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Leonid Kubbel
L Kubbel 
 

Number of games in database: 24
Years covered: 1922 to 1938
Overall record: +9 -13 =2 (41.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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LEONID KUBBEL
(born Jan-06-1891, died Apr-18-1942, 51 years old) Russia		 PRONUNCIATION:
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Leonid Ivanovich Kubbel was a Russian composer of chess endgame studies and problems. He is the brother of Arvid Kubbel and Evgeny Kubbel.

Leonid Kubbel was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) at the end of 1890, or beginning of 1891 and died in the same city on April 18, 1942. He was christened Karl Artur Leonid, but amended his forenames to Leonid Ivanovich subsequent to the 1917 October Revolution.

He composed more than 1500 endgame studies and problems, many of which were awarded first prize for their great beauty and original conception. He is generally considered one of the greatest of all endgame composers. He was a chemical engineer by profession.

Wikipedia article: Leonid Kubbel

Last updated: 2020-08-07 14:34:40

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Kubbel vs I Rabinovich  0-1351922Petrograd championshipB02 Alekhine's Defense
2. L Kubbel vs B Verlinsky  0-1311922Match Moscow - LeningradC58 Two Knights
3. B Verlinsky vs L Kubbel  1-0231922Match Moscow - LeningradC25 Vienna
4. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs L Kubbel  1-0271926Ch Trade Unions (team)B03 Alekhine's Defense
5. K Rosenkrantz vs L Kubbel  1-0401926Match Moscow-Leningrad (chemists)B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
6. L Kubbel vs K Rosenkrantz  ½-½301926Match Moscow-Leningrad (chemists)C49 Four Knights
7. G Dahl vs L Kubbel 0-1461926Stockholm - LeningradB02 Alekhine's Defense
8. L Kubbel vs G Dahl  0-1451926Stockholm - LeningradC49 Four Knights
9. Ragozin vs L Kubbel  0-1421929Ch Leningrad (1/2 final)C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
10. L Kubbel vs Alatortsev  1-0221929Ch Leningrad (1/2 final)C01 French, Exchange
11. A Model vs L Kubbel 0-1551929Ch Leningrad (final)A46 Queen's Pawn Game
12. A Model vs L Kubbel  ½-½181930Leningrad sim (tel)D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. P Romanovsky vs L Kubbel  1-0261931Leningrad Championship 1930/31A04 Reti Opening
14. L Kubbel vs A Batuev  1-0221931Leningrad Championship 1930/31C00 French Defense
15. L Kubbel vs A Budo  1-0421931Leningrad Championship 1930/31B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
16. L Kubbel vs Y Vilner  0-1281931Leningrad Championship 1930/31B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
17. Tolush vs L Kubbel  0-1401931URS-ch sfC28 Vienna Game
18. L Kubbel vs N Stashevsky  1-0331931URS-ch sfB83 Sicilian
19. L Kubbel vs Panov  0-1461931URS-ch sfC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
20. P Romanovsky vs L Kubbel  1-0491931URS-ch sfA04 Reti Opening
21. L Kubbel vs N Kosolapov  1-0361934Match Moscow -Leningrad (Unions)C00 French Defense
22. G Ravinsky vs L Kubbel 1-0341934Trade Unions championshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. E Kuzminykh vs L Kubbel 1-0461934Trade Unions championshipA90 Dutch
24. A Sokolsky vs L Kubbel  1-0331938Leningrad ChampionshipD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
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Jan-06-12  brankat: From Wikipedia:

<Leonid Ivanovich Kubbel was a Russian composer of chess endgame studies and problems.

He was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) at the end of 1890, or beginning of 1891 and died in the same city on April 18, 1942. He was christened Karl Artur Leonid, but amended his forenames to Leonid Ivanovich subsequent to the 1917 October Revolution.

He composed more than 1500 endgame studies and problems, many of which were awarded first prize for their great beauty and original conception. He is generally considered one of the greatest of all endgame composers. He was a chemical engineer by profession.>

R.I.P. master Kubbel.

Mar-11-19
Premium Chessgames Member		  Telemus: N. Hoeg, Aftenblad 1926:


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Mate in two.

L.I. Kubbel, Schachmaty v SSSR 1940:


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Mate in three.

Aug-13-20
Premium Chessgames Member		  jessicafischerqueen:

Championship of Leningrad "Trade Unions"- Leningrad May 1934

http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour...

[Event "Ch \"Trade Unions\"(Leningrad)"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzminykh Evgeni F"]
[Black "Kubbel l.(URS)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nc3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nh3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nf4 Qb6 10.Kh1 Na6 11.a3 Bd7 12.f3 Rae8 13.Re1 Bb8 14.b4 Qd8 15.Nd3 Nh5 16.f4 Nf6 17.Ne5 Ne4 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.b5 Nc7 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.a4 Ne6 22.Ba3 Rf6 23.e3 Nf8 24.Rb1 Qc8 25.Qb3 Kh8 26.Qxb8 Qxb8 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Bxf8 Be8 29.Bc5 a5 30.g4 Rh6 31.h3 g5 32.fxg5 Re6 33.Rf1 Rb3 34.Bf8 Rxe3 35.Bh6 Rxh6 36.gxh6 Kg8 37.g5 Rc3 38.h4 Ra3 39.Ng4 Bf7 40.h5 Rg3 41.Nf6+ Kf8 42.Nxh7+ Ke7 43.Kh2 Rg4 44.Bh3 Rh4 45.Rxf7+ Kxf7 46.g6+ 1-0

[Event "Ch \"Trade Unions\"(Leningrad)"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ravinsky Grigory (RUS)"]
[Black "Kubbel l.(URS)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Qc2 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Bd3 f5 10.Bxe4 fxe4 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Qg5 13.Rae1 Nf6 14.f3 exf3 15.Nxf3 Qh5 16.Ne5 b6 17.Rf3 Ba6 18.Qa4 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 b5 20.Qd1 Ng4 21.h3 dxc4 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Qxg4 Qxg4 24.hxg4 Rb8 25.Ne4 Kf7 26.Kf2 Ke7 27.Ke2 Kd7 28.g5 e5 29.Rh1 Rh8 30.g6 h5 31.Rf1 exd4 32.exd4 Ke6 33.Rf7 h4 34.Nc5+ 1-0

Aug-19-20
Premium Chessgames Member		  jessicafischerqueen:

<Match Moscow-Leningrad (chemists) 1926> (11-12 September)

Leonid Kubbel scored +0-1=1 against Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz on 1st board

Moscow won the match 11.5:8.5

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[Event "Match \"Moscow-Leningrad(chemists)\""]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozenkrantz Karl (RUS)"]
[Black "Kubbel L. (URS)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Be7 10.Ne5 Qc8 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.f3 Nf6 13.g4 a6 14.a4 Na5 15.Qc2 Qc6 16.Be5 Rc8 17.h4 h6 18.Ke2 Kd7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.b4 Nc4 21.Bxc4 dxc4 22.a5 Ke7 23.Qe4 Qb5 24.f4 g5 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.f5 Qd5 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Rh7+ Kd6 29.Rah1 Rxh7 30.Rxh7 Rh8 31.Qxd5+ exd5 32.Rxb7 Rh2+ 33.Kd1 Bd8 34.Ra7 Rg2 35.Rxa6+ Kc7 36.Rg6 Rxg4 37.a6 Rg1+ 38.Kc2 Ra1 39.Kb2 Ra4 40.Nf1 1-0

[Event "Match \"Moscow-Leningrad(chemists)\""]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kubbel L. (URS)"]
[Black "Rozenkrantz Karl (RUS)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 h6 9.Bh4 Kh8 10.h3 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Nxe5 Nxg3 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxc6 Nxf1 15.Bxa8 g4 16.Qxf1 gxh3 17.g3 Rg8 18.Qc1 Qf6 19.Qe3 Bg4 20.e5 dxe5 21.Bd5 Rg5 22.Re1 Rf5 23.d4 exd4 24.Qe8+ Kg7 25.Bxf7 h2+ 26.Kxh2 Rxf2+ 27.Kg1 Rg2+ 28.Kxg2 Qf3+ 29.Kg1 Qxg3+ 30.Kf1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/...

Jun-21-22  BIDMONFA: Leonid Kubbel

KUBBEL, Leonid I.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kubbel_leon...
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Jun-27-22  lonchaney: Chess composer

http://www.bstephen.me.uk/meson/com...

Oct-04-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  keypusher: Sad (though not terribly surprising) that he and Troitsky both died in Leningrad in 1942. Kubbel’s brother Arvid was shot in 1938 for treason (said treason apparently consisted of submitting chess problems to foreign publications).
Oct-04-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  perfidious: <keypusher>, the thought occurred to me that possibly Krylenko might have interceded on Arvid Kubbel's behalf, but he was denounced in January 1938.

In retrospect, it is surprising that Leonid and Evgeny Kubbel were not persecuted in the aftermath of their brother's execution.

Nov-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member		  Peligroso Patzer: Here is an elegant puzzle by L. Kubbel:

White to play and win in the following position:


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Nov-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member		  perfidious: The solution must run 1.Bf6 a3 2.Bxd4 Kxd4 3.Nc6+ and 4.Na5, with 5.Nb3 to follow.
Nov-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member		  nizmo11: <perfidious> that would been too easy 1.Bf6? a3 2.Bxd4 Kxd4 3.Nc6+ fails to 3...Kc5 or Ke4

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