Nikolai Riumin

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Nikolai (Nikolay) Nikolaevich Riumin (Ryumin, Rjumin, Rumin) (born 5 September 1908, Moscow – died 1942, Omsk) was a Russian chess master.

Riumin was Moscow Champion thrice in 1931, 1933/34, and 1935. He played in four Soviet Championships. In 1929, he took 5th in a quarter final group in Odessa (6th URS-ch; Boris Verlinsky won). In 1931, he achieved his best result, 2nd after Mikhail Botvinnik in Moscow (7th URS-ch). In 1933, he tied for 10-11th in Leningrad (8th URS-ch; Botvinnik won). In 1934/35, he tied for 3rd-4th with Fedor Bogatyrchuk, in Leningrad (9th URS-ch; Grigory Levenfish and Ilya Rabinovich won).

His best International result was at Leningrad 1934 where he shared 2nd place with Peter Romanovsky, behind Botvinnik, and ahead of Max Euwe. In 1935, he won in Göteborg. In 1935, he tied for 11-14th in Moscow (Botvinnik and Salo Flohr won). In 1936, he tied for 7-10th in Moscow (José Raúl Capablanca won). Ill-health started to affect him in 1936, and he passed away from tuberculosis during WW II in Omsk, Siberia.

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