Samuil Vainshtein


Samuil Osipovich Vainshtein was a Russian chess master, organizer, publisher and editor.
In July/August 1914, he was playing in Mannheim at from the Mannheim tournament were interned in Germany. In September, four of them were freed and allowed to return home through Switzerland. As an internee, Weinstein played seven tournaments. He took 7th at Baden-Baden 1914, took 6th at Triberg 1914/15, tied for 5-6th, and twice took 6th at Triberg 1915, tied for 4-5th at Triberg 1916, and took 4th at Triberg 1917.
After the war, he returned to Russia, and lived in Petrograd, where he played in several tournaments. He tied for 7-8th in the 1st Leningrad City Chess Championship in 1920, took 4th in 1921, twice finished 10th, in 1922 and 1925, and tied for 3rd-4th in 1925. He also shared 4th at Moscow 1920, and tied for 8-10th at Moscow 1927.
He knew all the principal European languages perfectly. Vainshtein was one of the most authoritative chess workers. He headed the All-Russian chess union as early as 1924 and was both publisher and editor of the Shakhmatnyi Listok magazine. He was an organizer and administrator of Leningrad Chess Club.
He died during the siege of Leningrad in 1942.