Nikoly Nikolaevich Rudnev (Rudniev) (1895 – 1944) was a Ukrainian–Uzbekistani chess

Chess

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 master.

Born in Kharkov, he won in the Mannheim 1914 chess tournament

Mannheim 1914 chess tournament

The 19th DSB Congress , comprising several tournaments, began on20 July 1914 in Mannheim. Germany declared war on Russia and on France , Britain joining in the next day...

 (Hauptturnier B). After World War I

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 and Bolshevik Revolution, he was sent to Uzbekistan. He tied for 1st with Sergey von Freymann

Sergey von Freymann

Sergey von Freymann was a Russian-Uzbekistani chess master.In 1906, von Freymann took 2nd, behind Semyon Alapin, in Sankt Petersburg. In 1907, he tied for 6-7th in St Petersburg . In 1907/08, he took 5th in Lodz . The event was won by Akiba Rubinstein...

 in the Championship of Middle Asia in 1927, took 6th in the 6th USSR Chess Championship

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 at Odessa 1929 (quarter final).

He took 2nd, behind von Freymann, at Tashkent 1932 (the 3rd UZB-ch), tied for 8-9th at Tashkent 1934 (the 4th UZB-ch, Vasily Panov

Vasily Panov

Vasily Nikolayevich Panov was a Soviet chess player, author, and journalist. Winner of the Moscow City Championship in 1929, he also played in five USSR Chess Championships from 1935 to 1948. His greatest tournament victory was Kiev, 1938...

 won, off contest), Rudnev won the 7th Uzbekistani Chess Championship

Uzbekistani Chess Championship

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in 1938.

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