Stefan Izbinsky Explained

Stefan Konstantinovich Izbinsky (Izbinski, Isbinski) (17 July 1884, Kyiv – 28 April 1912, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian chess master.

He tied for 9-10th in the Kiev 1903 chess tournament (the 3rd All-Russian masters' Tournament, Mikhail Chigorin won),[1] tied for 8-10th at St. Petersburg 1905/06 (the 4th All-Russian Masters' Tournament, Gersz Salwe won), took 13th at St. Petersburg 1909 (All-Russian Amateur Tournament, Alexander Alekhine won), shared 3rd with Paul List at Odessa 1910 (Boris Verlinsky won), shared 1st with Efim Bogoljubow and lost a play-off match against him (+0 –2 =0) at Kiev 1911,[2] and took 2nd, behind Fedor Bogatyrchuk, at Kiev 1911.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-01-16 . 2020-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200614020808/https://xoom.virgilio.it/jump.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Short Matches of the 20th Century . 2008-05-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140535/http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/ShortMatchesOf20thCentury.htm . 2007-09-28 .
  3. Web site: Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition. Anders Thulin. Malmö. 2005-12-10. 2024-07-01.