Abram Zamikhovsky

Abram Davidovich Zamikhovsky (Zamikhovski) (Russian: Абрам Давидович Замиховский; 5 January 1908 – 1978)[1] was a Ukrainian chess master and former national champion. Never a chess professional, he was also a well-known medical doctor.

Abram Davidovich Zamikhovsky
Born5 January 1908
Died1978
NationalityUkrainian
Known forChess master

In 1931, he won the 6th Ukrainian Championship in Kharkov ahead of Vsevolod Rauzer[2] and took 14th in the 7th USSR Championship in Moscow (Mikhail Botvinnik won).[3] At that time, he was a student of medical faculty at the Kiev University.[4] In 1936, he took 8th in the 16th Championship of Moscow.[5] In 1938, he took 2nd, behind Isaac Boleslavsky, in Kiev (10th UKR-ch).[6]

After World War II, Zamikhovsky took 10th at Kiev 1946 (15th UKR-ch, Anatoly Bannik won);[7] tied for 9-10th at Kiev 1947 (16th UKR-ch, Alexey Sokolsky won);[8] shared 1st at Kiev 1951 (USSR-ch, qf);[9] took 14th at Leningrad 1952 (USSR-ch, sf);[10] won at Kiev 1952 (USSR-ch, qf);[11] tied for 8-10th at Vilnius 1953 (USSR-ch, sf);[12] in 1955, he tied for in Kiev (24th UKR-ch, Anatoly Bannik won). In 1956, he took 5th in Kiev (25th UKR-ch, Isaac Lipnitsky won). In 1957, he took 8th in Kiev (26th UKR-ch, Efim Geller won).[13]

References
  1. Gaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography. McFarland. p. 476. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.
  2. "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21.
  3. "URS-ch07 Moscow 1931". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21.
  4. Морозова Татьяна. Призрачные тени шахматной истории
  5. All-Union YM 1936 Archived 2009-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-10-27.
  7. "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-10-27.
  8. "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-10-27.
  9. "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21.
  10. "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21.
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  12. "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21.
  13. "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21.


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