Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky

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Alexander Fyodorovich Ilyin-Zhenevsky (November 28, 1894 St Petersburg – September 3, 1941, Lake Ladoga) was a Soviet chess master and organizer, one of founders of the Soviet chess school.

The first Soviet Championship in 1920 and the 1933 match Mikhail Botvinnik – Salo Flohr were organized by him. He was three times chess champion of Leningrad (now again Saint Petersburg) – 1925 (jointly), 1926 and 1929. In 1925, he won one game against José Raúl Capablanca, making him one of a handful of players to have an even score (+1 =0 -1) against Capablanca.

He died in a Nazi air raid on a ship during the siege of Leningrad.

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