Savielly Tartakower was one of the notable chess players in the history of Chess. This page is all about the success he’s had as a player and the impact he’s has on the game. If that is so, then here is his detailed profile.
Full name: Savielly Tartakower
Title: Grandmaster (1950)
Born: 21 February, 1887
Place of birth: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Savielly Tartakower was one of the notable chess players with some of the highest ratings in Chess during his time. He was ranked 34 out of the 376 players whose performances were notable globally. This made him more famous and became a professional chess player. Tartakower managed the rating after reaching 2550 in the FIDE rating. In addition, he had a rapid rating of about 1950 and a blitz rating of about 1700. Savielly Tartakower had a classical rating of about 2610. For more information on FIDE ratings, see the step-by-step guide on how to get a FIDE rating.
Biography
Tartakower was a popular chess player born on 21 February 1887 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. He became more famous in chess games when he was saying in France. After becoming a professional chess game player, Savielley Tartakower wrote and published many books, some of which are some of the best Chess books, and also began cooperating with many chess magazines in France. One of the famous books Tartakower wrote is (The Hypermodern chess game) which he published in the year 1924. During his active days in chess games, Tartakower participated in many tournaments. He won his first two tournaments in the year 1927 and 1928 in Hastings. He then paired up with Aron Nimzowitsch in his first place in London in 1928.
Tartakower continued progressing victoriously and later managed to become better than his rival players Frank Marshall, Efim Bogoljubov, and Milan Vidmir. These players were notable professional players during their time. He progressed further and won the 1930 Liege tournament by defeating Mir Sultan Khan with a difference of two points. The other players who competed with him in the Liege tournament and downed the list were Marshall, Akiba Rubinstein, and many others. This became one of his best moments as he showed a lot of confidence, he had in the games that made him victorious.
He later proceeded with his progress and become the champion of the Polish Chess Championship twice. He won the first Championship in the year 1935 at Warsaw and then later won the second one at Jurata in the year 1937. His great progress made him become part of the main team organizing the Chess Olympiad which was to take place in Warsaw. In 1939, Tartakower won a gold medal in the 8Th Chess Olympiad which was held in Buenos Aires. He continued with his chess games in 139 despites of the outbreak of the Second World war. He later become victorious in the 9th chess Olympiad at Dubrovnik in 1950.
During his active time, he presented to Poland from 1930 to 1949 where he participated in six tournaments. He won a gold medal in 1931 and later won two bronze medals in 1933 and 1955 for Poland. In 1950, he represented France in the Chess Olympiads where he won another three medals for France.
He was part of the group of chess players who received the Chess Grandmaster title from FIDE. In 1953, Tartakower competed in the French chess Championship held in the French capital Paris where he emerged victorious by becoming the champion in the competition. That became his last competition in chess games championships as he died in 1956 in Paris aged 68.
The Beginning
Tartakower started developing an interest in chess games during his studies in the universities in Vienna and Geneva where he studied law. He used to attend various meetings arranged by chess players in Vienna. He began interacting with famous chess masters in the university at that time including Geza Marozy and Carl Schelchter. His first victory in the chess gem which motivated his mare in the games came when he won the Nuremberg tournament in 1906. He progressed with chess games and managed to emerge in the second position in the Vienna tournament three years later.
This resulted after he narrowly lost the tournament to his rival Reti, whom Reti’s Mate was named after, who was also one of the notable chess players at their time. He joined the Austro-Hungarian army as an officer during world war I then later went to Russia and finally migrated to France where he settled In the France capital, Paris. Despite his long journey of migration, he maintained his carrier in chess games. It was after settling in France where Tartakower changed into a professional chess player. He become a trainer and captain of the Poland Chess players team where he managed to coach them in 6 international chess tournaments. He led the team victoriously and won a gold medal with the team in Humburg Olympiad held in 1930.
Achievements
Sevielly Tartakower was one of the famous chess players during his active time. His first achievement in the chess game emerged when he won his first chess tournament in Nurenberg in 1906. He continued with positive progress and gained popularity by defeating almost all his rivals who were the most notable players in the chess games. This proved the talent Tartakower had in chess games during his carrier which made him win several medals of gold, bronze, and silver in different chess Olympiads.
His victorious progress made him become one of the organizers of the chess Olympiads held in Warsaw in 1935. During his carrier in chess games, he represented two countries of Poland and France in different chess Olympiads. Surprisingly, he managed to win both individual and team medals for the two countries.
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