Alexander Solovtsov
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Alexander Vladimirovich Solovtsov (14 November 1847, Kazan
– 20 March 1923 Moscow
) was a Russian chess master.
He tied for 3rd-4th and drew a match for the third place with Emanuel Schiffers
(1:1) at Sankt Petersburg 1878/79. Solovtsov took part in the correspondence match between the Moscow and St. Petersburg chess clubs (January 1878 – March 1879), which ended with the score 2:0 in favor of the command of Moscow. He shared 1st at Moscow 1879, and won ahead of Hellwig, Muratov, and Maude at Moscow 1880.
He played several matches; drew with Mikhail Chigorin
(1:1) in 1884, won against Raphael Falk
(7:2) in 1892, and lost to Chigorin (0:4) in 1893. In 1894 he defeated Jacques Mieses
, toured in Moscow. In 1899 he won the match with Boris Grigoriev
and became the first champion of Moscow
.
Kazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
– 20 March 1923 Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
) was a Russian chess master.
He tied for 3rd-4th and drew a match for the third place with Emanuel Schiffers
Emanuel Schiffers
Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers was a Russian chess player and chess writer. For many years he was the second leading Russian player after Mikhail Chigorin.Schiffers parents emigrated from Germany...
(1:1) at Sankt Petersburg 1878/79. Solovtsov took part in the correspondence match between the Moscow and St. Petersburg chess clubs (January 1878 – March 1879), which ended with the score 2:0 in favor of the command of Moscow. He shared 1st at Moscow 1879, and won ahead of Hellwig, Muratov, and Maude at Moscow 1880.
He played several matches; drew with Mikhail Chigorin
Mikhail Chigorin
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin also was a leading Russian chess player...
(1:1) in 1884, won against Raphael Falk
Raphael Falk
Raphael Alexandrovich Falk was a Russian chess master.He took 12th at Moscow 1899 , shared 1st with Goncharov in Moscow City Chess Championship in 1901, and tied for 5-7th at Moscow-ch 1902 .-References:...
(7:2) in 1892, and lost to Chigorin (0:4) in 1893. In 1894 he defeated Jacques Mieses
Jacques Mieses
----Jacques Mieses was a German-born Jewish chess Grandmaster and writer. He became a naturalized British citizen after World War II.p258-Chess career:...
, toured in Moscow. In 1899 he won the match with Boris Grigoriev
Boris Grigoriev
Boris Grigoriev was a Russian painter and graphic artist.Grigoriev was born in Rybinsk and studied at the Stroganov Art School from 1903 to 1907. Grigoriev went on to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg under Aleksandr Kiselyov, Dmitry Kardovsky and Abram Arkhipov from 1907...
and became the first champion of Moscow
Moscow City Chess Championship
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