Blumenfeld, Beniamin




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1904  89  2369 (52) 17
1905  90  2367 (50) 0
1906  94  2366 (40) 25
1907  61  2402 (44) 5
1908  40  2439 (41) 31
1909  57  2416 (56) 0
1910  74  2394 (64) 0
1911  99  2372 (69) 1
1912  104  2364 (73) 1
1913  107  2362 (76) 0
1914  98  2360 (78) 0
1915  90  2358 (78) 0
1916  88  2357 (77) 0
1917  89  2355 (73) 0
1918  93  2353 (68) 0
1919  93  2351 (59) 0
1920  100  2350 (45) 29
1921  91  2365 (55) 0
1922  85  2380 (60) 0
1923  80  2395 (59) 0
1924  71  2410 (55) 0
1925  53  2425 (44) 24
1926  61  2419 (52) 2
1927  81  2399 (56) 2
1928  103  2390 (58) 0
1929  115  2380 (55) 0
1930  141  2370 (47) 7
1931  154  2356 (37) 32
1932  174  2348 (41) 17
1933  149  2361 (46) 0
1934  129  2374 (40) 28
1935  128  2372 (49) 12
1936  171  2354 (64) 0
1937  204  2336 (76) 0
1938  258  2318 (85) 0
1939  269  2300 (92) 0
1940  273  2282 (99) 0
1941  272  2264 (104) 0
1942  251  2246 (109) 0
1943  245  2228 (113) 0
1944  242  2210 (117) 0
1945  248  2192 (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    
Vienna 1920 (1)     Vienna Tournament     0  /  6
Moscow 1920 (2)     All Russian Chess Olympiad - Championship Tournament     8  /  15
Vienna 1920 (3)     9th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     4.5  /  8
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: 12 Nov. 2024