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Alexey Pavlovich Sokolsky (3 November 1908 Penza Governorate, Russian Empire – 27 December 1969 Minsk, USSR) was a Russian chess player of International Master strength in over-the-board chess,[1] a noted correspondence chess player, and an opening theoretician.

Alexey Sokolsky
Alexey Sokolsky

Chess career


In 1935, he took second in the RSFSR Championship. He won the Ukrainian Chess Championship twice, in 1947 and 1948, and was the runner-up in the 1958 Belarusian Chess Championship.[2] He also played in the 13th Soviet Championship in 1944, finishing with 7½/16 (tie for 8th–10th place); the 17th Championship in 1949, finishing with 8½/19 (12th place); and the 21st Championship in 1954, finishing last with 5/19.[3]

He was the first Soviet Correspondence Chess Champion (1948–1951).


Legacy


This section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.

The name of Sokolsky is known now mostly for his opening research and development of the chess opening 1.b4 which became known as the Sokolsky Opening. It is also known as the Polish Opening or the Orangutan.

Sokolsky Memorial master-norm tournaments have been held regularly in Minsk since 1970.[4]

Sokolsky wrote over a dozen books.[5] The most famous of these are The Modern Openings in Theory and Practice (1962)[6] and Debyut 1.b2-b4 (1963), a book about his eponymous opening.[1]


References


  1. Nathan Divinsky (1990). The Batsford Chess Encyclopedia. Pitman Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 0-7134-6214-0.
  2. Litmanowicz, Władysław; Giżycki, Jerzy (1987) [1986]. 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).
  3. Cafferty, Bernard; Taimanov, Mark (1998). The Soviet Championships. Cadogan Chess, London. p. 52,67,81. ISBN 1-85744-201-6.
  4. Sokolsky Memorial
  5. Sokolsky Memorial
  6. A.P. Sokolsky (1972). The Modern Openings in Theory and Practice. Pitman Publishing. ISBN 0-273-31409-2.


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[ru] Сокольский, Алексей Павлович

Алексе́й Па́влович Соко́льский (3 ноября 1908, Каньгуши, Пензенская губерния[2][К 1] — 27 декабря 1969, Минск) — советский шахматист, мастер спорта СССР по шахматам (1938), заслуженный тренер СССР (1965). Шахматный теоретик и литератор. Педагог.


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