- Fricis Apšenieks
Fricis (Fritzis, Franz) Apšenieks (Apscheneek) (born 7th April 1894,
Tetele , Latvia – died 25 April 1941,Riga , Latvia) was a Latvian chess master.Biography
In 1924, Fricis Apšenieks took 2nd , behind
Hermanis Matisons , at Riga (1 st LAT–ch). In 1924, he won, ahead of Lazard, at Paris. In 1924, he took 2nd, behind Matisons, and followed byEdgar Colle , Vajda,Max Euwe ,Anatol Tschepurnoff , etc., at 1st FIDE World Amateur Championship in Paris. In 1925, he won, ahead of Terrill, at Bromley. In 1925, he tied for 3rd-4th withKarel Hromadka at Bromley (Premier–A). In 1925, he tied for 3rd-4th at Debrecen. In 1926, he tied for 3rd-4th at Abo. In 1926, he won at Helsinki. In 1926, he took 3rd, behindVladimirs Petrovs , andTeodors Bergs at Riga. In 1926, Fricis Apšenieks won the Latvian Championship at Riga. In 1927, he tied for 5th-7th at Kecskemét. [ [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables ] ] In 1931, he took 6th at Klaipeda (1st Baltic–ch). The event was won byIsakas Vistaneckis . In 1932, he tied for 3rd-5th at Riga Championship. In 1934, he tied for 1st with Petrovs at Riga (LAT–ch). In 1937, he tied for 11th-13th at Kemeri. In 1939, he tied for 11th-12th at Kemeri–Riga (Salo Flohr won). In 1941, he took 2nd, behindAlexander Koblencs , at Riga (1st Latvian SSR ch.). [ [http://www.geocities.com/al2055Km/index.html Russian Chess Base ] ]Fricis Apšenieks played for Latvia at seven official
Chess Olympiads : in 1928, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, and 1939. He also played at unofficial Olympiad at Munich 1936.
* In July/August 1928, he played at first board at 2nd Olympiad inThe Hague (+8 –7 =1).
* In July 1930, he played at first board at 3rd Olympiad inHamburg (+7 –6 =4).
* In July 1931, he played at second board at 4th Olympiad inPrague (+8 –3 =5).
* In July 1933, he played at first board at 5th Olympiad inFolkestone (+1 –6 =7).
* In August 1935, he played at second board at 6th Olympiad inWarsaw (+6 –5 =7).
* In August/September 1936, he played at second board at unofficial Olympiad inMunich (+7 –5 =6).
* July/August 1937, he played at second board at 7th Olympiad inStockholm (+8 –4 =5).
* In August/September 1939, he played at second board at 8th Olympiad inBuenos Aires (+5 –6 =8). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]During the first Soviet occupation of Latvia, he died of pulmonary phthisis, at the age of 47.
Notable chess games
* [http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer?white&Apsenieks, Fricis Apšenieks vs Max Euwe (NED), Paris 1924, (ol) f-A, Four Knights, C49, 1-0]
* [http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer?white&Apsenieks, Fricis Apšenieks vs Arthur William Dake (USA), Prague 1931, 4th Olympiad, Caro-Kann, Exchange Variation, B13, 1-0]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1281178 Gideon Stahlberg (SWE) vs Fricis Apšenieks, Folkestone 1933, 5th Olympiad, Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav, D11, 0-1]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1095224 Frank James Marshall (USA) vs Fricis Apšenieks, Warsaw 1935, 6th Olympiad, Queen's Gambit Accepted, D20, 0-1]
* [http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer?white&Apsenieks, Fricis Apšenieks vs Salo Landau (NED), Kemeri 1937, Slav Defense, D12, 1-0]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1043859 Fricis Apšenieks vs Reuben Fine (USA), Stockholm 1937, 7th Olympiad, Four Knights, C49, 1-0]References
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