Nikolai Nikolayevich Ryumin

Nikolai Ryumin, in the 1930s
Association	Soviet Union
Born	September 5, 1908 Moscow
Died	November 17, 1942 Omsk

Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Ryumin ( Russian: Николай Николаевич Рюмин , scientific transliteration Nikolaj Nikolaevič Ryumin ; born September 5, 1908 in Moscow , † November 17, 1942 in Omsk ) was an important Soviet chess player .

Life

Ryumin learned the rules of chess during his school days in Moscow. He was a helper in the organization during the 1925 Moscow International Tournament and served one of the demonstration boards . As he himself later announced, it was the sharp attacking game of the Mexican Carlos Torre , whose games he had been assigned, and in particular his victory over Emanuel Lasker , which had aroused his interest in a professional chess career.

Ryumin appeared from 1929 after finishing second in the Moscow City Championship. The following year he repeated this success and then won the prestigious championship in 1931, 1933/34 and 1935. Ryumin won the title of 1931 after a playoff with Nikolai Grigoryev , which he clearly defeated with 6.5: 1.5 . In 1931 he was awarded the title of Master of Sports of the USSR .

In the same year he recorded the greatest success of his career: He finished second behind Mikhail Botvinnik at the state championship of the USSR . Overall, he took part in four Soviet championships, with his shared 3rd – 4th. Place 1934/35 also represents an outstanding sporting achievement. He also took part in the international tournaments Leningrad 1934 (with the participation of Max Euwe - Ryumin was tied 2nd-3rd, Botvinnik won), Moscow 1935 and 1936 and in Gothenburg 1935 (1st place).

In 1936 Ryumin was diagnosed with tuberculosis and was forced to give up professional gambling. Subsequently he devoted himself to the organization of chess and the popularization of the game of chess in the Soviet Union. In 1940 he was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sport . For several years he worked in the Chess Department of the Supreme Soviet for Fiscal Culture and Sports in Moscow. In 1942 he was released from military service and evacuated to Siberia, where he gave chess lessons in the Omsk Pioneer Palace. There he succumbed to his illness.

Ryumin's style of play was characterized by “great dynamism and brilliant attack skills”, which made him win numerous “beauty awards”.

swell

1. ↑ M. Judowitsch: O drusjach-toworishchach [About friends and comrades], in: 64 - Schachrundschau 1983, No.1, p. 19 (Russian).
2. ↑ Ibid. (Russian).
3. ^ W. Litmanowicz, J. Giżycki: Szachy od A do Z. Volume 2, Warsaw 1987 (Polish).

literature

• Ilja Abramowitsch Kan: Chessmatist Nikolai Ryumin , Moscow 1967 (Russian).