Grigory Levenfish
Chess Player
1889 – 1961
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Who was Grigory Levenfish?
Grigory Yakovlevich Levenfish was a Russian chess grandmaster who scored his peak competitive results in the 1920s and 1930s. He was twice Soviet champion, in 1934 and 1937. In 1937 he drew a match against future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik. He also had a career as an engineer. Levenfish was also a well-regarded chess writer.
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- Born
- Mar 9, 1889
Piotrków Trybunalski - Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Poles
- Died
- Feb 9, 1961
Moscow
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on July 23, 2013
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