The notable book that year was 1984 by George Orwell and a pound of bacon was 49 cents ($6.49 today). Life expectancy in the US was 65.2 for men and 70.7 for women.
Over in Germany in 1949, the occupying powers in both East and West Germany replaced their military governors with civilian leaders and the occupations ended officially in the mid-1950s.
Germany was divided into East and West and each side had its own distinct pop culture.
In East Germany the government tried to limit the influence of Western entertainment on young people and the State Commission for the Arts tried to protect German cultural values from what was considered American decadence. In West Germany life was influenced by American culture, German design traditions and the political climate of the Cold War.
From June 19th to July 2nd there was an international tournament held in Oldenburg, a city in what was then West Germany, that was played at the at Astoria-Haus Renaissance Hotel.
Some of the players ultimately made their way to other countries. Sarapu ended up in New Zealand, while Zemgalis, Rossolimo and Tautviasis eventually found their way to the United States.
Zemgalis was awarded the Honorary GM title in 2003. He lived in Seattle, Washington. Tautviasis ended up in Chicago were he was a prominent force in mid-West chess. Rossolimo was a New York Cuty cab driver and owned a chess studio in Greenwich Village.
Oldenburg was the best result ever for Elmars Zemgalis. Today's game is a snappy win by Georg Kieninger (June 5,1902 - January 25, 1975). He was born in Munich and passed away in – \Dusseldorf. He was awarded the IM title in 1950.
The cigar smoker, Kieninger was nicknamed "Eiserner Schorsch" (Iron Georgie) because of his fighting style. He won the German Championship in 1937, 1940 and 1947. The Kieninger Trap in the Budapest Gambit is embedded in the game score. Herbert Heinicke (1905-1988) was a German master and he was awarded the IM title in 1953. He was active mostly during the 1930s and for a while after WW II.
[Event "Oldenburg"] [Site "Oldenburg GER"] [Date "1949.06.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Georg Kieninger"] [Black "Herbert Heinicke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B91"] [Annotator "Stockfish 15"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1949.06.19"] {[%evp 17,71,32,59,8,31,0,-3,-18,19,-6,27,30,37,22,52,45,149,147,161,121,173, 162,161,169,259,251,314,312,438,302,331,309,440,439,558,563,552,546,661,650, 627,623,596,487,601,593,690,660,842,830,829,807,843,831,890,863] B80: Sicilian } 1. e4 (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5 8. axb4 Nd3# {The Kieninget Trap.}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nce2 {This move leaves theory. Normal is 10.Nxc6, but 10.Nb3 and 10.Be3 and 10.Bg5 have also been played.} Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. h3 Rab8 13. Be3 Na5 14. b3 b5 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. g4 Be8 {This move, clearing the way to play ...d5, requires excessive maneuvering and allows white to seize the initiative.} (16... h6 {was called for.} 17. f4 d5 {is equal.}) 17. g5 Nd7 18. Ng3 Nb6 19. Qg4 Nc6 (19... d5 { is out of the question because of} 20. Nh5 Nd7 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nf5 Qb6 25. Nfxg7 {and white is winning.}) 20. f4 d5 {This was bad last move and it's bad this move. His nest try was 20...e5 though even then white has a promising attack.} 21. Nh5 Kh8 22. Qh4 Bd7 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Nxg7 {[%mdl 512] Eiserner Schorsch finds the most elegant way of finishing the game.} Kxg7 25. Qh6+ {Even better than the menacing 25.Bd4 because it confines the K to the corner. Kieninger finishes the game with perfection.} Kg8 26. Bd4 f6 27. gxf6 Bd6 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. e5 Ba3 30. Rb1 Qf7 31. f5 Bd7 32. b4 {The threat is Bc5+} Nc4 33. Bc5+ Ke8 34. Bf3 h6 35. Qxh6 {Threatening mate with Qh8+.} Qg8+ 36. Kh2 {Black resigned} 1-0
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