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Game Collection: Meerbeck 1946

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Latvju Domas: Nedēļas laikraksts kultūrai un izglītībai, N.14 (04.04.1946) http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view...

Starptautiskais bēgļu šacha turnīrs notika no 7. III - 19. III angļu zonā Merbekā. Uzvarēja ar 11 punktiem J. Bogenko (īstais vārds Bogatirčuks, viens no ievērojamākim PSRS čempioniem, ukrainietis; tagad "bezpavalstnieku čempeions" ...), otro un trešo vietu dalījās ar 10 p. mūsu valsts komandas spēlētājs L. Endzelins no Fišbachas nometnes ar Lietuvas meitaru R. Arlauskas, 4. vietu tikai pēdēja kārtā izcīnīja Kurzemes meistars A. Rankis ar 8 p. 5. - bezpavalstnieks E. Saltovskis ar 7 p., 6., 7. un 8. vietu dalījās 3 lietuvji J. Repecka, K. Skema un Mazeiku meistars P. Tautvaisas ar 6.5 p., 9. un 10 - A. Darznieks, nesenā Blombergas turnīra uzvarētājs un Rigas Jurmalas meistars M. Jursevskis ar 6., 11. - igaunu valsts komandas dalībnieks L. Seps, - 5 p., 12.- V. Zemitis 3.5 p., 13. un 14. vietu vainodietis A. Liepnieks un igaunis H. Valdsaars ar 2.5 p.

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The international refugee chess tournament took place from the 7th-19th March in the English zone in Merbeck. Won with 11 points J. Bogenko (real name Bogatirchuk, one of the most prominent champions of the USSR, Ukrainian; now "stateless champion" ...), shared second and third place with 10 p. our national team player L. Endzelins from the Fišbach camp with Lithuanian daughter R. Arlauska, 4th place was won only in the last round by Kurzeme master A. Rankis with 8 points. 5th - stateless person E. Saltovskis with 7 points, 6th, 7th and 8th place was shared by 3 Lithuanians J. Repecka, K. Skema and Mazeika master P. Tautvaisas with 6.5 points, 9th and 10th - A. Darznieks , winner of the recent Blomberga tournament and master of Riga Jurmala M. Jursevskis with 6 points, 11th - member of the Estonian national team L. Seps, - 5 points, 12.- V. Zemitis 3.5 points, 13th and 14th place culprit A Liepnieks and Estonian H. Valdsaars with 2.5 p.

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Gillam

Central Europe was in chaos in late 1945 with many thousands of displaced people, many of them having been refugees from the advancing Soviet army. The "camp" at Meerbeck was one of the many and was occupied mainly by people from the Baltic States, including a number of strong chess players.

The authorities encouraged the organisation of events to occupy the time of the inmates of the various camps while they were awaiting resettlement and this included chess tournaments.

One of the biggest international chess tournaments in the life of the DPs (Displaced Persons) was the Meerbeck chess tournament, which was held from March 7 to 19 in the Meerbeck DP Damp. The tournament was organised by the Lithuanian chess player J. Repecka and it attracted 14 players from the British and American zones.

Two of the players were on the run from the Soviet authorities and so played under assumed names! Bohatirchuk played as J. Bogenko and E. Sadovsky played as Saltovskis. Many of the players in this tournament are lost to recorded chess after this event.

One game was played every day. The rate of play was 36 moves in two hours.

One of the biggest international chess tournaments in the life of displaced persons was the Meerbeck chess tournament, which was held from March 7 to March 19 in the Meerbeck DP camp. The tournament was organised by the Lithuanian chess player J. Repecka and it attracted 14 players from the British and American zones. The winner was former champion of the Ukraine J. Bogenko (F. Bogatircuks, Latvian spelling; despite the fact that he played under an assumed name, both of his names appear in the bulletin in the headings to his games - editor), a well known personality in chess circles. L. Endzelins (several times a member of the Latvian national team in the chess Olympiads) placed 2nd, and R. Arlauskas (a Lithuanian chess master) placed 3rd. Fourth was the champion of Kurzeme (one of the 4 provinces of Latvia, known in the West as Courland - editor), A. Rankis, who had very bad luck in the middle stages of the tournament. Rankis was the only one to beat veteran master Bogatircuks. Shared 5th was E. Saltovskis (Sadovsky - editor) who played very aggressively, scorning draws and having his share of luck. K. Skema (champion of Mazeiki, a town in Lithuania) and J. Repecka also shared 5th place. The Lithuanian P. Tautvaisas (a national team representitive on several occasions), shared 8th place with A. Darznieks (champion of Blomberg) and M. Jursevskis (champion of the Riga beach suburbs), neither of whom did well as expected. Tautvaisas is strong on theory but often made bad mistakes. Skema had no luck, losing several games that began well. Repecka, one of the younger generation of players, was dangerous to the higher placed competitors. Further back were Aleksandrs Liepnieks, H. Valdsaare, and Val Zemitis. One game was played every day. The rate of play was 36 moves in 2 hours.

Crosstable from Gillam's Tournament book

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4  Pts
1  Bohatirchuk * 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1  11.0
2  Endzelins   0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  10.5
3  Arlauskas   ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1  10.0
4  Rankis      1 0 0 * 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1  8.0
5  Repecka     0 ½ 1 1 * 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1  7.0
6  Skema       0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½  7.0
7  Sadovsky    0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 1 1  7.0
8  Tautvaisas  0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1  6.0
9  Darznieks   0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 ½  6.0
10 Jursevskis  0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 1 1 1  6.0
11 Sepp        ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 ½  5.0
12 Liepnieks   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 0  2.5
13 Valdsaare   0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 1  2.5
14 Zemitis     0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 *  2.5

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jameschess corrections

Hi <jessicafischerqueen>, I think the below is the correct crosstable, when I checked in http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view... which their points are tally with the database's result.

Pl Name Fed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Pts 1 Bohatirchuk, Fedor Parfenovich UKR • ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11.0 2 Arlauskas, Romanas LTU ½ • ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 3 Endzelins, Lucius LAT 0 ½ • 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 4 Rankis, Augusts LAT 1 0 0 • 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8.0 5 Sadovsky, Evgeny Ivanovich RUS 0 0 0 0 • 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 6 Repecka, Josef LTU 0 1 1 1 0 • 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 6.5 7 Tautvaisas, Povilas LTU 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 • ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 6.5 8 Skema, Kazys LTU 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ • 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.5 9 Darznieks, Arturs LAT 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 • ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.0 10 Jursevskis, Walter LAT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ • 1 1 1 1 6.0 11 Sepp, Leopold EST ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 • ½ 1 1 5.0 12 Zemitis, Valdemars LAT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ • 0 1 3.5 13 Valdsaar, Herbert EST 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 • 0 2.5 14 Liepnieks, Aleksandrs LAT 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 • 2.5 Source: Meerbeck 1946 (A.J.Gillam, The Chess Player 2009) pg 2-5

These 3 games' results are different between games & crosstable. gm / xtb

Repecka-Endzelins R08 1-0 / ½-½ ?

Correct game score is ½-½: We need to submit a correction slip for this game:

J Repecka vs L Endzelins, 1946

Tautvaisas-Skema R12 ½-½ / 0-1 ?

Correct game score is 0-1: We need to submit a correction slip for this game: P Tautvaisas vs K Skema, 1946

Zemitis-Repecka R13 1-0 / 0-1 ?

Correct game score is 0-1: We need to submit a correction slip for this game: V Zemitis vs J Repecka, 1946

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Corrected crosstable by jameschess

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4  Pts
1  Bohatirchuk * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1  11.0
2  Arlauskas   ½ * ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1  10.0
3  Endzelins   0 ½ * 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1  10.0
4  Rankis      1 0 0 * 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1  8.0
5  Sadovsky    0 0 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1  7.0
6  Repecka     0 1 1 1 0 * 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 0  6.5
7  Tautvaisas  0 ½ 0 1 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½  6.5
8  Skema       0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1  6.5
9  Darznieks   0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1  6.0
10 Jursevskis  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 1 1  6.0
11 Sepp        ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1  5.0
12 Zemitis     0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1  3.5
13 Valdsaare   0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 * 0  2.5
14 Liepnieks   0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 *  2.5

Players

Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk
Fedor Bohatirchuk

Lucius Endzelins
Lucius Endzelins

Romanas Arlauskas
Romanas Arlauskas

August Rankis
August Rankis

Josef Repecka
Joseph Repecka

Kazys Skema
Kazys Skema

Evgeny Sadovsky
Evgeny Sadovsky

Paul Tautvaisas
Paul Tautvaisas

Artur Darznieks
Artur Darznieks

Walter Jursevskis
Walter Jursevskis

Leopold Sepp
Leopold Sepp

Alecksandrs Liepnieks
Aleksandrs Liepnieks

H Valdsaare
H Valdsaare

Val Zemitis
Val Zemitis

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