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John Brunnemer

Number of games in database: 30
Years covered: 1916 to 1939
Overall record: +22 -6 =2 (76.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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JOHN BRUNNEMER
(born Jan-13-1898, died Dec-24-1948, 50 years old) United States of America

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John William Brunnemer

Last updated: 2021-02-06 08:07:31

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. C S Howell vs J Brunnemer 0-1201916Simul, 19bC45 Scotch Game
2. J Brunnemer vs L Jennings 1-0171916Broadway CC Championship TournamentC41 Philidor Defense
3. Capablanca vs J Brunnemer 0-1301916Simul, 28bD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
4. J Brunnemer vs H Helms 0-1441917BrooklynC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
5. Robert Edward Platt vs J Brunnemer 0-1251917Ocean Hill and Broadway CC Correspondence ChessC45 Scotch Game
6. J Brunnemer vs O W Field 1-0321917NYSCA MastersC66 Ruy Lopez
7. J Brunnemer vs J Patton 1-0201917Ocean Hill and Broadway CC Correspondence ChessD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
8. Ed Lasker vs J Brunnemer  0-1351917Simul, 42bC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
9. J L McCudden vs J Brunnemer 0-1401918Class 1A MatchD61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
10. Charles A Larsson vs J Brunnemer 0-1261918Ocean Hill ChampionshipC30 King's Gambit Declined
11. A Beckman vs J Brunnemer  0-1301919Correspondence tC28 Vienna Game
12. L W Palmer vs J Brunnemer 0-1361919Correspondence tC25 Vienna
13. H Zirn vs J Brunnemer ½-½351919Ocean Hill vs Brooklyn Institute CCC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
14. J Brunnemer vs J Patton 1-0271919Victory Tournament of the CC League of AmericaC41 Philidor Defense
15. J Brunnemer vs Russell Almer Scott 1-0231919Victory American Championship Tournament of CCLAC29 Vienna Gambit
16. J Brunnemer vs W Failing 1-0181920Correspondence gameB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
17. J Brunnemer vs Clarence E Armstrong 1-0551920New Jersey State ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
18. J Brunnemer vs S Addleman  1-0461920Brooklyn CC vs Kenwood CC telegraph mC14 French, Classical
19. Charles A Will vs J Brunnemer 1-0351921Hickok Memorial Tournament Semi-finalsC42 Petrov Defense
20. J Brunnemer vs W Frere 1-0311922New Jersey State championship tournamentC14 French, Classical
21. J Brunnemer vs H B Daly 1-0431923Correspondence GameA84 Dutch
22. J Brunnemer vs J Khotimlansky 1-0491923Metropolitan League MatchC27 Vienna Game
23. J Brunnemer vs H Steiner  1-0501925CC International vs Hungarian CCB02 Alekhine's Defense
24. J Brunnemer vs W Witt 0-1311928Simul, 18bC28 Vienna Game
25. Rubinstein vs J Brunnemer 0-1251928Simul, 27bC30 King's Gambit Declined
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-07-16
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  MissScarlett: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 6th, 1949, p.32:

<The death is announced of John W. Brunnemer, a former champion of the Brooklyn Chess Club, who was widely known in correspondence chess circles. Since leaving Brooklyn he had lived at Nyack and only recently moved into a new home at Oradell, N.J. He was a musician and, in business, was connected with the coffee trade. His age was 51.>

Brunnemer's first mention in the <BDE> occurred in 1914 (16th November, p.18) upon the announcement of his father's death, aged 44, under the factually correct headline: <DROPS DEAD PLAYING BASEBALL>.

Oct-19-16
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  MissScarlett: The New York Sun, October 14th, 1932, p.37:

<The Pasack Valley Chess Club opened the season on October 6 with seventeen members. A short business meeting was held prior to the play and John Brunnemer, New Jersey champion, was elected president. [...] Brunnemer showed his appreciation of the honor paid him by decisively beating twelve other members of the club in a simultaneous exhibition.>

Jul-15-18  Jean Defuse: ...

Robert N. Bernard (Anntlantic Chess News 2017, Annual Edition, pp. 3-4):

<John W. Brunnemer, New Jersey Champion 1921-1932>

We finally found a story on the mysterious John Brunnemer that we mentioned in listing past NJ champions in a prior Atlantic Chess News annual. Unfortunately, it was his obituary in Chess Review, January, 1949. We quote from the article and give examples of his play:

“One of our outstanding postalites, John W. Brunnemer of South Nyack, New York, died December 24, 1948.

Born in Brooklyn, 1895, and a rabid Dodger rooter all his life, he had played for the old Brooklyn Chess Club in its heyday, won the American Correspondence Cham-pionship in 1919, and, in New Jersey, was President of the North Jersey Chess League—held the state championship there from 1921 to 1932, five years without loss of a game. In Postal Chess, he scored notably, was currently eighth in the 1944 Postal Chess Championship and had a Postal Master rating of 1526.

Brunnemer favored the classical style in chess, with 1.P-K4 [1.e4] and an open game. He was well versed in the latest theory of opening play, performed brilliantly both with and against 1.P-K4, in forth-right fashion, rare in these days of hypermodern chess.”

His aggressive style, even in postal chess, is evident in this brilliant game:

[Event "Correspondence (circa 1945)"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [White "Marschner, A W."] [Black "Brunnemer, John William"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C79"] [PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nd4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nc3 g5 14. f3 f4 15. Nxf4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 O-O 17. c3 Rxf4 18. gxf4 Kh8 19. Kh1 Nf2+ 0-1

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The following blazing attack’s 14th and 15th moves must have leap off the postal cards when they arrived at their destination:

[Event "CCLA Event (circa 1940)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [White "Brunnemer, John William"] [Black "Failing, W H."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B45"] [PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Bf3 Nxc3 $6 10. Qd3 Nd5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Nf5 d6 14. Nxg7 Ne5 15. Nh5 Be6 16. Rxe5 dxe5 17. Ba3+ Ke8 18. Qb5+ 1-0 (MegaCorr4: Brunnemer v Falling, circa 1931)

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May-06-25
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  NewspaperChessArchiv: Genealogy and news clippings

John William Brunnemer
January 13, 1898 - December 24, 1948
Birth: Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Residence(s):
(1919) Brooklyn, New York;
(1921) Hillsdale, New Jersey;
[...]
(1948) Nyack, New York;
(1948) 446 Bergen Boulevard, Oradell, New Jersey; (d.) Post Graduate Hospital, New York City;
(b.) Westwood Cemetery and Mausoleum, Westwood, Bergen County, New Jersey

The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, Monday, December 27, 1948

J. W. BRUNNEMER
Services For Former Nyack Man At Westwood Today
Funeral services conducted by the Rev. L. A. C. Pitcaithly of Grace Episcopal Church, Westwood, were scheduled to be held at Halsey Funeral Home, Westwood, this afternoon for John W. Brunnemer of 446 Bergen Boulevard, Oradell. Burial was to follow at Westwood Cemetery. Mr. Brunnemer, who would have been 51 January 13, died Christmas Eve during surgery at Post Graduate Hospital, New York City where he had been a patient one day. He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., son of William H. and Katherine Paasch Brunnemer, and was secretary-treasurer of Shoefer and Klaussmann, coffee merchants, New York City. Until he became a resident of Oradell 4 months ago he had lived in Nyack, N. Y. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Genevieve Doremus Brunnemer.

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May-06-25
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  NewspaperChessArchiv: This really made me feel for John Brunnemer when yet a youth of 16.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Monday, November 16, 1914

DROPS DEAD WHILE PLAYING BASEBALL
W. H. Brunnemer, Extra Club Pitcher, Dies Suddenly at Highland Playground. William Henry Brunnemer, one of the prominent members of the Etna Club and widely known throughout East New York as a baseball player, died very suddenly Saturday afternoon on Jamaica avenue, near the Highland Playground baseball diamond, at the head of Dresden street. Mr. Brunnemer was the pitcher for the Etna nine and he was playing a practice game with some of the members of the club and others, including his son, John W. Brunnemer, when he complained of having pains around the heart and stomach. He tossed the ball to one of the players and had walked to the entrance of the playground when he was seen to stagger and fall. The ball players at once ran to Mr. Brunnemer's side and Dr. Rose, who was passing, went to his assistance. It was too late, as the man was dead. An ambulance surgeon from the Bradford street hospital was called up by someone and he insisted on taking the body of Mr. Brunnemer to the police station on Liberty avenue, half a mile away, although young Brunnemer asked to have the remains conveyed to the Etna street house. Mr. Brunnemer lived opposite the Etna clubhouse and he was one of the leaders in its social life. He was a crack baseball pitcher and played with the old Howard team before the Etna team was organized. He was entered for the coming pool tournament of the club and was one of the committee for the annual reception to be held in two weeks. He was born in Brooklyn January 19, forty-four years ago, and was a bookkeeper for the Consolidated Telegraph and Electrical Subway Company of Manhattan. He was a member of Fraternity Council, Royal Arcanum, and the Michael J. Tighe Association, and leaves a widow, Catherine Speckmann, and one son. The funeral services will be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, with the Rev. Dr. Francis G. Howell, pastor of the Andrews M. E. Church, officiating. The interment will be made Wednesday in Evergreens Cemetery. The Etna Club's baseball team will attend the funeral in a body."

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