Dmitri Ossipovich Rowner

Dmitri Ossipowitsch Rowner ( Russian Дмитрий Осипович Ровнер ; born January 8, 1908 in Vinnytsia , † April 19, 1986 in Leningrad ) was a Soviet chess player and civil engineer by profession .

Life

His chess roots were in Vinnytsia, where he won the city championship while still at school. Then he moved to Leningrad and started studying at the Institute of Engineers for Municipal Construction. In 1935 he took part in two simultaneous games with Flohr and Capablanca , which competed against 30 and 10 Soviet players in the first category, respectively. Rowner defeated Flohr after 34 moves and the Cubans after 28 moves. In the same year he shared the 4th-6th Place at a tournament in Leningrad, which was won by Andor Lilienthal . In 1936 he shared the 9th-12th Place at the IV. VCSPS Championship and received a special prize for the best game of the tournament for his game against Alexander Konstantinopolski . At the next VCSPS championship in 1938, he shared 4th-7th. Place behind the non-competitive Lilienthal. From that year he held the title of Master of Sports of the USSR .

His name was often on the starting list of the Leningrad Championships, with his best result being a shared first place with Alexander Tolush and Vitaly Chekhov in 1937. The master was not determined at that time. After nearly twenty years, Rowner shared second place with Lew Aronson in 1956 . In 1947 he decided for himself the individual championship of the sports association Nauka , with whose selection he was first in the VCSPS team championships in 1949 and 1951. Rowner fought several times for a place in the finals of the Soviet championship , but never got beyond the preliminary round. In 1946 he split in the semifinals in Moscow the 7th-8th. Place with Nikolai Nowotelnow , 1952 in Leningrad the 5th – 7th Place with Nikolai Kopylow and Juri Koz. Igor Bondarewski described Rowner as a typical strategist who perfectly mastered the technique of positional combat. In a match against Leningrad Prague remisierte he two games in 1946 with Ivan Roháček. In 1957 he lost 0.5: 1.5 against József Szily in the Leningrad match against Hungary. With its historical Elo rating of 2527, it was ranked 85th in the world in 1938. In addition to playing chess, he was involved in the work of the Leningrad Chess Organization and was appointed as an arbitrator.

His son Jakow Rowner (1929–1970) was also a chess player and master of the sport of the USSR since 1969.

Game example

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

10.… Qxg2?

In the following game, played in the match between Nauka and Zenit in the VCSPS team championship (Leningrad 1949), Rowner managed a quick win against Alexander Kotow . This defeat on the first board was so discouraging that Kotow's teammates lost their games one after the other. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4 + 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4 + 8. Be2 Sa6 9. Bc3 Ne7 10. Bxg7 Qxg2? (10.… Rg8 would have been better) 11. Bf6 !! The decisive move Bf6 was proposed for the first time in 1949 by the prospective master craftsman Eisenstadt . Kotow described the runner train as a "stunning novelty", which he apparently knew nothing about. 11.… Nc5 12. Qd6 0–0 13. Bf3 Qg6 14. Bxe7 Nd3 + 15. Ke2 Nxb2 16. Rc1 Re8 17. Nh3 e5 18. Thg1 Bxh3 19. Rxg6 + hxg6 20. Be4 Be6 21. Rg1 1-0.

literature

• L. Abramow, A. Konstantinopolski et al: Schachmatnyj Slowar , Moscow 1964, p. 321. (Russian)

Web links

• Replayable chess games by Dmitri Ossipowitsch Rowner on 365Chess.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ I. Bondarewski: Leningradski polufinal. In: Schachmaty w SSSR . No. 9, 1952, p. 260 (Russian)
2. ↑ Alexander Kotow: W schutku i wserjes . Molodaja gwardija 1965, p. 134.
3. ^ WW Ragosin: Schachmaty sa 1947-1949 . Moscow 1951, p. 206.