Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

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  • Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

    I am trying to clarify who played against Bohatirchuk in round 2 of the Klaus Junge Memorial tournament at Regensburg, 1946.

    One source says Forgacs, Leo: https://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=2678439
    Another says Fleischmann, Lorenz Hermann (game 153): http://шахматистам.рф/Bases/Enz/B/BO...vse_partii.pdf

    The games appear to be the same.

    Does anyone have more info?

  • #2
    Re: Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

    Forgacs = Fleischmann. They were one and the same player, using different names at different times, perhaps because of safety issues to do with the war.

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    • #3
      Re: Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

      The thing is, Leo Forgacs = Leo Fleischmann lived from 1881 to 1930. So this couldn't be the first player Hugh identifies as playing in this 1946 event. My guess, without any further info, is that it was Lorenz Fleischmann, and there is an error with the database.

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      • #4
        Re: Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

        Chessmetrics.com lists 'W. Fleischmann' as participating in this event, Regensburg 1946. To find this, search under find a player= 'Bohatirchuk, events'. The site doesn't list him as a rated player, so he can't be tracked further there.

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        • #5
          Re: Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

          Hugh, there is another Bohatirchuk game, from 1972, that you don't have on Canbase, since you only have his games to 1969. Dr. George Danilov (Kingston) defeated Dr. Bohatirchuk (Ottawa) in an Eastern Ontario Chess League match, held in Cornwall. Alex Danilov has this game.

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          • #6
            Re: Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

            I am updaating Canbase with Bohatirchuk games that i find in the previouslu quoted Russian link...since I am missing a few.

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            • #7
              Re: Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

              The player in question was W. Fleischmann, according to John Donaldson in Elmars Zemgalis: grandmaster without the title.

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              • #8
                Re: Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

                Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

                January 19, 2018

                The recent discussion about Bohatirchuk at Regensburg revealed to me a tournament of which I knew nothing.

                There is a booklet of the games of Augsburg 1946 and Regensburg 1946 produced by A. J. Gillam and published by The Chess Player in 2000. Though it is out of print, I managed to procure a copy and below give the Bohatirchuk games. In fact, they are also available at the chessgames.com site, but I thought that giving them all together might provide present day readers with the opportunity of playing through these games of more than seventy years ago.
                ________

                The crosstable gives these scores:

                1. F. Bohatirchuk 7.0
                2. E. Zemgalis 6.5
                3. W. Unzicker 6.0
                4. S. Wotkowski 6.0
                5. G. Blendinger 4.5
                6. C.H. Meyer 4.5
                7. J. Steger 3.5
                8. F. Herzog 3.0
                9. G. Meyer 2.5
                10. W. Fleischmann 1.5

                With these notes:

                Bohatirchuk played under the name of Bogenhols in order to avoid detection by the Soviet authorities in Germany who wished to arrest him

                The three games missing from this tournament are also missing in the original tournament bulletins

                My thanks to Manuel Fruth of Schachfirma Fruth, Germany, for supplying the games scores for both tournaments in his booklet
                ________

                I may add that Schachfirma Fruth is an excellent supplier of used chess books.

                http://www.schachundmuenzen.de

                A.J. Gillam does an outstanding service by issuing booklets of previously unpublished tournaments.

                http://www.chessbooks.co.uk/Chessplayer.html

                _______

                Regensburg 26.12 - 31.12 1946

                Klaus Junge Memorial
                Round 1
                Unzicker, Wolfgang - Bohatirchuk, Fedor
                C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence, Alapin variation

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.Nc3 g6 8.Be3 Nh6 9.Qd3 Nf7 10.Qc4 Bd7 11.O-O-O Bg7 12.h4 h5 13.Nh2 O-O 14.f3 Kh7 15.g4 exd4 16.Bxd4 Ne5 17.Qe2 Qe8 18.Kb1 c5 19.Bxe5 fxe5 20.Nd5 Ra7 21.gxh5 gxh5 22.Rhg1 Be6 23.Nf1 Qf7 24.Rg3 Bh6 25.Nfe3 c6 26.Nc3 Qf4 27.Nf1 c4 28.Qf2 Rd7 29.Qb6 Rc8 30.Qxa6 Rcc7 31.Qb6 Bf7 32.Qf2 d5 33.exd5 cxd5 34.Ne2 Qf6 35.Nd2 Rb7 36.b3 Qa6 37.f4 cxb3 38.cxb3 exf4 39.Nxf4 Qf6 40.Nd3 Qxf2 41.Nxf2 1/2-1/2

                Round 2
                Bohatirchuk, F. - Fleischmann, W.
                C23 Bishop's Opening, Philidor Counter-Attack

                1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 c6 3.Qe2 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Qc4+ d5 6.Qxc5 dxe4 7.Qxe5 Nf6 8.Ne2 Re8 9.Qd4 Qc7 10.Nbc3 Bf5 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Qc4+ Kf8 13.b3 Nbd7 14.Nb5 Qe5 15.Ba3+ c5 16.Qd4 Qxd4 17.Nxd4 a6 18.O-O Kg8 19.Ndf5 Re5 20.Ne3 Nd5 21.Bb2 Nxe3 22.dxe3 Re6 23.Rfd1 Nb6 24.c4 Rae8 25.Rd2 Kf7 26.Rad1 Rc8 27.Rd6 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 Rc6 29.Rd2 Rc8 30.Rd1 Rc6 31.Rd2 Rc7 32.h4 h6 33.Rd6 Rc6 34.Rxc6 bxc6 35.h5 Bh7 36.Kf1 Nd7 37.Ke2 g6 38.Nxe4 gxh5 39.Kf3 Bxe4+ 40.Kxe4 Ke6 41.f4 Nf8 42.f5+ Kf7 43.Kf4 Nh7 44.e4 Ng5 45.e5 h4 46.e6+ Ke7 47.Ke5 1-0

                Round 3
                Steger, Josef - Bohatirchuk, Fedor
                E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical variation

                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qc2 c6 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Rb1 Nc5 12.Nd2 Ne6 13.Nf3 Ne8 14.b4 f5 15.e3 Nd6 16.c5 Nf7 17.Ne2 a5 18.a3 Nc7 19.Bb2 Be6 20.Nd2 axb4 21.axb4 Nd5 22.Ba1 Rfd8 23.Nc3 Nc7 24.Nb3 e4 25.Na5 Na6 26.Na2 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Bxa1 28.Rxa1 Nxc5 29.Nc1 Nd3 30.Nxc6 Rxa1 31.Nxe7+ Kf8 32.Bf1 Rxc1 33.Nxg6+ hxg6 34.Qd2 Nfe5 35.Kg2 Nf3 36.Qe2 Bc4 0-1

                Round 4
                Bohatirchuk, Fedor - Herzog, Franz
                C23 Bishop's Opening

                1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.b4 Bxb4 6.c3 Ba5 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Ba3 Qf6 10.Rf1 Nh6 11.d3 Bb6 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.h3 Na5 15.Qc2 Rhe8 16.g4 Be3 17.Kb1 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Qa6 19.Nxe3 Qxa3 20.Qb2 Qxb2+ 21.Kxb2 f6 22.Nh4 Re6 23.Nhf5 Rb6+ 24.Kc1 Nxf5 25.gxf5 Bb5 26.c4 Ba4 27.Rd2 Rbd6 28.Nd5 Be8 29.Kc2 c6 30.Ne3 Bh5 31.Kc3 R6d7 32.a4 b6 33.Rb1 Kc7 34.Rg1 Bf3 35.Nf1 Bh5 36.h4 g6 37.Ng3 Bg4 38.Rf1 gxf5 39.Nxf5 Bxf5 40.Rxf5 Rd6 41.Rf3 1/2-1/2

                Round 5
                Blendinger, G. - Bohatirchuk, Fedor
                C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence, Alapin variation

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.h3 g6 8.O-O Nh6 9.Be3 Nf7 10.Nh2 Bg7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 O-O 13.c3 Rb8 14.b3 Re8 15.Nd2 f5 16.Qf3 Ng5 17.Bxg5 Qxg5 18.Rad1 Bd7 19.Kh1 Re7 20.Qd3 Rbe8 21.Ndf3 fxe4 22.Nxg5 exd3 23.Rxd3 Re2 24.Rdf3 h6 25.Nf7 Rf8 26.Ng4 Bxg4 27.hxg4 Re7 0-1

                Round 6
                Meyer, Christian Hermann - Bohatirchuk, Fedor
                A53 Old Indian

                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.d5 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.g4 h5 8.g5 Nh7 9.h4 f6 10.Be2 fxg5 11.Bxh5 gxh5 12.Qxh5+ Kf8 13.hxg5 Nhf6 14.gxf6 Rxh5 15.fxg7+ Kxg7 16.Rxh5 Nf6 17.Rg5+ Kf7 18.f3 Qh8 19.O-O-O Bd7 20.Rg2 a6 21.Rf1 Qh1 22.Rgf2 Rg8 23.Nge2 Qh3 24.Ng1 Qh5 25.Nge2 Ke8 26.b4 Rg6 27.a4 Qh3 28.Ng1 Qh7 29.Nge2 Qg7 30.Kd2 Rg2 31.Ke1 Bh3 32.Nd1 Kd7 33.Rh1 Rxf2 34.Nxf2 Bg2 35.Rg1 Ke8 36.Nd1 Qh7 37.Rxg2 Qh1+ 38.Rg1 Qxf3 39.Rf1 Qxe4 40.Rxf6 Qxc4 41.Nec3 Qxb4 42.Rf2 Kd8 43.Rd2 b5 44.Bg5+ Kd7 45.Rb2 Qg4 46.Be3 c5 47.dxc6+ Kxc6 48.axb5+ axb5 49.Rxb5 Qf3 50.Rd5 Kd7 51.Kd2 Kc6 52.Nf2 Qg2 53.Ra5 Kd7 54.Ne4 Ke6 55.Ra6 Kd5 56.Rxd6+ Kc4 57.Kc2 Kb5 58.Rb6+ Ka5 59.Nd2 e4 60.Nc4+ Ka4 61.Bc5 1-0

                Round 7
                Bohatirchuk, Fedor - Wotkowski, S.
                B21 Sicilian, Grand Prix Attack

                1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qd8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Ne5 Nxe5 8.fxe5 Qd4 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Bb5+ Nd7 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7 12.Qe4 Qxe4+ 13.Nxe4 Kc6 14.d3 h6 15.Be3 b6 16.a4 g6 17.O-O Be6 18.c3 Bg7 19.d4 c4 20.Nd2 f6 21.Bf4 g5 22.exf6 exf6 23.Bg3 Bd5 24.b3 cxb3 25.c4 Bf7 26.d5+ Kd7 27.Nxb3 f5 28.Rac1 f4 29.Bf2 Rhc8 30.Rfd1 Bg6 31.Nd4 Bxd4 32.Bxd4 Rc7 33.Bg7 Rac8 34.Rd4 Kd6 35.Bxh6 Ke5 36.Rcd1 Bh5 37.R1d2 Kd6 38.Bxg5 Rxc4 39.Bxf4+ Kd7 40.Rxc4 Rxc4 41.Be5 Rxa4 42.d6 Re4 43.Bg3 Re2 44.Rd5 Be8 45.Kf1 Re6 46.Rd3 Kd8 47.Rc3 a5 48.Rc7 Bd7 49.Ra7 Ke8 50.Kf2 a4 51.h4 b5 52.Bf4 b4 53.h5 b3 54.Rb7 Rf6 55.Ke3 Bc6 56.Rb8+ Kf7 57.g4 Re6+ 58.Kd3 Re4 59.d7 Bxd7 60.Kxe4 Bxg4 61.h6 Bd1 62.Rb7+ Kg8 63.Bc1 1-0

                Round 8
                Zemgalis, Elmars - Bohatirchuk, Fedor
                A21 English Opening

                1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 f5 6.d4 Nd7 7.Nge2 Ngf6 8.b3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bb2 c6 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Rad1 Nf7 14.Rfe1 Bd7 15.Nd4 Ng5 16.Ba3 Nfe4 17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.h4 Nf7 19.Rd2 Bg4 20.Ne2 Rad8 21.Nc3 Bf5 22.Red1 h6 23.Kh1 g5 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Kg1 Qe6 26.Kh2 Qh6+ 27.Kg1 Re6 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 0-1

                Round 9
                Bohatirchuk, Fedor - Meyer, G.
                Game missing

                (The other two missing games are Fleischmann-Steger 0-1 and Meyer, C. - Wotkowski, S. 0-1, both from Round 8)

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                • #9
                  Re: Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

                  Through online searching, I've found another tournament which I didn't know about, that Bohatirchuk won, in 1946. This was the 14-player round robin at Meerbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany, March 7-19, 1946. It was specifically staged for displaced persons from the Second World War, at the Meerbeck Allied Camp. He played under the pseudonym Bogenko in this one as well. I am wondering if Hugh, Stephen, and Wayne know about this. The site chessgames.com has NO GAMES from this event, and chessmetrics doesn't list it under Bohatirchuk's events. There is a tournament book for the event, edited by A.J. Gillam, described on the Netherlands book vendor website: devriesboeken.nl. :)

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                  • #10
                    Re: Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

                    There were a number of such events in DP camps - the internees were happy to have a way to alleviate the boredom, while the local masters were happy to receive meals during the tournaments. I have a copy of the original tournament book courtesy of 6-time BC champion Miervaldis Jursevskis who played in the event. He also played Bohatirchuk five years later at the 1951 Canadian Championship held in Vancouver, where the good doctor claimed not to know Jursevskis. Games at http://bcchesshistory.com/meerbeck.pgn

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                    • #11
                      Re: Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

                      Thanks, Stephen. I have updated his article on Wikipedia, with the Meerbeck info. That article, which I have worked on, has a fairly complete set of his tournaments, and I chose the set of linked illustrative games from those available at chessgames.com. There are still some gaps in information about his life, and more references are needed. The good doctor lived a very interesting life! It is flat-out amazing he lived to age 91! The item at wiki on his youth chess with Chigorin I got courtesy of IM Lawrence Day! :)

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                      • #12
                        Re: Bohatirchuk at Regensburg, 1946?

                        Originally posted by Frank Dixon View Post
                        Through online searching, I've found another tournament which I didn't know about, that Bohatirchuk won, in 1946. This was the 14-player round robin at Meerbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany, March 7-19, 1946. It was specifically staged for displaced persons from the Second World War, at the Meerbeck Allied Camp. He played under the pseudonym Bogenko in this one as well. I am wondering if Hugh, Stephen, and Wayne know about this. The site chessgames.com has NO GAMES from this event, and chessmetrics doesn't list it under Bohatirchuk's events. There is a tournament book for the event, edited by A.J. Gillam, described on the Netherlands book vendor website: devriesboeken.nl. :)
                        There are three games from the Meerbeck tournament in Sergei Voronkov's two volume Russian language book on Bohatirchuk. They are his wins against Saltovskis, Yurzevskis, and Endzyelins.

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