Blumenfeld, Beniamin




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1904  88  2370 (52) 17
1905  88  2368 (50) 0
1906  93  2367 (40) 25
1907  62  2403 (44) 5
1908  40  2439 (41) 31
1909  57  2417 (56) 0
1910  74  2395 (64) 0
1911  99  2373 (69) 1
1912  104  2365 (73) 1
1913  107  2363 (76) 0
1914  98  2361 (78) 0
1915  89  2360 (78) 0
1916  88  2358 (77) 0
1917  87  2356 (73) 0
1918  95  2354 (67) 0
1919  95  2353 (59) 0
1920  101  2351 (45) 29
1921  92  2366 (55) 0
1922  85  2381 (60) 0
1923  79  2396 (59) 0
1924  72  2411 (55) 0
1925  54  2426 (44) 24
1926  60  2421 (52) 2
1927  82  2401 (56) 2
1928  102  2391 (58) 0
1929  112  2381 (55) 0
1930  138  2371 (47) 7
1931  154  2358 (37) 32
1932  172  2349 (40) 17
1933  150  2363 (46) 0
1934  128  2376 (39) 28
1935  129  2374 (49) 12
1936  164  2356 (64) 0
1937  203  2338 (75) 0
1938  258  2320 (85) 0
1939  276  2302 (92) 0
1940  292  2284 (99) 0
1941  303  2266 (104) 0
1942  297  2248 (109) 0
1943  321  2230 (113) 0
1944  345  2212 (117) 0
1945  389  2194 (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