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Rotterdam 1939 Netherlands vs. Latvia Match
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Rotterdam 1939 (24-25 July) Netherlands vs. Latvia Match

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Round 1 (24 July)

Event "Match Netherlands - Latvia"
Site "Rotterdam NED"
Date "1939.07.24"
EventDate "?"
Round "1"
Result "1-0"
White "Max Euwe"
Black "Vladimir Petrov"
ECO "E34"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
PlyCount "74"

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. e3 e5 12. Nf3 Qc5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. Qa4 a6 15. Rc1 b5 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. a3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd4 19. Qd1 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qc4 21. Rd1 e4 22. Qe2 Qe6 23. O-O Nd5 24. Bd4 Nb6 25. f4 exf3 26. Rxf3 Nc4 27. Rdf1 f6 28. Rg3 Nd6 29. h4 Rf7 30. Qd3 Ne4 31. Rgf3 Re8 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Rf4 Rde7 34. h5 h6 35. Qe2 Qd5 36. Qg4 Qg5 37. Qf3 Nd2 time 1-0

Euwe vs Petrov, 1939

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Event "Match Netherlands - Latvia"
Site "Rotterdam NED"
Date "1939.07.24"
EventDate "?"
Round "1"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Fricis Apsenieks"
Black "Willem Jan Muhring"
ECO "A07"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
PlyCount "114"

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 Nd4 8. O-O d5 9. Nf4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 e5 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. c3 Ne6 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 O-O 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bh6 Rd8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Rxe5 Kf6 22. Re1 Kxe5 23. Nf4+ Kf6 24. Nxd3 Rb8 25. Nc5 b6 26. Ne4+ Kg7 27. Ng5 Be6 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Rxe6 Kf7 30. Rd6 Ke8 31. Bf1 Rb7 32. g4 Rc7 33. Kg2 Rc2 34. Bb5+ Kf7 35. Rd7 Rb2 36. Rxa7 Rxb4 37. Be2 Kf6 38. a3 Rb2 39. g5+ Ke6 40. Bg4+ Kf7 41. h4 Rd2 42. Kg3 Rd3+ 43. f3 Rd4 44. Rb7 Ra4 45. Rxb6 Rxa3 46. Be6+ Kg7 47. Rb7 Kf8 48. Rb8+ Kg7 49. Re8 Ra7 50. Kf4 h6 51. gxh6+ Kxh6 52. Ke5 Nc6+ 53. Kf6 Nd4 54. f4 Nf3 55. Rh8+ Rh7 56. Rc8 Ra7 57. Rc1 Ra4 1/2-1/2

F Apsenieks vs W J Muhring, 1939

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Event "Match Netherlands - Latvia"
Site "Rotterdam NED"
Date "1939.07.24"
EventDate "1939.07.24"
Round "1"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Chris Vlagsma"
Black "Movsa Feigin"
ECO "D30"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
Source "Schaakwereld 1939/40, p.19"
PlyCount "69"

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nd5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Qg4 Nb4 17. Bb1 Bd5 18. Ne3 Bb7 19. a3 Nd5 20. Nc4 b5 21. Nd6 f5 22. Qd4 Qc6 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Ba2 Rd8 27. Bb3 Qa8 28. a4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Qxa4 Qxa4 31. Bxa4 Rb8 32. Bd4 Rb4 33. Bc2 Kf7 34. g3 Rc4 35. Bb3 1/2-1/2

C Vlagsma vs M Feigin, 1939

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Event "Match Netherlands - Latvia"
Site "Rotterdam NED"
Date "1939.07.24"
EventDate "?"
Round "1"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Endzelins, Lucius"
Black "Fontein, George Schelto"
Source "Schaakwereld 1939/1940 p.20"

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qa4 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc6 Bxc6 12. Qxc6 Qc8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Qd1 Qb7 15. Qd3 b5 16. a3 Rad8 17. Bd2 Qa7 18. Na2 Rc8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nc3 a3 21. bxa3 Rc4 22. e3 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Nb6 24. Ne2 Qd7 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 26. Bb4 Bxb4 27. axb4 1/2-1/2

L Endzelins vs G Fontein, 1939

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Event "Match Netherlands - Latvia"
Site "Rotterdam NED"
Date "1939.07.24"
EventDate "?"
Round "1"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "van den Tol, Theun"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
Source "Schaakwereld 1939/1940 p.20"

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d4 dxc4 9.bxc4 Qb6 10.Qb3 Rd8 11.Rd1 Qxb3 12.axb3 b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Bf3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bxf3 16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.gxf3 Rd1+ 18.Kg2 Nd7 19.Bc3 f6 20.Rxa7 Rxb1 21.Rxd7 Kf7 22.exf6 gxf6 23.Rb7 Rxb3 24.Ba5 Ra3 25.Bxb6 Rb3 26.e4 e5 27.Rxe7+ Kxe7 28.Bxc5+ Ke6 29.Be3 Rc3 30.c5 1/2-1/2

Draw agreed after a further 10 moves.

T van den Tol vs T Melngailis, 1939

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Event "Match Netherlands - Latvia"
Site "Rotterdam NED"
Date "1939.07.24"
EventDate "?"
Round "1"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Lauberte, Milda"
Black "Roodzant, Catharina"
Source "Sacha Maksla Nr.52.,p.209"

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Be2 f5 12. O-O Nf6 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Qd8 15. Rad1 a5 16. Qb3 axb4 17. axb4 Qb6 18. c5 Qd8 19. f3 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. fxe4 fxe4 1/2-1/2

M Lauberte vs C Roodzant, 1939

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Round 2 (25 July)

Event "Match Netherlands - Latvia"
Site "Rotterdam NED"
Date "1939.07.25"
EventDate "?"
Round "2"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Vladimir Petrov"
Black "Max Euwe"
ECO "D11"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
PlyCount "53"

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Ba6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. e3 Rfc8 14. Rfc1 a6 15. a3 Na5 16. Ne5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. Qd1 Rac8 19. Bf1 R4c7 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Qc1 Qxc1 25. Nxc1 Kf8 26. Bd3 Nd6 27. b3 1/2-1/2

Petrov vs Euwe, 1939

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Event "Match Netherlands - Latvia"
Site "Rotterdam NED"
Date "1939.07.25"
EventDate "?"
Round "2"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Willem Jan Muhring"
Black "Fricis Apsenieks"
Source "Schaakwereld 1939/1940 p.19"

Final position: 1/2-1/2


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Event "Match Netherlands - Latvia"
Site "Rotterdam NED"
Date "1939.07.25"
EventDate "1939.07.24"
Round "2"
Result "1-0"
White "Movsa Feigin"
Black "Chris Vlagsma"
ECO "E34"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
Source "Schaakwereld 1939/40, pp.13-14"
PlyCount "82"

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. e3 Bd7 11. Nf3 Bb5 12. Rd1 Qh5 13. Bxf6 Bxf1 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Kxf1 Nc6 16. Qc3+ Kg8 17. h4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rh3 Qb5+ 20. Kg1 e5 21. Rg3+ Kf8 22. Qa3+ Qb4 23. Qxb4+ Nxb4 24. Nxe5 Rd5 25. f4 Nxa2 26. e4 Rd4 27. Ra3 Nc1 28. Rxa7 Rxe4 29. Rxb7 Rxf4 30. g3 Rf5 31. Nc4 Kg7 32. Nd6 Rf3 33. Kg2 Rb3 34. Rxf7+ Kg6 35. Rb7 Rd3 36. Ne4 Kf5 37. Nf2 Rd2 38. Kf3 h5 39. Rb5+ Kg6 40. b4 Rb2 41. Rb6+ Kf5 1-0

M Feigin vs C Vlagsma, 1939

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Event "Match Netherlands - Latvia"
Site "Rotterdam NED"
Date "1939.07.25"
EventDate "?"
Round "2"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Fontein, George Schelto"
Black "Endzelins, Lucius"
Source "Schaakwereld 1939/1940 p.20"

Final position: 1/2-1/2


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Event "Match Netherlands - Latvia"
Site "Rotterdam NED"
Date "1939.07.25"
EventDate "?"
Round "2"
Result "1-0"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "van den Tol, Theun"
Source "Schaakwereld 1939/40 pp.20-21"

Position after 17 moves, white to play:


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18.Qc4+ Qf7 19.Bxf6 Qxc4 20.Rxc4 Rxf6 21.Rfc1 Rd6 22.a3 Rcd8 23.Bxc6 Bxc6 24.Rxc6 Rxd4 25.Rc8 a5 26.R1c6 b5 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rc5 Rb8 29.Rxf5

Final position after 29.Rxf5 1-0


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Event "Match Netherlands - Latvia"
Site "Rotterdam NED"
Date "1939.07.25"
EventDate "?"
Round "2"
Result "1-0"
White "Fenny Heemskerk"
Black "Milda Lauberte"
ECO "E33"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
PlyCount "49"

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 e5 7. d5 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne7 9. b4 O-O 10. Bg2 Ng6 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. O-O Qc8 14. Kh2 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bb2 d5 17. e3 Be6 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. a3 Qb7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nb3 Nd7 22. f4 f5 23. fxe5 Ngxe5 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Qxe5 1-0

F Heemskerk vs M Lauberte, 1939

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Willem Jan Muhring Willem Jan Muhring

George Schelto Fontein George Schelto Fontein

Theun van den Tol Theun van den Tol

Catharina Roodzant Catharina Roodzant

Round 1 Board 1
Euwe vs Petrov, 1939 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 37 moves, 1-0

Round 1 Board 2
F Apsenieks vs W J Muhring, 1939
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 1 Board 3
C Vlagsma vs M Feigin, 1939
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 1 Board 4
L Endzelins vs G Fontein, 1939
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 1 Board 5
T van den Tol vs T Melngailis, 1939
(A15) English, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 1 Board 6
M Lauberte vs C Roodzant, 1939
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 2 Board 1
Petrov vs Euwe, 1939
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 2 Board 3
M Feigin vs C Vlagsma, 1939
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 41 moves, 1-0

Round 2 Board 6
F Heemskerk vs M Lauberte, 1939
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0

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