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Paul Kerkovius

Number of games in database: 12
Years covered: 1891 to 1899
Overall record: +5 -5 =2 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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PAUL KERKOVIUS
(born Sep-17-1868, died Aug-08-1940, 71 years old) Latvia

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(Latvian spelling Pauls Kerkoviuss). He was born September 17, 1896 in Riga and died August 8, 1940 in Germany. Kerkovius served as Chairman of the Riga Chess Club from 1899 - 1921, and from 1903 - 1910 he co-edited the Baltische Schachblätter with Karl Behting. 1 In the first Latvian chess congress (1924) he shared 9th-10th with Theodore Germann, behind Fricis Apsenieks, Hermanis Karlovich Mattison and Karl Behting.2 By trade, Kerkovius owned a book printing company.1

1 Val Zemitis "Encyclopedia of Latvian Chessplayers Vol.I" p.K-70

2 Wikipedia article: 1924. gada Latvijas %C4%8Dempion%C4%81ts %C5%A1ah%C4%81

Last updated: 2020-01-12 11:31:54

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Ascharin vs P Kerkovius  1-0201891Riga CC Odds tournament000 Chess variants
2. V Svensons vs P Kerkovius  1-0321892Riga CC Winter tournamentC11 French
3. H Obst vs P Kerkovius ½-½501894Tambov - Riga CorrC11 French
4. P Kerkovius vs A Mandelbaum 1-0141894Riga Chess ClubC55 Two Knights Defense
5. P Kerkovius vs J Behting 1-0211894Riga Chess Club tournamentC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
6. P Kerkovius vs H Obst  1-0261895corrC42 Petrov Defense
7. P Kerkovius vs H Obst  0-1241895corrC42 Petrov Defense
8. P Kerkovius vs H Obst  0-1241896corrC42 Petrov Defense
9. P Kerkovius vs T Germann  0-1171897Bilderlingshof summer gameC70 Ruy Lopez
10. H Obst vs P Kerkovius  0-1641899corrC45 Scotch Game
11. S Niemzowitsch vs P Kerkovius  0-1231899Handicap TournamentC01 French, Exchange
12. R Behting vs P Kerkovius ½-½471899Riga Offhand gameC29 Vienna Gambit
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-14-09  whiteshark: In 1902–1910, he was co-editor with Karl Behting of the Baltische Schachblätter.
Feb-14-09  Calli: Picture with the Behting bros.: http://picasaweb.google.com/Caissa1... Hair is difficult to grow in the Baltic climate. 8->

May-31-17  zanzibar: <Calli>'s link is broken.

Perhaps this is a better one:

https://books.google.com/books?id=Z...

(Though 5 players are pictured - perhaps <Calli> was looking at a picture where those with hair were cropped out? I suspect a hair-brained conspiracy!)

Feb-05-18  zanzibar: <Paul Theodor Kerkovius ( German : Paul Theodor Kerkovius , born on September 17, 1868 in Riga , died on August 8, 1940 in Magdeburg ) was a German-speaking journalist, editor and chess player.>

The Cyrillic caption for the picture (for name ref):

<Группа рижских шахматистов конца века

Сидят: П. Боль (слева) и П. Кековиус; стоят: Р. Бетиньш, К. Бетиньш и А. Лют. >

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