Benjamin Blumenfeld
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Benjamin Blumenfeld was a Russian chess
master.
Born in Volkovysk, Belarus (like Dawid Janowski
), then Russia. In 1905/06, he tied for second/third with Akiba Rubinstein
, behind Gersz Salwe
, in St. Petersburg (the fourth Russian championship). In 1907, he tied for second/third with Georg Marco
, behind Mikhail Chigorin
, in Moscow.
In 1920, he took eighth in Moscow (Russian Chess Olympiad, 1st URS-ch). The event was won by Alexander Alekhine
. In 1925, he tied for second/third with Boris Verlinsky
, behind Aleksandr Sergeyev, in the Moscow championship.
He invented the Blumenfeld Gambit
(1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nf3 b5).
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
master.
Born in Volkovysk, Belarus (like Dawid Janowski
Dawid Janowski
Dawid Markelowicz Janowski was a leading Polish chess master and subsequent French citizen....
), then Russia. In 1905/06, he tied for second/third with Akiba Rubinstein
Akiba Rubinstein
Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein was a famous Polish chess Grandmaster at the beginning of the 20th century. He was scheduled to play a match with Emanuel Lasker for the world championship in 1914, but it was cancelled because of the outbreak of World War I...
, behind Gersz Salwe
Gersz Salwe
Gersz Salwe was a Polish chess player.-Biography:Salwe was born into a Jewish family in Warsaw ....
, in St. Petersburg (the fourth Russian championship). In 1907, he tied for second/third with Georg Marco
Georg Marco
Georg Marco was a Romanian chess player.He was born in Chernivtsi , Bukovina...
, behind Mikhail Chigorin
Mikhail Chigorin
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin also was a leading Russian chess player...
, in Moscow.
In 1920, he took eighth in Moscow (Russian Chess Olympiad, 1st URS-ch). The event was won by Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...
. In 1925, he tied for second/third with Boris Verlinsky
Boris Verlinsky
Boris Markovich Verlinsky was a Ukrainian-Russian International Master of chess. He was one of the top Soviet players of the 1920s, and was in the top 20 in the world in 1926, clearly of Grandmaster strength at that time...
, behind Aleksandr Sergeyev, in the Moscow championship.
He invented the Blumenfeld Gambit
Blumenfeld Gambit
The Blumenfeld Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves 3...e6 4.Nf3 b5 in the Benoni Defence arising after-Origin:The opening is named after the Russian master Benjamin Blumenfeld, and was later played by World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine....
(1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nf3 b5).