{{short description|Russian chess player (1882–1946)}} [[File:Sergey von Freymann.JPG|thumb|right|Sergey von Freymann]] '''Sergey von Freymann''' ({{langx|ru|Сергей Николаевич Фрейман}}; 1882–1946) was a Russian, later Soviet [[chess]] master.
In 1906, von Freymann took 2nd, behind [[Semyon Alapin]], in Sankt Petersburg. In 1907, he tied for 6-7th in St Petersburg ([[Eugene Znosko-Borovsky]] won). In 1907/08, he took 5th in Lodz (the 5th [[Russian Chess Championship|All-Russian Masters' Tournament]]). The event was won by [[Akiba Rubinstein]]. In 1907/08, he won in St Petersburg. In 1908, he took 2nd, behind [[Sergey Lebedev (chess player)|Sergey Lebedev]], in St Petersburg (''Quadrangular''). In 1908, he tied for 1st with [[Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz]] in St Petersburg. In 1909, he took 18th in St Petersburg (Chigorin Memorial). The event was won by [[Emanuel Lasker]] and Rubinstein. In 1909, he tied for 2nd-3rd with [[Abram Rabinovich]], behind Rubinstein, in the 6th RUS-ch in Vilna (Wilno, Vilnius). In 1910, he tied for 1st-3rd with Lebedev and [[Grigory Levenfish]] in St Petersburg. In 1911, he tied for 2nd-5th in Cologne ([[Moishe Lowtzky]] won). In 1911, he tied for 3rd-4th with Levenfish, behind [[Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky]] and Znosko-Borovsky, in St Petersburg. The same year, von Freymann beat Znosko-Borovsky in a match (+5 –3 =10). In 1912, he tied for 6-7th in Abbazia (Opatija). The event was won by [[Rudolf Spielmann]]. In 1912, he took 8th in the 7th RUS-ch in Vilna (Rubinstein won). In 1913/14, he tied for 1st-2nd with [[Peter Romanovsky]] in St Petersburg. In 1914, he took 12th in St Petersburg (the 8th RUS-ch). The event was won by [[Alexander Alekhine]] and [[Aron Nimzowitsch]].
After [[World War I]], von Freymann participated in the USSR and the Soviet Republics of Middle Asia championships. In late 1920s, he moved from Russia to Uzbekistan. In 1924, he tied for 16-17th in Moscow (3rd URS-ch). The event was won by [[Efim Bogoljubow]]. In 1925, he took 19th in Leningrad (4th URS-ch, Bogoljubow won). In 1925, von Freymann drew a match with Duz-Chotimirski (+5 –5 =0). In 1927, he tied for 10-12th in Moscow (5th URS-ch). The event was won by [[Fedor Bohatirchuk]] and [[Peter Romanovsky]]. In 1927, he tied for 1st with [[Nikolay Rudnev]] in the Championship of Middle Asia. In 1928, he won (off contest) 2nd Turkmenistan championship. In 1929, he finished 2nd in the 6th URS-ch in Odessa (Verlinsky won). In 1930, he took 6th in Tiflis ([[Vsevolod Rauzer]] won). In 1931, he took 6th in the 2nd UZB-ch (Duz-Chotimirski). Sergey von Freymann won [[Uzbekistani Chess Championship]] four times, in 1932, 1934, 1935 and 1937. Meanwhile, he tied for 16-17th at Leningrad 1933 (8th URS-ch). The event was won by [[Mikhail Botvinnik]]. In 1934, he won in Tashkent (Championship of Middle Asia). In 1934/35, he took 20th in Leningrad (9th URS-ch). The event was won by Levenfish and Rabinovich. In 1935, he won the second [[Kazakhstani Chess Championship]], held in [[Alma-Ata]]. In 1937, he tied for 1st-2nd with Skripkin [https://web.archive.org/web/20090805203958/http://geocities.com/al2055km/ch_repub/1937/ch_uzb37.html] in the Kyrgyzstani championship. In 1938, he tied for 13-17th in Kiev (URS-ch, semi-final).
After [[World War II]], von Freymann took 4th in the 10th Uzbekistan championship (Abdullaev won) in 1945/46.
==External links== * [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=47542 130 chess games of Sergey von Freymann]
==References== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080518191935/http://www.geocities.com/al2055km/ch_repub.html RUSBASE, part V, 1919–1937 and 1991–1994] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060224193715/http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub.html RUSBASE, part IV, 1938–1960]
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