{{Short description|Belarusian-German chess grandmaster (born 1947)}} {{for|the mathematician/physicist |Michael Lvovitch Tsetlin}} {{Infobox chess player | country = Germany | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|6|16}} | birth_place = Babruysk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | title = Grandmaster (1987) | peakrating = 2510 (January 1978) }} '''Mikhail Semyonovich Tseitlin''' ({{langx|be|Міхаіл Сямёнавіч Цэйтлін}}; {{langx|de|Michael Zeitlein}}; born 16 June 1947, in Babruysk) is a Belarusian chess Grandmaster, now resident in Germany. Tseitlin was twice Moscow Champion in 1976 (jointly) and 1977. His best results in international tournaments are Pernik (1977 and 1981) - 1st and 1st - 4th place; Nałęczów (1979) - 1st-3rd; Łódź (1980) - 2nd-4th; Hradec-Kralove (1982/83) - 3rd-6th; Prague (1983 and 1985) - 1st place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chessdate.com/?cd=date&id=433 |title=This day M. Tseitlin was born |website=Chessdate.com |access-date=20 October 2007}}</ref>
Tseitlin was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1977 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1987. He received the International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster title in 1990.
== Books == * {{Cite book | surname1=Tseitlin | given1=Mikhail | title=Winning with the Schliemann | year=1991 | publisher=Maxwell Macmillan Chess | isbn=1-85744-017-X }} * {{cite book | last1=Tseitlin | first1=Mikhail | last2=Glaskov | first2=Igor | title=The Budapest for the Tournament Player | publisher=Batsford | year=1992 | isbn=978-0805024319 }} * {{cite book | last1=Tseitlin | first1=Mikhail | last2=Glaskov | first2=Igor | title=The Complete Vienna | publisher=Batsford | year=1995 | isbn=978-0713476064 }}
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==External links== * {{Chessgames player|42004|Mikhail S. Tseitlin}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726185934/http://www.newinchess.com/Mikhail_Tseitlin-sa-168.html |title=Mikhail Tseitlin articles at New In Chess |date=26 July 2008}} * {{FIDE|4655060|Michael Zeitlein}} * {{ICCF|140650|Mikhail Semenovich Tseitlin}}
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