Riga 1937 (25 March-3 April) Sixth Latvian Chess Congress/Third official Latvian Chess Championship. <Mezgailis finished 2nd> in the second minor group, earning a right to play K. Ozols, who finished 2nd in the first minor group, for the right to fill the last Latvian spot in the <Kemeri 1937 International Tournament. <Mezgailis lost the match> 3.5 - 2.5.
VI Latvijas šaha kongress vienlaicîgi bija arî atlases turnîrs I Íemeru starptautiskajam šaha turnîram, kas norisinâjâs no 16. jûnija lîdz 8. jûlijam 1937. gadâ. Sešas ceïazîmes uz Íemeru turnîru saòçma visi Latvijas èempionâta dalîbnieki (Petrovs, Apšenieks, Feigins), abi Latvijas šaha kongresa uzvarçtâji (Bergs, Hâzenfuss), kâ arî tika izcînîta trešâ vieta Latvijas šaha kongresâ, kuru ieguva K.Ozols pçc uzvaras papildu maèâ par V.Mežgaili 3,5:2,5.
The VI Latvian Chess Congress was also a selection tournament for the Íemeri International Chess Tournament, which took place from 16 June to 8 July 1937. All the Latvian Championship participants (Petrov, Apšenieks, Feigin), both Latvian chess congress winners (Bergs, Hassenfuss) received six tickets to the Íemeri tournament, as well as the third place in the Latvian Chess Congress won by K.Ozols after winning an extra match for V .Mezgailis 3.5: 2.5.
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Event "6th Lat.ch. Minor section playoff 2"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1937.04.??"
EventDate "1937.03.25"
Round "1"
Result "0-1"
White "Ozols, Karlis Alexander"
Black "Mezgailis, Voldemar"
Source "Saha Maksla. Nr.5 (10.06.1937); http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-..."
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3
Nb6 7. Bf4 c6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Be6 10. Qc2 N8d7 11. O-O Bc4
12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Ne4 Ncb6 14. Rfd1 Nd5 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. Nc3
Rac8 17. e4 N5f6 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. Rac1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rfd8
21. e5 Nf8 22. d5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxc1 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 25. Rxc1
Qe6 26. Nxg6+ hxg6 27. Ng5 Qe7 28. Qe3 Kg8 29. f4 Ne6
30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Qxa7 Qd5 32. Rf1 Bf8 33. Kh2 Bc5 34. Qa4
Kg7 35. Qc2 Rh8# 0-1
K Ozols vs V Mezgailis, 1937
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Event "6th Lat.ch. Minor section playoff 2"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1937.04.??"
EventDate "1937.03.25"
Round "3"
Result "1-0"
White "Ozols, Karlis Alexander"
Black "Mezgailis, Voldemar"
Source "Saha Maksla. Nr.5 (10.06.1937); http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-..."
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. O-O Bf6 10. Qc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5
12. d3 Bd7 13. Qb2 Nd4 14. e3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qc7 16. Rac1
Bf5 17. d4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qb8 19. Bc3 a5 20. Rfd1 Ra6
21. Be2 Ra8 22. Rd5 1-0
K Ozols vs V Mezgailis, 1937
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Stockholm 1937 Olympiad
Event "Stockholm ol (Men)"
Site "Stockholm SWE"
Date "1937.08.06"
EventDate "1937.07.31"
Round "10"
Result "1-0"
White "Mezgailis, Voldemar"
Black "Gulbrandsen, Andreas"
Source "olimpbase"
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c5 4. b4 dxe3 5. fxe3 cxb4 6. d4
e6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bb2 Ng4 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. h3 Nh6
12. e4 f6 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Nd2 Nf7 16. Kh1 Bc5
17. Nb3 b6 18. Qg4 O-O 19. Qg3 Bd6 20. Rac1 a5 21. c5 bxc5
22. Qe3 Bd7 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qd6 25. Rc2 Rac8
26. Rcf2 Nh6 27. Qg3 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Nf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7
30. Bxe5 Qf8 31. Qg4 g6 32. Bb5 Qe7 33. d6 Qd8 34. Qf4+ Ke8
35. Ba6 Rc2 36. Bg7 Ba4 37. e5 Kd7 38. Bb7 Qe8 39. Qe3 Qb8
40. Qb6 Ke8 41. Bc6+ 1-0
V Mezgailis vs A Gulbrandsen, 1937
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Event "Stockholm ol (Men)"
Site "Stockholm SWE"
Date "1937.08.10"
EventDate "1937.07.31"
Round "14"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Kashdan, Isaac"
Black "Mezgailis, Voldemar"
Source "olimpbase"
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4
O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Bd3
Nd7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rfd1 Nf8 14. b4 Bd7 15. e4 dxc4
16. Bxc4 Be8 17. e5 Rd7 18. a3 Ng6 19. g3 Qd8 20. Qe3 Ne7
21. Bd3 Nd5 22. Qe4 g6 23. Rac1 a5 24. b5 Rc7 25. bxc6 Rxc6
26. Qe1 Qe7 27. Qd2 Kg7 28. Qb2 Rac8 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rc1
Qc7 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 32. Nd2 b5 33. Ne4 b4 34. Nd6 Qa4
35. axb4 axb4 36. Nxe8+ Qxe8 37. Bc4 Qa4 38. Kg2 Qa3
39. Qb3 Nb6 40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Qxe6 Qa8+ 42. f3 Nd5 43. Qd7+
Kh8 44. e6 Qa2+ 45. Kh3 Ne3 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qc7+ Kg8
48. Qc8+ Kg7 49. Qb7+ Kg8 50. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2
Kashdan vs V Mezgailis, 1937
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Event "Stockholm Olympiad"
Site "Stockholm SWE"
Date "1937.08.01"
EventDate "1937.07.31"
Round "3"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Voldemar Mezgailis"
Black "Johannes Turn"
Source "Atputa Nr.669 (27.08.1937)"
1. c4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nc3 d4 6. exd4
Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qxd4 8. d3 Qb6 9. g4 e6 10. Bg2 Na6 11. g5 Nd7
12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Ndc5 14. Be1 Nb4 15. Bf1 Be7 16. d4
Nd7 17. a3 Na6 18. Bf2 Qb3 19. c5 Nc7 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. Bc2
Qc4 22. Ne4 Nf8 23. Kb1 Nc7 24. Nc3 Nb5 25. Nxb5 Qxb5
26. Be1 a5 27. a4 Qa6 28. Qc3 h6 29. gxh6 Rxh6 30. f5 Bf6
31. Bg3 Rh3 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rhe1 Kd7 34. Qe3 Bh4 35. Qe5
Bxg3 36. Qxg7+ Kc8 37. Bd3 Be5 38. Rxe5 Rxd3 39. Rf1 Rg3
40. Qxf8 Qd3+ 41. Ka1 Rxf8 42. Rxf8+ Kd7 43. hxg3 Qd1+
44. Ka2 Qxa4+ 45. Kb1 Qd1+ 46. Ka2 1/2-1/2
V Mezgailis vs J Turn, 1937
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Riga 1939 1st Category tournament
Mezgailis v Kampars
http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-...
Event "Category 1"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1939.??.??"
Round "5"
Result "1-0"
White "Voldemar Mezgailis"
Black "Nikolajs Kampars"
Source "Jaunakas Zinas Nr.294 (28.12.1939)"
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c6 5. Qc2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Nbd2 Nf8 11. e4 Ng6
12. e5 Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne1 Qb6 15. Kh1 c5 16. Bxd5
cxd4 17. f4 Qc5 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6
21. Be4 Bc5 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Bg4 24. Kg2 Ne7 25. h3 Bf5
26. Bxb7 Ra7 27. Bxd4 Bc2 28. Bxc5 Bxd1 29. Bxe7 1-0
V Mezgailis vs N Kampars, 1939
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Riga 1950 Latvian championship
Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1950.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Mezgailis, Voldemar"
Black "Darznieks, Artur"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3
Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Be2 exd5 10. cxd5 Ba6 11. Bxa6
Nxa6 12. O-O c5 13. e4 d6 14. f4 Nc7 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. h3 Bf8
17. Be3 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Rae1 Qxb2 20. Bc1 Qd4+
21. Kh1 Nd7 22. Re2 Qf6 23. Bb2 Qg6 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 f6
26. e6 Ne5 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Nf5 Qg5 29. Rxe5 g6 30. Nd6
Qxe5 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Nxe8 1-0
V Mezgailis vs A Darznieks, 1950
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