New and updated (24 Feb. 2026)
** Players and events that are newly added since the previous update
* Players and events whose information or references have been revised since the previous update
Update notes
Players
| * | Abel, A. |
| * | Abramavicius, L. |
| * | Adams, E.B. (2) |
| * | Agamalian, V. |
| ** | Alber, R. |
| ** | Alun, A. |
| * | Ambuhl, L. |
| * | Amelung, F.L. |
| * | Anderssen, K.E.A. |
| * | Appel, I. |
| * | Apsenieks, F. |
| * | Arlauskas, R. |
| * | Aronavicius |
| ** | Aronsfrau |
| * | Arutiunov, A. |
| * | Arutiunov, T. |
| * | Asharin, A.A. |
| * | Asovsky, L. |
| * | Atkins, H.E. |
| * | Avotins, O. |
| * | Bachstelz, O. |
| ** | Backer |
| * | Baikovicius, E. |
| ** | Bakhtadze, N. |
| * | Bannan, M.J. |
| * | Bannet, J. |
| * | Barda, O. |
| * | Barton, J. (1) |
| ** | Barton, J.C. |
| * | Becker, A. |
| * | Benesch, F. |
| * | Bergs, T. |
| * | Berman, E. |
| * | Bernfeld, P. |
| ** | Biach, W. |
| * | Binder, R. |
| * | Bjurulf, R.J. |
| * | Bjurulf, S.J. |
| * | Blagidze, A.D. |
| * | Blake, P.F. |
| * | Blumenov, L. |
| * | Blumich, R.M. |
| ** | Bod, N. |
| * | Bohl, P.P.F. |
| * | Book, E.E. |
| * | Borenstein, A. |
| * | Boubela, V. |
| * | de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. |
| * | Brasche, E. |
| * | Brodersen, V. |
| * | Brown, Frank |
| * | Brown, J.H. |
| * | Brown, J.S. |
| * | Brown, T.M. |
| * | Bruzza, S. |
| * | Buchinger, O. |
| * | Buslaev, A.N. |
| * | Butler, W.A. |
| * | Candolin, A.E. |
| ** | Cap |
| * | Censer, I. |
| ** | Censor (1) |
| * | Censor, S. |
| * | Chambers, J.D. |
| ** | Chanteux, P. |
| * | Cheney, G.N. (2) |
| * | Chigorin, M.I. |
| * | Chodera, M. |
| * | Clemenz, H. |
| * | Coates, C. |
| * | Cohen, S.S. |
| * | Conde, A.G. |
| * | Corlett, R.S. |
| * | Coultas, W.F.J. |
| * | Crowl, F.A. |
| ** | Cwilong, B. |
| * | Dawbarn, C.Y.C. |
| * | Deelman, L.H. |
| * | Defosse, M. |
| * | Delmar, E. (1) |
| ** | Denver, H. |
| * | Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. |
| * | Devos, P. |
| * | Disleris, S. |
| ** | Dosevage, B. |
| * | Drasin, S. |
| ** | Draw, A. |
| * | Dreyer, K. |
| ** | Duch, H. |
| * | Dunkelblum, A. |
| * | Dunkelblum, J. |
| * | Dyner, B.I. |
| * | Ebralidze, A.S. |
| * | Ebsworth, R.H. |
| * | Eddy, J.W.M. |
| * | Elison, C.F. |
| * | Elisons, N. |
| * | Elliott, E.P. |
| * | Embrechts, F. |
| * | Engelmann, M. |
| * | England, P.R. |
| * | Eppens, J.C. |
| * | Erichsen, K. |
| * | Erskine, J.A. |
| * | Fahndrich, H. |
| * | Falk, R.A. |
| * | Farron, T.A. |
| * | Faul, A.H. |
| * | Fedorov, I. |
| * | Feigins, M. |
| * | Feinstein, N. |
| * | Fink, A.J. |
| * | Fischman, J. |
| ** | von Flesch, E. |
| ** | Frank, F. |
| * | Freed, M. |
| * | Fried, H. |
| ** | Fried, L. |
| * | Friedemann, A. |
| * | Friedemann, G. |
| ** | Fruchtar, P. |
| * | Frydman, A. |
| * | Fuchs, L.F. |
| * | Gachechiladze, G.I. |
| ** | Gagarin, P. |
| * | Gambarashvili, K. |
| * | Gamrekeli, A. |
| * | Gardner, H.E. |
| * | Gasiev, O. |
| * | Gebhard, H. |
| * | Gellis, M. |
| * | Georgadze, T.S. |
| * | Gerbec, T. |
| * | Germann, T. |
| * | Gerstenfeld, E.I. |
| * | Gize, E. |
| * | Gladig, M. |
| * | Goerlich, R.S. |
| ** | van Gompel |
| ** | Gongadze, T. |
| ** | Gothelf (1) |
| * | Gottesdiener, J. |
| * | Gottlieb (1) |
| * | Green, Mar. |
| * | Gregory, B. |
| * | Grinlaubs, R. |
| * | Grossbach (1) |
| ** | Grossman (1) |
| * | Gruber, T. |
| * | Gruer, E.W. |
| * | Grundy, J.G. |
| * | Grunfeld, E.F. |
| * | Gunsberg, I.A. |
| ** | Gunvald, G. |
| * | Gustafson, G.A. |
| * | Gutmanis, H. |
| * | Hafe |
| ** | Hagelberg, W. |
| * | Halprin, A. |
| * | Hamlisch, M. |
| ** | Hammer, H. |
| ** | Hammett, A.E. |
| * | Harrwitz, D. |
| * | Hewlett, C.W. |
| * | Hindberg, E. |
| * | Hock |
| * | Holmes, H.H. |
| * | Holmes, N.B. |
| ** | Holt, D.G. |
| * | Homentovskis, M. |
| * | Hummel, E. |
| ** | Hummer, S. |
| * | Ilyin-Zhenevsky, A.F. |
| * | Ireland, S.E. |
| * | Israel, He. |
| ** | Izekovitz, M. |
| * | Jacobs, H.L. |
| * | Jacobsen, Eg. |
| * | Jagielski, J. |
| * | James, H.A. |
| * | Janowsky, D.M. |
| * | Jecke, A. |
| * | Jeglinas, A. |
| ** | Jenkins, T.A. |
| * | Jensen, T.C. |
| * | Jerosov, A. |
| * | Jofe, M. |
| * | Jogi, H. |
| * | Judd, Max |
| * | Juer, M. |
| * | Juhl, I. |
| ** | Kabatsky, H. |
| * | Kaiser, W.A.E. |
| * | Kakabadze, O. |
| * | Kappe, V. |
| * | Karmel, M. |
| ** | Karsanidze, G. |
| * | Karseladze, V.I. |
| ** | Karu, K. |
| * | Kasparian, G.M. |
| * | Keir, S. |
| * | Kendall, R.R. |
| * | Keres, H. |
| * | Keres, P. |
| * | Kern, G.F. |
| * | Kevitz, A. |
| * | Khotelashvili, V. |
| * | Kieninger, G. |
| * | Kier, A. |
| ** | Kimball, G.T. |
| * | King-Parks, T. |
| * | Kiper, J. |
| * | Kirkitadze, G. |
| * | Kizeritsky, R.G. |
| ** | Klarmann, S. |
| ** | Klein (5) |
| * | Klein, H.V. |
| * | Klepfisz, M. |
| * | Kling, J. |
| * | Knorre, V. |
| ** | Kodres, I. |
| ** | Koerber, O. |
| * | Kollmann, F. |
| * | Kolski, J. |
| * | Koltanowski, G. |
| * | Komarov, V. |
| * | Kornreich, I. |
| * | Koyalovich, B.M. |
| * | Kraussold, M. |
| * | Krejcik, J.E. |
| * | Kremer, L. |
| * | Kuldkepp, M. |
| ** | Kundsin, E. |
| ** | Kuningas, O. |
| ** | Kupffer, C.G. |
| * | Kuskov, D. |
| * | Kussman, A.S. |
| * | Kutscha, O. |
| * | Laht, E. |
| * | Lamparter, G.R. |
| * | Laroche, J.A. |
| * | Laroche, P.F. |
| * | Larsen, H. |
| * | Larsen, O.J.P. |
| * | Larsson, Al. |
| * | Larsson, An. |
| ** | Laub |
| * | Laubmann, K. |
| * | Laurine, L. |
| * | Lauritsen, L.P. |
| * | Lazare, S. |
| * | Le Count, F.J. |
| * | Lebedev, A. |
| * | Lee, H.F. |
| * | Lemba, T. |
| * | Leppner, E. |
| * | Levin, A.M. |
| * | Lewis, J.A. |
| * | Lewis, W. |
| * | Lie, N. |
| ** | von Lilienfeld, G. |
| ** | Lillestern, A. |
| * | Lillja, J.L.W. |
| ** | Lindenberg, P. |
| * | Lindroos, E.H.A. |
| * | Lissner, J. |
| * | Lissner, M. |
| * | Lissner, S. |
| * | List, P.M. |
| * | Lobel, C. |
| * | Loman, R.J. |
| ** | Lossl, H. |
| * | Lowenthal, F. |
| * | Lowy, L. (1) |
| * | Luckis, M. |
| * | Lullmann, K. |
| * | Lund, H.B. |
| * | Lutt, A. |
| ** | Machavariani, R. |
| * | Maier, G. |
| * | Makarczyk, K. |
| * | Malashkhia, V. |
| * | Malmberg, E. |
| * | Marco, G. |
| * | Martinolich, G. |
| * | Maxfield, M.J. |
| * | May, J.V. |
| * | McCann, J.F.L. |
| * | Medickas, P. |
| * | Medvedev, V. |
| * | Meijers, S. |
| * | Meikle, J.S. |
| * | Meiners, W.B.H. |
| * | Melamed |
| * | Mendlewicz, P. |
| * | Mieses, J. |
| * | Mikenas, V.I. |
| * | Mikhailov, V.M. |
| ** | Milling, R. |
| * | Mirzaev, A. |
| * | Mlotkowski, S. |
| * | Mlynek, H. |
| * | Modern, M. |
| * | Morawski, K. |
| * | Muller, Ha. |
| * | Murdock, W.L. |
| * | Myers, S.J. |
| * | Myhre, E.G. |
| * | Najdorf, M. |
| * | Nedsvedsky, D. |
| ** | Nedswesky, G.W. |
| * | Nersesov, E. |
| * | Neumann, A. |
| * | Newman, S. (1) |
| * | Newman, S. (2) |
| ** | von Nolcken, C.N. |
| ** | Nuut, I. |
| * | Oganezov, A. |
| * | Oksa, A. |
| * | Olenius, O.O. |
| * | Oliver, L.L. |
| ** | Ollscher, H. |
| ** | Orato, L. |
| * | Orav, L. |
| ** | Osborne, G. |
| ** | Ostergaard, J. |
| * | Ostrogsky, V.F. |
| * | Palavandishvili, A.G. |
| * | Patterson, G.S.G. |
| * | Paulier |
| * | Peckar, M. |
| ** | Perfilief (1) |
| * | Perlis, J. |
| * | Perlmutter, J.B. |
| * | Perrin, F. |
| * | Petersen, Joh. |
| * | Peterson, L. |
| * | Petrosian, T.V. |
| * | Petrov, J. |
| * | Petrovs, V. |
| * | Phillips, C.W. |
| ** | Phillips, W. |
| * | Pietzcker, J.A. |
| * | Pindar, E.D. |
| * | Pirtskhalava, A. |
| ** | Pkhakadze, G. |
| * | Pkhaladze, R. |
| * | Plass, H. |
| * | Poder, V. |
| * | Popper, L. |
| * | Powell, D.C. |
| * | Prils, O. |
| * | Pruun, Ri. |
| * | Pruun, Ru. |
| * | Przepiorka, D. |
| * | Rahm, I. |
| * | Rasmussen, R. |
| * | Raud, I. |
| * | Raudvere, A. |
| * | Regedzinski, T. |
| ** | Reichel, O. |
| * | Reissner |
| ** | Rekel, A. |
| * | Remmelgas, A. |
| * | Reyss, H. |
| ** | Riedel, A. |
| * | Rinne, P. |
| * | Rivas Costa, S. |
| * | Robins, B. |
| ** | Rotberg, F. |
| * | Rothberg, K. |
| * | Rozhdestvensky, S.J. |
| * | Rutherford, A. |
| * | Ruttle, E.W. |
| * | de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. |
| ** | Sakovsky, A. |
| ** | Salskov, A. |
| * | Sapira, E.J. |
| * | Schallopp, E. |
| ** | Schenkein, B. |
| * | Schenkein, J. |
| * | Schiffers, E.S. |
| ** | Schilansky, A. |
| * | Schlechter, C.A.H. |
| * | Schlemm, H.P. |
| * | von Schmidt, E.A. |
| * | Schmidt, P.F. |
| ** | Schonberger, V. |
| * | Schrader, E.F. |
| * | Schwarz, J. |
| * | Schwarz, L. |
| * | Searle, D.F. |
| ** | Seidel (1) |
| * | Seidel (2) |
| * | Seidl, A. |
| * | Sepp, L. |
| * | Sereda, V. |
| * | van Seters, F.C.A. |
| * | Sharp, S.T. |
| * | Shernetsky, I. |
| * | Shishov, M.V. |
| * | Shories, G.F.W. |
| ** | Shubrachs, A.D. |
| * | Simanauskas |
| * | Skema, K. |
| ** | Skibinauskas, V. |
| ** | Sligerland, W. |
| * | Smorodsky, A.A. |
| * | Solin, H.I. |
| * | Sorokin, N.T. |
| * | Soultanbeieff, V.I. |
| * | Speijer, A. |
| * | Spencer, E. |
| * | Spiden, P.R. |
| * | Spielmann, R. |
| * | Stalioraitis, K. |
| * | van Stappen, M. |
| ** | Stawa, F.A. |
| * | Steffensen, H.E. |
| * | Steiner, S. |
| * | Steininger, C. |
| * | Sternfeld, J. |
| * | Stiebitz, F. |
| * | Stiegler |
| * | Stor, A. |
| * | Stubbs, H.D. |
| * | Stuchfield, W. |
| * | Takacs, S. |
| * | Tanner (1) |
| * | Tarsaidze, M. |
| * | Tartakover, S.G. |
| * | Tautvaisas, P. |
| ** | Tensen, K. |
| * | Terho, J.A. |
| * | Thirring, J. |
| * | Thomas, W.R. |
| * | Thompson, J. (4) |
| * | Thorold, E. |
| ** | Tiit, A. |
| * | Tomashvili, A. |
| * | Tracy, H. |
| * | Trockenheim, S. |
| ** | Tsintsadze, Sha. |
| * | Tsintsadze, Sho. |
| * | Turn, J. |
| * | Turner, W. |
| * | Uedemann, L. |
| * | Uggla, J.O. |
| * | Ullner, K. |
| * | Uulberg, V. |
| * | Vaitonis, P. |
| ** | Vendach, F.H. |
| * | Villard, F. |
| * | Vistaneckis, I. |
| ** | Vogt, G. |
| * | Wahltuch, V.L. |
| * | Wallwork, C.H. |
| * | Wandall, H. |
| ** | Ward, R.J. |
| * | Watkinson, J. |
| * | Watson, C.G.M. |
| * | Weber, N. |
| ** | Wehik, L. |
| * | Weiser, B. |
| * | Weiss, F. |
| * | Weiss, Herm. |
| * | Wellington, S. |
| * | Whipple, C.H. |
| * | Wilcox, F.F. |
| * | Willey, J.G. |
| * | Wilson, Jos. |
| * | Winter, Jo. |
| ** | Winterberg, H. |
| * | Wium, H. |
| * | Wolf, S.A. |
| * | Wolf, S.R. |
| ** | Wolstencroft, A. |
| * | Yates, F.D. |
| * | Zalys, I. |
| * | Zatulove, P.A. |
| ** | Zentler |
| * | Zhuk-Tripolitov, A. |
| * | Zilevicius, D. |
| * | Zinkl, A.J.L. |
| * | Zuckerbacker, L. |
| * | Zuk-Skarszewski, A. |
| ** | Zukauskas, A. |
| * | Zybin, I.A. |
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Events
| Matches |
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| ** |
Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. - de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. 1823 |
Paris |
| ** |
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Calmant 1823 |
Paris |
| * |
de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. - Lewis, W. 1824 |
London, England |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - Knorre, V. 1856 |
Fellin |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - Knorre, V. 1857 |
Fellin |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - Koerber, O. 1858 |
Arensburg |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - Knorre, V. 1858 |
Fellin |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - Asharin, A.A. 1859 |
Dorpat |
| * |
Brown, T.M. - Schmidt, C.F. 1859 |
Cincinnati |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - von Nolcken, C.N. 1859 |
Arensburg |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - von Lilienfeld, G. 1859 |
Dorpat |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - Knorre, V. 1859 |
Fellin |
| * |
Harrwitz, D. - Rhodes, J. 1860 |
Bradford |
| * |
Watkinson, J. - Thorold, E. 1860 |
Bradford |
| * |
Shumov, I.S. - Amelung, F.L. 1860 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
Amelung, F.L. - Rosenberger, K.O. 1860 |
Saint Petersburg |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - Clemenz, H. 1861 |
Dorpat |
| * |
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Amelung, F.L. 1862 |
Konigsberg |
| * |
Amelung, F.L. - Mayet, C. 1862 |
Berlin |
| * |
Amelung, F.L. - Neumann, G.R.L. 1862 |
Berlin |
| ** |
Clemenz, H. - Vogt, G. 1862 |
Dorpat |
| ** |
Clemenz, H. - Amelung, F.L. 1862 (1) |
Dorpat |
| ** |
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Amelung, F.L. 1862 |
Berlin |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - Schallopp, E. 1862 |
Berlin |
| ** |
Clemenz, H. - Amelung, F.L. 1862 (2) |
Dorpat |
| ** |
Vogt, G. - Asharin, A.A. 1864 |
Dorpat |
| ** |
Clemenz, H. - Asharin, A.A. 1865 |
Dorpat |
| ** |
von Schmidt, E.A. - Amelung, F.L. 1866 |
Dorpat |
| ** |
Clemenz, H. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1866 |
Dorpat |
| * |
Neumann, G.R.L. - Amelung, F.L. 1867 |
Berlin |
| * |
Knorre, V. - Amelung, F.L. 1867 |
Berlin |
| * |
Amelung, F.L. - Urusov, S.S. 1869 |
Moscow |
| * |
Amelung, F.L. - Drozdov, A.D. 1869 |
Moscow |
| * |
von Schmidt, E.A. - Amelung, F.L. 1869 |
Moscow |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - Gagarin, P. 1869 |
Moscow |
| ** |
Asharin, A.A. - Amelung, F.L. 1870 |
Dorpat |
| ** |
Clemenz, H. - Asharin, A.A. 1870 |
Dorpat |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - Mikhailov, V.M. 1871 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
Schiffers, E.S. - Amelung, F.L. 1877 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
Amelung, F.L. - Asharin, A.A. 1877 |
Saint Petersburg |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - Kupffer, C.G. 1885 |
Dorpat |
| ** |
Asharin, A.A. - Lindenberg, P. 1885 (1) |
Riga |
| ** |
Asharin, A.A. - Lindenberg, P. 1885 (2) |
Riga |
| ** |
Chigorin, M.I. - Falk, R.A. 1885 |
Moscow |
| ** |
Asharin, A.A. - Falk, R.A. 1885 (1) |
Riga |
| ** |
Amelung, F.L. - Pindar, E.D. 1885 |
Reval |
| ** |
Asharin, A.A. - Falk, R.A. 1885 (2) |
Riga |
| * |
Asharin, A.A. - Schallopp, E. 1893 |
Riga |
| ** |
Asharin, A.A. - Bohl, P.P.F. 1893 |
Riga |
| ** |
Wolf, S.R. - Hamlisch, M. 1894 |
Vienna |
| * |
Jecke, A. - von Bardeleben, C.C.A. 1894 |
Leipzig |
| ** |
Mieses, J. - Jecke, A. 1895 |
Kahla |
| ** |
Mieses, J. - Fuchs, L.F. 1897 |
Munich |
| ** |
Janowsky, D.M. - Schiffers, E.S. 1900 |
Moscow |
| ** |
Janowsky, D.M. - Levin, A.M. 1900 |
Moscow |
| * |
Chigorin, M.I. - Janowsky, D.M. 1900 |
Moscow |
| * |
Marco, G. - Pashkovsky, V.N. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
von Scheve, T. - Yurevich, V.N. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
von Scheve, T. - Kizeritsky, R.G. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
Marco, G. - Seyboth, H. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
von Scheve, T. - Schiffers, E.S. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
Lebedev, S.F. - von Scheve, T. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
von Scheve, T. - Helbach, G.A. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
von Scheve, T. - Seyboth, H. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
Lebedev, S.F. - Marco, G. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
Zybin, I.A. - Marco, G. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
Marco, G. - Kizeritsky, R.G. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
Marco, G. - Helbach, G.A. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
Marco, G. - Schiffers, E.S. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| ** |
Marco, G. - Koyalovich, B.M. 1901 |
Moscow |
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Frenkel, L.Y. - Marco, G. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
| * |
Frenkel, L.Y. - von Scheve, T. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
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von Scheve, T. - Zybin, I.A. 1901 |
Saint Petersburg |
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Neumann, A. - Przepiorka, D. 1904 |
Vienna |
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Weiss, Herm. - Schenkein, B. 1904 |
Vienna |
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Speijer, A. - Loman, R.J. 1906 |
Arnhem |
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Barton, J. (1) - Chodera, M. 1911 |
Prague |
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Gruber, T. - Takacs, S. 1922 |
Vienna |
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Shories, G.F.W. - Elison, C.F. 1922 |
Stuttgart |
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Friedemann, G. - Kappe, V. 1929 |
Tallinn |
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Mikenas, V.I. - Petrovs, V. 1932 (1) |
Kaunas |
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Apsenieks, F. - Vistaneckis, I. 1932 |
Kaunas |
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Soultanbeieff, V.I. - Dunkelblum, A. 1932 |
Antwerp and Liege |
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Engelmann, M. - Chanteux, P. 1933 |
Verviers |
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Tartakover, S.G. - Frydman, A. 1935 |
Lodz |
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Mikenas, V.I. - Vaitonis, P. 1937 |
Kaunas |
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Mikenas, V.I. - Vaitonis, P. 1938 |
Kaunas |
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Levenfish, G.Y. - Alatortsev, V.A. 1940 |
Moscow |
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