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Voldemars Svensons

Number of games in database: 14
Years covered: 1885 to 1915
Overall record: +8 -1 =5 (75.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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VOLDEMARS SVENSONS
(born 1862, died 1939, 77 years old) Latvia

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Voldemars Svensons (Latvian: Voldemārs Svensons)

Svensons was a Latvian correspondence specialist. He played for the Riga team in the 1st Riga vs Moscow correspondence match in 1899-1900: Moscow vs Riga, 1899, Riga vs Moscow, 1899. (1)

Source
(1) Gedimins Salmins, Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944, Liepaja 2005, p.24

Reference
Gedimins Salmins, Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944, Liepaja 2005, p.18

Last updated: 2025-04-27 14:16:22

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Svensons vs A Florell 1-0161885Both players BlindfoldC38 King's Gambit Accepted
2. V Svensons vs K Svenson  1-0231890Birch Spa at WendenC02 French, Advance
3. V Svensons vs H Weinstein 1-0291890Casual gameC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
4. V Svensons vs K Svenson 361892Riga-Kiev corrC51 Evans Gambit
5. V Svensons vs P Kerkovius  1-0321892Riga CC Winter tournamentC11 French
6. K Behting vs V Svensons  0-1491892Riga Chess Club tD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. V Svensons vs H Obst  ½-½481892Riga CC Winter tournamentC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
8. Tarrasch vs V Svensons 1-0251893Kroepsch RestaurantC51 Evans Gambit
9. E Schallopp vs V Svensons  0-1221896Simul, 12bB23 Sicilian, Closed
10. P Bohl vs V Svensons  ½-½401896Riga Chess ClubC30 King's Gambit Declined
11. V Svensons vs K Behting  ½-½531896RigaC60 Ruy Lopez
12. M Bluemich vs V Svensons  0-1101910corrC25 Vienna
13. V Svensons vs Aldersons 1-0121912corrC21 Center Game
14. V Svensons vs H Mattison  ½-½541915Riga Chess ClubC54 Giuoco Piano
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Jun-16-13  Dr Esenville: Ulf Svensson
Jan-09-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen:

<Dr Esenville> not Ulf Svenson. Ulf was born in 1940.

These games were played by the Latvian correspondence specialist <V. Svensons>.

Svensons also played for the Riga team in these correspondence city games:

Moscow vs Riga, 1899

Riga vs Moscow, 1899

-Val Zemitis, "Encyclopedia of Latvian Chessplayers Vol. II" p. S-197

-Gedimins Salmins, "Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944" (Liepaja 2005), p.24

Jan-23-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen:

Voldemars Svensons not to be confused with <K. Svensons>, also a correspondence player from Latvia.

Jan-27-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen:

<Voldemars Svensons not to be confused with <K. Svensons>, also a correspondence player from Latvia.>

This player on this page is <Voldemars Svenson> from Riga, Latvia.

<K. Svensons> was not from Latvia as I posted above- he was from Kiev.

-Gedimins Salmins, "Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944" (Liepaja 2005), p.18

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