Born in Russia, he emigrated to Canada, where he played in several chess championships. He took 9th at Toronto 1927 (CAN-ch, Maurice Fox won); took 4th at Montreal 1929 (Fox won); tied for 3rd-4th at Toronto 1934 (John Belson won); took 3rd at Montreal 1935 (Fox won). Blumin was twice Champion of Canada winning at Toronto 1936 and Quebec 1937. He tied for 3rd-4th, behind Israel Albert Horowitz and Isaac Kashdan, at Boston 1938 (U.S. Open).[1]
He was a five-time winner of the Montreal City Championship (1933–1939).[2] In August 1939, he moved to New York City, where he took 11th at the U.S. Open (Reuben Fine won).[3]
He won the Hamilton Chess Club Championship at New Jersey in 1986.[4] He died in his home on Terrapin Lane. He was suffering from Alzheimers with his wife and son by his side.
boris, blumin, january, 1908, december, 1907, saint, petersburg, february, 1998, trenton, jersey, canadian, american, chess, master, born, russia, emigrated, canada, where, played, several, chess, championships, took, toronto, 1927, maurice, took, montreal, 19. Boris Blumin January 11 1908 December 29 1907 O S Saint Petersburg February 16 1998 Trenton New Jersey was a Canadian American chess master Born in Russia he emigrated to Canada where he played in several chess championships He took 9th at Toronto 1927 CAN ch Maurice Fox won took 4th at Montreal 1929 Fox won tied for 3rd 4th at Toronto 1934 John Belson won took 3rd at Montreal 1935 Fox won Blumin was twice Champion of Canada winning at Toronto 1936 and Quebec 1937 He tied for 3rd 4th behind Israel Albert Horowitz and Isaac Kashdan at Boston 1938 U S Open 1 He was a five time winner of the Montreal City Championship 1933 1939 2 In August 1939 he moved to New York City where he took 11th at the U S Open Reuben Fine won 3 He won the Hamilton Chess Club Championship at New Jersey in 1986 4 He died in his home on Terrapin Lane He was suffering from Alzheimers with his wife and son by his side References edit Maestri della prima meta del 900 Montreal Open Championship Archived from the original on 2011 11 18 Retrieved 2012 04 05 No Archiving Spiders Allowed Archived from the original on 2007 10 01 Retrieved 2007 07 03 The Bob Peretz Bronx Yonkers Chess ClubExternal links editBoris Blumin player profile and games at Chessgames com nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Russian chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Canadian chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Boris Blumin amp oldid 1185316443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
