Blumenfeld, Beniamin




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1904  87  2380 (51) 17
1905  87  2380 (50) 0
1906  91  2379 (40) 25
1907  56  2417 (44) 5
1908  38  2457 (41) 31
1909  50  2439 (56) 0
1910  63  2421 (64) 0
1911  83  2403 (69) 1
1912  87  2399 (73) 1
1913  83  2402 (77) 0
1914  72  2406 (80) 0
1915  61  2409 (80) 0
1916  58  2412 (79) 0
1917  56  2416 (77) 0
1918  54  2419 (72) 0
1919  54  2422 (65) 0
1920  53  2426 (55) 15
1921  56  2431 (61) 0
1922  52  2436 (63) 0
1923  54  2441 (61) 0
1924  52  2446 (56) 0
1925  46  2452 (44) 24
1926  46  2444 (52) 2
1927  69  2422 (56) 2
1928  89  2410 (58) 0
1929  106  2399 (55) 0
1930  130  2387 (46) 7
1931  150  2373 (37) 32
1932  165  2365 (40) 17
1933  144  2378 (45) 0
1934  119  2392 (39) 28
1935  125  2390 (48) 12
1936  157  2372 (64) 0
1937  195  2354 (75) 0
1938  248  2336 (84) 0
1939  288  2317 (92) 0
1940  315  2299 (98) 0
1941  344  2281 (104) 0
1942  350  2263 (109) 0
1943  400  2244 (113) 0
1944  444  2226 (117) 0
1945  511  2208 (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