- Stepan Levitsky
Stepan (Stefan) Levitsky (Levitski, Lewitzki) (
25 April 1876 , Serpukhov –21 March 1924 , Glubokaya) was a Russian chess master.In 1899 he took third place in Moscow (All Russian Masters’ Tournament, first Russian Championship,
Mikhail Chigorin won). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1899mosca.htm mosca ] ] In 1903 he took eighth in Kiev (third Russian Championship, Chigorin won). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1903kiew.htm kiev ] ] In 1905/06 he tied for 8-11th in Sankt Petersburg (fourth Russian Championship,Gersz Salwe won). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1905spietr.htm sanpet ] ] In 1907 he took second, behindEugene Znosko-Borovsky , in St Petersburg . [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdfName Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01] He lost a match toSimon Alapin 0-5 at St Petersburg 1907. [ [http://www.chessmetrics.com/ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site ] ]Stepan Levitsky won at Sankt Petersburg 1911 (All-Russian Amateur Tournament). [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).] In July–August 1912, he tied for 13-14th in Breslau (18th DBS–Congress, Rubinstein and
Oldrich Duras won). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1912breslau.htm breslau ] ] In August–September 1912, he took third in Vilna (eighth RUS-ch,Akiba Rubinstein won). [ [http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/russia.htm Russian Chess History by Bill Wall ] ] In 1913 he lost a match toAlexander Alekhine 3-7 in Sankt Petersburg. In 1913/14, he took 13th in St Petersburg (ninth Russian Championship, Alekhine andAron Nimzowitsch won). [ [http://www.alekhinechess.com/english/tables/masters1913.html Chess Tournaments: Russian masters 1913/14 ] ]He introduced the Queen's Bishop Attack, known as the Levitsky Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Bg5) in the
Queen's Pawn Game (ECO code D00).References
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