Konstantin Vygodchikov
Konstantin Vygodchikov (Vigodchikov, Wygodchikoff; Russian: Константин Алексеевич Выгодчиков) (1892–1941) was a Belarusian chess master.
He won in the 3rd Belarusian Championship in 1926, and shared 1st with Abram Model and Vladislav Silich in the 4th BLR-ch in 1928.[1]
In 1908-09, he lost a correspondence game to Alexander Alekhine. He shared first with Kliatsky (Kliatskin) at Moscow 1920 (Russian Olympiad, 1st Union National Congress, 1st USSR-ch, final B)[2] and won a short match (play-off) against him (2:0).[3] He tied for 11-13th at Petrograd (St. Petersburg) in the 2nd USSR Championship (Peter Romanovsky won).[4]
He tied for 5-6th at Moscow 1928 (3rd Championship of Russia, Izmailov won). Konstantin Alekseyevich Vygodchikov lived in Smolensk where he taught his nephew Sergey Belavenets and Mikhail Yudovich.[5] He gained the master title in 1929 after having come level with the young Mikhail Botvinnik in the preliminary round of the USSR Championships of that year.[6] He took 4th at Odessa 1929 (6th USSR-ch, semifinal).[7]
He took 6th at Moscow 1934 (4th Championship of Russia, Belavenets won), and tied for 11-12th at Leningrad (St. Petersburg) 1936 (All-Union Tournament of the 1st Category, A. Budo won).[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Short Matches of the 20th Century Archived October 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ by Mike Fox and Richard The Internet Anorak
- ^ by Mike Fox and Richard The Internet Anorak
- ^ 6th USSR Chess Championship, 1929
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
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External links[edit]
- Konstantin Vygodchikov player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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