| Jun-14-17 | | wordfunph: The better half of:
Paul J Patience |
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Jun-14-17
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Jun-14-17
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| Jun-15-17 | | Pulo y Gata: for Wesley's loss. |
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| Jun-15-17 | | whiteshark: Wait User: ing User: 4444 User: god User: dot |
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| Jun-15-17 | | whiteshark: Should never be paired with David Halt |
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| Feb-27-18 | | Jean Defuse: ...
the same player - Arvid Vait ... |
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| Feb-28-18 | | hemy: <Jean Defuse> is right, it is the same player Arvid Vait
In Latvian language letter "W" does not exist, the name "Wait" was used in German language instead of "Vait". Encyclopedia of latvian chessplayers vol 2, p. 346: Vaits, Arvids
Born on November 14, 1888
By profession Arvids Vaits was an engineer.
https://www.sahafederacija.lv/media... |
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| May-29-18 | | whiteshark: <(born Nov-14-1888, 129 years old) Latvia> Everything comes to him who Vaits. |
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| May-29-18 | | hemy: The Latvian magazine "Ilustrēts Žurnāls",October 12, 1923, p. 19:
"Well known before the time of war, strong chess player, engineer A. Vaits didn't returned from Russia and settled in Orel city. The Latvian chess magazine "Šaha Māksla", August 1, 1938, p. 11:
"Famous first-class player Arvids Vaits, whose fortunes were unknown, was mentioned in Orel's newspaper as the best player in the tournament." "Orel Chess Dictionary" ("Орловский шахматный словарь"), Alexander Belski, 2007 (https://www.proza.ru/2013/07/23/963):
"Vait A., chess player. Lived in the city of Orel in the 20-30-ies of the twentieth century." |
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| May-29-18 | | whiteshark: Biographical data
Name: Vaits, Arvids M.
<Also known as: Mac Allen> [???]Born: 14 Nov. 1888
Died:
Notes:
Gaige has both 'A. Wait' and 'A.M. Vait' in Chess Tournament Crosstables, but 'Vaits, Arvids' in Chess Personalia.
Di Felice has 'Vaits, Arvids M.'.
References - Books:
Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 319
Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 437
Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 282, 290
Source: http://www.edochess.ca/players/p596... |
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| May-31-18 | | hemy: <A.M. Vait> = Vait, Arvid Matv. = Vait, Arvid Matveevich. Vait, Arvid Matv. (born 1888) - the Leningrad chess player, participant of many tournaments I cat. Вайт, Арвид Матв. (род. 1888) — ленинградский
шахматист, участник многих турниров I кат. "Dictionary of the chess player", Smirnov, 1929, p. 64.
http://dropdoc.ru/doc/1142994/slova... |
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| May-31-18 | | hemy: Championship of Leningrad, 1926:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/j...1. Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky (7.5/9) 2-3. Mikhail Botvinnik and Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich (7/9) 5-6. Vait, A. , Golubev (4.5/9)
"Vait A. M. (1888 -?). Chess player I category. Accountant by profession.
Member of the Society of fans of chess in St. Petersburg.
Participant of the All-Russian Amateur Tournament (Vilnius, 1912).
... In 1925 lived in Orel."
Dlugolensky, Zak, "People and chess. Pages of chess history of Petersburg - Petrograd - Leningrad". Длуголенский Я. Н., Зак В. Г. "Люди и шахматы. Страницы шахматной истории Петербурга — Петрограда — Ленинграда" |
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Jul-17-20
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<Vilna (Vilnius) 1912> All Russian Amateur-B [Event "All Russian Amateur-B"]
[Site "Vilna (Vilnius) RUE"]
[Date "1912.??."]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alfreds Hartmanis"]
[Black "Arvids Vaits"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Ne7 9. c3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Ng6 12. Rd1 c6 13. a4 Bc5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qg5 O-O 17. Bc2 Re8 18. Qh5 Nf8 19. Nd4 g6 20. Qg5 Ne6 21. Qg3 Bf8 22. f4 Bh6 23. Qh4 Bg7 24. f5 Qd8 25. Qg3 Nc7 26. e6 fxe6 27. fxg6 Rf8 28. Bf4 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 Qd7 30. gxh7+ Kh8 31. Rf1 Qe7 32. Qf7 1-0 ------------------
[Event "All Russian Amateur-B"]
[Site "Vilna (Vilnius) RUE"]
[Date "1912.??."]
[Round "3"]
[White "J Barton"]
[Black "Arvids Vaits"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 Nc6 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. f4 g6 19. g4 d4 20. f5 Bxa2 21. Bf6 Bd5 22. g5 Rfe8 23. Rd3 gxf5 24. Rh3 Ne7 25. Rf1 Be4 26. g6 fxg6 27. Rf4 Bxc2 28. Rxh7 Kxh7 29. Rh4+ Kg8 30. e6 Kf8 31. Rh7 1-0 |
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Aug-19-20
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<Match: Orel vs Orel Region 1924> Arvids Vaits vs Vladimir Filippovich Gergenreder [Event "Match \"Orel-Orel region\""]
[Site "Orel (Russia)"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gergenreder V.(URS)"]
[Black "Vait A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.d3 Nbd7
8.Nbd2 Re8 9.c4 e6 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.e4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 b6 13.e5 Nd5
14.Nd6 Rd8 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Ng5+ Ke7 17.Nxe6 Kxe6 18.Bxd5+ Ke7
19.Ba3+ Nc5 20.Bxc5+ bxc5 21.Qxc5+ Ke8 22.Qxc6+ Qd7 23.e6 Qxc6
24.Bxc6+ Ke7 25.Bxa8 Bxa1 26.Rxa1 Rxd3 27.Be4 Rd2 28.Rc1 Bxe6
29.Rc2 Rd4 30.f3 Bh3 31.Kf2 1-0
http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... |
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Aug-19-20
| | jessicafischerqueen:
<Leningrad 1926> Match Arvids Vaits vs Vladimir Alatortsev Alatortsev won the match 4:1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alatortsev Vladimir (RUS)"]
[Black "Vait A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nge2 Nbd7
8.f4 exd5 9.exd5 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Ng3 Ng6 12.Bd2 Bf8 13.h3 Bd7
14.Qf3 Qc8 15.Qf2 Rb8 16.a4 a6 17.Kh2 b6 18.b3 Kh8 19.Nce4 Nxe4
20.Bxe4 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bc3 bxc4 23.bxc4 Rb3 24.Qd2 Rb7 25.Bc2
Qd8 26.f5 Ne5 27.f6 g6 28.Qf4 Qc7 29.Qh4 Ra7 30.Bd2 Rea8 31.Rxa7
Rxa7 32.Bh6 Qd8 33.Ne4 Ra2 34.Ng5 Bxh6 35.Qxh6 Qg8 36.Rb1 Ra8
37.Rb7 Bf5 38.Ba4 Rd8 39.Re7 Ra8 40.Be8 1-0
http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... |
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