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Grigory Levenfish

Soviet chess player (1889–1961)

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Born
March 9, 1889
Died
February 9, 1961
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1889

About Grigory Levenfish

Grigory Yakovlevich Levenfish (Russian: Григо́рий Я́ковлевич Левенфи́ш; 19 March 1889 [O.S. 7 March] – 9 February 1961) was a Soviet chess player who scored his peak competitive results in the 1920s and 1930s. He was twice Soviet champion, in 1934 (jointly with Ilya Rabinovich) and 1937. In 1937 he drew a match against future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik. In 1950 Levenfish was among the first recipients of the title of Grandmaster, awarded by FIDE that year for the first time. He was an engineer by profession. His earliest recognition as a prominent chess player came when he won the St. In the next decade, he won the Leningrad Championships of 1922, 1924, and 1925 (jointly). He was twice Soviet champion, in 1934 and 1937.

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Grigory Levenfish timeline

  1. In the next decade, he won the Leningrad Championships of 1922, 1924, and 1925 (jointly).
  2. He was twice Soviet champion, in 1934 and 1937.
  3. In 1937 he drew a match against future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik.
  4. In 1950 Levenfish was among the first recipients of the title of Grandmaster, awarded by FIDE that year for the first time.

The world when Grigory Levenfish was born

Grigory Levenfish was born in 1889. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineEiffel Tower opens for Paris World's Fair
  • Technology milestoneEiffel Tower — world's tallest structure
  • World population~1.49B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population58.6M

1889 versus 2026

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Measure18892026
Population58.6M341 million

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