Samuil Markovich Zhukhovitsky (1916-2016)

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Matt Mackenzie
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Samuil Markovich Zhukhovitsky (1916-2016)

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sun Oct 30, 2016 12:46 pm

The passing has been announced of this Soviet/Russian IM, one of several players of that era who would surely have been a GM in modern times.

Perhaps most notable, though, was his longevity - had he just lived until December he would have celebrated his 100th birthday.

Which is, I think, still to happen with a FIDE titled chess player? After him, I think the nearest misses were Lilienthal and Paoli.
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Re: Samuil Markovich Zhukhovitsky (1916-2016)

Post by Paul Cooksey » Sun Oct 30, 2016 1:36 pm

George Koltanowski made it to 96, if I can trust wikipedia.

I wish Yuri Averbakh (94) many happy returns, and good luck in becoming the first centenarian GM.

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Re: Samuil Markovich Zhukhovitsky (1916-2016)

Post by John Moore » Sun Oct 30, 2016 1:41 pm

Looks like he played in the 8th Ukrainian Championship in Kiev in 1936 so having speculated a while ago that there were no players still alive who had played at a serious level prior to the 2nd World War, Mr Zhukhovitsky proved me wrong.