Abraham Speijer
Abraham Speijer (Speyer) (19 November 1873, Amsterdam – 5 September 1956, Amsterdam) was a Dutch chess master.
In smaller tournaments, Speijer had great success, sharing 1st at Munich 1900 (Quadrangular), taking 4th at Hilversum 1903 with 9.5/15 (
In major international tournaments, Speijer was less successful, usually finishing close to last place. Speijer was 17th out of 19 players at Saint Petersburg 1909 with 6/20, which (Lasker and Akiba Rubinstein won.[3] Speijer also took 15th out of 17 players at Hamburg 1910 with 5.5/16, (DSB Congress, Carl Schlechter won),[4] finished 12th at Cheltenham 1913, and took 12th out of 14 players at Scheveningen 1913 with 4/13. (Alexander Alekhine won),[5] Lastly, Speijer had his best showing at Scheveningen 1923, played in the traditional Scheveningen format, scoring 4.5/10, good for a tie for 10th and 11th place among 20 entrants.[6]
In match play, Speijer lost to world champion Emanuel Lasker in 1908 (+0 -2 =1).[7] Later in his career, Speijer played two matches against a very young Max Euwe. In 1921, Speijer lost by a score of (+1 -4 =0),[8] and in 1923, by a score of (+0 -3 =1), both held in Amsterdam.[9]
References
- ^ Hilversum 1903 Crosstable, http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Hilversum_1903/26907
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
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- ^ scheveningen
- ^ scheveningen
- ^ 1908 Lasker-Speijer match, http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Amsterdam_m_1908/27051
- ^ 1921 Euwe-Speijer match, http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Amsterdam_m2_1921/27548
- ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site Archived 2006-04-14 at the Wayback Machine