Mongolian linguist and chess player (1930–2021)
Sürengiin Möömöö Country
Mongolia Born 1930
Khyargas ,
Uvs , Mongolia Died July 7, 2021(2021-07-07) (aged 90–91)
Sürengiin Möömöö (
Mongolian : Сүрэнгийн Мөөмөө ) was a
Mongolian linguist and chess player. He was born in 1930 in
Khyargas ,
Uvs ,
[1] and died on 7 July 2021 due to illness.
[2]
Linguistics career
Sürengiin Möömöö graduated from the
National University of Mongolia in 1957 with a degree in
Mongolian language , literature and linguistics. He then began a teaching career at that university which lasted over 50 years,
[3] becoming an associate professor in 1982 and a full professor in 1995.
[2] He obtained a
Candidate of Sciences degree for his pioneering studies of Mongolian phonetics
[4] at
Leningrad State University in 1970,
[3] and a
Doctor of Science degree from the
Humboldt University of Berlin in 1984 for his dissertation on Mongolian dialectology.
[5] He taught at the
University of Warsaw from 1969 to 1973 and was a visiting professor at
Osaka University from 1978 to 1980.
[3]
In 1982, Möömöö co-authored a book on Mongolian dialects with his student
Yümjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan .
[3] He edited
Damdinsüren and Osor's 1983 Mongolian Orthographic Dictionary (
Mongolian : Монгол үсгийн дүрмийн толь ),
[6]
[7] the standard source for
Mongolian Cyrillic orthography until 2018.
[8]
[9] He was a member of the
Mongolian Academy of Sciences ,
[3] and was awarded the
Order of the Polar Star in 2003,
[2] and the title of Honoured Teacher of Mongolia by President
Nambaryn Enkhbayar in 2008.
[10]
Chess career
Sürengiin Möömöö competed in several editions of the
Mongolian Chess Championship . He finished second at the 1955 championship, won it in 1958, and finished third in 1961.
[1]
In the first international chess tournament held in Mongolia (
Ulan Bator 1956, won by
Heinz Liebert ), Möömöö finished in seventh place with 9/15, making the best score among the Mongolian participants.
[1]
[11] He tied for third with
Andor Lilienthal in a tournament held in
Tashkent in 1959, which was won by
Alexander Grushevsky .
[12] In 1960, he played a match for the West Asian subzonal (a qualifying stage for the
1963 World Chess Championship ) held in
Madras , losing 1–3 to
Manuel Aaron .
[13]
Möömöö played for Mongolia in three
Chess Olympiads :
[14]
In 1956, on third board in the
12th Chess Olympiad in
Moscow , scoring +5, =4, -4;
In 1960, on second board in the
14th Chess Olympiad in
Leipzig , scoring +7, =2, -8;
In 1962, on second board in the
15th Chess Olympiad in
Varna , scoring +5, =6, -5.
Möömöö also represented Mongolia three times in the World Student Team Chess Championships:
[15]
In 1958, on first board in the 5th World Student Team Chess Championship in
Varna , scoring +4, =0, -5;
In 1959, on second board in the 6th World Student Team Chess Championship in
Budapest , scoring +5, =3, -5;
In 1960, on second board in the 7th World Student Team Chess Championship in
Leningrad , scoring +5, =0, -7.
Möömöö competed in the inaugural
World Senior Chess Championship held in
Bad Wörishofen in 1991, where he scored 6.5/11 and finished in a tie for 23rd place.
[16]
[17]
Publications
Möömöö, Sürengiin (1962). Зөв бичих дүрмийн толь (in Mongolian). Улсын Хэвлэлийн хэрэг эрхлэл хороо.
OCLC
1062289151 .
Möömöö, Sürengiin (1970). Система фонем современного монгольского языка: экспериментальное исследование [The phoneme system of modern Mongolian: an experimental study ] (
к. филол. н. ) (in Russian).
Leningrad State University .
Möömöö, Sürengiin (1982). Galsan, S. (ed.). Орчин үеийн монгол хэлний аялгуу [Modern Mongolian phonetics ] (in Mongolian).
Ulsyn Khevleliin Gazar .
OCLC
41284881 .
Möömöö, Sürengiin; Mönkh-Amgalan, Yümjiriin (1982). Орчин цагийн монгол хэлний авиазүй [Modern Mongolian language and dialects ] (in Mongolian).
Mongolian Academy of Sciences .
OCLC
1015012225 .
Möömöö, Sürengiin (1984). Die Sprechkultur und das System der Intonation in der mongolischen Sprache [The linguistic culture and the system of intonation in the Mongolian language ] (
Diss. B [
de ] ) (in German).
Humboldt University of Berlin .
OCLC
916980822 .
Möömöö, Sürengiin; Tsedendamba, Tsogdogiin, eds. (1997). Орчин цагийн Монгол хэл [Modern Mongolian ] (in Mongolian).
Mongolian Academy of Sciences .
OCLC
131282441 .
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ISBN
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"Die Sprechkultur und das System der Intonation in der mongolischen Sprache" (in German).
Humboldt University of Berlin . Retrieved 2021-06-26 .
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"DWZ-Auswertung 9147-000.F05: Senioren Weltmeisterschaft 1991" . Alte DWZ-Onlinedatenbank (in German). 2003-02-17. Retrieved 2021-06-20 .
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