He was a prominent Jewish Latvian master duting the 1930s. He was the Latvian Champion in 1932 and competing in several strong international tournaments before World War II. Between 1930 and 1939 Feigin played for Latvia in five official Olympiads and one unofficial one.
Chessmetrics estimates his highest ever rating to have been 2581 in 1941 ranking him #49 in the world. Some other players close to his ratings were Soviet GM Grigory Levenfish and American Masters Albert Pinkus and Arnold Denker. Botvinnik was top rated at 2786.
In September 1939, when World War II began, Feigins was competing in the Olympiad in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Like many other participants, he chose to stay in Argentina permanently. He remained in South America, living for a time in Paraguay before returning to Buenos Aires, where he died in poverty in 1950.
[Event "Hamburg Olympiad"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1930.07.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Movsa Feigins"]
[Black "Einar Thorvaldsson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Annotator "Stockfosh 17.1"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1930.07.13"]
{D01: Ricter-Veresov Opening} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 {The
Richter–Veresov Attack was played by Marshall and Tartakower, but the German
player Kurt Richter develop new ideas during the 1930s. Soviet player Gavriil
Veresov contributed greatly to its theory in the 1940s and 1850s. While never
popular at the top levels, it is a good chioce for players with an attacking
style.} Nbd7 4. f3 e6 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 Be7 7. Nf3 h6 {While this os not
really bad, there is no good reason to play this move, It slightly weakens the
K-side and ultimately cause him serious problems. Either 7...O-O or 7...c5
would have been better.} 8. Be3 (8. Bf4 a6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qd2 Nf8
12. O-O-O {is equal. Obrusnik,M (2184)-Szczepkowska-Horowska,K (2297) Wroclaw
POL 2010}) 8... b6 {This is way too slow. He should try 8...c5} ({Black should
try} 8... c5 $14) 9. e5 {Already white has a strong attack.} Nd5 {The N has no
entirely satisfactory square.} (9... Ng4 10. Bg1 Bb7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qe2 c5 13.
O-O-O {with the better game. Steiner,D (2265)-Stajner,S Bled 2001}) 10. Nxd5
exd5 11. Bd3 c5 {This comes too late to do black any good. More importantly,
black has either overlooked white's next move or underestimated it. It was
imperative that he prevent whote's next move with 11...Nf8 followed by 12...Ne6
} 12. e6 {After this it's evident that black's 7th move was faulty; he now has
a fatal weakness on the light squares.} fxe6 13. Bg6+ Kf8 {The K is driven to
the pillar; it will soon be driven to the psot.} 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. O-O+ Nf6 16.
Qh5 Bd8 17. Rf2 Ke7 {There is no safe haven for the K.} 18. Qh4 cxd4 19. Bxd4
a5 {It really doesn't matter what black plays; he either has to make a move or
resign.} 20. Qg3 Rf8 21. Bh5 {[%mdl 512] Very clever!} Nxh5 (21... Rg8 22. Rxf6
gxf6 (22... Kxf6 23. Nc6+ e5 24. Qg6#) 23. Qxg8) 22. Ng6+ (22. Qa3+ {is, if
nothing else, clever.} Qd6 23. Ng6+ Kd7 24. Nxf8+ {White has won the exchange
and black's K is still in grave danger.}) 22... Kd7 23. Nxf8+ Kc6 24. Qf3 Nf6
25. Re1 Qf7 26. Nh7 Be7 27. c4 {Opening up lines for attack.} Bd7 28. Nxf6 gxf6
{White concludes vigorously.} 29. cxd5+ exd5 30. Rc2+ Kb7 {Feigins now
executes a crushing finale.} 31. Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe7 32. Qxd5+ Kb8 33.
Bf2 {Black resigned.} (33. Bf2 {The threat is Bg3+ and there is nothng black
can do about it.} Bf5 (33... Ka7 34. Qxa5+ Kb8 35. Qxb6#) 34. Bg3+ Ka7 35. Rc7+
) 1-0
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