Georgy Lisitsin Explained

Georgy Mikhailovich Lisitsin or Lisitsyn (Russian: Гео́ргий Миха́йлович Лиси́цын; 11 October 1909 – 20 March 1972) was a Russian chess master from Leningrad. After high school he entered the Leningrad Industrial Institute, from which he graduated as a mechanical engineer.^[1]

Chess career

He earned the title of Master in 1931 for his performance in the 7th USSR Championship.^[2] He thrice won the Leningrad City Chess Championship, in 1933/34 (joint), 1939, and 1947 (joint). He was a frequent participant in the USSR Chess Championship. His best result was in 1933 when he shared 3rd, behind the winner Mikhail Botvinnik.^[3] He also played in international tournaments, finishing 15th in Moscow 1935. (Botvinnik and Salo Flohr won.)^[4] He took 2nd at Helsinki 1946 behind winner Viacheslav Ragozin.^[5]

Lisitsin was considered an expert on the Reti Opening above all others and won many of his best games with it.^[6] He was an author of several chess books, ^[7] only a few sections of which have been translated from Russian into English. He wrote primarily about strategy, tactics, and endgame theory.^[8]

He was awarded the International Master title in 1950.^[9]

Books in English

• Book: Lisitsyn, G. M.; Cafferty, B. . First Book of Chess Strategy . 1976 . B.T. Batsford . London . 978-0900928697 .
• Book: Lisitsyn, G. M.; Cafferty, B. . Second Book of Chess Strategy . 1976 . B.T. Batsford . London . 978-0713414257 .
• Book: Lisitsyn, G. M.; Cafferty, B. . The Strategy of Chess . 1980 . B.T. Batsford . London . 978-0713433302 . Note: Merges the First Book of Chess Strategy and Second Book of Chess Strategy into a single volume.
• Book: Romanovsky, Peter; Botvinnik, Mikhail; Kan, Ilya; Kmoch, Hans; Euwe, Max; Levenfish, Grigory; Lisitsin, Grigory . The Leningrad Master Tournament 1934: With participation of Max Euwe and Hans Kmoch (Botvinnik's Method Of Preparing For Competition) . 2021 . Independently published . 979-8714484865 .

Notes and References

1. Kotov, Alexander; Yudovich, Mikhail. The Soviet School of Chess. Dover Publications, 1961, p. 318.
2. Kotov 1961, p. 318.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20080517022544/http://www.geocities.com/al2055km/index.html Russian Chess Base
4. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables6.htm GER-ch 3rd Aachen 1935
5. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2017.htm 1946
6. Kotov 1961, p. 318.
7. 1. Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. (1. A-M), (2. N-Z)
8. Kotov 1961, p. 320.
9. Web site: https://archive.today/20071222170711/http://www.chessmile.com/spip.php?article66#selection-423.2-423.36. Liste des premiers titrés (chrono). 22 December 2007. 23 March 2007. dead. 21 March 2021.