Sergey Lebedev
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Sergey Fedorovich Lebedev was a Russian chess
master.
S.F. Lebedev lived in Saint Petersburg
before World War I
, during and after the war (Petrograd, Leningrad). He took 4th at Moscow 1899 (the 1st All-Russian Masters' Tournament
, Mikhail Chigorin
won), took 3rd at St. Petersburg 1900 (Chigorin and Alexander Levin won), tied for 8-10th at Moscow 1900/01 (the 2nd RUS-ch won by Chigorin), thrice won, jointly with Grigory Helbach
(1), ahead of Abkin (2), and ahead of Emmanuel Schiffers (3) in St. Petersburg in 1901, and tied for 9-10th in the Kiev 1903 chess tournament
(the 3rd RUS-ch, Chigorin won).
He shared 2nd with Simon Alapin, behind Sergey von Freymann
, in 1907, won (Quadrangular) in 1908, tied for 7-8th (All-Russian Amateur Tournament, Alexander Alekhine
won) in 1909, tied for 1st-3rd with Freymann and Grigory Levenfish
in 1910, took 15th (the 8th All-Russian Masters' Tournament (RUS-ch), Alekhine and Aron Nimzowitsch
won) in 1913/14, all played in St. Petersburg.
After the war, he tied for 11-13th at Petrograd 1923 (the 2nd USSR Chess Championship
, Peter Romanovsky
won).
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
master.
S.F. Lebedev lived in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
before World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, during and after the war (Petrograd, Leningrad). He took 4th at Moscow 1899 (the 1st All-Russian Masters' Tournament
Russian Chess Championship
-Imperial Russia:In 1874, Emanuel Schiffers defeated Andrey Chardin in a match held in St. Petersburg with five wins and four losses. Schiffers was considered the first Russian champion until his student, Mikhail Chigorin, defeated him in a match held in St. Petersburg in 1879...
, Mikhail Chigorin
Mikhail Chigorin
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin also was a leading Russian chess player...
won), took 3rd at St. Petersburg 1900 (Chigorin and Alexander Levin won), tied for 8-10th at Moscow 1900/01 (the 2nd RUS-ch won by Chigorin), thrice won, jointly with Grigory Helbach
Grigory Helbach
Grigory Helbach was a Russian chess master.He tied for 6-7th at Moscow 1899 , took 6th at St. Petersburg 1900 , shared 1st with Sergey Lebedev at St. Petersburg 1901, took 7th at St...
(1), ahead of Abkin (2), and ahead of Emmanuel Schiffers (3) in St. Petersburg in 1901, and tied for 9-10th in the Kiev 1903 chess tournament
Kiev 1903 chess tournament
The 3rd All-Russian Masters' Tournament took place in the rooms of the Kiev Chess Society in the Popov Building at No. 29 Kreshchatyk in Kiev on September 1–26, 1903...
(the 3rd RUS-ch, Chigorin won).
He shared 2nd with Simon Alapin, behind Sergey von Freymann
Sergey von Freymann
Sergey von Freymann was a Russian-Uzbekistani chess master.In 1906, von Freymann took 2nd, behind Semyon Alapin, in Sankt Petersburg. In 1907, he tied for 6-7th in St Petersburg . In 1907/08, he took 5th in Lodz . The event was won by Akiba Rubinstein...
, in 1907, won (Quadrangular) in 1908, tied for 7-8th (All-Russian Amateur Tournament, Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...
won) in 1909, tied for 1st-3rd with Freymann and Grigory Levenfish
Grigory Levenfish
Grigory Yakovlevich Levenfish was a leading Jewish Russian chess grandmaster of the 1920s and 1930s. He was twice Soviet champion - in 1934 and 1937. In 1937 he tied a match against future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik...
in 1910, took 15th (the 8th All-Russian Masters' Tournament (RUS-ch), Alekhine and Aron Nimzowitsch
Aron Nimzowitsch
Aron Nimzowitsch was a Russian-born Danish unofficial chess grandmaster and a very influential chess writer...
won) in 1913/14, all played in St. Petersburg.
After the war, he tied for 11-13th at Petrograd 1923 (the 2nd USSR Chess Championship
USSR Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. It was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners...
, Peter Romanovsky
Peter Romanovsky
Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky was a Russian chess International Master, International Arbiter, and author.-Biography:At the beginning of his career in Sankt Petersburg, he shared fourth place in 1908 , tied for 10-11th in 1909 , took second place behind Smorodsky in 1913, and shared first with...
won).