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| Fedor Bogatyrchuk | ||
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| Full name | Fedor Parfen'evych Bogatyrchuk | |
| Country |  Ukraine  Canada |
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| Born | November 14, 1892 Kiev Ukraine |
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| Died | September 4, 1984 (aged 91) Ottawa Canada |
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Fedor Parfen'evych Bogatyrchuk (Bogatirchuk, Bohatirchuk, Bogatyrtschuk, Bohatyrchuk, Bohatyrczuk) (in Russian : Фёдор Парфеньевич Богатырчук, Fiodor Parfen'evitch Bogatyrchuk; in Ukrainian : Федір Парфенович Богатирчук, Fedir Parfenovych Bohatyrchuk) (born 14 November 1892 in Kiev, Ukraine - died 4 September 1984, Ottawa, Canada) was a Ukrainian-Canadian International Master of chess, and an International Master of correspondence chess. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The title International Master is awarded to outstanding Chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. The title International Master is awarded to outstanding Chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Correspondence chess is Chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence usually through a Correspondence chess server, through email or by He also was a doctor of medicine, a political activist, and a chess writer. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the
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Russian and Soviet Chess
As a youth, Bogatyrchuk sometimes traveled to chess tournaments with the great Mikhail Chigorin (1850-1908), who had earlier lost a match for the World Championship to Wilhelm Steinitz. Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin ( 12 November 1850, Gatchina, Russia – 25 January 1908, Lublin, Poland Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz ( May 17, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian - American Chigorin trained the young player, and influenced his style and openings.
In 1911, Bogatyrchuk won, followed by Izbinski, Efim Bogoljubov, etc. Efim Dmitriyevich Bogoljubow (Bogoljubov Bogolyubov (Ефи́м Дми́триевич Боголю́бов April 14, 1889 &ndash June 18, , at Kiev. In February 1914, he lost an exhibition game against Jose Raul Capablanca at Kiev. In 1914, he took 3rd at Kiev. In July/August 1914, he tied for 6th–10th at Mannheim (Hauptturnier A). Mannheim is a City in Germany. With 327318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg after the capital Stuttgart Bogatyrchuk, along with 10 other "Russian" players from the interrupted Mannheim tournament, was interned by Germany after the declaration of war against Russia, which began the First World War. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All In September 1914, four of them (Alexander Alekhine, Bogatyrchuk, Saburov, and Koppelman) were freed and allowed to return home. Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (alʲɛkˈsandr̠ alʲɛkˈsandr̠ovʲiʨ aˈlʲɛxin Russian Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Але́хин) (October
Bogatyrchuk played in six Soviet Union (USSR) Championships: 1923, 1924, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1934. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 In July 1923, he tied for 3rd–5th at Petrograd (St Petersburg, Leningrad) at 2nd USSR Championship. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River In 1924, he took 2nd, behind Vilner, at Kiev (1st Ukrainian SSR Ch. ). In August–September 1924, he tied for 3rd–4th at Moscow (3rd USSR Ch. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of ).
In December 1925, he took 11th of 21 at Moscow (1st IT). The event was won by Efim Bogoljubov, followed by Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Frank Marshall, etc. For other persons named Lasker see Lasker#People with the surname Lasker. Frank James Marshall ( August 10 1877 &ndash November 9 1944) was the U It was the first government sponsored tournament, and had 11 of the world's top 16 players, based on ratings from chessmetrics. Chessmetrics is a system for rating Chess players devised by Jeff Sonas. com. Bogatyrchuk scored a 2628 performance, according to chessmetrics.
In 1926, Bogatyrchuk wrote the first chess book "Szachy" (Shakhy, Шахи) in Ukrainian. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. In 1927, he won at Kiev. In October 1927, he tied for 1st–2nd with Peter Romanovsky at Moscow (5th USSR Ch. Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky (Пётр Арсениевич Романовский 29 July 1892, St Petersburg – 1 March 1964 ). His peak chessmetrics. Chessmetrics is a system for rating Chess players devised by Jeff Sonas. com rating was in October 1927 at 2629, good for 15th place in the world (http://www.chessmetrics.com, the Fedor Bohatirchuk player file). In 1929, he won at Kiev.
In November 1931, he tied for 3rd–6th at Moscow (7th USSR Ch. ), with 10/17, as Mikhail Botvinnik won. Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (mʲixaˈiɫ̺ mʌiˈs̺ʲɛjɛvʲiʧʲ bʌt̺ˈvʲin̺n̻ʲik Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник) ( &ndash May In 1933, he won at Moscow (Quadrangular), with 4. 5/6. In September 1933, he took 8th at Leningrad (8th USSR Ch. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River ), with 10. 5/19, as Botvinnik won again. In December 1934 /January 1935, he tied for 3rd–4th at Leningrad (9th USSR Ch. ), with 11. 5/19, just half a point behind the joint winners Grigory Levenfish and Ilya Rabinovich. Grigory Yakovlevich Levenfish ( March 9, 1889, Piotrków - February 9, 1961, Moscow) was a leading Jewish[http Ilya (Elias Rabinovich (Rabinowitsch Rabinovitch Rabinovitz Rabinowicz Rabinovici (1891 Saint Petersburg &ndash 1942 Perm) was a Russian chess master
In March 1935, he tied for 16th–17th at Moscow (2nd IT), with 8/19. The event, which had 8 of the world's top 18 players, according to chessmetrics, was won by Botvinnik and Salo Flohr, but Bogatyrchuk beat Mikhail Botvinnik in their individual game. Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr ( November 21, 1908 &ndash July 18, 1983) was a leading Czech and later Soviet Chess Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (mʲixaˈiɫ̺ mʌiˈs̺ʲɛjɛvʲiʧʲ bʌt̺ˈvʲin̺n̻ʲik Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник) ( &ndash May Following this game, it is reported that a head of the Soviet Chess organisation, Minister of Justice Nikolai Krylenko approached Bogatyrchuk and said "You will never beat Botvinnik again!"[1] That was indeed the case as Bogatyrchuk never played Botvinnik again, leaving him with a lifetime score of (+3 =2 –0) against Botvinnik. Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko (Николай Васильевич Крыленко ( May 2 1885, Bekhteevo (Бехтеево Smolensk region
In March 1936, he took 3rd at Kiev (8th Ukrainian SSR Ch. ), with 11. 5/17. In July 1937, he won at Kiev (9th Ukrainian SSR Ch. ), with 12. 5/17. In 1938, he took 2nd at Kiev (USSR Ch. semi-final), with 11/17, behind only winner Vasily Panov, but he did not play at the 11th USSR Championship in 1939. Vasily Nikolayevich Panov ( November 1 1906 – January 13 1973) was a Soviet Chess player author and journalist
Medical career, World War II Activities
Bogatyrchuk completed his high school studies in 1912, and entered the University of Kiev later that year to study medicine. Kiev University or officially the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv (Київський національний університет ім Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the During the Russian Civil War, he was employed by a military hospital, and was a professor of anatomy at the Institute of Physical Education and Sport in Kiev. The Russian Civil War (1917–1923 was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed Anatomy (from the Greek anatomia, from ana separate apart from and temnein, to cut up cut open is a branch of Biology that is the consideration
As a radiologist and medical doctor in 1940, Bogatyrchuk was seconded to a German medical research facility when Kiev fell to the Germans in September 1941. Radiology is the medical specialty directing Medical imaging technologies to diagnose and treat diseases A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health During World War II, he was a head of the Ukrainian Red Cross, and the Institute of Experimental Medicine. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an International humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers worldwide who stated When the Soviet army pushed the Germans from Kiev, Bogatyrchuk, together with his family, migrated to Cracow, then Prague, in 1944. Kraków, in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow (ˈkrækaʊ M-W: krăk'ou krāk'ō is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. There he joined the Committee for Freedom of Peoples in Russia, an anti-Stalin, semi-military organisation headed by the Russian general Andrey Vlasov. General Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov or Wlassow (Андрéй Андрéевич Влáсов &mdash August 2 1946 was a Russian former Soviet He was also the leader of the Ukrainian National Council (Ukrainśka Narodna Rada). As a result of these activities, Bogatyrchuk was the number one "persona non grata" in Soviet chess until the defection of Victor Korchnoi. Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (also Korchnoy Kortchnoy Kortschnoi etc The Soviets removed many of his games from their official records, but many of them were later reclaimed using outside sources.
Chess in western Europe
In February 1944, he took 2nd, behind Efim Bogoljubow, at Radom (GG). Efim Dmitriyevich Bogoljubow (Bogoljubov Bogolyubov (Ефи́м Дми́триевич Боголю́бов April 14, 1889 &ndash June 18, Radom is a city in central Poland with 227309 inhabitants It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian In Spring 1944, he drew a match against Stepan Popel at Cracow (2 : 2). Stepan (Stefan Stephan Stephen Popel (Popiel ( 15 August 1909 – 27 December 1987) was a multiple Chess champion of Lviv Paris In May 1944, Bogatyrchuk played an 8-game training match against local players (Cenek Kottnauer, Ludek Pachman, Podgorny, Prucha, etc. Čeněk Kottnauer (24 February 1910 Prague – 14 February 1996 London) was a Czech British chess master Luděk Pachman ( German: Ludek Pachman May 11 1924, Bělá pod Bezdězem, today Czech Republic &ndash March 6 2003 ) at Prague (+7 =1 –0).
At the end of WW II, Bogatyrchuk moved to a number of cities including Berlin and Potsdam, and finally ended up in the American controlled city of Bayreuth in May 1945. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Also see Potsdam New York (in the USA For the Potsdam Conference see Potsdam Conference. Bayreuth ( pronounced) is a City in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Frankish Alb For a time he lived in Munich, playing in German chess events under the name of 'Bogenhols' ('Bogenko'), so as to avoid repatriation to the USSR. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. In 1946, he won, followed by Elmars Zemgalis, Wolfgang Unzicker, etc. Elmārs Zemgalis (born 9 September 1923, Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian American Chess master and mathematics professor at Regensburg (Klaus Junge Memorial), with 7/9. Regensburg ( also Ratisbon, Ratisbona Řezno originally Castra Regina) is a City (population 131000 in 2007 in Bavaria, Germany In February 1947, he took 3rd at Kirchheim-Teck. In September 1947, he took 4th at Stuttgart. Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Settles in Canada
In 1948, Bogatyrchuk emigrated to Canada, and became a professor at the University of Ottawa, and the author of many scientific studies and recollection books. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For the university in Ottawa Kansas see Ottawa University. The University of Ottawa or Université d'Ottawa in French At the congress of the Ukrainian federalists in Niagara Falls in 1952, he was elected Chairman of the association of the Ukrainian federalist Democrats and chief editor of the last press organs "Skhidnyak" and the "federalist Democrat". The Niagara Falls are massive Waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border separating the Canadian province of Ontario He is the author of many newspaper and periodical articles on the history of ODNR (Liberation Movement of Peoples of Russia), and books like "My living way with Vlasov and Manifesto of Prague" (San Francisco, 1978) (in Russian : Мой жизненный путь к Власову и Пражскому Манифесту, Moy zhiznenny put' k Vlasovu i Prazhskomu Manifestu). Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
Besides this, he played in three Closed Canadian Chess Championships. This is the list of all the winners of the Canadian Chess Championship, often referred to as the Canadian Closed Championship to distinguish it from the annual Canadian Open In 1949, he took 2nd at Arvida (winner was Maurice Fox), with 7/9, ahead of Daniel Yanofsky, Frank Anderson, and Povilas Vaitonis. Arvida (from '''Ar'''thur '''Vi'''ning '''Da'''vis, one of the founders of Alcan) was founded as an industrial city by Alcan in 1927 when the first Aluminum Maurice Fox (born 14 January 1898, Ukraine – died 25 June 1988, Canada) was a Canadian Chess master Daniel Abraham (Abe Yanofsky ( March 25, 1925 – March 5, 2000) was Canada 's first Chess grandmaster, an eight-time Frank Ross Anderson (3 January 1928 Edmonton Alberta, Canada – 18 September 1980 San Diego California, USA) was a Canadian Povilas (Paul Vaitonis ( 15 August 1911, in Užpaliai, Lithuania – 23 April 1983, in Hamilton, Canada In 1951, he tied for 3rd-4th places at Vancouver (winner was Povilas Vaitonis), with 8. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal Povilas (Paul Vaitonis ( 15 August 1911, in Užpaliai, Lithuania – 23 April 1983, in Hamilton, Canada 5/12. In 1955, he tied for 3rd–5th at Ottawa (winner was Frank Anderson, ahead of Daniel Yanofsky). Daniel Abraham (Abe Yanofsky ( March 25, 1925 – March 5, 2000) was Canada 's first Chess grandmaster, an eight-time Bogatyrchuk also represented Canada at the 11th Chess Olympiad at Amsterdam 1954, playing board four (+7 =3 –5). The Chess Olympiad is a Biennial Chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west Since 1954 he was a FIDE International Master. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the The title International Master is awarded to outstanding Chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. His earlier achievements, particularly in USSR Championships, may have been sufficient for the higher Grandmaster title, but the Soviets blocked this for political reasons. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. In his seventies he took up Correspondence chess, becoming Canadian Correspondence Chess Champion (1963, 1964) and playing 1st board for Canada at the Correspondence Chess Olympiad (1962-1965). Correspondence chess is Chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence usually through a Correspondence chess server, through email or by Since 1967 he was ICCF International Master. Bogatyrchuk stayed active in local Ottawa chess into his early eighties, and played correspondence chess until age 85.
While living in Ottawa, Bogatyrchuk helped to train the young Lawrence Day (born 1949), who himself became a FIDE International Master in 1972, and who went on to represent Canada a record 13 times at Chess Olympiads. Lawrence Day (born Ottawa, Canada, February 1, 1949) is a Canadian chess International Master, author and journalist Day's chess style has been influenced significantly by Bogatyrchuk.
The site http://www.chessbase.com has 216 Bogatyrchuk games from 1923-1958. The site http://www.mychess.com has 227 Bogatyrchuk games from 1923-1977. The site http://www.chessgames.com has 208 Bogatyrchuk games from 1923-1977. His many tournament and match games from before 1923 seem to be missing. The search must be done with the spelling 'Bohatirchuk'. Many of these games would be duplicated between sites.
Notable chess games
- Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk, Moscow 1924, 3rd USSR ch, Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, C62, 0-1
- Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Moscow 1927, 5th USSR ch, French Defense, Winawer Advance Variation, C17, 1-0
- Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Leningrad 1933, 8th USSR ch, Sicilian, Dragon, B72, 1-0
- Vsevolod Rauzer vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk, Leningrad 1934, 9th USSR ch, Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation, C76, 0-1
- Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Moscow 1935, 2nd it, Four Knights, C49, 1-0
- Ludek Pachman vs Fedor Bohatirchuk, Prague 1944, Sicilian Defense, B95, 0-1
- Elmars Zemgalis vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk, Regensburg 1946, Klaus Junge Memorial, English, A21, 0-1
- Povilas Vaitonis vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk, Arvida 1949, CAN-ch, Grünfeld Defense, D93, 0-1
- Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk vs Frank Ross Anderson, Vancouver 1951, CAN-ch, Bird's Opening, A03, 1-0
- Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk vs Federico Norcia, Amsterdam 1954, 11th Olympiad, Ruy Lopez, Classical, C64, 1-0
References
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