Samuil Vainshtein

Samuil Osipovich Vainshtein (Weinstein, Wainstein, Vainstein, Wajnsztejn) (1894 – 1942) was a Russian chess master, organizer, publisher and editor. [Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). "Szachy od A do Z". Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]

In July/August 1914, he had been in Mannheim (the 19th DSB Congress, interrupted tournament). [cite web
url=http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=5003
title=Das unvollendete Turnier: Mannheim 1914] After the declaration of war against Russia, eleven "Russian" players (Alekhine, Bogoljubow, Bogatyrchuk, Flamberg, Koppelman, Maljutin, Rabinovich, Romanovsky, Saburov, Selezniev, Weinstein) from the Mannheim tournament were interned in Germany. In September 1914, four of them (Alekhine, Bogatyrchuk, Saburov, and Koppelman) were freed and allowed to return home through Switzerland. [cite web
url=http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter04.html
title=3540. The internees] As an internee, Weinstein played seven tournaments. He took 7th at Baden-Baden 1914 (Alexander Flamberg won), took 6th at Triberg 1914/15 (Efim Bogoljubow won), tied for 5-6th, and twice took 6th at Triberg 1915 (all tournaments Bogoljubov won), tied for 4-5th at Triberg 1916 (Ilya Rabinovich won), and took 4th at Triberg 1917 (Rabinovich and Alexey Selezniev won). [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]

After World War I, he returned to Russia, and lived in Petrograd (Leningrad), where played in several tournaments. He tied for 7-8th in the 1st Leningrad City Chess Championship in 1920 (I. Rabinovich won), took 4th in 1921 (Platz won), took twice 10th in 1922 and 1925 (both Grigory Levenfish won), and tied for 3rd-4th in 1925 (Gotthilf won). He also shared 4th at Moscow 1920 ("Chess Olympiad", B tournament), and tied for 8-10th at Moscow 1927 (Peter Romanovsky won). [ [http://www.geocities.com/al2055Km/index.html Russian Chess Base ] at www.geocities.com]

He knew all the principal European languages perfectly. Vainshtein was one of the most authoritative chess workers. Suffice it to say that he had headed the All-Russian chess union as early as in 1924 and at the same time was both publisher and editor of the "Shakhmatnyi Listok" (“Chess Leaflet”) magazine. [ [http://www.e3e5.com/article.php?id=1352 E3e5.com : Articles in sections ] at www.e3e5.com] He was a remarkable organizer and administrator of Leningrad Chess Club (since 1938 the head of the club). [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2927 ChessBase.com - Chess News - The age of love – Mark Taimanov at 80 ] at www.chessbase.com] He had shared the common tragic fate with hundred thousands people of Leningrad, and died during the siege of the city in 1942. [ [http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/ww2.htm Chess During World War II by Bill Wall (June 17, 2008) ] at www.geocities.com]

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