Mark Stolberg Explained

Mark Stolberg
Birth Date:1922
Birth Name:Mark Moiseevich Stolberg
Birth Place:Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, RSFSR
Death Date:presumably 16 May 1942 (aged 19–20)
Death Place:Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, RSFSR
Occupation:Chess master

Mark Moiseevich Stolberg (1922 in Rostov-on-Don – 16 May 1942 in Novorossiysk) was a Russian chess master.

Stolberg won the Rostov-on-Don City championship in 1938. The next year he finished in second place in a Soviet master candidates tournament.[1] In 1940, Stolberg shared first place with Eduard Gerstenfeld in Kiev (the 12th USSR-ch semi-final),[2] and tied for 13-16th in Moscow (the 12th USSR Chess Championship won jointly by Andor Lilienthal and Igor Bondarevsky) where he was the youngest participant.[3] In June 1941, Stolberg was in fourth place in Rostov-on-Don (the 13th USSR-ch semi-final), when the German attack on the Soviet Union interrupted the event.[4]

Stolberg joined the Soviet Army at the end of 1940, and disappeared on 16 May 1942[5] in the battle of Malaya Zemlya (lit. "Minor Land"), waged against German troops.

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Notes and References

  1. Karpov . Anatoly . Anatoly Karpov . Шахматы: Энциклопедический словарь . 1990 . Советская энциклопедия . Moscow . ru . 978-5-85270-005-6 . 23533106 . 97214322 . 388 . Шахматы: энциклопедический словарь .
  2. Tadeusz Wolsza, Arcymistrzowie, mistrzowie, amatorzy... Słownik biograficzny szachistów polskich, tom 5. Wydawnictwo DiG, Warszawa 2007,
  3. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables11.htm Roger Paige Chess Site :: 1940
  4. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables12.htm Roger Paige Chess Site :: 1941
  5. Web site: They did not return from the battlefield. Mark Stolberg . 2022-11-21 . Федерация шахмат России . en.