Benjamin Blumenfeld (24 May 1884, Vilkaviškis – 5 March 1947, Moscow) was a Russian chess master.[1]
Benjamin Blumenfeld | |
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Бениамин Мордхелевич Блюменфельд | |
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| Born | May 24, 1884 Vilkaviškis, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 5, 1947 (aged 62) Moscow, USSR |
| Citizenship | USSR |
| Occupation | chess player |
| Known for | Blumenfeld Gambit |
He was born in Vilkaviškis, in the Suwałki Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania). In 1905/06 he tied for second/third with Akiba Rubinstein, behind Gersz Salwe, in St. Petersburg (the fourth Russian championship). In 1907 he tied for second/third with Georg Marco, behind Mikhail Chigorin, in Moscow.[1]
In 1920 he took eighth in Moscow (Russian Chess Olympiad, 1st URS-ch). The event was won by Alexander Alekhine. In 1925 he tied for second/third with Boris Verlinsky, behind Aleksandr Sergeyev, in the Moscow championship.[1]
He invented the Blumenfeld Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nf3 b5).[1]
In 1945 Blumenfeld defended PhD thesis on psychology, based on cognition in chess.[1] At the time, it was one of the first attempts to do research into chess psychology.
Notable games
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edit- Benjamin Blumenfeld player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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