Alexander Markowitsch Konstantinopolski

Alexander Konstantinopolski, around 1932
Association	Soviet Union
Born	February 19, 1910 Zhitomir , Russian Empire
Died	September 21, 1990 Moscow
title	International Master (1950) Honorary Grand Master (1983)
Best Elo rating	2669 (July 1945) ( historical rating )

Alexander Konstantinopolsky ( Russian Александр Маркович Константинопольский ., Scientific transliteration Aleksandr Markovič Konstantinopol'skij , Ukrainian Олександр Маркович Константинопольський / Oleksandr Markowytsch Konstantynopolskyj * 19th February 1910 in Zhitomir , † 21st September 1990 in Moscow ) was a Soviet chess master and theorist .

Konstantinopolski was one of the best chess masters in Ukraine in the 1930s . He was five times in a row (1932-1936) champion of Kiev and five times took part in the championship of the Ukrainian SSR. When he first took part in the USSR Championship in 1937, he shared second place with Vyacheslav Ragosin behind Grigory Löwenfisch . Konstantinopolski took part in five other USSR championships. After moving to Moscow in 1944, he took part in numerous championships in the Soviet capital, where he achieved his best result in this competition in 1954 with the shared runner-up. The FIDE awarded him in 1950 the title of International Master and 1983 retrospectively for his significant achievements in the 1930s to honor Grand Master title.

Konstantinopolski has been one of the strongest Soviet correspondence chess players since the 1940s : he won the first official championship of the Soviet Union in correspondence chess, played 1948–1950. In 1961 he won the 3rd Correspondence Chess Olympiad with the USSR selection. In 1966 the ICCF awarded him the title of International Correspondence Chess Master.

Until the outbreak of World War II , Konstantinopolski was one of the most respected coaches in Ukraine. Among his students from this time is the vice-world champion from 1951 Dawid Bronstein . He later coached the Soviet women's national team for over 20 years. Konstantinopolski was also the author of numerous opening theoretical works and editor of important tournament books of USSR championships.

Web links

• Alexander Markowitsch Konstantinopolski at the International Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF (English)

literature

• W. Tschepischnyj and WI Turow (Red.): Alexander Konstantinopolski , Moscow 1985 (Russian)