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1939 in chess

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The below is a list of events in chess in 1939.

Chess events in brief

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Tournaments

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Matches

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Team matches

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  • 15–16 April, Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary), Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: Germany vs. Hungary 26½-13½ (13½-6½, 13-7)

(Eliskases 1½ Barcza; Bogoljubow 11 E.Steiner; Kieninger ½½ Rethy; Gilg ½1 Vajda; P.Michel 1½ Szily; Rellstab 1½ Tipary; Richter 11 Füster; Heinicke 1½ Törok; Kohler ½½ Balla; A.Becker ½1 Negyessi; Zollner 00 Balogh; L.Schmitt ½1 Sarközy; Lokvenc 1½ St. Gecsei; Schlage ½0 Sebestyen; Blümich ½½ Bakonyi; Hahn 1½ Sooky; R.Keller ½½ Laszlo; Krassnig ½1 Szentkiralyi-Toth; Platt ½1 Vargha; H.Keller ½1 Rög)

  • 28–29 May, The Hague: Netherlands vs. England 10-10 (4½-5½, 5½-4½)

(Euwe 0½ Alexander; Landau 10 Thomas; Van den Bosch 1½ Milner-Barry; Cortlever 00 Broadbent; Van Scheltinga ½½ Golombek; G.S.Fontein 0½ Winter; De Groot ½1 E.G.Sergeant; Muhring 11 B.H.Wood; Mulder 0½ Parr; J.H.C.Fontein ½1 Lenton) [10]

Births

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Deaths

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  • 1939 - Katarina Beskow-Froeken died in Sweden. Women's World Sub-Champion in 1927.
  • 1939 - Iosif Januschpolski (Yanushpolsky) died.
  • 2 February 1939 - Bernhard Gregory died in Berlin, Germany.
  • 8 February 1939 - Salomon Langleben died in Warsaw, Poland.
  • 11 February 1939 - Jan Kvíčala died in Czecho-Slovakia.
  • 28 May 1939 - Hans Fahrni died in Ostermundingen, Switzerland. 1st to play 100 simultaneously, 1911.
  • 7 August 1939 - Paul Krüger died in Germany.
  • August 1939 - Alexei Alekhine killed by NKVD in the Soviet Union.
  • September 1939 - Jan Kleczyński, Jr. died of a heart attack during a bombing of Warsaw (World War II).
  • September 1939 - Karol Piltz died during the siege of Warsaw.
  • after 17 September 1939 - Kalikst Morawski died during the Soviet occupation of Lvov.
  • 26 September 1939 - Ottó Bláthy died in Budapest. Created longest problem, 290 moves.
  • 4 October 1939 - Ludvig Collijn died in Stockholm. President of the Swedish Chess Association from 1917 to 1939.

References

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  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: 8th Chess Olympiad, Buenos Aires 1939, information".
  2. ^ "List of players who remained in Argentina in 1939 (notes in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2009-10-18.
  3. ^ Compagnie Maritime Belge
  4. ^ "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-10-19.
  5. ^ "Short Matches of the 20th Century". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  6. ^ "Salo Landau - 100 lecie urodzin". Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
  7. ^ "base0039". Archived from the original on 2009-10-27.
  8. ^ "Octavio Trompowsky - Walter Cruz 1939 - 9° Campeonato Brasileiro". Archived from the original on 2005-05-05. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  9. ^ "Matches1930-49". Archived from the original on 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  10. ^ OlimpBase :: Friendly matches
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