political), as opposed to common criminals. Upon release, the prisoner would typically be sent into an exile within Russia without the right to settle closer than 100km from large cities.
Section 10 of Article 58 made "propaganda and agitation against the Soviet Union" a triable offence, whilst section 12 allowed for onlookers to be prosecuted for not reporting instances of section 10. In effect, Article 58 was carte blanche for the secret police to arrest and imprison anyone deemed suspicious, making for its use as a political weapon. A person could be framed: The latter would arrange an "anti-Soviet" incident in the person's presence and then try the person for it. If the person pleaded innocence, not having reported the incident would also make them liable to imprisonment.
During and after World War II, Article 58 was used to imprison many returned Soviet prisoners of war on the grounds that their capture and detainment by the Axis Powers during the war was proof that they did not fight to the death and were therefore anti-Soviet. |
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Nov-05-06
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The article led to the imprisonment of many prominent people, see Category:Victims of Soviet repressions, as well as multitudes of nonnotable innocents. Sentences were long, up to 25 years, and frequently extended indefinitely without trial or consultation. Inmates under Article 58 were known as "politichesky", as opposed to common criminals, "ugolovnik". Upon release, the prisoner would typically be sent into an exile within Russia without the right to settle closer than 100 km from large cities. Section 10 of Article 58 made "propaganda and agitation against the Soviet Union" a triable offence, whilst section 12 allowed for onlookers to be prosecuted for not reporting instances of section 10. In effect, Article 58 was carte blanche for the secret police to arrest and imprison anyone deemed suspicious, making for its use as a political weapon. A person could be framed: The latter would arrange an "anti-Soviet" incident in the person's presence and then try the person for it. If the person pleaded innocence, not having reported the incident would also make them liable to imprisonment. During and after World War II, Article 58 was used to imprison many returned Soviet prisoners of war on the grounds that their capture and detainment by the Axis Powers during the war was proof that they did not fight to the death and were therefore anti-Soviet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articl...(RSFSR_Penal_Code) |
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Nov-05-06
| | Gypsy: <mac277train> Sorry, did not notice your posting. Would have removed mine. Too late now. |
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Mar-02-08
 | | chancho: He died a month before his 36th birthday and yet when you look at the above photo, he looks so much older. A stressful life given the times. |
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| Mar-02-08 | | walker: <aacirice> wouldn't dare posting here.
So sad. Communists murdered so many bright people. I can't understand why Communist parties are not baned in Europe. |
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Mar-03-08
 | | pawn to QB4: Can't speak for other countries, walker, but in the UK we don't ban them because of freedom of expression, and it does work. Anyone sufficiently ignorant of history to believe Communism is a way forward can waste a few years agitating and getting derisory votes at elections, before they grow up. Most of us regard them as ridiculous rather than dangerous: young people playing at being relics of the past. Banning 'em would only tell the youth here's something your elders don't want you to do, and so make it enticing. Plus, we don't want the governments to start by banning the bad guys, and end by banning anyone they don't like. As you say, so very very sad: among all the millions of other victims there must have been others known to us through chess: one I know of myself is the study composer Mikhail Platov. |
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| Jul-26-08 | | stanleys: Sergei Voronkov writes "Petrov was betrayed by three masters from Moscow,who played several times in the Soviet championships".Unfortunately he didn't give their names Petrov's fault? In a private talk with these masters(apperently he considered them as friends), he expressed his dissatisfaction about the living conditions in Latvia after it became part of the USSR |
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| Sep-27-08 | | chenturini: Petrov it was arrested in Soviet Territory. At the moment Latvia was under german occupation (1941-1945). only in last moths of the II War the soviets reconquering the Baltic Nations (February-May 1945) |
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| Oct-25-08 | | stanleys: <chenturini> I think that he was speaking about the 1939-41 period |
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| Oct-25-08 | | slomarko: poor guy was killed by the commies. |
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Jun-26-10
 | | juan31: Sin ser un experto, les recomiendo vean sus partidas donde sacrifica la Dama ( Sacrifice Explorer) |
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Sep-18-10
| | chancho: Vladimir Petrov...Years covered, 1928 to 2008.
Died in 1943.
That's impressive. |
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| Sep-27-11 | | BIDMONFA: Vladimir Petrov PETROV, Vladimir
http://www.bidmonfa.com/petrov_vlad...
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