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Vladimir Sournin

Number of games in database: 47
Years covered: 1897 to 1936
Overall record: +15 -21 =8 (43.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 3 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (7) 
    D02 A45 D00
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (7) 
    C77 C61 C65 C64 C91
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   V Sournin vs S Factor, 1921 1-0
   N Whitaker vs V Sournin, 1921 0-1
   B Maliutin vs V Sournin, 1906 0-1
   M Lewitt vs V Sournin, 1906 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Marshall - Sournin (1897)
   9th American Chess Congress (1923)
   Ostend (1906)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Atlantic City 1921 by crawfb5


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VLADIMIR SOURNIN
(born Aug-01-1875, died Aug-21-1942, 67 years old) Russia (federation/nationality United States of America)

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Wikipedia article: Vladimir Sournin

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 47  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Sournin vs Marshall  0-1301897Marshall - SourninA03 Bird's Opening
2. Marshall vs V Sournin  1-0331897Marshall - SourninC13 French
3. V Sournin vs Marshall  ½-½441897Marshall - SourninC49 Four Knights
4. Marshall vs V Sournin  1-0541897Marshall - SourninC77 Ruy Lopez
5. V Sournin vs Marshall  0-1471897Marshall - SourninC42 Petrov Defense
6. Marshall vs V Sournin ½-½481897Marshall - SourninC13 French
7. V Sournin vs Marshall  1-0731897Marshall - SourninD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. Marshall vs V Sournin  1-0211897Marshall - SourninC13 French
9. V Sournin vs Marshall  0-1351897Marshall - SourninA80 Dutch
10. Marshall vs V Sournin  0-1271897Marshall - SourninC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
11. V Sournin vs Marshall  0-1401897Marshall - SourninD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. Pillsbury vs V Sournin  ½-½261900Blindfold simul, 12bB40 Sicilian
13. F Walker vs V Sournin  1-0331902Washington D.C. ch mA84 Dutch
14. V Sournin vs C S Howell  ½-½481902Washington - Brooklyn Telegraph MatchA84 Dutch
15. Pillsbury vs V Sournin  0-1381903Pillsbury Simul 25b, WashingtonC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
16. V Sournin vs F Walker  ½-½531906United States Service TournamentD08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
17. Marshall vs V Sournin 1-0301906OstendD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
18. V Sournin vs E Post 0-1661906OstendD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
19. B Maliutin vs V Sournin 0-1271906OstendC30 King's Gambit Declined
20. V Sournin vs H Suechting  0-1261906OstendC26 Vienna
21. V Sournin vs J Mieses  0-1651906OstendD08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
22. M Lewitt vs V Sournin 0-1591906OstendC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
23. Marshall vs V Sournin  0-1251906Marshall Simul, 23b WashingtonC50 Giuoco Piano
24. Lasker vs V Sournin 0-1271910Simul, 29bC26 Vienna
25. P List vs V Sournin  0-1321911All-Russian Chess Congress (Main Tournament)B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
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Dec-05-06  Resignation Trap: For a good article on this player, go here: http://www.correspondencechess.com/... .
Dec-01-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Interesting fellow, a chessplayer who makes news while away from the board:

Vladimir Sournin was born on August 1, 1875 in Mstislavl, Russia. His earlier moments with the game of chess were recounted by a chess column in the September 1, 1901 issue of the Washington Post: "When but a child Mr. Sournin watched the game of Caissa as fought by some of the greatest players of the world. At St. Petersburg he made acquaintance of Lasker, and in a way he might be called a student of that celebrity." According to the same source, during one of his visits to Paris in late 1890s, Sournin met Emanuel Schiffers and became his protégé. The December 24, 1905 Washington Times noted that "as a favorite pupil of the Russian chess master Tarrasch for several years [Sournin] held the chess honors of St. Petersburg." Caution is necessary with such stories; though they were probably told by Sournin himself once he arrived in America.

It was also noted that while in Paris, Sournin learned about the Spanish-American war preparations. He volunteered to fight the war on the American side. In 1897 he was in New York. Various newspaper accounts indicate he was an active player in the rooms of the Manhattan and Brooklyn Chess Clubs being known as a "young Russian expert." As shown by John S. Hilbert's Young Marshall (Olomouc: Moravian Chess, 2002), Sournin lost a match -7+2=2 to Frank J. Marshall in the spring of that year.

After World War I, Vladimir collaborated with General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, leader of the American Expeditionary Force in the Great War, to create a map identifying Native Americans' contributions to the war effort. The famed American Indian photographer Joseph K. Dixon personally supervised the map project and the department store magnate Rodman Wannamaker, the Sam Walton of his day, funded the effort. Vladimir proudly sent Lura some of his own correspondence with Dixon, which remains in the collection.

Dec-05-09  Karpova: <HeMateMe> you forgot to mention the source where you copied your information from (word for word): Olimpiu G. Urcan's "Past Pieces" from November 28, 2009 headed <"Suspicious Character": Vladimir Sournin (1875-1942)>.

Here's the link: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/urcan...

Dec-05-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: <anatoly> My Vista system doesn't allow me to cut and paste links, for some reason. Otherwise i would just use the links, instead of cut and paste text.

Of course it's another source, w/f/w. Who would have such info and dialogue on the tip of their toungue?

Dec-05-09  zanshin: <HeMateMe> You still have that problem? As others have said (<Wannabe>?), you should be able to highlight and use control-C as in previous OSs. Alternatively, you can highlight the link, right-click, then select from the list. If neither method works, there is something funky going on with your PC. (I also use Vista at home.)
Jan-27-16  zanzibar: Sept 15, 1901 Washington Post supposedly has a detailed article about him. Some of the highlights found there way here:

http://www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/~spi...

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