Alexei Fyodorovich Goncharov

Alexei Fjodorowitsch Gontscharow ( Russian Алексей Фёдорович Гончаров , scientific transliteration Aleksej Fedorovič Gončarov ; * 4th February ^July / 16 February  1879 ^greg. In Moscow ; † 10 April ^jul. / 23 April  1913 was a Russian ^greg. Ibid.) Chess master and lawyer.

Goncharov, a lawyer who lived in Moscow for his entire life, had played chess since childhood and became a master player at the turn of the century: He was shared second in the side tournament of the 1st All-Russian Championship in Moscow in 1899. At the 2nd All-Russian Tournament in 1901, also held in Moscow, he achieved an excellent fourth place after Michail Tschigorin , Emanuel Schiffers and Dawid Janowski . Goncharov won the Moscow championship twice: in 1901 together with Rafail Falk and in 1909, leaving the eventual world champion Alexander Alekhine behind. In 1907 he finished second at a Moscow tournament with Chigorin's participation.

Goncharov, who was one of the strongest Moscow chess players from the turn of the century to the First World War, gave up active play after contracting tuberculosis . However, he worked intensively as a writer until his death. After his death, the "Short Guide to Chess" was published in St. Petersburg in 1914. From a methodological point of view, this book is considered to be particularly valuable, but the outbreak of war prevented further distribution. For many years he edited the chess columns of Golos Moskwy (Voice of Moscow) and from 1899–1904 worked for the chess newspaper Schachmatnoje Obosrenje .

literature

• Schachmatnyj Slowar, Moscow 1964, p. 226.
• Shachmaty. Enzyklopeditscheski Slowar, Moscow 1990, p. 88. ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .
• Litmanowicz & J. Giżycki: Szachy od A do Z, Vol. 1, Warsaw, 1986, p. 305

Individual evidence

1. ↑ according to Litmanowicz / Giżycki, cf. Bibliography

Web links

• Replayable chess games by Alexei Fjodorowitsch Gontscharow on chessgames.com (English)