Boris Blumin

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Boris Blumin (29 December 1907 Julian calendar (11 January 1908), Sankt Petersburg - 16 February 1998, Trenton, New Jersey) was a Canadian-American chess master. Born in Russia, he emigrated to Canada, where played in several chess championships. He took 9th at Toronto 1927 (CAN-ch, Maurice Fox won); took 4th at Montréal 1929 (Fox won); tied for 3rd-4th at Toronto 1934 (John Belson won); took 3rd at Montréal 1935 (Fox won). Blumin was twice Champion of Canada winning at Toronto 1936 and Québec 1937. He tied for 3rd-4th, behind Israel Albert Horowitz and Isaac Kashdan, at Boston 1938 (U.S. Open).