Tournaments and matches
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The two tournaments Buffalo 1894 and 1901 hitherto have remained obscure even though the brightest American chess star of the day, Harry Pillsbury, was a contestant in both. In addition, Pillsbury's chief rival in those days, Frank Marshall, was a contestant at Buffalo 1901, though in such poor form that he only finished fifth out of six players. Although neither of these tournaments are among the strongest held in the USA, each has a special significance in being a training ground for most of the best American players of that day. Buffalo 1894 was an important training event for Pillsbury, who only a year later won one of the greatest tournaments of all time. (Hastings 1895).
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Kemeri 1937 was a chess tournament held in the resort town Ķemeri, Latvia, at the Gulf of Riga from 16 June to 8 July 1937. There were three co-winners: Samuel Reshevsky, Salo Flohr and Vladimir Petrovs. Petrovs was one of the world's leading chess players in the late 1930s (e.g., the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939), but due to the political tragedies that befell the Baltic states in World War II, he became a victim of the Soviet oppression and perished in Kotlas (Russia) gulag in 1943. Alekhine and Keres tied for 4th through 5th. Endre Steiner from Hungary captured sole 6th with six points, followed by Saviely Tartakower Ruben Fine for 7th and 8th respectively.
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Eighteen players gathered in the beautiful Latvian town of Kemer head challenge superiority memorable tournament.
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