Blumenfeld, Beniamin
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1903 |
95 |
2361 | (66) | 1 |
| 1904 |
85 |
2376 | (51) | 17 |
| 1905 |
86 |
2375 | (50) | 0 |
| 1906 |
93 |
2373 | (40) | 25 |
| 1907 |
56 |
2412 | (44) | 5 |
| 1908 |
38 |
2452 | (41) | 31 |
| 1909 |
50 |
2434 | (56) | 0 |
| 1910 |
63 |
2416 | (64) | 0 |
| 1911 |
84 |
2398 | (69) | 1 |
| 1912 |
87 |
2395 | (73) | 1 |
| 1913 |
83 |
2398 | (77) | 0 |
| 1914 |
72 |
2401 | (80) | 0 |
| 1915 |
61 |
2405 | (80) | 0 |
| 1916 |
58 |
2408 | (79) | 0 |
| 1917 |
56 |
2411 | (77) | 0 |
| 1918 |
53 |
2415 | (72) | 0 |
| 1919 |
54 |
2418 | (65) | 0 |
| 1920 |
53 |
2421 | (55) | 15 |
| 1921 |
55 |
2427 | (61) | 0 |
| 1922 |
52 |
2432 | (63) | 0 |
| 1923 |
53 |
2437 | (61) | 0 |
| 1924 |
52 |
2442 | (56) | 0 |
| 1925 |
46 |
2448 | (44) | 24 |
| 1926 |
46 |
2440 | (52) | 2 |
| 1927 |
69 |
2418 | (56) | 2 |
| 1928 |
88 |
2407 | (58) | 0 |
| 1929 |
106 |
2395 | (55) | 0 |
| 1930 |
129 |
2384 | (46) | 7 |
| 1931 |
148 |
2369 | (37) | 32 |
| 1932 |
163 |
2361 | (40) | 17 |
| 1933 |
142 |
2375 | (45) | 0 |
| 1934 |
120 |
2388 | (39) | 28 |
| 1935 |
126 |
2387 | (48) | 12 |
| 1936 |
153 |
2369 | (64) | 0 |
| 1937 |
194 |
2351 | (75) | 0 |
| 1938 |
245 |
2332 | (84) | 0 |
| 1939 |
285 |
2314 | (92) | 0 |
| 1940 |
313 |
2296 | (98) | 0 |
| 1941 |
341 |
2278 | (104) | 0 |
| 1942 |
345 |
2259 | (109) | 0 |
| 1943 |
391 |
2241 | (113) | 0 |
| 1944 |
439 |
2223 | (117) | 0 |
| 1945 |
508 |
2205 | (120) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Blumenfeld, Beniamin Markovich |
| Born: 5 June 1884 |
| Died: 5 Mar. 1947 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige, in Chess Tournament Crosstables has both 'B.M. Blumenfeld' and 'V.M. Blumenfeld'. I presume these are the same player. |
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| 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] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Tournament data
| Berlin 1903 (1) |
Finkenschaft - Berliner Schachverein Match |
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Blumenfeld, B.M. - Lesser |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
| Berlin 1904 (1) |
Berlin Championship |
11.5 | / | 17 |
| | | |
| Saint Petersburg 1906 (1) |
4th All Russian Tournament |
10 | / | 14 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1906 (2) |
Saint Petersburg Tournament |
1 | / | 11 |
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| Moscow 1907 (2) |
Moscow Tournament |
2.5 | / | 5 |
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| Moscow 1908 (1) |
Moscow Club Autumn Tournament |
13.5 | / | 14 |
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| Moscow 1908 (2) |
Moscow City Championship |
6.5 | / | 12 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1911 (1) |
Saint Petersburg - Moscow Match |
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Blumenfeld, B.M. - Freiman, S.N. |
0 - 1 |
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| Moscow 1912 |
Moscow - Saint Petersburg Team Match |
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Blumenfeld, B.M. - Levenfish, G.Y. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Moscow 1920 (2) |
All Russian Chess Olympiad - Championship Tournament |
8 | / | 15 |
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| Moscow 1925 (2) |
Moscow Tournament |
3.5 | / | 8 |
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| Moscow 1925 (4) |
6th Moscow Championship |
11 | / | 16 |
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| Moscow 1926 (1) |
4th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match |
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Blumenfeld, B.M. - Rabinovich, I.L. |
1.5 - 0.5 |
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| Leningrad 1927 (1) |
5th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match |
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Blumenfeld, B.M. - Gothilf, S.B. |
1 - 1 |
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| Moscow 1930 (1) |
Moscow Tournament |
3.5 | / | 7 |
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| Moscow 1931 (4) |
7th USSR Championship Semi-Finals - Group 4 |
4 | / | 9 |
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| Moscow 1931 (13) |
12th Moscow Championship |
6 | / | 12 |
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| Moscow 1931 (17) |
12th Moscow Championship Semi-finals - Group 1 |
6.5 | / | 11 |
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| Moscow 1932 (3) |
13th Moscow Championship Semi-Finals - Group 2 |
5 | / | 8 |
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| Moscow 1932 (6) |
13th Moscow Championship |
4 | / | 9 |
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| Leningrad 1934 (1) |
Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Match |
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Blumenfeld, B.M. - Alatortsev, V.A. |
1 - 1 |
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| Moscow 1934 (2) |
14th Moscow Championship |
10 | / | 19 |
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| Moscow 1934 (3) |
Moscow Master Tournament |
3.5 | / | 7 |
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| Moscow 1935 (8) |
Moscow Championship Semi-Final - Group 1 |
8.5 | / | 12 |
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| Moscow 1945 (6) |
6th Trade Unions Team Championship - Final, Krylia Soverov - Bolshevik 2 |
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Blumenfeld, B.M. - Alatortsev, V.A. |
0 - 1 |
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| Player information updated: 24 Oct. 2026 |
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