Abram Zamikhovsky Explained

Abram Davidovich Zamikhovsky
Birth Date:5 January 1908
Death Date:1978
Nationality:Ukrainian
Known For:Chess master

Abram Davidovich Zamikhovsky (Zamikhovski) (Russian: Абрам Давидович Замиховский; 5 January 1908 – 1978)[1] was a Ukrainian chess master and former national champion. Never a chess professional, he was also a well-known medical doctor.

In 1931, he won the 6th Ukrainian Championship in Kharkiv ahead of Vsevolod Rauzer[2] and took 14th in the 7th USSR Championship in Moscow (Mikhail Botvinnik won).[3] At that time, he was a student of medical faculty at the Kyiv University.[4] In 1936, he took 8th in the 16th Championship of Moscow.[5] In 1938, he took 2nd, behind Isaac Boleslavsky, in Kyiv (10th UKR-ch).[6]

After World War II, Zamikhovsky took 10th at Kyiv 1946 (15th UKR-ch, Anatoly Bannik won);[7] tied for 9-10th at Kyiv 1947 (16th UKR-ch, Alexey Sokolsky won);[8] shared 1st at Kyiv 1951 (USSR-ch, qf);[9] took 14th at Leningrad 1952 (USSR-ch, sf);[10] won at Kyiv 1952 (USSR-ch, qf);[11] tied for 8-10th at Vilnius 1953 (USSR-ch, sf);[12] in 1955, he tied for in Kyiv (24th UKR-ch, Anatoly Bannik won). In 1956, he took 5th in Kyiv (25th UKR-ch, Isaac Lipnitsky won).In 1957, he took 8th in Kyiv (26th UKR-ch, Efim Geller won).[13]

References

  1. Book: Gaige, Jeremy . Jeremy Gaige . 1987 . Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography . McFarland . 0-7864-2353-6 . 476 .
  2. Web site: Title Unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20091021080337/http://geocities.com/al2055km/ch_repub/1931/ch_ukr31.html . 2009-10-21 . dead .
  3. Web site: URS-ch07 Moscow 1931 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091021171637/http://geocities.com/al2055km/ch_urs/1931/ch_urs31.html . 2009-10-21 . dead .
  4. http://zhurnal.lib.ru/s/shtokalo_m/prizrachnye-teni-shahmatnojj-istorii.shtml Морозова Татьяна. Призрачные тени шахматной истории
  5. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables7.htm All-Union YM 1936
  6. Web site: Title Unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20091027143113/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1938/ch_ukr38.html . 2009-10-27 . dead .
  7. Web site: Title Unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20091027143237/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1946/ch_ukr46.html . 2009-10-27 . dead .
  8. Web site: Title Unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20091027143247/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1947/ch_ukr47.html . 2009-10-27 . dead .
  9. Web site: Title Unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20091021080340/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_urs/1951/qf_kie51.html . 2009-10-21 . dead .
  10. Web site: Title Unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20091021124404/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_urs/1952/sf_len52.html . 2009-10-21 . dead .
  11. Web site: Title Unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20091021124401/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_urs/1952/qf_kie52.html . 2009-10-21 . dead .
  12. Web site: Title Unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20091021124404/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_urs/1953/sf_vil53.html . 2009-10-21 . dead .
  13. Web site: Title Unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20091021082430/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1957/ch_ukr57.html . 2009-10-21 . dead .

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