Alexei Pavlovich Sokolski

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Alexey Sokolsky (circa 1950) .jpg
Alexei Sokolski, around 1950
Association Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
Born November 3, 1908
Kangush , Penza Governorate
Died December 27, 1969
Minsk
Best Elo rating 2639 (April 1945) ( Historic Elo rating )

Alexei Pawlowitsch Sokolski ( Russian Алексей Павлович Сокольский , scientific transliteration Aleksej Pavlovič Sokol'skij ; born November 3, 1908 in Kangusch , Pensa Governorate ; † December 27, 1969 in Minsk ) was an important Soviet chess master and theoretician.

Life

Sokolski was born into a family of teachers. He achieved his earliest successes as a teenager. In 1926 he won the championship of Penza , in 1928 he won the championship of the Middle Volga region . After finishing school, he began studying at the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute. In Leningrad he met stronger chess players and developed a high skill level.

His professional chess career began in the 1930s: in 1935 he qualified for the USSR championship with a second place at the RSFSR championship , for which he qualified four times. In 1937 he played in Leningrad a match against Alexander Ilyin-Schenewski 8.5-8.5 (+6 = 5-6) in a draw. In 1938 he was awarded the title of Master of Sports of the USSR .

After the Second World War , Sokolski, then living in Lviv , won the Ukraine championship twice (1947 and 1948). After moving to Belarus he took part in numerous championships in this Soviet republic, in 1958 he was runner-up. Sokolski had been the coach and second of his friend and World Cup candidate Isaak Boleslawski since 1945 , to whom he seconded at the candidate tournaments in 1950 and 1953.

In addition to his extensive theoretical work, the fruit of which were numerous important publications translated into several languages, Sokolski also dealt with correspondence chess . At the 1st USSR championship in correspondence chess, played 1948-1951, he shared rank 2-4.

Some chess problems and studies are known from Sokolski . In the first USSR team championship for chess composition 1956/57 he took 3rd place with the Belarusian team.

An opening is named after Sokolski : 1. b2 – b4 (also known as the orangutan opening), various variants also bear his name, e.g. B. the Sokolski attack in the Grünfeld-Indian Defense : 1. d2 – d4 Ng8 – f6 2. c2 – c4 g7 – g6 3. Nb1 – c3 d7 – d5 4. c4xd5 Nf6xd5 5. e2 – e4 Nd5xc3 6. b2xc3 Bf8 – g7 7. Bf1 – c4 c7 – c5 8. Ng1 – e2 c5xd4 9. c3xd4 Nb8 – c6 10. Bc1 – e3 0–0 11. 0–0 Lc8 – g4 12. f2 – f3 Nc6 – a5 13. Bc4 -D3 Bg4-e6 14. d4-d5 Bg7xa1 15. Qd1xa1 .

His best historical rating was 2639, which he reached in April 1945.

swell

  1. ↑ I. Kan: Pamjati druga [memories of a friend], in: Schachmaty w SSSR 1970, No.3, p. 29 (Russian)

Works

Translated into German:

  • The opening 1. b2 – b4 , Das Schach-Archiv, Hamburg 1964
  • Textbook of chess openings , Sportverlag, Berlin 1965
  • Your first train , Franckh, Stuttgart 1988 ( ISBN 3-440-05947-2 )

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personal data
SURNAME Sokolski, Alexei Pavlovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Сокольский, Алексей Павлович (Russian); Sokol'skij, Aleksej Pavlovič (scientific transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet chess player
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Kangush , Penza Governorate
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1969
Place of death Minsk