- Efim Bogoljubov
Infobox chess player
playername = Efim Bogoljubov
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birthname = Efim Dmitriyevich Bogoljubow
country = UKR GER
datebirth = birth date|1889|4|14
placebirth =Kiev ,Ukraine
datedeath = death date and age|1952|6|18|1889|4|14
placedeath =Triberg im Schwarzwald ,Germany
title = Grandmaster
worldchampion =
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peakrating =Efim Dmitriyevich Bogoljubow (Bogoljubov, Bogolyubov) ( _ru. Ефим Дмитриевич Боголюбов;
April 14 ,1889 –June 18 ,1952 ), was a leading Ukrainian-Germanchess Grandmaster.Biography
In 1911, he tied for 1st-2nd in the Kiev championships, and for 9-10th in the Saint Petersburg (All-Russian Amateur) Tournament, won by
Stepan Levitsky . In 1912, he took 2nd, behindKarel Hromadka , in Vilna ("Hauptturnier"). [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdfName Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01] In 1913/14 he took 8th in Sankt Petersburg (All Russian Masters' Tournament – 8th RUS-ch;Alexander Alekhine andAron Nimzowitsch won). [ [http://www.alekhinechess.com/english/tables/masters1913.html Chess Tournaments: Russian masters 1913/14 ] ]In July/August 1914, he played in Mannheım tournament (the 19th
DSB Congress ), and tied for 8-9th in that interrupted event. [ [http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=5003 Schach Nachrichten ] ] After the declaration of war against Russia, eleven "Russian players" (Alekhine, Bogoljubow,Fedor Bogatyrchuk ,Alexander Flamberg , Koppelman,Boris Maliutin ,Ilya Rabinovich ,Peter Romanovsky ,Peter Petrovich Saburov ,Alexey Selezniev , Samuil Weinstein) from the Mannheim tournament were interned by Germany. In September 1914, four of them (Alekhine, Bogatyrchuk, Saburov, and Koppelman) were freed and allowed, through Switzerland, to return home. The Russian internees played eight tournaments, the first in Baden-Baden (1914) and all the others in Triberg (1914–1917). Bogoljubow took 2nd, behindAlexander Flamberg , in Baden-Baden, and won five tournaments in Triberg (1914–1916). DurıngWorld War I , he stayed in Triberg im Schwarzwald, got married to a local woman and spent the rest of his life in Germany.After the war, he won many international tournaments; at Berlin 1919, Stockholm 1919, Stockholm 1920, Kiel 1921, Peštany 1922. He tied for 1st-3rd at Carlsbad 1923.
In 1924 Bogoljubow came back to Russia, which had since become the Soviet Union, and won twice the Soviet championships (1924 and 1925). [ [http://www.geocities.com/al2055Km/index.html Russian Chess Base ] ] He also won at Breslau 1925, and at Moscow 1925 (it), ahead of
Emanuel Lasker ,José Raúl Capablanca , etc.In 1926, he finally emigrated to Germany. He won, ahead of
Akiba Rubinstein , at Berlin 1926. Boboljubov won two matches againstMax Euwe (both 5.5–4.5) in 1928 and 1928/29 in Holland. He played matches for theWorld Chess Championship twice againstAlexander Alekhine , losing 15.5-9.5 in 1929, and 15.5-10.5 in 1934.He represented Germany at first board in the 4th Chess Olympiad at Prague 1931. He won individual silver medal there (+9 –1 =7). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]
In 1930, he twice tied for 2nd-3rd with Nimzowitsch, behind Alekhine, in San Remo, and with
Gösta Stoltz , behindIsaac Kashdan , in Stockholm. In 1931, he tied for 1st-2nd in Swinemünde (27th DSB Congress). In 1933, he won in Bad Pyrmont (1st GER-ch). In 1935, he won in Bad Nauheim, and in Bad Saarow. He tied for 1st-2nd at Berlin 1935, Bad Elster 1936, Bad Elster 1937. Bogoljubow won at Bremen 1937, Bad Elster 1938, and Stuttgart 1939 ("1st Europa Turnier").During
World War II he lost a match to Euwe (+2 –5 =3) at Krefeld 1941, and drew a mini-match with Alekhine (+1 –1 =0) at Warsaw 1943. He also played in several tournaments held in Germany and General Gouvernment. In 1940, he won in Berlin, and tied for 1st-2nd withAnton Kohler in Krakow /Krynica/ Warsaw (the 1st GG-ch). In 1941, he took 4th in Munich ("2nd Europa Turnier"; Stoltz won), and took 3rd, behind Alekhine andPaul Felix Schmidt , in Krakow/Warsaw (the 2nd GG-ch). In 1942, he took 5th in Salzburg (Alekhine won), tied for 3rd-5th in Munich (1st European Championship - "Europameisterschaft"; Alekhine won), took 3rd in Warsaw /Lublin/ Krakow (the 3rd GG-ch; Alekhine won). In 1943, he took 4th in Salzburg (Paul Keres and Alekhine won), and tied for 2nd-3rd in Krynica (the 4th GG-ch;Josef Lokvenc won). In 1944, he won, ahead ofFedor Bogatyrchuk , in Radom (the 5th GG-ch). [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/index.htm]After the war, he lived in West Germany. In 1947, he won in Lüneburg, and Kassel. In 1949 he won in Bad Pyrmont (3rd West GER-ch), and tied for 1st-2nd with
Elmars Zemgalis in Oldenburg. In 1951, he won in Augsburg, and Saarbrücken.He was awarded the title
International Grandmaster by the World Chess FederationFIDE in 1951.The
Bogo-Indian Defence chess opening (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+) is named after Bogolyubov.Quote
"When I am White, I win because I am White. When I am Black, I win because I am Bogolyubov."
("Bogoljubov" means "beloved of God" in Ukrainian.)References
External links
*Kmoch, Hans (2004). [http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kmoch01.pdf Grandmasters I Have Known: Efim Dimitrievich Bogolyubov] (PDF). Chesscafe.com.
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* [fr] [http://www.mjae.com/bogoljubov.html Efim Bogoljubov raconté par Emil Diemer] by Dany Sénéchaud on [http://www.mjae.com Mieux jouer aux échecs]
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