Mark Moissejewitsch Stolberg
Mark Moissejewitsch Stolberg ( Russian Марк Моисеевич Стольберг , * 1922 in Rostov-on-Don ; missing since May 16, 1942 and probably † in Novorossiysk ) was a Russian chess player .
Life
Stolberg, city champion of Rostov-on-Don in 1938, qualified with 1st – 2nd Place (with Edward Gerstenfeld ) in the semi-finals of the USSR championship in 1940 to the final, where he finished 13th-16th. Reached place. His losing game there against Michail Botwinnik was often wrongly attributed to Gideon Ståhlberg . The 1941 USSR Championship, in which Stolberg took part, was canceled after nine rounds on June 23, 1941 due to the start of the Great Patriotic War and only resumed in 1944.
Stolberg joined a fighting force. His participation in the war ended his chess career: he disappeared on May 16, 1942 in Novorossiysk during a battle against German forces at the Soviet outpost of Malaya Zemlya and has been missing ever since. It is widely believed that he fell.
According to the calculation of the historical Elo number , he was in July 1941 on the 43rd place in the world rankings. His highest historical rating, according to Chessmetrics, was 2603 in February 1941.
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Mark Moissejewitsch Stolberg on chessgames.com (English)
Individual references and sources
- ↑ Official missing person notification to the bereaved from February 1943 (Russian) at obd-memorial.ru
- ↑ Mark Stolberg's profile on chessmetrics.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stolberg, Mark Moissejewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Стольберг, Марк Моисеевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostov on Don |
| DATE OF DEATH | after May 16, 1942 |
| Place of death | uncertain: Novorossiysk |