# Isaak Mazel

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{{short description|Belarusian-Russian chess player}}
'''Isaak Yakovlevich Mazel''' ({{langx|ru|Исаак Яковлевич Мазель}}; {{langx|be|Ісак Якаўлевіч Мазэль}}; December 1911, in [Minsk](/source/Minsk) – March 31, 1945, in [Tashkent](/source/Tashkent)) was a [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union)  [chess](/source/chess) master.<ref>{{cite dictionary |editor-last=Karpov |editor-first=Anatoly |editor-link=Anatoly Karpov |dictionary=Шахматы: Энциклопедический словарь |year=1990 |publisher=Советская энциклопедия |location=Moscow |language=ru |isbn=978-5-85270-005-6 |oclc=23533106 |lccn=97214322 |title=Шахматы: энциклопедический словарь }}</ref>

He tied for 8-9th at Moscow 1931 (the 7th [USSR Chess Championship](/source/USSR_Chess_Championship), [Mikhail Botvinnik](/source/Mikhail_Botvinnik) won), tied for 15-16th at Leningrad 1934 (the 9th USSR-ch, [Grigory Levenfish](/source/Grigory_Levenfish) and [Ilya Rabinovich](/source/Ilya_Rabinovich) won).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055km/ch_urs.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-10-25 |archive-date=2009-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019183859/http://geocities.com/al2055km/ch_urs.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He shared 2nd, behind [Nikolai Riumin](/source/Nikolai_Riumin), in [Moscow City Chess Championship](/source/Moscow_City_Chess_Championship) in 1933/34,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055km/ch_repub/1933/ch_mos33.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-10-25 |archive-date=2009-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021060028/http://geocities.com/al2055km/ch_repub/1933/ch_mos33.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
tied for 9-12th at Moscow 1936 (the 4th Trade Unions ch, [Georgy Lisitsin](/source/Georgy_Lisitsin) and [Vitaly Chekhover](/source/Vitaly_Chekhover) won),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055km/nat_tour/1936/ch_tra36.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-10-25 |archive-date=2009-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021060044/http://geocities.com/al2055km/nat_tour/1936/ch_tra36.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and won ahead of [Vladimirs Petrovs](/source/Vladimirs_Petrovs) in Moscow City-ch in 1941/42.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1941/ch_moa41.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027143152/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1941/ch_moa41.html|archive-date=2009-10-27|title=Yahoo &#124; Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos}}</ref> He was married to [Olga Rubtsova](/source/Olga_Rubtsova) who later became Women's Chess World Champion.

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== External links ==
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