Alexander Solovtsov

Who was Alexander Solovtsov?

Alexander Vladimirovich Solovtsov was a Russian chess master.

He tied for 3rd-4th and drew a match for the third place with Emanuel Schiffers at Sankt Petersburg 1878/79. Solovtsov took part in the correspondence match between the Moscow and St. Petersburg chess clubs, which ended with the score 2:0 in favor of the command of Moscow. He shared 1st at Moscow 1879, and won ahead of Hellwig, Muratov, and Maude at Moscow 1880.

He played several matches; drew with Mikhail Chigorin in 1884, won against Raphael Falk in 1892, and lost to Chigorin in 1893. In 1894 he defeated Jacques Mieses, toured in Moscow. In 1899 he won the match with Boris Grigoriev and became the first champion of Moscow.