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Vitaly Halberstadt
V Halberstadt 
Schach-Echo 1958, p391.  

Number of games in database: 13
Years covered: 1925 to 1954
Overall record: +4 -5 =4 (46.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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VITALY HALBERSTADT
(born Mar-20-1903, died Oct-1967, 64 years old) Ukraine (federation/nationality France)

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Vitaly Halberstadt was a chess player, problemist and a noted endgame study composer.

http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/ha...

Wikipedia article: Vitaly Halberstadt


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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Halberstadt vs A Rastrelli 1-0241925FRA-ITA corr matchD06 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. V Halberstadt vs J Ratner  1-0281925Paris-ch01A00 Uncommon Opening
3. V Halberstadt vs R Crepeaux 1-0251928ParisE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
4. T Drezga vs V Halberstadt  1-0261929Paris ChampionshipB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
5. V Halberstadt vs A Gromer  ½-½271930ParisE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
6. Tartakower vs V Halberstadt 1-0411930ParisA07 King's Indian Attack
7. W Dembo vs V Halberstadt  0-1251930Paris ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
8. V Halberstadt vs L Monosson  0-1361938Paris L'EchiquierD39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
9. M Romi vs V Halberstadt  1-0331938Paris L'EchiquierD02 Queen's Pawn Game
10. V Halberstadt vs W Orbach  ½-½801938Paris L'EchiquierE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
11. A Gromer vs V Halberstadt  ½-½691938Paris L'EchiquierC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
12. Tartakower vs V Halberstadt 1-0201953FRA Cup finalA18 English, Mikenas-Carls
13. V Halberstadt vs D Galula  ½-½441954Paris-ch 28thE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
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Jun-05-10  capanegra: Vitaly Halberstadt (20 March 1903, Odessa – 25 October 1967, Paris) was a French chess player, problemist and above all a noted endgame study composer. Here is a small bio with picture included:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly...

Jun-05-10  vonKrolock: V. Halberstadt
"Clube de Xadrez de São Paulo Ty" 1955/6
1st Prize
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Mate in 5

Jun-06-10  capanegra: <vonKrolock> I took a few hours trying to get the answer but, alas, with no success. :(

My first instinct was 1.Rf8 Kc7 (only move) 2.Rf7+ Kd8! 3.Kc6, but then 3…Bd5+! forces the King to move again and delays the mate one move.

My second thought was that the key move might be 1.Kb6 d5 2.Rc8 Kd6 3.Rc7 Bd7 and again the mate in five is impeded.

So, any help will be appreciated!

Jun-06-10  vonKrolock: <capa> Try 1.♔b6, but d5! ▢ 2.♔c5 d4! 3.♔b6 d3!; try 1.♔a6? but ♗d5! ▢ 2.♔b6 ♗c4! ▢ etc; key 1.♔a5!! ♗d5 2.♔a6 ♗c4 3.♔b6 ♗d5 4.♖f8! and mate to follow. White shall find the right ♔ moves to win tempi
Jun-06-10  capanegra: <vonKrolock> Muito obrigado!

Beautiful conception; needles to say that it had never crossed my mind the possibility of a King triangulation with ♕ and ♖ on board, but I suppose that's the reason why my name is not V. Halberstadt.

Now that the cards are flipped, another sub-variation that might occur is 1.Ka5!! d5 2.Kb6 (the very same position than after 1.Kb6? d5! with the big difference that now it is Black's turn to move!!) 2...Kd6 (2…d4 3.Qb5+ Kd6 4.Qc5+ Kd7 5.Qe7#; or 2…Bg8 3.Qe5) 3.Qh2+ Kd7 4.Qb8 and mate next move.

Oct-08-13  Karpova: Two 4-player tournaments in Nizza, 1926:

August:

1. Halberstadt 5.0
2. Reilly 4.0
3. Renaud 2.5
4. Comte de Villeneuve-Esclapon 0.5

September:

1. Renaud 4.5
2. Halberstadt 4.0
3. Reilly 2.5
4. Duchamp 1.0

From page 362 of the November-December 1926 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung'

Dec-21-19
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1929. White to play and draw.

Dec-24-20
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  FSR: <woldsmandriffield> 1.Kd7 Kd3 2.Ke6 Ke3 3.Kf5 g3 4.Kg4 Kf2 5.Kh3! and Black loses unless he plays 5...h5 stalemate.
Dec-24-20
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  FSR: Halberstadt died at the chessic age of 64, like Fischer, Steinitz, Staunton, Savon, C.H. O'D. Alexander, Planinc, Mednis, Maximilian Ujtelky, Oscar Troianescu, Claude Bloodgood, Paul Tautvaisis, and Karl Marx.
Apr-07-23
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  GrahamClayton: V. Halberstadt

"L'Italia Scacchista 1951" - White to win:


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1. Be6 Rb3 2. Bd6 Rc3+ 3. Kd2 Rxf3 4. Ke2

The White bishops totally dominate the Black Rook.

Sep-13-24  Gottschalk: Chess Composer:

http://www.bstephen.me.uk/meson/com... (click on PID number to view a problem)

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