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 Salo Flohr | THG Lexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Flohr remisierte zwei Wettkämpfe gegen spätere Weltmeister: 1932 spielte er in Amsterdam gegen Max Euwe 8-8 (+3-3=10), 1933 gegen Michail Botwinnik in Leningrad und Moskau 6-6 (+2-2=8).
Flohr verließ alsbald die Tschechoslowakei und lebte kurz in Schweden, von wo er mit Hilfe seines Freundes Michail Botwinnik in die Sowjetunion emigrierte.
Flohr konzentrierte sich in der Folge auf seine schriftstellerischen und schachjournalistischen Aktivitäten für verschiedene russische und ausländische Zeitungen.
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In 1937 Salo Flohr was nominated by FIDE to be the official candidate to play Alekhine for the World Championship.
Salo was an international mediator in 1963, and was awarded with a Badge of Honor in 1957.
Flohr was a chess journalist and a literary man. He worked as a commentator for a magazine called "Ogonek" [flame] from 1951 to 1983.
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 Chessville - History - Past Pawns - The Unfortunate Fate of Salo Flohr - by Robert Tuohey
Salo Flohr was born 1908, the second son, to Jewish, middle-class parents in the Ukraine.
Flohr was unable to re-enter his homeland as the borders had been closed; his family was certainly unable to exit the newly established “territory”.
Flohr is one of the “fathers” of positional chess.
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 Salo Flohr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During 1924 he participated in simultaneous exhibitions by Richard Réti and Rudolf Spielmann and he was still enjoying simuls well into his seventies.
By the time of the Nazi invasion of his country in 1938 Flohr, as a Polish/Ukrainian Jew, was in serious personal danger and he and his family had to flee, first to Sweden, and then to Moscow with the help of his friend Botvinnik.
Salo Flohr died in Moscow on July 18, 1983.
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 Mikhail Botvinnik
First (equal with Salo Flohr[?]) at Moscow 1935, ahead of Emanuel Lasker and Capablanca.
His adoption and development of solid opening lines in the Nimzo-Indian[?], Slav[?] and Winawer French stood up to the severest scrutiny and he was able to focus on a narrow repertoire of openings during his most important matches, frequently guiding the game into well chosen areas of preparation.
There were many "secret" training matches against masters of the calibre of Flohr, Yuri Averbakh[?] and Viacheslav Ragozin[?].
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 PRACTICAL CHESS ENDING + COMPUTER ANALYSIS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Against these ex-Russians Flohr could only score half-a-point in six games but against the rest of the field he was a formidable opponent and managed to finish =4th in the tournament.
Flohr in an article published in the Soviet periodical "64" in 1976, remembered the Bled tournament of 1931.
Salo Flohr in the above mentioned article realized the disadvantage of his inadequate theoretical knowledge of the endings at the time of the Bled tournament and pointed out that such an approach today would be unthinkable in any young ambitious player.
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 Salomon Flohr vs Salo Landau (1930) "The Wisdom of Salomon"
Salomon Flohr vs Salo Landau (1930) "The Wisdom of Salomon"
Flohr takes with the pawns and the e and c4 pawns strengthens his position for kingside attack.
I especially enjoyed the oscillating pin of the hapless fl rook by the queen at c4 and g4.
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 CHESS; Morozevich Shuns Fireworks, Thriving on Positional Battles - New York Times
Salo Flohr of Czechoslovakia made his debut in top-class chess in the pre-World War II years as a brilliant combination player who was hot at speed chess.
Like Flohr, he started out as a tactical wizard, but now he is comfortable winning positional battles.
A good example is his defeat of the French grandmaster Etienne Bacrot in Round 2 of the Biel Super GM Tournament in Switzerland, held from July 19 to 29.
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 The chess games of Salomon Flohr
Salomon Flohr was born in 1908, in what is now the Ukraine.
It's a well established fact that was his best period, and it really is a shame he didn't continue this into the 40's and 50's.
As a result of his masterful handling of both wings, Flohr now has a powerful attack against the enemy king.
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 Games - Salo Flohr
Flohr was also a frequent visitor to England and he had a terrific run in the Hastings tournaments of the early 1930s - he was 1st in 1931/32, 1932/33 and 1933/34 and finished 1st= with Max Euwe
However, Flohr did manage to beat Gosta Stoltz by 5½-2½ in 1931 and, a year later, he narrowly beat Mir Sultan Khan
Not surpringly, these problems affected Flohr's game and when he played in the great AVRO tournament
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 1938: Chess - Archive Article - MSN Encarta
In the fall of 1938 Holland was the scene of one of the greatest tournaments ever held.
The eight participants in the A.V.R.O. Tournament included Dr. Alexander Alekhine (present world champion), Dr. Max Euwe and Jose R. Capablanca (former champions), Samuel Reshevsky (United States Champion), Mikahil Botwinnik (Russian Champion), Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia), Paul Keres (Esthonia), and Reuben Fine (U.S.A.).
The tournament was a double round affair in which every player met every other player twice; once with the White pieces and once with the Black.
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The tightly controlled Soviet society did not favor extended contact in any form with foreigners, but clearly the full measure of Botvinnik's talent could not be judged until he did battle with the top non-Soviet players.
In 1933, he drew a match with the Czech Grandmaster Salo Flohr, who, at the time was surely among the top eight or ten players in the world.
Flohr was undefeated, as was the 67-year old Emanuel Lasker, turning in one of the most impressive performances of his career.
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 PRACTICAL CHESS ENDING + COMPUTER ANALYSIS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
In 1933, Flohr was at the peak of his career and was looked upon as a possible world championship challenger.
At this time the Soviets were looking to stage a top chess event and they hit on the idea of a Botvinnik vs Flohr match.
The first half took place in Moscow and was a triumph for the Czech grandmaster (4-2) but in the Leningrad half, Botvinnik came back strongly to equalize the score (6-6).
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 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Bronstein's fateful 23rd game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The story about it is told by Genna Sosonko in New in Chess, in his recently essay on Salo Flohr.
The following day Flohr went to Botvinnik's place, where the defending champion said: "Salo, could you show the variations to Gannochka." Flohr was dumbfounded, since Botvinnik's wife barely knew the moves of the pieces.
Sosonko says that when this happened Flohr had tears in his eyes, because of the suspicion and mistrust Botvinnik had shown towards him.
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 playchess.com - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
However, for me the article about Salo Flohr was the highlight of the magazine.
In fact, before reading this article I didn't know that Flohr had been one of the world's absolute top-players at the end of the thirties.
Fleeing from the Nazis Flohr opted for a life in the Soviet Union, and became a Soviet citizen.
www.chessbase.com /playchess/playchessnews2.asp?id=367   (630 words)

  
 Emanuel Lasker Gesellschaft: Salo Flohr: Erinnerungen an Dr. E. Lasker
Unsere Redaktion bat Großmeister Salo Flohr (UdSSR) anläßlich seines Berliner Aufenthaltes im November/Dezember 1968 als Hauptschiedssrichter des Dr.-Lasker-Gedenkturniers, von seinen Begegnungen mit Dr. Lasker zu erzählen.
Salo Flohr, Anwärter auf den Thron des Weltmeisters in den dreißiger Jahren, kam dieser Bitte gern nach und grüßt auf diesem Wege alle unsere Leser.
Er besiegte seinen alten Rivalen Capablanca, blieb unbesiegt und wurde Dritter, gleich hinter Botwinnik und Flohr.
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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Salomon Flohr.
White to move and win except where noted.
Flohr Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
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 California Chess Reminiscences
The Premier Section was won by Salo Flohr.
In June, 1935, he tied for 1st with Salo Flohr in a tournament in Barcelona.
The Premiere section was won by Flohr, ahead of Capablanca.
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 Chess Trivia
He claimed a world record simultaneous exhibition when he played 52 opponents blindfold exhibition in Budapest 1960.
Flohr became a refugee for a second time and went to Russia.
He was orphaned in World War I and was taken as a child refugee to Bohemia.
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 Wieteck: Salo Flohr und das Schachleben in der Tschechoslowakei
Wieteck: Salo Flohr und das Schachleben in der Tschechoslowakei
Salo Flohr, heute ein fast vergessener Schachmeister, erlitt ein Schicksal, das in vielem Ähnlichkeit mit dem Lebenslauf seiner Schachkollegen wie Steinitz, Lasker, Tarrasch, Rubinstein, Tartakower, Nimzowitsch, Mieses u.a.
In Deutschland war Flohr, der fließend deutsch sprach, lange Jahre bekannt durch seine Artikel in den Schachzeitschriften, die immer Humor gespickt waren und die sich durch große Lebensweisheiten auszeichneten.
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 Machgielis (Max) Euwe
He then drew a match with Salo Flohr with 3 wins, 10 draws, and 3 losses.
He won a training match with Rudolf Spielmann in 1932, with 2 wins and 2 draws.
Euwe tied for first place with Flohr and Thomas at Hastings 1934-5.
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 Abebooks Search Results - Salo
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 Chess Notes by Edward Winter
Salo, the former Czechoslovakian chess marvel, won the match five to one.
In 1953, 20 years later, Salo Flohr returned to Switzerland, now a full-fledged Russian and as a second to one of the Soviet players competing in the Candidates Tournament in Zurich.
On meeting Grob, Salo did not say “How are you?” Oh, no! The first words he uttered were, “You know, the game I lost to you 20 years ago was a win for me!” Grob was flabbergasted.
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 CALIFORNIA CHESS REPORTER
A year later, after serving with the American team at Hamburg and revisiting his native Hungary, he was runner-up to Isaac I. Kashdan at Gjor.
In 1931, following the international congress at Prague, he finished second to Salo Flohr at Brun.
The following year, in Moscow, over the board, it was Flohr's turn to win by 1.5-.5.
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Salo does not let me down, and found such a 'quiet' move that it all became clear." (p.
This annoyingly vague but ominous statement leads one to wonder what "strong psychological pressure" might have been put to Keres.
Bronstein claims that Flohr, who at one point had a 2-game lead, was bribed to let Botvinnik draw the match (p.
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