Nikolai Riumin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nikolai Riumin

Russian chess player

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1908

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1942

Profession: chess player

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Nikolai Riumin

  • Nikolai (Nikolay) Nikolaevich Riumin (Ryumin, Rjumin, Rumin) (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ?????; 5 September 1908, Moscow – 1942, Omsk) was a Russian chess master, one of the strongest Soviet players of the 1930s. Riumin was Moscow Champion in 1931, 1933/34, and 1935.
  • He played in four Soviet Championships.
  • In 1929, he took 5th in a quarter final group in Odessa (6th URS-ch; Boris Verlinsky won).
  • In 1931, he achieved his best result, 2nd after Mikhail Botvinnik in Moscow (7th URS-ch).
  • In 1933, he tied for 10-11th in Leningrad (8th URS-ch; Botvinnik won).
  • In 1934/35, he tied for 3rd-4th with Fedor Bogatyrchuk, in Leningrad (9th URS-ch; Grigory Levenfish and Ilya Rabinovich won). His best International result was at Leningrad 1934 where he shared 2nd place with Peter Romanovsky, behind Botvinnik, and ahead of Max Euwe.
  • In 1935, he won in Gothenburg.
  • At Moscow 1935 he tied for 11-14th (Botvinnik and Salo Flohr won).
  • In 1936, he tied for 7-10th in Moscow (José Raúl Capablanca won).
  • Ill-health started to affect him in 1936, and he died from tuberculosis during World War II in Omsk, Siberia. Riumin's name has been attached to two chess opening variations.
  • The Riumin Variation of the Queen's Indian Defence was analyzed by Riumin, Vladimir Alatortsev, and Andor Lilienthal: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7.
  • The Moscow or Rauzer Variation of the Sicilian Defence is sometimes also called the Riumin Variation: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3.

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