Georgy Lisitsin

Georgy Mikhailovich Lisitsin or Lisitsyn (Russian: Гео́ргий Миха́йлович Лиси́цын; 11 October 1909 – 20 March 1972) was a Russian chess master from Leningrad. After high school he entered the Leningrad Industrial Institute, from which he graduated as a mechanical engineer.^[1]

Georgy Lisitsin

Chess career

He earned the title of Master in 1931 for his performance in the 7th USSR Championship.^[2] He thrice won the Leningrad City Chess Championship, in 1933/34 (joint), 1939, and 1947 (joint). He was a frequent participant in the USSR Chess Championship. His best result was in 1933 when he shared 3rd, behind the winner Mikhail Botvinnik.^[3] He also played in international tournaments, finishing 15th in Moscow 1935. (Botvinnik and Salo Flohr won.)^[4] He took 2nd at Helsinki 1946 behind winner Viacheslav Ragozin.^[5]

Lisitsin was considered an expert on the Reti Opening above all others and won many of his best games with it.^[6] He was an author of several chess books, ^[7] only a few sections of which have been translated from Russian into English. He wrote primarily about strategy, tactics, and endgame theory.^[8]

He was awarded the International Master title in 1950.^[9]

References

1. Kotov, Alexander; Yudovich, Mikhail. The Soviet School of Chess. Dover Publications, 1961, p. 318.
2. Kotov 1961, p. 318.
3. Russian Chess Base
4. GER-ch 3rd Aachen 1935 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
5. 1946 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
6. Kotov 1961, p. 318.
7. 1. 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)
8. Kotov 1961, p. 320.
9. "Liste des premiers titrés (chrono)". 23 March 2007. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

Books in English

• Lisitsyn, G. M.; Cafferty, B. (1976). First Book of Chess Strategy. London: B.T. Batsford. ISBN 978-0900928697.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

• Lisitsyn, G. M.; Cafferty, B. (1976). Second Book of Chess Strategy. London: B.T. Batsford. ISBN 978-0713414257.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

• Lisitsyn, G. M.; Cafferty, B. (1980). The Strategy of Chess. London: B.T. Batsford. ISBN 978-0713433302.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Note: Merges the First Book of Chess Strategy and Second Book of Chess Strategy into a single volume.

• Romanovsky, Peter; Botvinnik, Mikhail; Kan, Ilya; Kmoch, Hans; Euwe, Max; Levenfish, Grigory; Lisitsin, Grigory (2021). The Leningrad Master Tournament 1934: With participation of Max Euwe and Hans Kmoch (Botvinnik's Method Of Preparing For Competition). Independently published. ISBN 979-8714484865.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Georgy Lisitsin player profile and games at Chessgames.com