Blumenfeld, Beniamin




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1904  87  2371 (51) 17
1905  88  2370 (50) 0
1906  92  2368 (40) 25
1907  63  2404 (44) 5
1908  41  2441 (41) 31
1909  58  2418 (56) 0
1910  75  2396 (64) 0
1911  100  2374 (69) 1
1912  105  2366 (73) 1
1913  107  2364 (76) 0
1914  98  2362 (78) 0
1915  91  2360 (78) 0
1916  90  2359 (77) 0
1917  93  2357 (73) 0
1918  95  2355 (67) 0
1919  95  2353 (59) 0
1920  102  2352 (45) 29
1921  94  2367 (55) 0
1922  87  2382 (59) 0
1923  80  2397 (59) 0
1924  70  2412 (55) 0
1925  53  2427 (44) 24
1926  61  2422 (52) 2
1927  85  2402 (56) 2
1928  104  2392 (58) 0
1929  118  2382 (55) 0
1930  139  2373 (47) 7
1931  158  2360 (37) 32
1932  170  2352 (40) 17
1933  148  2366 (46) 0
1934  127  2380 (39) 28
1935  128  2379 (48) 12
1936  160  2361 (64) 0
1937  201  2343 (75) 0
1938  256  2325 (85) 0
1939  274  2307 (92) 0
1940  296  2289 (99) 0
1941  313  2271 (104) 0
1942  306  2253 (109) 0
1943  331  2235 (113) 0
1944  357  2216 (117) 0
1945  408  2198 (120) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Blumenfeld, Beniamin Markovich  
Born: 5 June 1884
Died: 5 Mar. 1947
 
Notes:
Gaige, in Chess Tournament Crosstables has both 'B.M. Blumenfeld' and 'V.M. Blumenfeld'. I presume these are the same player.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 301
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 319
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 376
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 227
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 43
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 34
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 39
   Hooper and Brandreth, Unknown Capablanca, page 19
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 68
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 32
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 52
Periodicals
   [WSZ], vol. 14, no. 21, Nov. 1911, page 344
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Alekhine, A.A. - Blumenfeld, B.M. 1908         (f)     4.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Berlin 1904 (1)     Berlin Championship     11.5  /  17
Saint Petersburg 1906 (1)     4th All Russian Tournament     10  /  14
Saint Petersburg 1906 (2)     Saint Petersburg Tournament     1  /  11
Moscow 1907 (2)     Moscow Tournament     2.5  /  5
Moscow 1908 (1)     Moscow Club Autumn Tournament     13.5  /  14
Moscow 1908 (2)     Moscow City Championship     6.5  /  12
Saint Petersburg 1911 (1)     Saint Petersburg - Moscow Match    
  Blumenfeld, B.M. - Freiman, S.N.     0 - 1    
Moscow 1912     Moscow - Saint Petersburg Team Match    
  Blumenfeld, B.M. - Levenfish, G.Y.     0.5 - 0.5    
Vienna 1920 (1)     Vienna Tournament     0  /  6
Moscow 1920 (2)     All Russian Chess Olympiad - Championship Tournament     8  /  15
Vienna 1920 (3)     9th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     4.5  /  8
Moscow 1925 (2)     Moscow Tournament     3.5  /  8
Moscow 1925 (4)     6th Moscow Championship     11  /  16
Moscow 1926 (1)     4th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Blumenfeld, B.M. - Rabinovich, I.L.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1927 (1)     5th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Blumenfeld, B.M. - Gothilf, S.B.     1 - 1    
Moscow 1930 (1)     Moscow Tournament     3.5  /  7
Moscow 1931 (4)     7th USSR Championship Semi-Finals - Group 4     4  /  9
Moscow 1931 (13)     12th Moscow Championship     6  /  12
Moscow 1931 (17)     12th Moscow Championship Semi-finals - Group 1     6.5  /  11
Moscow 1932 (3)     13th Moscow Championship Semi-Finals - Group 2     5  /  8
Moscow 1932 (6)     13th Moscow Championship     4  /  9
Leningrad 1934 (1)     Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Match    
  Blumenfeld, B.M. - Alatortsev, V.A.     1 - 1    
Moscow 1934 (2)     14th Moscow Championship     10  /  19
Moscow 1934 (3)     Moscow Master Tournament     3.5  /  7
Moscow 1935 (8)     Moscow Championship Semi-Final - Group 1     8.5  /  12
Moscow 1945 (6)     6th Trade Unions Team Championship - Final, Krylia Soverov - Bolshevik 2    
  Blumenfeld, B.M. - Alatortsev, V.A.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 12 Nov. 2024