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Victor Buerger (Berger) (29 January 1904 – 1996) was a Ukrainian–British chess player.

Biography

Buerger was born in Mykolaiv, Ukraine (then Russian Empire) and became a member of London Chess Club.

Tournament results

In 1923, Buerger tied for 5–7th in Pardubice (Pardubitz). In 1924, he tied for 7–9th in London. In 1925–26, he tied for 5–6th in Hastings (Alekhine and Vidmar won). In 1926, he tied for 1st with Yates in London. In 1926–27, he tied for 7–8th in Hastings (Tartakower won).

In 1927, he tied for 9–11th in London (Nimzowitsch and Tartakower won), tied for 3rd–4th in Tunbridge Wells, and tied for 4–6th in Scarborough (Colle won). In 1927–28, he tied for 3rd–4th in Hastings (Tartakower won). In 1928, he won in Cheltenham, took 2nd in Tenby, and tied for 7–8th in Scarborough (Winter won). In 1928–29, he took 9th in Hastings. In 1929, he tied for 2nd–3rd in London. In 1930, he tied for 1st–3rd in London.

In 1932, Buerger took 11th in London (Alekhine won). In 1937, he took 9th in an invitation-only Margate tournament that Fine and Keres won. He scored his most notable win at Margate, defeating Alexander Alekhine in a game marred by multiple mutual blunders in time pressure.

References

1. Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 33, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
2. Victor Berger, profile on NICBase
3. http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Margate Tournament 1937".
6. "Victor Berger vs Alexander Alekhine Margate (1937)".

External links

• Victor Buerger player profile and games at Chessgames.com

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