Vitaly Valeryevich Zeschkowski

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Witali Zeschkowski, 1973
Association RussiaRussia Russia
Born September 25, 1944
Omsk
Died December 24, 2011
Krasnodar
title International Master (1973)
Grand Master (1975)
Best Elo rating 2595 (January 1980, January 1982)

Witali Valerjewitsch Zeschkowski ( Russian Виталий Валерьевич Цешковский , scientific transliteration Vitalij Valerjevič Ceškovskij ; born September 25, 1944 in Omsk ; † December 24, 2011 in Krasnodar ) was a Russian chess player .

Life

Zeschkowski came from a well-known Polish noble family (Polish spelling: Cieszkowski ) and was born in Siberia . In 1969 he took part in the student team world championship in chess for the USSR, in 1972 he won the championship of the RSFSR . In 1973 he became International Master , two years later Grand Master . In 1978 (together with Mikhail Tal ) and 1986 he won the USSR championship , curiously, he was last in the following championships.

In the course of his career Zeschkowski won numerous tournaments, including in Bucharest 1974, Leipzig 1975, Dubna 1976, Yerevan 1980, Banja Luka 1981, Sochi 1981 and Minsk 1982. In 1975 he finished 1st to 4th place at the zone tournament in Vilnius prevailed in the subsequent playoffs for the places to qualify for the World Cup: in 1976 he took part in the interzonal tournament in Manila and for a long time had chances of one of the qualifying places for the candidates tournament , but finally missed it with his fourth place. At the interzonal tournament in Riga in 1979 Zeschkowski shared 8th to 10th place. In 2004, he qualified for the superfinal of the Russian championship , which was won by ex-world champion Garry Kasparov . In 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Zeschkowski won the senior championship of Russia. In 2009 in Rogaška Slatina and in 2010 in Thessaloniki he won the Senior European Championship, in 2008 he was Vice European Senior Champion in Davos .

Zeschkowski also worked as a trainer . He looked after Wladimir Kramnik and Vugar Gashimov , among others .

On December 24, 2011, Zeschkowski took part in a chess tournament in Krasnodar, where he collapsed and died during his first round game. He was 67 years old.

National team

Zeschkowski won the 1986 Chess Olympiad in Dubai and the 1977 European Team Championship in Moscow with the Soviet national team .

societies

In the Soviet club championship Zeschkowski played in 1966 for Burewestnik , later for Trud , with whom he became champions in 1982. With Trud he also won the European Club Cup in 1984 and came second in 1986. At the European Club Cup 1990 he took part with Vektor Novosibirsk . In the Russian team championship in 1995 and 1996 Zeschkowski played for Tattransgas-Itil Kazan , with whom he also won the European Club Cup in 1996, in 2001 for the University of Maikop , in 2002 and 2005 for Debiut-DVGU Vladivostok and in 2003 for Ural Oblast Sverdlovsk . In the Polish team championship in 1995 he played for Polonia Warsaw .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 76.
  2. ↑ Report on ruchess.ru (Russian)
  3. ↑ Witali Zeschkowski's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  4. ↑ Witali Zeschkowski's results at European team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  5. ↑ Witali Zeschkowski's results at Soviet club championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  6. ↑ a b Witali Zeschkowski's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
  7. ↑ Witali Zeschkowski's results at Russian team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  8. ↑ Witali Zeschkowski's results at Polish team championships on olimpbase.org (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Zeschkowski, Vitaly Valeryevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Цешковский, Виталий Валерьевич (Russian); Tseshkovsky, Vitaly (FIDE)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Omsk
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 2011
Place of death Krasnodar