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| Vsevolod Rauzer | |
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| Full name | Vsevolod Alfredovich Rauzer |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Born | October 16, 1908 |
| Died | December 29, 1941 Leningrad, USSR |
Vsevolod Alfredovich Rauzer (16 October 1908–1941, Leningrad) was a Soviet Ukrainian chess master known for his great contributions to chess opening theory, especially of the Sicilian Defence.
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Vsevolod Rauzer tied for first in the 1927 Ukrainian Chess Championship with Alexey Selezniev, but lost the playoff to Selezniev (off contest). Eventually, he took the Ukrainian Champion title. He was the joint Ukrainian Champion in 1933. He took sixth at Leningrad 1933, the 8th USSR Chess Championship, won by future World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. Rauzer finished fifth at Leningrad 1935, won by Vasily Panov, and shared first and second place with Vitaly Chekhover at Leningrad 1936 (All-Union Young Masters).[1]
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Vsevolod Rauzer is probably best known for his extensive chess opening theory. The Richter–Rauzer Variation of the Sicilian Defence (also known as the Richter-Rauzer Attack), was named in honor of him and the German master Kurt Richter.
The ECO code (Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings) for the Richter-Rauzer attack is B60.