Blumenfeld, Beniamin




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1904  89  2368 (52) 17
1905  89  2367 (50) 0
1906  93  2365 (40) 25
1907  62  2401 (44) 5
1908  41  2438 (41) 31
1909  58  2415 (56) 0
1910  73  2393 (64) 0
1911  97  2371 (69) 1
1912  104  2362 (73) 1
1913  106  2360 (76) 0
1914  97  2359 (78) 0
1915  90  2357 (78) 0
1916  91  2355 (77) 0
1917  93  2353 (73) 0
1918  95  2351 (68) 0
1919  97  2349 (59) 0
1920  103  2347 (45) 29
1921  94  2362 (55) 0
1922  86  2377 (60) 0
1923  83  2392 (59) 0
1924  72  2407 (55) 0
1925  53  2422 (44) 24
1926  60  2416 (52) 2
1927  82  2397 (56) 2
1928  105  2387 (58) 0
1929  117  2378 (56) 0
1930  142  2368 (47) 7
1931  157  2356 (38) 32
1932  172  2347 (41) 17
1933  147  2361 (46) 0
1934  125  2375 (40) 28
1935  120  2377 (49) 12

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
   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


Player information updated: 13 Feb. 2024