Solomon Konradovich Rosenthal (Rozental) (10 August 1890, Vilnius

Vilnius

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, Lithuania

Lithuania

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 – 18 November 1955, Minsk

Minsk

- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

, Belarusian SSR) was a Lithuanian–Belarusian chess

Chess

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 master.

In the beginning of his career, before World War I

World War I

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, he tied for 6-7th in the Hamburg 1910 chess tournament

Hamburg 1910 chess tournament

The Hamburg 1910 chess tournament was organized by Walter Robinow, the President of the Hamburg Chess Club .-Masters Tournament:Eighteen masters started but Franz Jakob withdrew after round 6....

 (the 17th DSB Congress

DSB Congress

The Deutschen Schachbund had been founded in Leipzig on 18 July 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Chairman and Hermann Zwanziger the General Secretary...

, Hauptturnier A, Gersz Rotlewi

Gersz Rotlewi

Gersz Rotlewi was a Polish chess master.-Biography:In 1906, Rotlewi tied for 5-6th in Lodz...

 won), took 5th at Karlsruhe 1911, took 3rd at Munich 1911 (Quadrangular, Simon Alapin won), tied for 4-5th at St. Petersburg 1911 (Stepan Levitsky

Stepan Levitsky

Stepan Levitsky was a Russian chess master and national chess champion....

 won), shared 2nd, behind Bernhard Gregory

Bernhard Gregory

Bernhard Gregory was an Estonian chess master.In 1902, he tied for 16-19th in Hannover . In 1903/04, he tied for 9-10th in Berlin...

, at Breslau 1912 (the 18th DSB Congress

DSB Congress

The Deutschen Schachbund had been founded in Leipzig on 18 July 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Chairman and Hermann Zwanziger the General Secretary...

, Hauptturnier A), took 2nd, behind Andreas Duhm

Andreas Duhm

Andreas Duhm was a German–Swiss chess master.Born in Göttingen, Germany, he was the younger brother of Hans Duhm and Dietrich Duhm. His father, Bernhard Duhm, was a professor for Protestant theology in Göttingen and Basel, Switzerland...

, at Heidelberg 1913, and took 7th at St. Petersburg 1913 (Alexander Evensohn

Alexander Evensohn

Alexandr Moyseyevich Evensohn was a Russian chess master.-Biography:In 1909, Evensohn took 7th at Kiev. The event was won by Nikolaev. In 1911, he took 3rd, behind Efim Bogoljubow and Izbinsky, at Kiev. In 1911, he took 4th at Kiev. The event was won by Fedor Bohatirchuk...

 won).

He was the first Belarusian Champion

Belarusian Chess Championship

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, winning in 1924 and 1925. He took 4th, behind Konstantin Vygodchikov

Konstantin Vygodchikov

Konstantin Vygodchikov was a Belarusian chess master.He won in the 3rd Belarusian Championship in 1926, and shared 1st with Abram Model and Vladislav Silich in the 4th BLR-ch in 1928....

, Abram Model

Abram Model

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 and Vladislav Silich, at Minsk 1928 (the 4th BLR-ch), shared 3rd at Moscow 1928 (Nikolai Grigoriev

Nikolai Grigoriev

Nikalai Dmitrievich Grigoriev was a Russian chess player and a composer of endgame studies. He was born on 14 August 1895 in Moscow, and he died there in 1938....

 won), and took 5th at Odessa 1929 (the 6th 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...

, quarter final).

Further reading

• Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  The Great Soviet Encyclopedia is one of the largest and most comprehensive encyclopedias in Russian and in the world, issued by the Soviet state from 1926 to 1990, and again since 2002 .-Editions:There were three editions...
  
  (English Edition), Vol. 9, p. 69