Sapira, Emanuel




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1921  559  2157 (71) 2
1922  451  2196 (60) 2
1923  348  2241 (47) 16
1924  372  2236 (42) 18
1925  322  2260 (41) 20
1926  269  2286 (43) 11
1927  361  2258 (45) 0
1928  473  2231 (36) 36
1929  425  2244 (44) 9
1930  422  2250 (51) 0
1931  425  2256 (51) 5
1932  551  2222 (51) 5
1933  577  2218 (51) 9
1934  632  2208 (55) 0
1935  710  2199 (55) 0
1936  724  2189 (48) 10
1937  751  2177 (44) 19
1938  894  2147 (51) 9
1939  934  2121 (62) 4

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Sapira, Emanuel J.  
Born:
Died: 1943
 
Notes:
Gaige has 'Sapira, Emanuel' in Chess Personalia without the second initial. In Chess Tournament Crosstables he usually has 'Sapira, E.' but at Hastings 1927, he has 'Sapira E.J.'. Di Felice has 'Sapira, Emanuel J.'. Gaige has date of death 'c1943?'.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Les Championnats de Belgique d'Echecs, page 50
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 336
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 401
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 371
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 372
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 157
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 232

Tournament data

Antwerp 1921     Antwerp - Brussels Match    
  Sapira, E.J. - Lancel, E.E.     0 - 1    
Brussels 1921 (1)     Antwerp - Brussels Match    
  Sapira, E.J. - Segall (1)     0 - 1    
Antwerp 1922 (1)     Antwerp - Brussels Match    
  Sapira, E.J. - Wilden, M.     0 - 1    
Brussels 1922     Antwerp - Brussels Match    
  Sapira, E.J. - de Lannoy, J.     1 - 0    
Ghent 1923 (1)     3rd Belgian Chess Federation Congress - Major Tournament     4  /  6
Brussels 1923     Brussels Tournament     8  /  10
Brussels 1924 (2)     Brussels Championship     4.5  /  12
Antwerp 1924     Antwerp Tournament     4.5  /  6
Gentbrugge 1925     5th Belgian Championship     6  /  10
Brussels 1925     Fédération Belge des Échecs     6  /  10
Spa 1926     Spa Tournament     8  /  11
Hastings 1928 (3)     8th Hastings Christmas Congress - Major Open, Section B     4.5  /  9
Antwerp 1928     Antwerp Tournament     5.5  /  11
The Hague 1928 (2)     2nd Olympiad     6.5  /  16
Hastings 1929 (2)     9th Hastings Christmans Congress - Premier Reserves     4.5  /  9
Antwerp 1931 (1)     Foreigners - Belgium Team Tournament     3.5  /  5
Antwerp 1932     Antwerp Tournament     0.5  /  5
Hastings 1933 (2)     13th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves Tournament     4  /  9
Antwerp 1936     Antwerp - Riga Match    
  Sapira, E.J. - Feigins, M.     1.5 - 0.5    
Ghent 1936     16th Belgian Championship     4.5  /  9
Hastings 1937 (2)     17th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves, Section 1     3.5  /  9
Brussels 1937 (2)     17th Belgian Championship     6  /  10
Namur 1938     18th Belgian Championship     4  /  9
Brussels 1939     Belgium - Holland Team Match    
  Sapira, E.J. - Koomen, W.     0 - 2    
Antwerp 1939     Latvia - Antwerp Club Tournament    
  Sapira, E.J. - Apsenieks, F.     0.5 - 1.5    


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025