Yakov Efimovich Kamenetsky ( April 15, 1915 , Minsk - January 9, 1991 , Minsk ) - Soviet and Belarusian chess player , chess composer and journalist. In the national team of Belarus twice winner of the USSR team championship in chess composition . Member of the Union of Journalists of the USSR.
 Yakov Efimovich Kamenetsky | |
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| Countries |  the USSR |
| Date of Birth | April 15, 1915 |
| Place of Birth | Minsk |
| Date of death | January 9, 1991 (aged 75) |
| A place of death | Minsk |
| Awards and prizes |  |
Biography
By profession - journalist. Before World War II, he actively participated in the chess life of the Byelorussian SSR - he played in the championships of the republic and was engaged in the chess composition. Many of his tasks received prizes at competitions. [1] [2] In 1941 he was the champion of Minsk in chess and participated in the Latvian chess championship . [3] Participated in the Great Patriotic War , was awarded the Order. [4] In 1942, he worked as an employee of the newspaper “Working Balakhna” in the city of Balakhna and was unreasonably convicted under article 58 . A month later released. [5] After the war, it showed its best results in the championships of Belarus in chess - 5th place in 1947 [6] and 2-3th place in 1949. [7] In 1951, as executive secretary, he participated in the creation of the main sports newspaper of Belarus, “Athlete of Belarus,” collaborated with her until 1990, in addition, he worked for the newspaper Zvyazda and was a member of the editorial board of the informational and methodical collection Chess. , checkers in the BSSR. " In the early 1960s, he was deputy chairman of the Chess Federation of the BSSR [8] . He continued to work fruitfully as a chess composer. As part of the national team of Belarus, he repeatedly became the winner ( 1968/1969 , 1970/71 ) and the medalist (silver in 1963/1964 , bronze in 1956/1957 , 1957/1958 ) in the USSR team championships in chess composition.
Notes
- ↑ Tambov Truth 1930 3rd prize Archived October 31, 2014 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Chess piece 1930 Special HM Archive copy of October 31, 2014 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Championship of Latvia - Riga 1941
- ↑ Kamenetsky-100 task compilation competition
- ↑ Kamenetsky Yakov Efimovich
- ↑ 13 Championship of Belarus - 1947
- ↑ 15 Championship of Belarus - 1949
- ↑ Ruby, Wolf. The man who was lucky. (Strokes to the portrait of Jacob Kamenetsky, 04/15/1915 - 01/09/1991) . belisrael.info (04/14/2015).
Links
- Compositions by Y. Kamenetsky on a PDB server