Apr-18-06
 | | OlimpBase: This guy (he was of Jewish and not noble origin, as his name might suggest) left for the Netherlands in mid 50's while stallinist regime oppressed Poland, his home country. Anyone knows what happened to him afterwards? |
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| Apr-18-06 | | euripides: <stallinist regime > ah, the tyranny of procrastination. |
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| Apr-18-06 | | euripides: ... or perhaps a system in breakdown ... |
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| Apr-18-06 | | euripides: ...treated people like cattle, they did ... oh dear, the possibilities are endless ... |
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| Apr-18-06 | | euripides: ... bran was served in the stalls, perhaps ... |
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| Apr-18-06 | | euripides: <Olimp> sorry, I was being frivolous. I know that the writer Eva Hoffman, also Jewish, left Poland at about thirteen in the 1950s to go to Canada. As far as I know the Jewish population of Poland was very small by that time. Don't know about Barnicki. |
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| Dec-17-11 | | whiteshark: <IGNACY BRANICKI> in 1979 (at Lloyds Bank?): http://www.newinchess.com/Common/Im... portait 1958: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mMkclob_j... more games: http://www.365chess.com/players/Ign... |
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Jan-22-14
 | | Stonehenge: He also went to Suriname (in 1961):
http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/i... |
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Jan-22-14
| | Stonehenge: I see thanks, let's hope this link will continue to work for a while: picture:
http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/... |
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Jan-22-14
 | | Tabanus: Ignacy Branicki b. 12 Feb. 1912, arrived to Austria 13 Sept. 1958 on way to Israel: http://interactive.ancestry.com/135... |
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| Jan-23-14 | | thomastonk: Here our man is called chazzan in Eindhoven: http://kranten.delpher.nl/nl/view/i.... For chazzan or hazzan, respectively, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazzan. |
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| Jan-23-14 | | thomastonk: The article of <Stonehenge>'s link, which is now http://kranten.delpher.nl/nl/view/i..., provides interesting biographical information: born in Zelów (Poland), his university studies and hazzan in Lodz from 1935 to 1939. His whereabouts during WWII however remain a secret. |
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| Feb-12-14 | | Gejewe: <Thomastonk>
Very interesting topic, as Mr. Branicki was still active as in player in the 1970ties, I remember to have seen his name in result-tables then.
Besides it turns out now that he lived "nearby" (I was born in 1959 in a village that is a kind of suburb to Eindhoven). Clearly he has not been back in the Eindhoven region as a chessplayer in later years. When he won the Dutch open championship (his initial was mistakenly given as L.) in 1959, his nationality was given as Polish. But in 1961 he competed in the Dutch championship proper. Here is a link to a page that shows the tournament table :
http://www.maxeuwe.nl/activiteiten/...
The information that Branicki was 49 years old at the time, shows that the birthyear of 1912, which is also given for his alias Grynfeld, must be correct. Chessbase megabase gives 1930 instead. |
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| Feb-12-14 | | Gejewe: Additional information for Ignacy Branicki, born 12 feb. 1912 in Zelov, Poland http://www.statengeneraaldigitaal.n... Appliance for naturalisation of Ignacy Branicki who has been living in the Netherlands since 1958, married to a Dutch woman (since 1961), working as a clerk.
His wife Alida Montezinos , then 18 years old was hidden by the Blankevoort family from december 7 1943 on and thus rescued from the cruel fate that many jewish citizens in the Netherlands suffered from the Nazi invasion. She died (childless) in 1970 and thus can not have been older than 45 years then. http://www.anp-archief.nl/page/5669...
A picture that states that Ignacy Branicki has lived in Beverwijk in the late 1960-ties . That was the city that hosted the Hoogoventournament (now Tata) before the nearby village of Wijk aan Zee took over. But he must be the man in the white shirt as I clearly recognise D.Smit as the onlooker ( though I knew him 25 years later..). |
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| Feb-12-14 | | PhilFeeley: So why no games after '58? |
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Feb-12-17
| | Stonehenge: He was still alive in 1993 when he lived in Venray, Netherlands. |
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| Feb-12-19 | | SkySports: But I doubt he is still alive nowadays... |
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Feb-12-19
| | Tabanus: New York passenger list 1960 in A...com:
Branicki Ignacy, born Feb. 12 1912 in Zelow (Poland), Stateless, Passport number R. 43651, arrived with airline KL 601 from Amsterdam Aug 3 1960, US Address: Transit, scheduled to leave from New York before Aug 8 1960 on board KLM 992. |
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Feb-12-19
| | Tabanus: https://www.lisb.nl/schakend-limbur... (April 1992): Class B won by "80 years old I. Branicki, an old chess master from Poland." Last mention I can find is http://peelenmaas.rooynet.nl/issue/... (Peel en Maas, 3 June 1993, p. 13) where he played chess in the Schaakvereninging Venray. |
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Dec-02-20
| | Stonehenge: <Pres. Of the National Council in the capital city of Warsaw, Division of Społ. Adm. ruled the name change of ob. Grynfeld Izak b. February 12, 1912 in Zelów, son of Grzegorz and Celina née Kaufman. residing Warsaw, Mokotowska Street 61, in the name of Branicki Ignacy.> Zycie Warszawy, November 18, 1954. |
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Dec-04-20
| | Stonehenge: Reposted from the Grynfeld page:
<Dec-17-11 knighterrant999:> Grynfeld's signature opening, 1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 b6 3. Nc3 e5 is considered highly speculative. |
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Dec-04-20
| | Stonehenge: <Jan-22-14 Premium Chessgames Member whiteshark:> Tomasz Lissowski adds (6/9/2012):
Izaak Grynfeld was a strong chess player in Lodz in 1930s. Nobody knows where Grynfeld spent the years of WWII. He participated several times in the championship of Poland (see wikipedia in English). The official in Polish chess organisation in the 1950s. He translated one chess book from Russian into Polish (as I remember, it was Keres' openings manual). Ca. 1955 he changed his family name - one day he became Ignacy Branicki. It was not such a rare case, many Poles (not only of Jewish roots) did the same after the WWII, from various reasons. Grynfeld adopted the name of aristocratic family, the prince (!) family, which produced a line of marshals, archbishops and senators. Also first name "Ignacy" was obsolete and rather typical for wealthy noble families (remember Ignacio Loyola!). His biography has many "white spots". Even his date of birth is doubtful. According to some sources Branicki was much younger than Grynfeld - but it is one person! Mr. Lissowski describes Grynfeld's life and chess career in a two-part article, "Zapomniany Polski Olimpijczyk - Pogromca Donnera" [Forgotten Polish Olympic Player - Donner's "Crusher"] in Vistula Chess Monthly. https://jewishchesshistory.blogspot... |
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Dec-04-20
| | Stonehenge: <Feb-12-14 PhilFeeley:> It looks like he dropped off the face of the earth in 1955. Perhaps he died soon after? Maybe the Polish chess community could find out? <Feb-13-14 Gejewe:> <PhilFeeley> Watch the Branicki page for information on that. He was in Austria in 1958 and from that same year on lived in the Netherlands (also Suriname and Netherland Antilles) where he married in 1961, applied for Dutch citizenship in 1964/5, lost his wife in 1970 and was still playing chess in 1979 in London at Lloyds bank masters. His age can be verified by the tournament table of the Dutch championship from 1961 - he was a competitor - which gives his age as 49 (so that way Branicki/Grynfeld matches) |
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Dec-04-20
| | Stonehenge: <Apr-22-15 Premium Chessgames Member Stonehenge:> During the 1952 Polish Championship:
http://szachowavistula.pl/felietony... |
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| Apr-07-22 | | Jan Kersten: Izaak Grynfeld (Ignacy Branicki) died 22th February 2004. Source: https://maxeuwe.nl/wp-content/uploa...
He probably died in the Netherlands. |
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