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Vladimirs Petrovs
Full name	Vladimirs Petrovs
Country	Latvia
Born	September 27, 1907(1907-09-27) Riga, Latvia
Died	August 26, 1943 (aged 35) Kotlas, Russia

Vladimirs Petrovs or Vladimir Petrov (27 September 1907 at Riga – 26 August 1943 at Kotlas) was a Latvian chess master. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Riga (Rīga riːga) the Capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of the river Daugava. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kotlas (Котлас is a town in the south of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Northern Dvina Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region.

Learning the game relatively late, at age 13, Vladimirs Petrovs made rapid progress. By 1926, at age 19, he had improved enough to win the Riga Championship and finish 3rd in the national championship. He placed 2nd–5th, behind Isakas Vistaneckis, in the first Baltic Championship at Klaipeda 1931. Isakas Vistaneckis (Isaak Itzhak Vistinietzki (29 September 1910 &ndash 30 December 2000 a Jewish chess master from Lithuania The first Baltic Chess Championship was held in the city of Klaipėda, Lithuania on May 22-27 1931 Petrovs won a match with Movsas Feigins (+4 –1 =3) in 1931, won a match against Vladas Mikenas (+2 –0 =1) in 1932, and narrowly lost a match to Rudolf Spielmann (+1 –2 =5) in 1934. Movsas Feigins or Movsa Feigin ( 28 February 1908 - 11 August 1950) was a Latvian Chess master Vladas Mikėnas ( 17 April 1910 in Tallinn – 3 November 1992 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian International Rudolf Spielmann ( 5 May 1883 - 20 August 1942) was an Austrian - Jewish Chess player of the romantic school

Vladimirs Petrovs tied for 1st with Fricis Apšenieks in 1934, and won the Latvian Championship in 1935 and 1937. Fricis (Fritzis Franz Apšenieks (Apscheneek (born 7th April 1894 Tetele, Latvia – died 25 April 1941 Riga, Latvia was a Latvian chess master He won at Helsinki 1936, and was equal first with Samuel Reshevsky and Salo Flohr at Kemeri 1937, ahead of Alexander Alekhine, Paul Keres, Endre Steiner, Saviely Tartakower, Reuben Fine, Gideon Stahlberg and others. Samuel Herman (Sammy Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski, November 26, 1911, Ozorków near Lodz, (then Russian Empire Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr ( November 21, 1908 &ndash July 18, 1983) was a leading Czech and later Soviet Chess Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (alʲɛkˈsandr̠ alʲɛkˈsandr̠ovʲiʨ aˈlʲɛxin Russian Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Але́хин) (October Paul Keres ( January 7, 1916 – June 5, 1975) was an Estonian Chess grandmaster. Endre (Andreas Steiner (27 June 1901 – 29 December 1944 was a Hungarian Chess player Ksawery Tartakower (Russian Савелий Григорьевич Тартаковер generally known as Saviely or Savielly Tartakower in English less often Reuben Fine ( October 11 1914 &ndash March 26 1993) was one of the best Chess players in the world from the mid 1930s through Gideon Ståhlberg (or Stahlberg) (1908–1967 was a Swedish Chess grandmaster. This was Petrovs’ finest tournament achievement. In the same year he unfortunately was 8th (the last one) at Semmering. Petrovs placed 3rd-5th at Lodz 1938, behind Vasja Pirc and Saviely Tartakower, and third at Margate 1938, behind Alexander Alekhine and Rudolf Spielmann, but beat Alekhine in their individual game. Vasja Pirc ( December 19 1907 – June 2 1980) was a leading Slovenian Chess player Ksawery Tartakower (Russian Савелий Григорьевич Тартаковер generally known as Saviely or Savielly Tartakower in English less often Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (alʲɛkˈsandr̠ alʲɛkˈsandr̠ovʲiʨ aˈlʲɛxin Russian Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Але́хин) (October Rudolf Spielmann ( 5 May 1883 - 20 August 1942) was an Austrian - Jewish Chess player of the romantic school In 1939 Petrovs placed 8th of 16 at Kemeri–Riga, and won at Rosario, ahead of Erich Eliskases and Vladas Mikenas. Erich Gottlieb Eliskases ( February 15, 1913 - February 2, 1997) was a leading Chess player, a Grandmaster, of the Vladas Mikėnas ( 17 April 1910 in Tallinn – 3 November 1992 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian International ^[1]

Vladimirs Petrovs played for Latvia in all seven official Chess Olympiads from 1928 to 1939. The Chess Olympiad is a Biennial Chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other He also played at the unofficial Olympiad at Munich 1936.

In July/August 1928, he played at third board at the 2nd Olympiad in The Hague (+5 –4 =7).
In July 1930, he played at second board at the 3rd Olympiad in Hamburg (+8 –3 =6). Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany
In July 1931, he played at third board at the 4th Olympiad in Prague (+9 –2 =5). Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic.
In July 1933, he played at second board at the 5th Olympiad in Folkestone (+6 –5 =3). Folkestone (ˈfoʊkstən is a resort town on the south coast of Kent, England, traditionally known as "The Garden Coast"
In August 1935, he played at first board at the 6th Olympiad in Warsaw (+7 –5 =7). Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland.
In August/September 1936, he played at first board at the unofficial Olympiad in Munich (+10 –3 =7). Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany.
In July/August 1937, he played at first board at the 7th Olympiad in Stockholm (+5 –3 =10). ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the
In August/September 1939, he played at first board at the 8th Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+8 –0 =11). Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern ^[2]

He won two individual medals: gold in 1931 and bronze in 1939. He achieved a particularly brilliant result playing on top board at Buenos Aires: he lost not a single game, drew against world champion Alexander Alekhine, former world champion José Raúl Capablanca, and the young superstar Paul Keres, and won against Vladas Mikenas, Roberto Grau, Saviely Tartakower, and Moshe Czerniak. Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (alʲɛkˈsandr̠ alʲɛkˈsandr̠ovʲiʨ aˈlʲɛxin Russian Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Але́хин) (October Paul Keres ( January 7, 1916 – June 5, 1975) was an Estonian Chess grandmaster. Vladas Mikėnas ( 17 April 1910 in Tallinn – 3 November 1992 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian International Roberto Gabriel Grau (18 March 1900 Buenos Aires – 12 April 1944 Buenos Aires was an Argentine Chess master Ksawery Tartakower (Russian Савелий Григорьевич Тартаковер generally known as Saviely or Savielly Tartakower in English less often Moshe Czerniak (משה צ'רניאק 3 February 1910 at Warsaw, Poland – 31 August 1984 at Tel Aviv,

In 1940 the Soviet Union annexed Latvia. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Petrovs was critical but played under the new regime, placing 10th of 20 in the 1940 USSR Championship, taking equal third at Riga 1941, and second in several strong tournaments: Moscow 1941, behind Isaak Mazel, Moscow 1942, behind Igor Bondarevsky [1] , and Sverdlovsk 1942, behind Viacheslav Ragozin. This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. Igor Zakharovich Bondarevsky ( Russian: Игорь Захарович Бондаревский) ( May 12, 1913, Rostov-on-the-Don, Viacheslav Vasilyevich Ragozin ( October 8, 1908 – March 11, 1962) was a Soviet Chess Grandmaster, an International

When Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on the 22 June 1941, Petrovs was unable to return to his wife and daughter at home in Latvia. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He therefore remained in Russia, and was arrested on the 31st of August 1942 under the infamous Article 58, for criticising decreased living standards in Latvia since the Soviet annexation of 1940. Article 58 of the Russian SFSR Penal Code was put in force on February 25, 1927 to arrest those suspected of counter-revolutionary activities Petrovs was sentenced to ten years in a corrective labor camp. His final fate was revealed in 1989 when it became known that he had died at Kotlas on August 26, 1943 from an inflammation of the lungs.

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