Ilya Lvovich Maiselis ( December 28, 1894 , Uman - December 23, 1978 , Moscow ) - Soviet chess player , chess theorist, historian and writer; translator. Member of the editorial board of the magazine “ 64. Drafts and Chess in a Work Club ” ( 1925 - 1930 ), executive secretary of the publication “Soviet Chess Chronicle” ( 1943 - 1946 ), published in English in Moscow under the auspices of the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with the Organization (VOKS) .
 Ilya Lvovich Mayzelis | |
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| Country |  the USSR |
| Date of Birth | December 28, 1894 |
| Place of Birth | Uman |
| Date of death | December 23, 1978 (83 years old) |
| Place of death | Moscow |
The best results in the competition: the tournament of cities "B" ( 1924 ) - 1-2 place; Moscow Championship ( 1932 ) - 4th place. He also participated in the championships of Moscow 1924/1925 (9.5 out of 17, + 8-6 = 3, 8-9 places), 1927 (6.5 out of 15, 11-12 places), 1928 (5.5 out of 17, + 4-10 = 3, 15-16 places) [1] .
He is the author of a textbook on a chess game for young people, a number of works in the field of theory (endgame) and the history of chess. Translator of the Chess Game Textbook ( 1926 ) and the story How Victor Became a Chess Master ( 1973 ) Em. Lasker , books “Theory and Practice of the Endgame” ( 1928 ) by I. Berger , “My System” by A. Nimtsovich (1926-1928). In 1930, the 5th edition of this work was published.
Books
- Novice chess player, M. - L., 1937;
- Chess Yearbook , [Volume 1-2], M., 1937-1938 (co-author);
- The basics of the debut strategy. For chess players of the 4th and 3rd category, M., 1940 (co-author);
- Selected parties of Soviet and international tournaments of 1946, M. - L., 1949 (co-author);
- Chess game textbook, 3rd edition, M., 1950 (co-author);
- A rook against pawns. To the theory of the rook endgame, M., 1956;
- Chess endings. Pawn, elephant , horse, edited by Yu. Averbakh , M., 1956 (co-author);
- Chess. Fundamentals of Theory, 2nd edition, M., 1960.
Facts
- He was the first in the USSR to draw attention to the 1603 painting “Ben Johnson and William Shakespeare” , attributed to Karel van Mander and depicting English playwrights of the 17th century.
Notes
- ↑ Grekov N.I. The history of chess competitions. - M: FiT, 1937 .-- S. 159-160.
Literature
- Chess Dictionary / Ch. ed. L. Ya. Abramov ; comp. G.M. Geyler . - M .: Physical education and sport , 1964. - S. 279. - 120 000 copies.
- Chess: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. A.E. Karpov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990. - S. 226. - 624 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .
- Journalist, translator, theorist. // "64". - 1979. - No. 7. - S. 15.
- Kovalev Vl. Memorable meetings. // "64 - Chess Review." - 1984. - No. 19. - S. 21.