Abraham Speijer

Abraham Speijer (Speyer) (19 November 1873, Amsterdam – 5 September 1956, Amsterdam) was a Dutch chess master.

Speijer tied for 1st with Adolf Olland in the 1st Dutch Chess Championship at Leiden 1909, although Olland was recognized as the Champion.

In international tournaments, he shared 1st at Munich 1900 ("Quadrangular"), took 4th at Hilversum 1903 (Paul Saladin Leonhardt won), took 17th at Sankt Petersburg 1909 (Lasker and Akiba Rubinstein won), [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1909petersb.htm petersb ] ] took 15th at Hamburg 1910 (DSB Congress, Carl Schlechter won), [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1910amburgo.htm amburgo ] ] took 12th at Cheltenham 1913, took 12th at Scheveningen 1913 (Alexander Alekhine won), [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1913scheveningen.htm scheveningen ] ] shared 1st at Richmond 1912; took 2nd, behind E.G. Sergeant, at Hastings 1919 (B tournament), won at Edinburg 1920, tied for 2nd-3rd with Samuel Factor, behind Rubinstein, at Rotterdam 1920, [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] and tied for 10-11th at Scheveningen 1923 (system 10+10, Paul Johner and Rudolf Spielmann won). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1923scheveningen.htm scheveningen ] ]

He lost a match to Emanuel Lasker (0.5 : 2.5) at Amsterdam 1908, and lost two matches against Max Euwe (1 : 4) in 1921, and (0.5 : 3.5) in 1923, both in Amsterdam. [ [http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site ] ]

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