Abraham Speijer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Abraham Speijer

Dutch chess master

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1873

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 05-Sep-1956

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Abraham Speijer

  • Abraham Speijer (Speyer) (19 November 1873, Amsterdam – 5 September 1956, Amsterdam) was a Dutch chess master. In smaller tournaments, Speijer had great success, sharing 1st at Munich 1900 (Quadrangular), taking 4th at Hilversum 1903 with 9.5/15 (Paul Saladin Leonhardt won), and tying for 1st with Adolf Olland in the 1st Dutch Chess Championship at Leiden 1909, although Olland was recognized as the Champion.
  • He also shared 1st at Richmond 1912, took 2nd behind Edward Guthlac Sergeant at Hastings Minor 1919 (B tournament), won at Edinburgh 1920, and tied for 2nd-3rd with Samuel Factor, behind Rubinstein, at Rotterdam 1920,In major international tournaments, Speijer was less successful, usually finishing close to last place.
  • Speijer was 17th out of 19 players at Saint Petersburg 1909 with 6/20, which (Lasker and Akiba Rubinstein won.
  • Speijer also took 15th out of 17 players at Hamburg 1910 with 5.5/16, (DSB Congress, Carl Schlechter won), finished 12th at Cheltenham 1913, and took 12th out of 14 players at Scheveningen 1913 with 4/13.
  • (Alexander Alekhine won), Lastly, Speijer had his best showing at Scheveningen 1923, played in the traditional Scheveningen format, scoring 4.5/10, good for a tie for 10th and 11th place among 20 entrants.In match play, Speijer lost to world champion Emanuel Lasker in 1908 (+0 -2 =1).
  • Later in his career, Speijer played two matches against a very young Max Euwe.
  • In 1921, Speijer lost by a score of (+1 -4 =0), and in 1923, by a score of (+0 -3 =1), both held in Amsterdam.

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