Michail Steinberg

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Michail Steinberg (1966) .jpg
Michail Steinberg, Groningen 1966
Association Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
Born January 15, 1952
Kharkiv
Died 1976
Best Elo rating 2547 (June 1971) ( historical rating )

Michail Steinberg ( Russian Михаил Штейнберг , scientific transliteration Michail Štejnberg ; born January 15, 1952 in Charkiw , † 1976 ) was a Soviet chess master .

Life

Steinberg learned to play chess in his childhood and became a member of the chess section in the Pioneer Palace of Kharkiv , where he was trained by Alexander Mazkewitsch. Steinberg soon developed into a promising talent in what was then the Soviet Union . At the age of 14 he won the USSR youth championship for 18-year-olds, in 1966 he achieved a master's standard in the semifinals of the USSR adult championship and at the turn of the year 1966/67 was allowed to take part in the unofficial European youth championship for the Soviet Union in Groningen . Steinberg won this youth tournament with a two point lead over the Englishman Andrew Whiteley and the Dutchman Jan Timman . In 1967, at the age of 15, he took part in the USSR championship, which was held according to the Swiss system . His shared eighth place caused a sensation among the recognized Soviet masters, ex-world champion Mikhail Botvinnik described Steinberg as one of the greatest hopes of the Soviet chess school . In the international match between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in 1968, Steinberg played on the first junior board in front of the eventual world champion Anatoly Karpov . In 1971 he won the Soviet club championship playing on the youth board of Burevestnik .

Steinberg's endeavors were thwarted by an incurable disease. At the beginning of the 1970s he had to retire from playing chess and he passed away at the age of less than 25 after a long illness.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 15th Junior Championship of the Soviet Union (English)
  2. ↑ Semi-finals of the championship of the Soviet Union 1966 (English)
  3. ↑ Mikhail Steinberg's results at Soviet club championships on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Steinberg, Michail
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Штейнберг, Михаил (Russian); Štejnberg, Michail (scientific transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet chess master
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Kharkiv
DATE OF DEATH 1976