Sapira, Emanuel




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1921  562  2158 (71) 2
1922  454  2197 (60) 2
1923  343  2242 (48) 16
1924  369  2238 (42) 18
1925  324  2262 (41) 20
1926  270  2288 (43) 11
1927  363  2261 (45) 0
1928  470  2234 (36) 36
1929  425  2247 (44) 9
1930  422  2252 (52) 0
1931  425  2257 (52) 5
1932  554  2221 (52) 5
1933  595  2215 (51) 9
1934  671  2201 (57) 0
1935  768  2187 (58) 0
1936  798  2172 (54) 10
1937  869  2148 (56) 9
1938  967  2122 (68) 0
1939  964  2096 (76) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Sapira, Emanuel J.  
Born:
Died: 1943
 
Notes:
Gaige has 'Sapira, Emanuel' in Chess Personalia without the second initial. In Chess Tournament Crosstables he usually has 'Sapira, E.' but at Hastings 1927, he has 'Sapira E.J.'. Di Felice has 'Sapira, Emanuel J.'. Gaige has date of death 'c1943?'.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Les Championnats de Belgique d'Echecs, page 50
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 336
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 401
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 371
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 372
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 157
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 232

Tournament data

Antwerp 1921     Antwerp - Brussels Match    
  Sapira, E.J. - Lancel, E.E.     0 - 1    
Brussels 1921 (1)     Antwerp - Brussels Match    
  Sapira, E.J. - Segall (1)     0 - 1    
Antwerp 1922 (1)     Antwerp - Brussels Match    
  Sapira, E.J. - Wilden, M.     0 - 1    
Brussels 1922     Antwerp - Brussels Match    
  Sapira, E.J. - de Lannoy, J.     1 - 0    
Ghent 1923 (1)     3rd Belgian Chess Federation Congress - Major Tournament     4  /  6
Brussels 1923     Brussels Tournament     8  /  10
Brussels 1924 (2)     Brussels Championship     4.5  /  12
Antwerp 1924     Antwerp Tournament     4.5  /  6
Gentbrugge 1925     5th Belgian Championship     6  /  10
Brussels 1925     Fédération Belge des Échecs     6  /  10
Spa 1926     Spa Tournament     8  /  11
Hastings 1928 (3)     8th Hastings Christmas Congress - Major Open, Section B     4.5  /  9
The Hague 1928 (2)     2nd Olympiad     6.5  /  16
Antwerp 1928     Antwerp Tournament     5.5  /  11
Hastings 1929 (2)     9th Hastings Christmans Congress - Premier Reserves     4.5  /  9
Antwerp 1931 (1)     Foreigners - Belgium Team Tournament     3.5  /  5
Antwerp 1932     Antwerp Tournament     0.5  /  5
Hastings 1933 (2)     13th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves Tournament     4  /  9
Antwerp 1936     Antwerp - Riga Match    
  Sapira, E.J. - Feigins, M.     1.5 - 0.5    
Ghent 1936     16th Belgian Championship     3.5  /  8
Hastings 1937 (2)     17th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves, Section 1     3.5  /  9
Brussels 1939     Belgium - Holland Team Match    
  Sapira, E.J. - Koomen, W.     0 - 2    


Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025