- Iosif Pogrebyssky
Iosif Benediktovich Pogrebyssky (Pogrebysski, Pogrebissky) (1906,
Uman - 1971,Leningrad ) was an Ukrainian chess master.He played several times in
Ukrainian Chess Championship , and took 3rd at Poltava 1927 (Alexey Selezniev won), took 5th at Odessa 1928 (Yakov Vilner won), shared 1st at Kiev 1936, took 2nd, behindFedor Bogatyrchuk , at Kiev 1937, and tied for 2nd-3rd at Kiev 1949 (Isaac Lipnitsky won). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/pagine/ukraina.htm ukraina ] ] He won a match againstMikhail Yudovich (9 : 7) in 1937. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/1937/class_37.html]He earned Ph.D. in mathematics at Kiev State University in 1940. [ [http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=97467 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Iosif Pogrebyssky ] ]
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