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Apr 13, 1876 Zadonsk, Russia Died on 21 Mar 1924 (aged 47)
Russian chess player
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About Stepan Levitsky
- Stepan (Stefan) Levitsky (Levitski, Lewitzki) (25 April 1876, Serpukhov – 21 March 1924, Glubokaya) was a Russian chess Grandmaster and Russian chess champion. In 1899 he took third place in Moscow (All Russian Masters’ Tournament, first Russian Championship, Mikhail Chigorin won). In 1903 he took eighth in Kiev (third Russian Championship, Chigorin won). In 1905/06 he tied for 8–11th in St Petersburg (fourth Russian Championship, Gersz Salwe won).
- In 1907 he took second, behind Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, in St Petersburg.
- He lost a match to Simon Alapin 0–5 at St Petersburg 1907.Levitsky won at St Petersburg 1911 (All-Russian Amateur Tournament), thus becoming Russian national chess champion for one year.
- In July–August 1912, he tied for 13–14th in Breslau (18th DBS–Congress, Akiba Rubinstein and Oldrich Duras won).
- In August–September 1912, he took third in Vilna (eighth RUS-ch, Rubinstein won).
- In 1913 he lost a match to Alexander Alekhine 3–7 in St Petersburg.
- In 1913/14, he took 13th in St Petersburg (ninth Russian Championship, Alekhine and Aron Nimzowitsch won).
