Abram Zamikhovsky

{{short description|Ukrainian chess player}} {{Infobox person | name = Abram Davidovich Zamikhovsky | image = | birth_name = | birth_date = 5 January 1908 | birth_place = | death_date = 1978 | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = Chess master }} '''Abram Davidovich Zamikhovsky (Zamikhovski)''' ({{langx|ru|Абрам Давидович Замиховский}}; 5 January 1908 – 1978)<ref>{{Cite book | last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige | year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography | publisher=McFarland | isbn=0-7864-2353-6 | page=476 }}</ref> was a Ukrainian chess master and former national champion. Never a chess professional, he was also a well-known medical doctor.

In 1931, he won the 6th Ukrainian Championship in Kharkiv ahead of Vsevolod Rauzer<ref>{{cite web|title=Title Unknown |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055km/ch_repub/1931/ch_ukr31.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021080337/http://geocities.com/al2055km/ch_repub/1931/ch_ukr31.html |archivedate=2009-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and took 14th in the 7th USSR Championship in Moscow (Mikhail Botvinnik won).<ref>{{cite web|title=URS-ch07 Moscow 1931 |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055km/ch_urs/1931/ch_urs31.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021171637/http://geocities.com/al2055km/ch_urs/1931/ch_urs31.html |archivedate=2009-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At that time, he was a student of medical faculty at the Kyiv University.<ref>[http://zhurnal.lib.ru/s/shtokalo_m/prizrachnye-teni-shahmatnojj-istorii.shtml Морозова Татьяна. Призрачные тени шахматной истории]</ref> In 1936, he took 8th in the 16th Championship of Moscow.<ref>[http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables7.htm All-Union YM 1936] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208191715/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables7.htm |date=2009-12-08 }}</ref> In 1938, he took 2nd, behind Isaac Boleslavsky, in Kyiv (10th UKR-ch).<ref>{{cite web|title=Title Unknown |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1938/ch_ukr38.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027143113/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1938/ch_ukr38.html |archivedate=2009-10-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After World War II, Zamikhovsky took 10th at Kyiv 1946 (15th UKR-ch, Anatoly Bannik won);<ref>{{cite web|title=Title Unknown |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1946/ch_ukr46.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027143237/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1946/ch_ukr46.html |archivedate=2009-10-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> tied for 9–10th at Kyiv 1947 (16th UKR-ch, Alexey Sokolsky won);<ref>{{cite web|title=Title Unknown |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1947/ch_ukr47.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027143247/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1947/ch_ukr47.html |archivedate=2009-10-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> shared 1st at Kyiv 1951 (USSR-ch, qf);<ref>{{cite web|title=Title Unknown |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_urs/1951/qf_kie51.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021080340/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_urs/1951/qf_kie51.html |archivedate=2009-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> took 14th at Leningrad 1952 (USSR-ch, sf);<ref>{{cite web|title=Title Unknown |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_urs/1952/sf_len52.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021124404/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_urs/1952/sf_len52.html |archivedate=2009-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> won at Kyiv 1952 (USSR-ch, qf);<ref>{{cite web|title=Title Unknown |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_urs/1952/qf_kie52.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021124401/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_urs/1952/qf_kie52.html |archivedate=2009-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> tied for 8–10th at Vilnius 1953 (USSR-ch, sf);<ref>{{cite web|title=Title Unknown |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_urs/1953/sf_vil53.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021124404/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_urs/1953/sf_vil53.html |archivedate=2009-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in 1955, he tied for in Kyiv (24th UKR-ch, Anatoly Bannik won). In 1956, he took 5th in Kyiv (25th UKR-ch, Isaac Lipnitsky won). In 1957, he took 8th in Kyiv (26th UKR-ch, Efim Geller won).<ref>{{cite web|title=Title Unknown |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1957/ch_ukr57.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021082430/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1957/ch_ukr57.html |archivedate=2009-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.365chess.com/players/Abram_Davidovich_Zamikhovsky Abram Zamikhovsky at 365Chess.com]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zamikhovsky, Abram}} Category:1908 births Category:1978 deaths Category:Ukrainian chess players Category:Jewish chess players Category:Ukrainian Jews Category:20th-century chess players