Blumenfeld, Beniamin




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1904  87  2371 (51) 17
1905  88  2370 (50) 0
1906  93  2368 (40) 25
1907  57  2405 (44) 5
1908  38  2444 (41) 31
1909  50  2426 (56) 0
1910  66  2408 (64) 0
1911  84  2390 (69) 1
1912  88  2387 (73) 1
1913  83  2390 (77) 0
1914  74  2393 (80) 0
1915  63  2396 (80) 0
1916  57  2400 (79) 0
1917  56  2403 (77) 0
1918  57  2406 (72) 0
1919  56  2409 (65) 0
1920  56  2413 (55) 15
1921  59  2418 (61) 0
1922  55  2423 (63) 0
1923  57  2428 (61) 0
1924  52  2434 (56) 0
1925  48  2439 (44) 24
1926  51  2431 (52) 2
1927  72  2409 (56) 2
1928  91  2397 (58) 0
1929  107  2386 (55) 0
1930  133  2375 (47) 7
1931  154  2360 (37) 32
1932  168  2352 (40) 17
1933  149  2366 (45) 0
1934  122  2379 (39) 28
1935  125  2378 (48) 12
1936  159  2360 (64) 0
1937  200  2342 (75) 0
1938  255  2324 (84) 0
1939  282  2306 (92) 0
1940  313  2288 (99) 0
1941  340  2270 (104) 0
1942  343  2252 (109) 0
1943  375  2233 (113) 0
1944  417  2215 (117) 0
1945  481  2197 (120) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Blumenfeld, Beniamin Markovich  
Born: 5 June 1884
Died: 5 Mar. 1947
 
Notes:
Gaige, in Chess Tournament Crosstables has both 'B.M. Blumenfeld' and 'V.M. Blumenfeld'. I presume these are the same player.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 301
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 319
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 376
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 227
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 43
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 34
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 39
   Hooper and Brandreth, Unknown Capablanca, page 19
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 68
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 32
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 52
Periodicals
   [WSZ], vol. 14, no. 21, Nov. 1911, page 344
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Alekhine, A.A. - Blumenfeld, B.M. 1908         (f)     4.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Berlin 1904 (1)     Berlin Championship     11.5  /  17
Saint Petersburg 1906 (1)     4th All Russian Tournament     10  /  14
Saint Petersburg 1906 (2)     Saint Petersburg Tournament     1  /  11
Moscow 1907 (2)     Moscow Tournament     2.5  /  5
Moscow 1908 (1)     Moscow Club Autumn Tournament     13.5  /  14
Moscow 1908 (2)     Moscow City Championship     6.5  /  12
Saint Petersburg 1911 (1)     Saint Petersburg - Moscow Match    
  Blumenfeld, B.M. - Freiman, S.N.     0 - 1    
Moscow 1912     Moscow - Saint Petersburg Team Match    
  Blumenfeld, B.M. - Levenfish, G.Y.     0.5 - 0.5    
Moscow 1920 (2)     All Russian Chess Olympiad - Championship Tournament     8  /  15
Moscow 1925 (2)     Moscow Tournament     3.5  /  8
Moscow 1925 (4)     6th Moscow Championship     11  /  16
Moscow 1926 (1)     4th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Blumenfeld, B.M. - Rabinovich, I.L.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1927 (1)     5th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Blumenfeld, B.M. - Gothilf, S.B.     1 - 1    
Moscow 1930 (1)     Moscow Tournament     3.5  /  7
Moscow 1931 (4)     7th USSR Championship Semi-Finals - Group 4     4  /  9
Moscow 1931 (13)     12th Moscow Championship     6  /  12
Moscow 1931 (17)     12th Moscow Championship Semi-finals - Group 1     6.5  /  11
Moscow 1932 (3)     13th Moscow Championship Semi-Finals - Group 2     5  /  8
Moscow 1932 (6)     13th Moscow Championship     4  /  9
Leningrad 1934 (1)     Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Match    
  Blumenfeld, B.M. - Alatortsev, V.A.     1 - 1    
Moscow 1934 (2)     14th Moscow Championship     10  /  19
Moscow 1934 (3)     Moscow Master Tournament     3.5  /  7
Moscow 1935 (8)     Moscow Championship Semi-Final - Group 1     8.5  /  12
Moscow 1945 (6)     6th Trade Unions Team Championship - Final, Krylia Soverov - Bolshevik 2    
  Blumenfeld, B.M. - Alatortsev, V.A.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025