Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Chekhover ( December 22, 1908 , St. Petersburg - February 11, 1965 , Leningrad ) - Soviet chess player and chess theorist; international master of chess (1950), international master ( 1961 ) and international arbiter ( 1956 ) in chess composition . The author of a number of chess books. The musician is a pianist.
 Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Chekhover | |
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| Countries |  the USSR |
| Date of Birth | December 22, 1908 |
| Place of Birth | St. Petersburg |
| Date of death | February 11, 1965 (56 years old) |
| A place of death | Leningrad |
| Rank | international master ( 1950 ) USSR Master of Sports ( 1932 ) |
He was buried at the Preobrazhensky Jewish cemetery [1] .
Content
- 1 Main sports results
- 2 Etudes
- 3 books
- 4 Literature
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Main sports results
| Year | Tournament | Result | A place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930/1931 | 8th championship of Leningrad | 5½ out of 17 | 17-18 |
| 1932 | 9th Leningrad Championship | 6 from 11 | 3-5 |
| 1933 | 8th USSR Championship | 11 from 19 | 7 |
| Tournament of Leningrad Masters | 3-4 | ||
| 1934 | 10th championship of Leningrad | 7 from 15 | 9-10 |
| Tournament of Leningrad Masters | 3 | ||
| 1934/1935 | 9th USSR Championship | 10½ of 19 | 5-8 |
| 1935 | International Tournament (Moscow) | 5½ out of 19 | 19 |
| 1936 | All-Union Tournament of Young Masters | 1-2 | |
| AUCCT Championship | 1-2 | ||
| Match with G. Kasparyan | 7½: 9½ | ||
| 1937 | 10th USSR Championship | 7½ of 19 | 16-18 |
| 12th championship of Leningrad | 10 from 15 | 1-3 | |
| 1939 | 11th USSR Championship | 10½ of 17 | 4-5 |
| 1940 | 15th championship of Leningrad | 8½ out of 16 | 6-8 |
| 1945 | 14th USSR Championship | 8½ out of 17 | 10-11 |
| 1946 | 20th championship of Leningrad | 10 from 17 | 6 |
| International Tournament (Leningrad) | 7 from 11 | 2-5 | |
| 1947 | 21st championship of Leningrad | 6½ of 17 | fourteen |
| 1948 | 22nd championship of Leningrad | 8½ out of 17 | 11-12 |
| 1949 | 23rd championship of Leningrad | 13 of 18 | one |
| 1953 | 26th championship of Leningrad | 5½ out of 13 | 8-12 |
| 1954 | 27th championship of Leningrad | 7 out of 12 | 5-6 |
| 1955 | 28th championship of Leningrad | 5½ out of 19 | 19-20 |
| 1957 | 30th championship of Leningrad | 6½ of 18 | 17-18 |
| 1960 | 33rd championship of Leningrad | 7½ of 17 | 11-13 |
Etudes
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | ||
| 8 | 8 | ||||||||
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| four | four | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| one | one | ||||||||
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | ||
1.Kd5 e2
If 1 ... Kpb3, then 2.K: e3 f4 3.Kf5! g5 4.Kd4 + Kpb4 (4 ... Kpc3 5.Ke6! f3 6.K: g5 f2 7.Ke4 +) 5.Kf3! g4 6.Ke5 + g3 7.Kd3 +, winning pawns with forks and reaching a draw.
2.Kc3 + Kpb3 3.K: e2 Kpc4! 4.Kf4 !! g5 5.Ke6! starting the alternate pursuit of black pawns.
5 ... g4 6.Kg7! f4 7.Kh5 f3 8.Kf6 g3 9.Ke4 g2 10.Kd2 + decisive fork. 10 ... Kp ~ 11.K: f3. Draw.
Books
- Chess basics. Leningrad, 1950.101 s. (To help a beginner chess player). In collaboration with G. Ya. Levenfish .
- Chess studies of various authors: (For chess practitioners). Leningrad, 1950.66 s.
- Selected Studies by A. A. Troitsky . Moscow: Physical Culture and Sports, 1959. 184 p. In collaboration with V. A. Korolkov .
- Chess studies and endings. Moscow: Physical Culture and Sports, 1959. 72 p.
- Chekhover V., Averbach J. Comprehensive Chess Endings: Knight Endings. - Batsford , 1977. - ISBN 978-0713405521 .
- Chekhover V., Averbach U. , Henkin V. Comprehensive Chess Endings: Queen v. Rook / Minor Piece Endings. - Batsford , 1978. - ISBN 978-0713408669 .
Literature
- Chess Dictionary / Ch. ed. L. Ya. Abramov ; comp. G.M. Geyler . - M .: Physical education and sport , 1964. - S. 377–378. - 120,000 copies.
- Chess: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. A.E. Karpov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990. - S. 471–472. - 624 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .
Notes
Links
- Vitaly Chekhover's games in the database
- Vitaly Chekhover's personal card on 365chess.com
- Chekhover compositions on a PDB server
- Biography with a portrait of Chekhover