Alexander Mitrofanowitsch Levin

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Alexander Lewin, 1909

Alexander Mitrofanowitsch Lewin ( Russian Александр Митрофанович Левин ; born May 15, 1871 , † May 1929 in Zemun ) was a Russian chess master .

Life

Lewin already took part in competitions in Kiev during his student days in the early 1890s . He had a sensational success with the shared first place at a Saint Petersburg tournament in 1900. Although he could not defend his sole lead against Mikhail Chigorin , he was a serious opponent. “The Tarrasch's vein is visible in it. He plays with the greatest accuracy, has a very good view of the position and is energetic in exploiting the slightest advantages, ”reported Rafail Falk in the Moscow German newspaper . In 1902, Lewin again shared first place with Chigorin at a tournament in Saint Petersburg .

He also took part in some smaller tournaments in Saint Petersburg. In 1902 he won a default tournament in the medical association with 10 points from 12 games. A year earlier he lost a single game against Dawid Janowski , another game against Theodor von Scheve ended with Lewin's victory. In addition to playing chess, he contributed to the magazine Schachmatny Journal , which was published by Alexander Makarov.

In the championship of the XIII. Congress of the German Chess Federation, which was held in Hanover in the summer of 1902 , Lewin achieved 7.5 points from 17 games. In his report he praised the excellent tournament organization, especially the services of Professor Gebhardt, whom he highlighted as the "ideal of a chess friend". In the following years Lewin appeared only rarely. A master tournament planned for the St. Petersburg Chess Club in 1904 with the participation of Chigorin, Levin , Yevgeny Snosko-Borowski and Emanuel Schiffers did not materialize as expected. Tschigorin canceled his participation and Lewin withdrew from the tournament after a game against Schiffers for health reasons. He was at the International Chess Congress in St. Petersburg in 1909, but only as a member of the tournament committee. In the match between Saint Petersburg and Moscow in 1911, Levin was supposed to play against Ossip Bernstein , but Bernstein could not appear in time.

In the mid-1910s Lewin worked in the Ministry of Trade and Industry and was raised to the rank of State Councilor . After the October Revolution he left Russia and spent the last years of his life in Yugoslavia . After his death, the Lewin memorial tournaments dedicated to him took place in Zemun.

With its historical rating of 2560, it was ranked 19th in the world in 1904.

literature

  • L. Abramow, A. Konstantinopolski and others: Schachmatnyj Slowar . Moscow 1964, p. 271. (Russian)

Web links

Commons : Alexander Lewin  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vienna chess newspaper . III. Volume, 1900, p. 90.
  2. ↑ German chess newspaper . No. 11/1902, p. 359.
  3. ↑ Chessmetrics player profile (accessed November 28, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Lewin, Alexander Mitrofanowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Левин, Александр Митрофанович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1871
DATE OF DEATH May 1929
Place of death Zemun