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    Flohr became a national hero in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s. His name was used to sell many of the luxury products of the time, including Salo Flohr...
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    Soviet embassy in Prague, had arranged a match between Botvinnik and Salo Flohr, a Czech grandmaster who was then regarded as one of the most credible...
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  • Flohr is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bruce Flohr, founder of RailTex Salo Flohr, Czech-Jewish chess grandmaster Thomas Flohr, Swiss...
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    than first was Hastings 1933–34 (shared second place, ½ point behind Salo Flohr). In 1933, Alekhine also swept an exhibition match against Rafael Cintron...
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  • nominated Salo Flohr as the official challenger. Euwe then declared that: if he retained his title against Alekhine he was prepared to meet Flohr in 1940...
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    nominated Salo Flohr as the official challenger. Euwe then declared that: if he retained his title against Alekhine he was prepared to meet Flohr in 1940...
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    (Alekhine won). In 1935, he took 3rd, behind Salo Flohr and George Koltanowski, in Barcelona, took 3rd in Rosas (Flohr won), and took 10th in Bad Nauheim (Bogoljubow...
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    Salo Flohr, who took third place; A month later, he shared first place with Botvinnik at Nottingham, with a score of (+5−1=8), losing only to Flohr....
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    Oldřich Duras (Czechoslovakia) Max Euwe (Netherlands) Reuben Fine (USA) Salo Flohr (USSR) Ernst Grünfeld (Austria) Paul Keres (USSR) Boris Kostić (Yugoslavia)...
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  • 1930 Chess Olympiad at Hamburg, scoring 11½/15, including a win against Salo Flohr. Noteboom was born in Noordwijk. He learned to play chess at the age of...
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  • Kashdan at London 1932, behind World Champion Alexander Alekhine and Salo Flohr. Sultan Khan again won the British Championship in 1932 and 1933. In matches...
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  • Boleslavsky, Igor Bondarevsky, David Bronstein, Max Euwe, Reuben Fine, Salo Flohr, Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov, Andor Lilienthal, Miguel Najdorf, Samuel...
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    third in Moscow 1935 (undefeated, ½ point behind Mikhail Botvinnik and Salo Flohr; ahead of Capablanca, Rudolf Spielmann and several Soviet masters), sixth...
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    ex-champion Max Euwe (from the Netherlands); Mikhail Botvinnik, Paul Keres and Salo Flohr (from the Soviet Union); and Reuben Fine and Samuel Reshevsky (from the...
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    Dawid Przepiórka, Kazimierz Makarczyk, Paulin Frydman  Czechoslovakia 46½ Salo Flohr, Karl Gilg, Josef Rejfíř, Karel Opočenský, Karel Skalička 1933 5th Chess...
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  • Margot Carls Flohr Variation of the Caro–Kann Defence – 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nh3 – named after Salo Flohr Flohr Variation of...
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  • Alexander Alekhine and Mikhail Botvinnik, as well as top grandmasters such as Salo Flohr, Paul Keres and Samuel Reshevsky. The Catalan came to prominence at the...
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    with no wins and three draws. Her best game result was a draw against Salo Flohr, who finished in joint first place with Mikhail Botvinnik. This draw was...
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  • 1960-61 World Champion Mikhail Tal. In 1935, he took 4th place in Rosas (Salo Flohr won). In 1936, he took 5th in Reus (Esteban Canal and Silbermann won)...
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  • 1929–30 Hastings Premier Reserves alongside George Koltanowski ahead of Salo Flohr, Josef Rejfiř, Ludwig Rellstab, C.H.O'D. Alexander, Daniël Noteboom, and...
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  • of other prominent players, such as Reuben Fine, Samuel Reshevsky and Salo Flohr, were in the tournament. According to the unofficial Chessmetrics ratings...
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  • tied for 5-6th at Hastings 1938/39 (László Szabó won), shared 2nd with Salo Flohr, behind Euwe, at Bournemouth 1939. After World War II, he tied for 9-10th...
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  • name Salo may refer to: Salo Finkelstein (1896 or 1897–date of death unknown), Polish mental calculator Salo Flohr (1908–1983), Czech chess player Salo Grenning...
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    Fine (1914–1993), US grandmaster Alexander Flamberg (1880–1926), Polish Salo Flohr (1908–1983), Ukrainian-born Czech and Soviet grandmaster Henryk Friedman...
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  • (1856–1913) Alexei Fedorov (born 1972) Vladimir Fedoseev (born 1995) Salo Flohr (1908–1983) Sergey von Freymann (1882–1946) Semyon Furman (1920–1978)...
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    the six surviving AVRO participants (Capablanca had also died), except Flohr who was replaced by Vasily Smyslov. The AVRO tournament was played from...
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    Championship Candidate and winner of the 1954 USSR Chess Championship. Salo Flohr Nana Alexandria Peter Romanovsky Isaac Kashdan Daniel Yanofsky Robert...
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    Rubinstein (+1−1=7), Aron Nimzowitsch (+1−2=4), Mikhail Chigorin (+2−1=0) and Salo Flohr (+0−0=3). He had poor records, however, against the third World Champion...
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     Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden) ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 10½ 9  Salo Flohr (Soviet Union) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10½ 10  Petar...
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  • tournament held in Moscow, taking place from 15 February to 15 March 1935. Salo Flohr and future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik tied for first, followed by...
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