Boris Blumin

Boris Blumin (29 December 1907 "Julian calendar" (11 January 1908), Sankt Petersburg - 16 February 1998, Trenton, New Jersey) was a Canadian-American chess master.

Born in Russia, he emigrated to Canada, where played in several chess championships. He took 9th at Toronto 1927 (CAN-ch, Maurice Fox won); took 4th at Montréal 1929 (Fox won); tied for 3rd-4th at Toronto 1934 (John Belson won); took 3rd at Montréal 1935 (Fox won). Blumin was twice Champion of Canada winning at Toronto 1936 and Québec 1937. [ [http://www.geocities.com/chesschampions/ccanada.html CHAMPS - Canadian Champions ] ] He tied for 3rd-4th, behind Israel Albert Horowitz and Isaac Kashdan, at Boston 1938 (U.S. Open). [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/profili/fino1945.htm Maestri della prima metà del 900 ] ]

He was a six-time winner of the Montréal City Championship (1933-1939). In August 1939, he moved to New York City, [http://chesscanada.no-ip.org/chess/history.htm] where he took 11th at the U.S. Open (Reuben Fine won). [ [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1009102 No Archiving Spiders Allowed ] ]

He won the Hamilton Chess Club Championship at New Jersey in 1986. [ [http://www.bronxyonkerschessclub.blogspot.com/ The Bob Peretz Bronx Yonkers Chess Club ] ]

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