Octavio Trompowsky

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Octávio Figueira Trompowsky de Almeida (born November 30, 1897 in Rio de Janeiro , † March 26, 1984 ibid) was a Brazilian chess player .

In 1939 he won the Brazilian individual championship in Rio de Janeiro against Walter Cruz , whom he defeated 5.5: 2.5 (+5 = 1 −1). In 1938 he was defeated by Walter Cruz 3: 4 in the same place and in 1940 he was defeated again in Rio, this time 1.5: 5.5. He took part on the fifth board of the Brazilian national team at the 1936 national chess tournament in Munich , which the Greater German Chess Federation had declared as the Chess Olympiad . At the 1939 Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires , he played on the top board of Brazil. He drew against Alexander Alekhine in this Olympics, and lost against José Raúl Capablanca in his last tournament game.

In Brazil in 1941 Partidas de Xadrez , a book with 106 of his chess games with his commentaries, was published, which is described as a classic of Brazilian chess literature.

His best historical rating was 2483 in September 1938, which would have put him in 128th place in the world rankings.

Trompowsky opening

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Position after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5

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He is best known for the Trompowsky opening named after him ( 1. d2 – d4 Ng8 – f6 2. Bc1 – g5 ).

Trompowsky played "his" opening regularly in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. The opening became known to an international audience when Trompowsky used it in Munich in 1936 against the Bulgarian Alexander Kiprow. According to his own statement, he played the opening before 1921.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Octávio Trompowsky's results at unofficial Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Octávio Trompowsky's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ Octávio Trompowsky's historical Elo rating on chessmetrics.com (English)
  4. ↑ Deutsche Schachblätter , No. 20 of October 15, 1936, p. 368.
personal data
SURNAME Trompowsky, Octávio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trompowsky, Octavio; Figueira Trompowsky de Almeida, Octávio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1984
Place of death Rio de Janeiro