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Evgeny Kuzminykh

EVGENY KUZMINYKH (born Nov-03-1911, died Jul-24-1989, 77 years old) Russia [what is this?] Evgeny Filippovich Kuzminykh was awarded the Soviet Master of Sports title in 1941. Kuzminych began his chess career in Leningrad in the mid-1920s. In 1933 he took part in a preliminary tournament for players in the first category and finished first in his group, tied with Alexander Tolush. In the following qualifying tournament, which was held in August of the same year in Leningrad, he finished fourth, just missing the master norm. At the Leningrad City Championship 1933/34 Kuzminych was also fourth, where he was able to outperform opponents such as Alexey Sokolsky , Viacheslav Ragozin and Vitaly Chekhover in the table. In another qualifying tournament in 1940 in Moscow where he scored 7½ points from 11 games and was subsequently declared national champion . In June 1941 Kuzminych participated for the first time in a semi-final of the Soviet championship in Rostov-on-Don . There he, like all the other participants, was surprised by the outbreak of war and was only able to bring his hanging game against David Bronstein to an end after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Two more rounds followed before the competition was finally abandoned. Along with Kirill Vinogradov and Nikolai Kopylov, he is considered one of the namesakes of the Leningrad system in the Dutch defense. Wikipedia article: Jewgeni Filippowitsch Kusminych Last updated: 2022-11-03 14:31:58

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page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 89  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Kuzminykh vs L Savitsky   0-1 36 1934 10th Ch Leningrad A50 Queen's Pawn Game 2. E Kuzminykh vs L Savitsky   0-1 31 1934 Trade Unions championship E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 3. E Kuzminykh vs L Kubbel 1-0 46 1934 Trade Unions championship A90 Dutch 4. D Rovner vs E Kuzminykh   1-0 26 1934 Trade Unions championship E17 Queen's Indian 5. E Kuzminykh vs V Sozin   1-0 55 1934 Trade Unions championship E16 Queen's Indian 6. Tolush vs E Kuzminykh   0-1 51 1934 Trade Unions championship E41 Nimzo-Indian 7. E Kuzminykh vs A Budo   1-0 27 1939 14th Ch Leningrad E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 8. E Kuzminykh vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky   ½-½ 36 1939 14th Ch Leningrad E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 9. E Kuzminykh vs A Polyak   1-0 46 1940 Candidates-Masters D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. E Kuzminykh vs M Yudovich Sr   1-0 66 1940 Candidates-Masters D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 11. E Kuzminykh vs A Budo   1-0 45 1940 Candidates-Masters E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 12. E Kuzminykh vs N Rudnev   1-0 38 1940 Candidates-Masters D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. E Kuzminykh vs N Golovko   1-0 45 1941 Ch URS (1/2 final) A57 Benko Gambit 14. Bronstein vs E Kuzminykh 0-1 41 1941 Ch URS (1/2 final) C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 15. A Pokorny vs E Kuzminykh   ½-½ 24 1946 Leningrad-Prague A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit 16. Taimanov vs E Kuzminykh   0-1 54 1946 20th Ch Leningrad C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 17. E Kuzminykh vs Levenfish ½-½ 43 1946 URS-ch sf Leningrad D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. E Kuzminykh vs V Chekhover   1-0 29 1946 20th Ch Leningrad E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 19. E Kuzminykh vs A Pokorny   1-0 37 1946 Leningrad-Prague A16 English 20. Taimanov vs E Kuzminykh   ½-½ 36 1947 21st Ch Leningrad B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 21. E Kuzminykh vs V Zagorovsky   1-0 53 1947 URS-ch sf Leningrad A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 22. Taimanov vs E Kuzminykh   1-0 47 1947 URS-ch sf Leningrad B41 Sicilian, Kan 23. Aronin vs E Kuzminykh   1-0 37 1947 URS-ch sf Leningrad B32 Sicilian 24. N Kopilov vs E Kuzminykh   1-0 63 1947 URS-ch sf Leningrad D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. E Kuzminykh vs A Sokolsky   ½-½ 41 1947 URS-ch sf Leningrad E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 89

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Nov-03-10    Eastfrisian: .. and still living ? Nov-03-10    alexmagnus: He played the semifinals of the Soviet championship, yet Google knows next to nothing about him. One picture of him and some other players from 1944. I cannot even find out his father's name (Russian "middle name"). Nov-03-12    waustad: Happy 101, if you're still alive. Nov-03-13    Kikoman: <Player of the Day> Happy 102nd Birthday Sir Evgeny Kuzminykh! God Bless!!!! :D Nov-03-13    Penguincw: Make that a 102nd birthday to the <POTD>: Evgeny Kuzminykh. Nov-03-13    juan31: The chess like other art, make timeless the work of the artist. Jul-18-15    Volcanus: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewge...

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