Blumenfeld, Beniamin




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1904  87  2376 (51) 17
1905  87  2375 (50) 0
1906  91  2374 (40) 25
1907  55  2412 (44) 5
1908  38  2452 (41) 31
1909  50  2434 (56) 0
1910  63  2416 (64) 0
1911  83  2398 (69) 1
1912  89  2394 (73) 1
1913  83  2397 (77) 0
1914  73  2400 (80) 0
1915  61  2403 (80) 0
1916  58  2407 (79) 0
1917  55  2410 (77) 0
1918  54  2413 (72) 0
1919  54  2416 (65) 0
1920  53  2419 (55) 15
1921  57  2424 (61) 0
1922  54  2430 (63) 0
1923  55  2435 (61) 0
1924  52  2440 (56) 0
1925  47  2445 (44) 24
1926  47  2437 (52) 2
1927  69  2415 (56) 2
1928  89  2403 (58) 0
1929  107  2391 (55) 0
1930  132  2380 (47) 7
1931  152  2365 (37) 32
1932  166  2357 (40) 17
1933  148  2370 (45) 0
1934  123  2384 (39) 28
1935  127  2383 (48) 12
1936  159  2365 (64) 0
1937  199  2346 (75) 0
1938  254  2328 (84) 0
1939  289  2310 (92) 0
1940  315  2292 (99) 0
1941  343  2274 (104) 0
1942  349  2256 (109) 0
1943  384  2237 (113) 0
1944  426  2219 (117) 0
1945  485  2201 (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