Sergei Vsevolodowitsch Belavenez

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Sergei Vsevolodowitsch Belavenez ( Russian Сергей Всеволодович Белавенец , scientific transliteration Sergej Vsevolodovič Belavenec ; born July 18, 1910 in Smolensk ; † March 7, 1942 near Staraja Russa ) was an important Soviet chess master and theoretician.

Life

Belawenez was trained in chess in his childhood in Belarus by his uncle, the master Konstantin Wygodtschikow (1892-1942) . At the age of 15 he took part in the championship of Belarus and defeated Emanuel Lasker and Richard Réti in simultaneous games on the occasion of the international tournament in Moscow in 1925 . In 1930 he began to study engineering in Moscow and moved to the capital, where he soon successfully competed in numerous tournaments.

At the Moscow championship in 1932 he was tied 1-3., Also in 1937, in 1938 he tied first and second. In 1934 he won the RSFSR championship held in Moscow and qualified for the USSR championship , in which he participated three times: His third place in 1939 (in Leningrad ) was his greatest sporting success. Belavenez also took part in the international Tournaments in Moscow in 1937 (with the participation of Reuben Fine ) and Leningrad-Moscow in 1939.

During the Second World War he fought in the Red Army . He fell near Staraya Russa , where he commanded a grenade launcher unit .

Belawenez was considered one of the most outstanding theorists and analysts in Soviet chess. Until the end of his life he published hundreds of analyzes and articles on the opening and the endgame in the Soviet specialist press.

His daughter Lyudmila Belawenez (* 1940) is International Women's Champion in local chess , in correspondence chess she holds the titles of International Master (International Correspondence Chess Master) and Grand Master of Women (Lady International Correspondence Chess Grand Master) and won the 4th Women's World Championship (1992 to 1998).

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  1. a b M. Judowitsch: O drusjach-toworishchach. [About friends and comrades], In: 64 - Schachrundschau 1983, No. 1, pp. 19-20 (Russian).
  2. ^ FIDE Chess Profile Belavenets, Liudmila. In: FIDE. Accessed July 9, 2018 .
  3. Player Details 140141 RUS LGM Belavenets, Lyudmila Sergeevna. In: ICCF. Accessed July 9, 2018 .