Georgi Michailowitsch Lissitsyn

Georgi Lissitsyn (around 1940)

Georgi Michailowitsch Lissizyn ( Russian Гео́ргий Миха́йлович Лиси́цын , scientific transliteration Georgij Mihailovič Lisicyn ; born October 11, 1909 in Saint Petersburg ; † March 20, 1972 in Leningrad ) was an important Soviet chess master and theorist.

Life

Lissitsyn began his chess career in his hometown Leningrad, where he first took part in the city championship in 1930/31. His excellent fourth place immediately earned him the title of Master of Sports of the USSR . In his subsequent ten participations in the Leningrad Championship, he won the title three times: in 1933/34, 1939 and 1947.

He qualified for a total of ten finals for the national championship of the USSR , in which he was his best in 1933 (shared 3rd – 5th place), 1934 and 1937 (shared 5th place) and 1954 (shared 4th – 5th place) achieved athletic results. He also took part in the international tournaments in Leningrad in 1934 (with the participation of Max Euwe ), Moscow in 1935 and in Helsinki in 1946 (2nd place). In 1936 he played in Leningrad a competition with Vitaly Chekhov , which ended 6: 6.

In 1950 FIDE awarded him the title of International Master for his achievements .

Lissitsyn was the author of numerous articles on opening theory and several strategy and textbooks that achieved high circulation in the Soviet Union. In particular, his contributions to the Réti opening are considered significant.

Works (selection)

• Strategia i taktika schachmatnogo iskusstva , Leningrad 1952 (Russian)
• Sakljutschitelnaja chast schachmatnoj igry , Leningrad 1956 (Russian)
• Strategia i taktika schachmat , Leningrad 1958 (Russian)

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• LJ Abramov: Shachmatnyj slowar, Moscow 1964
• AE Karpov (Editor-in-Chief): Schachmaty enziklopeditscheski slowar, Moscow 1990; ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .
• W. Litmanowicz & J. Giżycki: Szachy od A do Z, Volume 2, Warsaw 1987