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I tend to think that the "L" version is correct (Arlauskas) - or maybe he adopted the changed spelling later in life. He has a few games in my database (e.g. 1936 unofficial Munich Olympiad). He eventually settled in Australia.
There is also 'Romanas Arlauskas' listed at chessmetrics.com, with three events from the same era, not including Meerbeck 1946. Likely the 'small l' for 'small i' confusion dates from the tournament book and the scoresheets. Having created tournament databases myself from scoresheets, I know how challenging that task can sometimes be!
I tend to think that the "L" version is correct (Arlauskas) - or maybe he adopted the changed spelling later in life. He has a few games in my database (e.g. 1936 unofficial Munich Olympiad). He eventually settled in Australia.
Wayne, I believe you have a typo for one of the players at Meerbeck 1946. I think it should be 'Romanas Arlauskas', instead of 'Romanas Ariauskas.' There is a wikipedia article for Arlauskas, Latvian chess master fleeing Soviet advance in this era (eventually settling in Australia), which I have just edited with the Meerbeck info.
I gave the spelling in the tournament book that I have.
It says that when the players left the camp, they were scattered across the world. "Many people from the Baltic States went to Australia, including Endzelins and Ariauskas, but Tautvaisas went to Chicago, Liepnieks went to Lincoln, Nebraska, Zemitis lives in California and Bohatirchuk settled in Canada. "Walter" Jursevskis also went to Canada."
Further along - "The winner of the tournament was former champion of the Ukraine J. Bogenko (F. Bogatirchuks) (Latvian spelling, despite the fact that he played under an assumed name, both of his names appear in the bulletin in the headings to his games - editor), a well known personality in chess circles. Second and third places were shared by L. Endzelins (several times a member of the Latvian national team in the chess Olympiads) and R. Ariauskas (a Lithuanian chess master). Fourth, was the champion of Kurzeme (one of the four provinces of Latvia, known in the West as Courland - editor), A. Rankis, who had very bad luck in the middle stages of the tournament. Rankis was the only one to beat veteran master Bogenko.
Wayne, I believe you have a typo for one of the players at Meerbeck 1946. I think it should be 'Romanas Arlauskas', instead of 'Romanas Ariauskas.' There is a wikipedia article for Arlauskas, Latvian chess master fleeing Soviet advance in this era (eventually settling in Australia), which I have just edited with the Meerbeck info.
Wayne, thanks very much for this exceptionally detailed and useful information. :)
What is most impressive for me is the fact that Bohatirchuk and his colleagues in this Meerbeck 1946 event, and others like it from that era, could play such high-quality chess after facing six years of war across Europe, amid personal tragedy and hardship at every turn. Bohatirchuk is without a doubt one of the most fascinating people in chess history. I am hoping to see, one day, a translation into English language of his autobiography from 1978.
With the information from Frank Dixon and Stephen Wright and from The Chess Player tournament book of the event, I can give the games and more information about the circumstances of the tournament.
The excerpts are from:
Meerbeck 1946
Edited by A.J. Gillam
Rare and Unpublished Tournaments and Matches 76
First Published 2009
The Chess Player
12 Burton Avenue
Carlton, Nottingham NG4 1PT
pb
40 pages
Central Europe was in chaos in late 1945 with many thousands of displaced people, many of them having been refugees from the advancing Soviet army. The "camp" at Meerbeck was one of the many and was occupied mainly by people from the Baltic States, including a number of strong chess players.
The authorities encouraged the organisation of events to occupy the time of the inmates of the various camps while they were awaiting resettlement and this included chess tournaments.
One of the biggest international chess tournaments in the life of the DPs (Displaced Persons) was the Meerbeck chess tournament, which was held from March 7 to 19 in the Meerbeck DP Damp. The tournament was organised by the Lithuanian chess player J. Repecka and it attracted 14 players from the British and American zones.
Two of the players were on the run from the Soviet authorities and so played under assumed names! Bohatirchuk played as J. Bogenko and E. Sadovsky played as Saltovskis. Many of the players in this tournament are lost to recorded chess after this even.
One game was played every day. The rate of play was 36 moves in two hours.
The games:
German DP Championship
Meerbeck, Germany
Round 1, March 7, 1946
Sepp, Leopold - Bohatirchuk, Fedor
A28 English, Four Knights System
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