Stepan Levitsky
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Stepan (Stefan) Levitsky (Levitski, Lewitzki) (25 April 1876, Serpukhov – 21 March 1924, Glubokaya) was a Russian chess master.
In 1899 he took third place in Moscow (All Russian Masters’ Tournament, first Russian Championship, Mikhail Chigorin won).[1] In 1903 he took eighth in Kiev (third Russian Championship, Chigorin won).[2] In 1905/06 he tied for 8-11th in Sankt Petersburg (fourth Russian Championship, Gersz Salwe won).[3] In 1907 he took second, behind Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, in St Petersburg .[4] He lost a match to Simon Alapin 0-5 at St Petersburg 1907.[5]
Stepan Levitsky won at Sankt Petersburg 1911 (All-Russian Amateur Tournament).[6] In July–August 1912, he tied for 13-14th in Breslau (18th DBS–Congress, Rubinstein and Oldrich Duras won).[7] In August–September 1912, he took third in Vilna (eighth RUS-ch, Akiba Rubinstein won).[8] In 1913 he lost a match to Alexander Alekhine 3-7 in Sankt Petersburg. In 1913/14, he took 13th in St Petersburg (ninth Russian Championship, Alekhine and Aron Nimzowitsch won).[9]
He introduced the Queen's Bishop Attack, known as the Levitsky Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Bg5) in the Queen's Pawn Game (ECO code D00).
[edit] References
- ^ mosca
- ^ kiev
- ^ sanpet
- ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
- ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
- ^ Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z).
- ^ breslau
- ^ Russian Chess History by Bill Wall
- ^ Chess Tournaments: Russian masters 1913/14
