Blumenfeld, Beniamin




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1904  87  2374 (51) 17
1905  87  2373 (50) 0
1906  91  2372 (40) 25
1907  55  2410 (44) 5
1908  38  2450 (41) 31
1909  50  2432 (56) 0
1910  65  2414 (64) 0
1911  84  2396 (69) 1
1912  89  2392 (73) 1
1913  83  2395 (77) 0
1914  73  2398 (80) 0
1915  62  2401 (80) 0
1916  58  2405 (79) 0
1917  54  2408 (77) 0
1918  53  2411 (72) 0
1919  54  2414 (65) 0
1920  52  2417 (55) 15
1921  56  2422 (61) 0
1922  53  2428 (63) 0
1923  54  2433 (61) 0
1924  52  2438 (56) 0
1925  47  2443 (44) 24
1926  47  2435 (52) 2
1927  70  2413 (56) 2
1928  88  2401 (58) 0
1929  107  2389 (55) 0
1930  131  2378 (47) 7
1931  152  2363 (37) 32
1932  168  2355 (40) 17
1933  149  2368 (45) 0
1934  123  2382 (39) 28
1935  126  2381 (48) 12
1936  159  2362 (64) 0
1937  199  2344 (75) 0
1938  255  2326 (84) 0
1939  291  2308 (92) 0
1940  315  2290 (99) 0
1941  341  2272 (104) 0
1942  348  2254 (109) 0
1943  383  2235 (113) 0
1944  423  2217 (117) 0
1945  484  2199 (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