Mark Stolberg
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Mark Moiseevich Stolberg (born 1922, Rostov-on-Don
- died 1943, Novorossiysk
) was a Russian chess
master.
Stolberg won the Rostov-on-Don City championship in 1938. The next year he took 2nd in a Soviet master candidates tournament. In 1940, he shared 1st with Eduard Gerstenfeld in Kiev (the 12th USSR-ch semi-final),
and tied for 13-16th in Moscow (the 12th USSR Chess Championship
won jointly by Andor Lilienthal
and Igor Bondarevsky
). In June 1941, he was in 4th place in Rostov-on-Don (the 13th USSR-ch semi-final), when the German attack
on the Soviet Union interrupted the event.
He entered the Soviet Army at the end of 1940, and died in combat against German troops in the battle of Malaya Zemlya
(lit. "Minor Land"), a part of Novorossiysk
on Russia's Black Sea coast, in 1943.
Rostov-on-Don
-History:The mouth of the Don River has been of great commercial and cultural importance since the ancient times. It was the site of the Greek colony Tanais, of the Genoese fort Tana, and of the Turkish fortress Azak...
- died 1943, Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is the country's main port on the Black Sea and the leading Russian port for importing grain. It is one of the few cities honored with the title of the Hero City. Population: -History:...
) was a Russian chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
master.
Stolberg won the Rostov-on-Don City championship in 1938. The next year he took 2nd in a Soviet master candidates tournament. In 1940, he shared 1st with Eduard Gerstenfeld in Kiev (the 12th USSR-ch semi-final),
and tied for 13-16th in Moscow (the 12th USSR Chess Championship
USSR Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. It was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners...
won jointly by Andor Lilienthal
Andor Lilienthal
Andor Arnoldovich Lilienthal was a Hungarian and Soviet chess Grandmaster. In his long career, he played against ten male and female world champions, beating Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, and Vera Menchik...
and Igor Bondarevsky
Igor Bondarevsky
Igor Zakharovich Bondarevsky was a Soviet Russian chess Grandmaster in both over-the-board and correspondence chess, an International Arbiter, trainer, and chess author...
). In June 1941, he was in 4th place in Rostov-on-Don (the 13th USSR-ch semi-final), when the German attack
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...
on the Soviet Union interrupted the event.
He entered the Soviet Army at the end of 1940, and died in combat against German troops in the battle of Malaya Zemlya
Malaya Zemlya
Malaya Zemlya was a Soviet uphill outpost on Cape Myskhako that was recaptured after fierce, bloody battles with the Germans during the Battle of Caucasus, on the night of 4 February 1943...
(lit. "Minor Land"), a part of Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is the country's main port on the Black Sea and the leading Russian port for importing grain. It is one of the few cities honored with the title of the Hero City. Population: -History:...
on Russia's Black Sea coast, in 1943.