Gedimins Salmins "Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944" Liepaja 2005

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Janis Vilkins

Account of Karl Behting and correspondence chess, and discussion of Vilkins - Keres matches:

Saha Maksla Nr.33 (15.08.1938)
http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view...

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Games

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Event "1st Match Vilkins - Keres"
Site "Correspondence"
Date "1932.06.24"
EventDate "1932.??.??"
Round "1"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Paul Keres"
Black "Janis Vilkins"
Source "Saha Maksla Nr.33 (15.08.1938)"
http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view...

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3 Qh4+ 4. Ke2 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. Nxd5 Bg4+ 7. Nf3 O-O-O 8. Kd3 f5 9. Nxh4 fxe4+ 10. Kxe4 Bxd1 11. Bd3 Re8+ 12. Kxf4 Bd6+ 13. Kg5 h6+ 14. Kf5 Nxd4+ 15. Kg6 Bxc2 16. Bxc2 Nxc2 17. Rb1 Ne7+ 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Nf5 Re6+ 20. Kf7 Kd7 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Bd2 Rhe8 23. Rbc1 R8e7+ 24. Kg8 Nd4 25. Rhf1 g5 26. Rf7 Rxf7 27. Kxf7 Re2 28. Bc3 Rf2+ 29. Kg7 Ne2 30. Rc2 Rxg2 31. Rd2 Ke6 32. Kxh6 g4 33. Kh5 Nf4+ 34. Kh4 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 Kf5 36. Kg3 Ne6 37. b4 b5 38. Be3 a6 39. Ba7 d5 40. Kf2 d4 41. Kg3 d3 42. Be3 Ng5 43. Kf2 Nf3 44. h3 d2 45. hxg4+ Kxg4 1/2-1/2

Keres vs J Vilkins, 1932

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Played March-October 1932

Event "2nd Match Vilkins - Keres"
Site "Correspondence"
Date "1932.03.??"
Round "6"
Result "1-0"
White "Janis Vilkins"
Black "Paul Keres"
Source"Salmins 'Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944' pp.155-156"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. h4 c5 10. Rh3 Qa5 11. Qf4 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. g4 Ke7 15. f4 Rac8 16. Rf3 f6 17. Qe3 h5 18. exf6+ gxf6 19. g5 f5 20. dxc5 Kf7 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. fxe5 Ne7 24. Bh3 Ke6 25. Bxf5+ Nxf5 26. Rxf5 Kxf5 27. Qh3+ Kxe5 28. Qe3+ Kf5 29. Qf3+ Ke6 30. Qf6+ Kd7 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32. O-O-O Rc6 33. Re1+ Kf7 34. Rf1+ Ke8 35. Qe5+ Kd7 36. Rf7+ Kc8 37. Qxh8+ Qd8 38. Rf8 1-0

J Vilkins vs Keres, 1932

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Played 1934-1935

Event "3rd Match Vilkins - Keres"
Site "Correspondence"
Date "1934.??.??"
Round "4"
Result "1-0"
White "Janis Vilkins"
Black "Paul Keres"
Source "Salmins 'Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944' p.156"

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exf5 d5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Qh5+ g6 7. fxg6 Bg7 8. gxh7+ Kf8 9. Nf3 c6 10. Nh4 Ke7 11. Ng6+ Kd6 12. Nxh8 Bxh8 13. d4 exd4 14. Bg5 Qf8 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qg6+ Nf6 18. Rxd4 Be6 19. Re1 Re8 20. Rf4 Bf7 21. Rxf6+ Kc5 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Be3+ 1-0

J Vilkins vs Keres, 1934

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Correspondence 1937-1938

Event "Correspondence"
Site "Correspondence"
Date "1937.??.??"
Result "0-1"
White "A Kuuskemaa"
Black "Vilkins, J"
Source "Krustamikla. Sahs. Bridzs. Nr.39 (24.09.1938)" http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-...

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. e4 c5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Ng5 cxd4 11. Qxg4 dxc3 12. Nxf7 Nf6 13. exf6 Kxf7 14. O-O h5 15. fxg7 Bxg7 16. Qf3+ Qf6 17. Bf4 b5 18. Bb3 cxb2 19. Rae1 Ra7 20. Re5 Rc7 21. Rxe6 Bxe6 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. Bxc7+ Bf6 24. Ba5 Qe5 25. Qb7+ Kg6 26. Qf3 Rc8 27. Bd2 Rc2 28. Be3 Rc1 0-1

A Kuuskemaa vs J Vilkins, 1937

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Event "Correspondence"
Site "Correspondence"
Date "1938.??.??"
Result "0-1"
White "K Schroeder"
Black "Janis Vilkins"
Source "Salmins 'Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944' p.157"

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 e6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qg4 Qb4 11. Nge2 Nxe5 12. Qxg7 Nxd3+ 13. Kd2 Qxb2+ 14. Kxd3 b6 15. Qxh8+ Kd7 16. Qg7 Ba6+ 17. Ke4 Qc2+ 18. Kf3 Qf5+ 19. Kg3 Nf6 20. Nf4 Rg8 21. Qxg8 Nxg8 22. h4 Nh6 23. f3 Qf6 24. Ne4 Nf5+ 25. Kg4 Ne3+ 26. Kg3 Qxd4 27. Rhe1 e5 0-1

K Schroeder vs J Vilkins, 1938

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Event "Valka CC championship"
Site "Correspondence"
Date "1982.??.??"
Result "1-0"
White "Janis Vilkins"
Black "J Ivanovskis"
Source "Salmins 'Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944' p.158"

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qg4 Bh6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Ne2 Nxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxg2 18. Rh2 Bb7 19. f3 Nf5 20. Qf2 Kc7 21. Bd2 Bg7 22. O-O-O Bf6 23. Rdh1 Ng3 24. Re1 Bxh4 25. Bxf4 Bg5 26. Qxg3 exf4 27. Qf2 1-0

J Vilkins vs J Ivanovskis, 1982

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Event "Valka"
Site "Valka"
Date "1976.??.??"
Result "1-0"
White "Janis Vilkins"
Black "Gubats"
Source "Encyc. Latvian Chessplayers Vol.II p.V-51,52"

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. g4 Nge7 8. h3 Be6 9. Nge2 a6 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Ng3 b5 12. Nce2 Nec6 13. c3 Nxe2 14. Nxe2 O-O 15. O-O Rb8 16. Rfd1 b4 17. d4 bxc3 18. bxc3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Na5 20. Bh6 Nc4 21. Qc1 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Rb2 23. Bf1 Qa5 24. Ng3 Nd2 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Rxf2 29. Bg2 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Qd5 31. Kf2 f6 32. dxe5 1-0

J Vilkins vs Gubats, 1976

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1942 Karl Behting 75th Jubilee Latvian Gambit tournament.

Descriptin in Salmins, pp.103-104

Event "Behting 75th Jubilee tournament"
Site "Correspondence"
Date "1942.??.??"
Result "0-1"
White "Janis Vilkins"
Black "Voldemars Vetra"
Source "Salmins 'Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944' pp.105-106"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Nd4 Qf6 5. Nb5 Qe5 6. Qe2 Na6 7. g4 c6 8. N5c3 d5 9. d3 h5 10. f4 Qe7 11. g5 Bxf5 12. dxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 e3 14. Nc4 Nb4 15. Na3 Rh6 16. Rg1 Re6 17. Rg3 O-O-O 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Rd2 20. Qc4 Qd7 21. Rf3 Rxc2 22. Nxc2 Nxc2+ 23. Kf1 e2+ 24. Nxe2 Qd1+ 0-1

J Vilkins vs Voldemars Vetra, 1942

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