Aug-01-08 | | banane: Talk about a loser. Not a single game won in the database for our player of the day. I was expecting a bit more punch from someone with my name. Still, he tied with Tal so im sure he had his moments... |
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Aug-01-08 | | Eastfrisian: Never heard of him before. |
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Aug-01-08 | | Jason Frost: He seems to be a strong player, considering the 1945 Estonian Chess Championship was won by none other than Paul Keres! |
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Aug-01-08 | | whiteshark: At Pärnu 1947 he scored only 3/13 becoming second to last (Keres won).
Maybe the turning point for him.
http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%... |
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Aug-01-08 | | Once: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead - this Renter seems to be one of chess's support characters. I recognise nearly all of his opponents, but not him. He must have won some games ... pity we don't have them on the CG database. |
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Aug-01-08 | | whiteshark: <Once> megabase 2008 contains only 24 Rentner games, all are listed here, too. So far no win from Renter known. |
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Aug-01-08 | | jussu: "Support character" is a good term. He was among best players in Estonia, never of international strength but good enough to play some games against the big boys (and to not lose them all), ending up in databases. |
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Aug-01-08
 | | chessgames.com: We did some research. Rusbase pointed out that he had some very fine placements in Estonian championships and tournaments (we updated the biography). We still don't have a date that he passed away (or perhaps he's still with us), nor can we dig up a single example of one of his wins. Kudos to anybody who can fill in these gaps--please email chess@chessgames.com and let us know what you find. Nevertheless, he is certainly deserving to be player of the day. |
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Aug-01-08 | | whiteshark: Crosstable < Championship of Baltic Republics- Riga 26.10-20.11.1945>
http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv... Renter placed 5th with 11/17 points (+8 =6 -3). Mikenas won, 2nd Tolush. |
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Aug-01-08 | | whiteshark: Crosstable < Championship of Baltic Republics- Vilnius June-July 1946>
http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv... Renter placed 6-8th with 11/19 points (+9 =4 -6). Averbakh won, 2nd Vistinietzki. |
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Aug-01-08 | | whiteshark: Crrosstable' < National Tournament- Parnu 1950>
http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv... Renter placed <first> with 9/11 points! 2nd Pitksaar, 3rd Kholmov, 4th Mikenas. |
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Aug-01-08 | | whiteshark:
Crosstable < Zonal Tournament of 23 Championship of USSR- Vilnius 1955>
http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv... Renter placed second to last with 5.5/17 points (+3 =5 -9). Kholmov won, 2nd Nei. 4 known games were already in the db. |
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Aug-01-08 | | Jack Kerouac: Raul Renter is the 'Shroud' of chess... |
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Aug-01-08 | | Once: But what a chess life! To have played Kotov, Keres, Tal, Smyslov, Flohr ... Reminds me of Blade Runner:
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die" |
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