Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein, 1963

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February 16 1963

The Kingston Whig-Standard, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Saturday, February 16, 1963

DEATHS: Dr. Ossip Bernstein has died, aged 80. The last survivor of the grandmasters famous in the early years of this century, he outlived O. Duras and the much younger Dr. Milan Vidmar.
He died on November 30th [1962] in a little village in the Pyrenees where he had gone to recuperate and the sad news took weeks to get around.
Born at Zhitomir in Russia, he had lived half his life in France, adopting French nationality in 1932.
His greatest success was to share first place with Akiba Rubinstein at Ostend in 1907, ahead of Mieses and Niemtsovitch. A great raconteur and bon viveur, he played only as an amateur throughout.

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Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein, 1933

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November 27 1933

The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Monday, November 27, 1933

ENCOUNTER OF CHESS GIANTS
Immediately after returning to Paris from America, Dr. Alekhine, world's champion played a short match of four games with Dr. Ossip Bernstein. The result was 2-2, all four games being drawn!
Dr. Bernstein was one of the world's leading masters till about 1920 when he retired from tournament play on account of his legal practice. But through all these years he has kept his hand in with first-class practice and remained well abreast of chess theory.

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Palmerston Barry, 1918

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February 23 1918

The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Saturday, February 23, 1918

Palmerston Barry Wins Northwestern Chess Honors
Goes Through List of Games Without Defeat—Zeeman Wins Second Prize
P. Barry won the Drewry cup at the Northwestern chess tournament held here during the Sports Carnival. Barry succeeded in going through the competition without defeat.
Zeeman carried off second prize, only losing one game. Gregory finished third. Last year's champion, Spencer, was obliged to take fourth position.

George Brittain (white) vs. Palmerston Barry (black)
Four Knights Game: Italian Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. N-QB3 N-QB3 4. B-B4 NxP 5. NxN P-Q4 6. B-N5 PxN 7. BxNch PxB 8. NxP Q-Q4 9. N-N4 B-R3 10. N-K3 Q-Q2 11. P-N3 B-B4 12. P-QB4 O-O 13. O-O P-KB4 14. P-KB4 PxPe.p. 15. RxP P-B5 16. B-N2 PxN 17. P-Q4 RxR 18. QxR BxP 19. BxB QxB 20. R-Q Q-B4 21. K-R R-KB 22. Q-K2 Q-KN4 23. R-Q3 R-B7 24. R-Q8ch QxR 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bb5 dxe4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Nxe5 Qd5 9. Ng4 Ba6 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. b3 Bc5 12. c4 0-0 13. 0-0 f5 14. f4 exf3e.p. 15. Rxf3 f4 16. Bb2 fxe3 17. d4 Rxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Kh1 Rf8 22. Qe2 Qg5 23. Rd3 Rf2 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 0-1

Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein, 1950

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June 04 1950

Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo, New York, Sunday, June 04, 1950

The world master Dr. Ossip Bernstein who edits a chess department in the Paris Edition of the New York Herald-Tribune created a storm in chess circles recently by claiming to have drawn a match with Dr. Alexander Alekhine in 1933 while the latter was world champion. Alekhine's widow has stated in rebuttal that it was merely an unofficial training match.

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Palmerston Barry, 1915

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October 25 1915

The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Monday, October 25, 1915

BARRY DISPLAYS FORM IN Y.M.C.A. CHESS CONTEST
Another simultaneous chess exhibition was given at the Y.M.C.A. on Friday evening when P. Barry of the Winnipeg Chess club, played All Comers.
A good number availed themselves of the opportunity of meeting this fine player and in all fifteen games were played.
Mr. Barry spent a very strenuous evening and the quality of his play can be judged from the fact that he won no fewer than eleven games, losing only three and drawing one.
The three successful players, in each case after a hard struggle, were Messrs. Hughes, Rheubottom and Cook.
The following is the complete score:

P. Barry 1, E. H. Williams 0.
P. Barry 1, E. Slater 0.
P. Barry 0, W. H. G. Hughes 1.
P. Barry 1, Wanless 0.
P. Barry 1, F. R. Temple 0.
P. Barry 1, R. B. Coe 0.
P. Barry 0, C. Cook 1.
P. Barry 1, G. B. Stringer 0.
P. Barry 1, E. E. Best 0.
P. Barry 1, Bellingham 0.
P. Barry 1, Adgey 0.
P. Barry 0, A. Rheubottom 1.
P. Barry 1, D. Christie 0.
P. Barry 1, W. Durrand 0.
P. Barry ½, B. Dear ½.
Totals— Barry 11½, All Comers 3½.

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Palmerston Barry, 1897

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January 04 1897

The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Monday, January 04, 1897

Montreal vs. Ottawa.
This return match was played by telegraph on Saturday afternoon and evening. Play began at 3 o'clock and ended shortly after midnight. Arrangements had been made for ten men a side, but Mr. Andrews, one of the Ottawa players, was absent through illness, and as his Club did not provide a substitute, this game went by default. Of the five games actually played to a conclusion, four ended in draws, and one was won for Montreal by Mr. Palmerston Barry. Four games were left for adjudication. Messrs. Davies and V. Barry have clear won games for Montreal, and Mr. Hall one for Ottawa. That between Messrs. Wilson and Falconer will probably be counted a draw. This would make the score Montreal, 6; Ottawa, 4.

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Palmerston Barry, 1924

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January 08 1924

Star-Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Tuesday, January 08, 1924

Chess Player Dies
Winnipeg, Jan. 8—Palmerston Barry, prominent Western Canadian chess player, and past president of the Winnipeg Chess Club, is dead at his home here.

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The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Tuesday, January 08, 1924

Palmerston Barry Dead
Winnipeg, January 7.—Palmerston Barry, prominent Western Canadian chess player and past president of the Winnipeg Chess Club, is dead at him home here. He was formerly a resident of Montreal.

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Palmerston Barry, 1913

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July 15 1913

Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Tuesday, July 15, 1913

Chess Club Banquet
Winnipeg, July 14.—A banquet was held in the club rooms of the Winnipeg Chess club, Enderton block, immediately following the conclusion of the regular series of the Dominion chess tournament which has been in progress during the past week, and a meeting of the Canadian Chess association was held concurrently. The members decided that the next big tournament would be held in Toronto, two years hence and elected the following officers for the ensuing term: president, Bishop Reeve, Toronto; first vice-president, G. Falconer, Montreal; second vice-president, Palmerston Barry, Winnipeg; secretary-treasurer, S. E. Gale. Toronto.

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Palmerston Barry, 1922

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November 16 1922

The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Thursday, November 16, 1922

Palmerston Barry Is Winner in Novelty Chess Competition
Palmerston Barry was the victor of the “Rapid Transit” chess tournament held Wednesday evening in the chess rooms of the Canadian National Railway club. This is the first tournament of the kind held here in many years. The rules of the tourney calls for every move being; made in ten seconds.
In addition to the Winnipeg Chess club, the Y.M.C.A. and Jewish clubs were represented. Mr. Booker, secretary of the Chess club, announced after the play that many other tournaments along the same lines will be conducted during the winter months.
The following are the results: Palmerston Barry, first; J. H. Alexander, second. The semi-finalists were: H. Rogers, G. W. Howard, Palmerston Barry and J. H. Alexander.

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Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein, 1945

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November 24 1945

The Toronto Star, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Saturday, November 24, 1945

Here is a victory for the veteran Dr. Ossip Bernstein, scored in the 1945 Russian championship:

Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein (white) vs. Viacheslav Ragozin (black)
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-B3 5. N-QB3 P-Q3 6. B-K2 P-KN3 7. B-K3 B-N2 8. N-N3 O-O 9. P-B4 B-K3 10. P-KN4 N-QR4 11. P-N5 N-Q2 12. B-Q4 P-B3 13. P-KR4 N-B3 14. P-R5 BPxP 15. BxB KxB 16. N-Q4 B-N 17. RPxP RPxP 18. NxN PxN 19. Q-Q4ch P-K4 20. QxQP R-B3 21. Q-Q2 NPxP 22. O-O-O B-K3 23. N-R4 Q-K2 24. Q-B3 P-QB4 25. B-N5 R-KR 26. RxR KxR 27. BxN BxB 28. NxP B-N5 29. R-Rch K-N2 30. N-Q3 R-K3 31. R-KN B-B6 32. NxBP BxP 33. NxRch QxN 34. R-K Q-B4 35. Q-K3 BxP 36. QxPch QxQ 37. RxQ 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nb3 0-0 9. f4 Be6 10. g4 Na5 11. g5 Nd7 12. Bd4 f6 13. h4 Nc6 14. h5 fxg5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd4 Bg8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qd4+ e5 20. Qxd6 Rf6 21. Qd2 gxf4 22. 0-0-0 Be6 23. Na4 Qe7 24. Qc3 c5 25. Bb5 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Kxh8 27. Bxd7 Bxd7 28. Nxc5 Bg4 29. Rh1+ Kg7 30. Nd3 Re6 31. Rg1 Bf3 32. Nxf4 Bxe4 33. Nxe6+ Qxe6 34. Re1 Qf5 35. Qe3 Bxc2 36. Qxe5+ Qxe5 37. Rxe5 1-0

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Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein, 1911

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April 16 1911

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sunday, April 16, 1911

Chess Masters in International Tournament at San Sabastian
From left to right—Frank Marshall, Amos Burn (standing), David Janowski, Ossip Bernstein, Oldrich Duras, Akiba Rubinstein, Geza Maroczy (seated), Rudolf Spielmann, Paul Saladin Leonhardt, the referee; Jose Capablanca, Aron Nimzowitsch, Milan Vidmar, Hoffer, Richard Teichmann, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Mieses, tournament director.

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July 16 1911

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sunday, July 16, 1911

Dr. O. S. Bernstein
The Russian Chess Master.

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Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein, 1946

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January 23 1946

The Buffalo News, Buffalo, New York, Wednesday, January 23, 1946

'Action Shot' in a Battle of Wits
Arturo Pomar of Madrid is only 14 but he can hold his own at chess with the best of them. His opponent in London is Dr. Ossip Bernstein of Russia, winner of chess prizes since 1914, who is making a move after long deliberation, so this is an action picture. Arturito battled to a draw.

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August 24 1946

The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday, August 24, 1946

Russian Takes Chess Lead.
Groningen, The Netherlands, Aug. 31(AP)—Mikhail Botvinnik of Russia took a one and one-half point lead in the International Chess Tournament today by defeating Dr. Ossip Bernstein of France in 43 moves.
Dr. Max Euwe of The Netherlands, former world champion, took undisputed possession of second place in today's ninth round play by a 28-move victory over Herman Steiner of Los Angeles.

Ossip Bernstein vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Groningen (1946), Groningen NED, rd 9, Aug-23
Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Classical Variation Battery Variation (B73) 0-1

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August 29 1946

The Plain Speaker, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Thursday, August 29, 1946

World Chess Tournament Causes Mixed Memories
Groningen, Holland, Aug. 29.(AP)—Playing of national anthems in honor of the 20 chess masters from 13 countries competing in a four-weeks tournament here is causing some confusion and bring not a few mixed memories to the contenders.
Most of the participants in the tournament, which ends Sept. 7, can claim at least two nationalities, and a jig-saw puzzle could not be more fascinating than trying to sort out the international hodgepodge.
At one of the official dinners, the Belgian anthem was played for Irish-born Alberic O'Kelly De Galway, and the Polish anthem for Miguel Najdorf, a resident of Argentina for eight years, who stood in rapt attention when the Argentine national song was sung for Carlos Guimard of Buenos Aires.
But the Polish tune undoubtedly sounded familiar to Russian-born Dr. Xavielly Tartakower, a former Polish citizen, who now is French. The orchestra played the Marseilles for him and for Russian-born Dr. Ossip Bernstein, but both were more than casually acquainted with the Russian anthem played for the five Soviet representatives.
The Hungarian national song was for Laszlo Szabo, but indirectly, too, for the American Herman Steiner of Los Angeles. But Steiner, if his memories went back far enough, also probably was moved by the Czech anthem played for Cenek Kottnauer, for he came originally from a region alternately belonging to Hungary and Czechoslovakia. The Russian Salo Flohr also was once a Czech.
The American champion Arnold S. Denker, although born of German parents, could listen to the Star Spangled Banner with undivided allegiance, as could 21-year-old Abe Yanofsky to the Canadian anthem since he was only four months old when his parents left their home in Polish territory which now is Russian.
The situation was simple for Dr. Max Euwe of the Netherlands, Erik Lundin and Gosta Stoltz of Sweden and Martin Christoffel of Switzerland, but less so for Tournament Director Hans Kmoch, an Austrian who is applying for Dutch citizenship.
The climax of confusion came when the orchestra began to play the Yugoslavian anthem. Everyone stood up, but after the first few notes, Yugoslav Professor Milan Vidmar of Ljubljana, whose brother is president of the Slovenian republic, sat down again, because, he said:
“There is too much difference between the old and the new time and between the old and the new anthem that I should remain upright.”

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Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein, 1995

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December 03 1995

The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, Sunday, December 03, 1995

Yet, bigger than Hollywood was the story of Ossip Bernstein, who played a game to save his life in Russia. He had to prove to the commander of a firing squad that he was the famous Ossip Bernstein and should not be shot by the Reds.

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Dr. Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein, 1999

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January 02 1999

The Guardian, London, Greater London, England, Saturday, January 02, 1999

Ossip Bernstein used to claim he was the only grandmaster who had lost three fortunes. Son of a wealthy Jewish family and a successful Tsarist advocate, he was 1911 Moscow champion and played in the great tournament of St. Petersburg 1914 but had to free penniless from the Bolsheviks.
Resettled in France, he became one of Paris's most prosperous financial lawyers only to lose it all again in the Wall Street crash.
Then in the 1930s he tied a match with world champion Alekhine, and created yet another fortune until this, too, was seized by the Nazis in 1940.
Finally he achieved a lifelong dream when he flew back to his beloved Moscow as No. 1 board for France in the 1956 Olympiad but the excitement brought on a heart attack.

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