- Georgy Lisitsin
Georgy Lisitsin (11 October 1909 - 20 March 1972) was a Russian chess master.
He won thrice
Leningrad City Chess Championship in 1933/34 (joint), 1939 and 1947 (joint). He participated many times inUSSR Chess Championship . His best result was in 1933 when he shared 3rd (Mikhail Botvinnik won). [ [http://www.geocities.com/al2055Km/index.html Russian Chess Base ] ] He also played in international tournaments, finishing 15th at Moscow 1935 (Botvinnik andSalo Flohr won), [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables6.htm GER-ch 3rd Aachen 1935 ] ] and took 2nd at Helsinki 1946 (Viacheslav Ragozin won). [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2017.htm 1946 ] ]Lisitsin was an author of several chess books. [# Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]
He was awarded the
International Master title in 1950. [http://www.chessmile.com/spip.php?article66]References
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