Aleksei Goncharov (chess) explained

Aleksei Fyodorovich Goncharov (Russian: Алексей Фёдорович Гончаров; 16 January 1879, in Moscow – 23 April 1913, in Moscow) was a Russian chess master.

He won twice Moscow City Chess Championship in 1901 (jointly with Raphael Falk) and 1909. He also tied for 2nd–3rd in 1899 (the 1st RUS-ch, minor section),[1] took 4th in 1900/01 (the 2nd All-Russian Masters' Tournament, Mikhail Chigorin won), shared 2nd, behind Boyarkov, in 1902, and took 2nd, behind Mikhail Chigorin, in 1907, all in Moscow.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.edochess.ca/players/p1731.html Edo Ratings, Goncharov, A.F.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-09-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf . 2007-07-04 . Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01