Pavel Evsejewitsch Kondratjew

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Pawel Kondratjew (right) with Vyacheslav Osnos, in the mid-1960s

Pawel Evseevich Kondratev ( Russian Павел Евсеевич Кондратьев , scientific transliteration Pavel Evseevich Kondrat'ev ; born  January 8, 1924 in Moscow , † June 11, 1984 in Leningrad ) was a Soviet chess player , coach and opening theorist.

Life

Kondratiev grew up in Moscow. He learned the rules of chess in school and later belonged to the Moscow youth selection. During the war he could not take part in crowded tournaments. It is worth mentioning a simultaneous performance in June 1942, in which he participated together with Fyodor Dus-Chotimirski and Michail Judowitsch. Kondratjew played in Gorky Park on 24 boards, where he, at that time still a candidate for the championship, won all games.

Shortly afterwards he was drafted into the military and posted to Leningrad. As a member of a mine defense unit of the Baltic Red Banner Fleet, he cleared mines in the vicinity of Pillau , Memel and Danzig . At the historically important Leningrad Championship in 1943, he shared the 4th – 6th. Space. After the war he won the Tallinn City Championship in 1946 . In the Estonian championships he won 2nd place in 1947/1948 and 3rd place in 1949. He also shared the 2nd – 3rd Place at the championship of the armed forces in 1950. Later that year he received the title of chess master.

After Kondratiev was released from the Navy , he moved to Leningrad. After completing his law degree, he devoted himself fully to chess. 1956 he succeeded in the XXIX. Leningrad Championship of the title win. He won the championship of the Leningrad Chess Club in 1959/1960. At large chess events, however, he was denied a breakthrough. He divided the 6th – 9th Place in the semifinals of the XVIII. Championship of the Soviet Union 1950. The next year he finished 8th in the final ranking and thus again failed to make it into the final.

His main job was to become a chess teacher and coach. For a long time he was the head of the chess section in the pioneer house of Leninsky district. Its member was one of his students IM Vyacheslav Osnos, the future trainer and co-author of Viktor Korchnoi . Kondratiev looked after not only children, but also famous chess players such as Lyudmila Rudenko , Larissa Volpert , Valeri Salow and Irina Levitina . In his later years he was the state trainer for the Leningrad chess team.

Kondratjew was said to be intelligent and sensitive in his work. As a theory expert, he was highly valued by his students. Volpert wrote that thanks to him she had expanded her opening repertoire and improved her understanding of rook endings. For her part, Levitina praised Kondratiev's talent and emphasized that he had helped her a lot.

He also worked as a chess writer. He has authored several books and publications, mainly on opening theory. Incidentally , a variant of the French defense proposed by him was published in the specialist journal Schachmaty w SSSR as early as 1940 . His works have been translated into other languages ​​(e.g. German , Spanish and French ). He also gave lectures at the Chigorin Chess Club and, together with other masters, moderated the popular television program Shachmaty .

His best Elo rating was 2450 from 1976 to 1980. His best historical rating was 2542 in January and February 1957.

Works (selection)

  • Nimzowitsch-Indian to Catalan / Mark Taimanow. Among employees v. Pavel Kondratiev; Jakow Neistadt. Berlin: Sportverl. 1970. 525 p. (Modern theory of chess openings)
  • Slavic: Exchange system to Slav. Gambit / Lev Polugajewski. Among employees by Pawel Kondratjew. Berlin: Sportverl., 1984. 254 pp. (Modern opening theory).
  • Old Benoni Defense E. Stoljar; P. Kondratjew - Heidelberg: Schachverlag Schmaus, 1985 104 pp.
  • Sokolski opening Stoljar, Efim; Kondrat'ev, Pavel Heidelberg. Chess extension Feast. 1987. 87 pp.

literature

  • L. Abramow, A. Konstantinopolski and others: Schachmatnyj Slowar , Moscow 1964, p. 255 (Russian)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volpert L .: "Wolschebnoje zarstwo schachmat" (Russian)
  2. ↑ Sport in the USSR - 1984 (English)
  3. ↑ Chessmetrics player profile (accessed February 15, 2010)
personal data
SURNAME Kondratjew, Pavel Yevseevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Кондратьев, Павел Евсеевич (Russian); Kondrat'ev, Pavel Evseevich (scientific transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet chess player, trainer and opening theorist
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1984
Place of death Leningrad