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Nicolas Engalicev

Number of games in database: 24
Years covered: 1937 to 1976
Overall record: +12 -10 =2 (54.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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NICOLAS ENGALICEV
(born Feb-18-1915, died 1981, 66 years old) Latvia (federation/nationality Canada)

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(Latvian spelling Nikolajs Engaļičevs)

Wikipedia article: Nicolas Engalicev

Last updated: 2020-01-26 06:55:09

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 page 1 of 1; 24 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Feigin vs N Engalicev  1-0321937Riga ch- Prelim 1D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
2. V Indulens vs N Engalicev  1-0321939Christmas Qualifying TournamentE00 Queen's Pawn Game
3. Raimonds Blums vs N Engalicev  1-0461939Christmas Qualifying TournamentD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
4. N Engalicev vs A Giustolisi  0-1391946RomeD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
5. N Engalicev vs M Baldanello 0-1351947Venice-BA46 Queen's Pawn Game
6. G Cenni vs N Engalicev  0-1241948Italian MastersC01 French, Exchange
7. N Engalicev vs A Giustolisi  ½-½411950Italian ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
8. N Engalicev vs G Primavera  0-1601950Italian ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
9. P G Ricci vs N Engalicev  0-1231950Italian ChampionshipA02 Bird's Opening
10. N Engalicev vs V Ceccato  1-0311950Italian ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
11. D Postpischl vs N Engalicev ½-½801950Italian ChampionshipC02 French, Advance
12. V Nestler vs N Engalicev  0-1701950Italian ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
13. N Engalicev vs V Castaldi  1-0451950Italian ChampionshipD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
14. G Porreca vs N Engalicev  1-0261950Italian ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. M Napolitano vs N Engalicev  0-1521950Italian ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. A Siveri vs N Engalicev  0-1641950Italian ChampionshipB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
17. N Engalicev vs C Staldi  1-0771950Italian ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
18. N Engalicev vs E Paoli  1-0661950Italian ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
19. N Engalicev vs E Paoli  1-0411953Milan 2ndD02 Queen's Pawn Game
20. L Day vs N Engalicev  1-0441969Tournois de l'est QuebecC19 French, Winawer, Advance
21. H Brodie vs N Engalicev  0-1471973Quebec OpenA03 Bird's Opening
22. N Engalicev vs L Piasetski  1-0331973Quebec OpenA04 Reti Opening
23. N Weinstein vs N Engalicev  1-0451973Quebec OpenC05 French, Tarrasch
24. N Engalicev vs L Day  0-1491976St. Jean MastersA46 Queen's Pawn Game
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Nov-24-06  Prugno: I would like to ask if any of our Canadian readers have ever heard of this strong but little known player.

He is quoted in Italian chess histories as a strong player of Latvian origin, active and with good results (e.g. shared first with Porreca in the 1950 national championship) during the 1945-55 decade. However I have hardly ever read any personal information about the man, and most of the players in Rome who knew him are no longer with us.

According to a Google search and some later games present in the database, he must have moved to Canada around the end of the '50s and was still involved in chess more or less until the late '70s. Can anybody shed some light on him, his life or his play?

Nov-24-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  IMlday: Day,L - Engalicev,N [C19]
Tournois de l'est Quebec CAN, 1969

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Be2 Bd7 9.a4 Nbc6 10.Ba3 b6 11.0-0 Na5 12.Qd2 Ng6 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Qe3 Rc8 15.Ba6 Nc4 16.Bxc4 dxc4 17.Rfe1 Ne7 18.Nd2 Nf5 19.Qf4 0-0 20.Qxc4 Bc6 21.Nb3 Rfd8 22.Nxc5 Ba8 23.Qf4 Qc6 24.f3 Rd5 25.Ne4 Qc4 26.Rab1 a5 27.Rb3 Kh8 28.g4 Nh6 29.Qg3 Rcd8 30.Nd6 Qxa4 31.Bc1 R5xd6 32.exd6 Ng8 33.Qf4 Qc6 34.c4 h6 35.Rd3 Qc5+ 36.Kg2 Rd7 37.Bb2 Qb4 38.Bc3 Qa4 39.Ra1 Qc6 40.Rxa5 f6 41.Qd4 Qc8 42.Ra7 e5 43.Rxa8 Qxa8 44.Qd5 1-0

Nov-25-06  Prugno: Thank you, Mr Day! Well I said he was strong, but not as strong as you :-)

Anything else? The gentleman's age? Appearance? What language did he speak, French with a Russian (or Italian) accent? Etc. etc. Whatever you can share about him would be greatly appreciated.

Nov-26-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  IMlday: He was elderly when I played him. Both his English and French had a thick Russian accent. But he was reserved, an ordinary gentleman, happy with Montreal's Trudeau-era multi-culturalism. The once a month Quebec City tournaments were down river and farther north. He stayed in the motel while I and other young players like Leon Piasetski stayed in sleeping bags on mats in the gymnasium of a close-by monastery for $1 per night. You could probably get more information by posting in the Francais section of chesstalk.com, Canada's chess babble site.
Nov-26-06  Prugno: Thanks for the tip and for your recollections... however I guess I'll just send this page to some Italian chess historian who, if interested, can very well do that search for himself!

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