Stefan Levitsky
Number of games in database: 63
Years covered: 1896 to 1914
Overall record: +20 -31 =11 (41.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Giuoco Piano (5)      C50  Sicilian (4)      B23 B22 B44	With the Black pieces:  Vienna Opening (5)      C25 C29 C27 C26  Queen's Pawn Game (4)      D02 D04 D00

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   S Levitsky vs Alekhine, 1913 1-0
   Alekhine vs S Levitsky, 1913 0-1
   S Levitsky vs Alekhine, 1913 1-0
   S Levitsky vs Rubinstein, 1912 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Vilnius All-Russian Masters (1912)
   18th DSB Kongress (1912)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Vilnius 1912 (All-Russian Masters) by Phony Benoni

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STEFAN LEVITSKY (born Apr-25-1876, died Mar-21-1924) Russia [what is this?] Stepan Mikhailovich Levitsky was born on the 25th of April 1876 in Serpukhov, Russia. A contemporary of Mikhail Chigorin, he was Russian champion in 1911. He passed away in Glubokaya in 1924. Wikipedia article: Stepan Levitsky

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 63  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Lasker vs S Levitsky   1-0 48 1896 Moscow sim C67 Ruy Lopez 2. Steinitz vs S Levitsky   0-1 28 1896 Moscow sim2 D00 Queen's Pawn Game 3. S Levitsky vs Steinitz   0-1 21 1896 Moscow exh C46 Three Knights 4. S Levitsky vs Chigorin 0-1 42 1899 Moscow C66 Ruy Lopez 5. Chigorin vs S Levitsky 0-1 19 1899 Moscow cg C29 Vienna Gambit 6. S Levitsky vs B Yankovich   0-1 43 1899 Moscow C29 Vienna Gambit 7. S Levitsky vs Schiffers   ½-½ 26 1899 Moscow C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. Znosko-Borovsky vs S Levitsky 1-0 24 1903 Kiev All-Russian ch B01 Scandinavian 9. S Levitsky vs P P Benko   0-1 39 1903 RUS-ch03 B44 Sicilian 10. Rubinstein vs S Levitsky   ½-½ 38 1903 Third All-Russian Championship D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit 11. S Levitsky vs Dus Chotimirsky   1-0 32 1903 RUS-ch03 B23 Sicilian, Closed 12. S Levitsky vs Schiffers   1-0 53 1903 RUS-ch03 C70 Ruy Lopez 13. M Lowcki vs S Levitsky   ½-½ 50 1903 RUS-ch03 D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. S Izbinsky vs S Levitsky   1-0 63 1903 RUS-ch03 C41 Philidor Defense 15. S Levitsky vs Salwe   1-0 45 1903 RUS-ch03 C30 King's Gambit Declined 16. S Levitsky vs B Nikolaev   1-0 31 1903 RUS-ch03 C28 Vienna Game 17. Dus Chotimirsky vs S Levitsky   1-0 26 1905 St Petersburg D04 Queen's Pawn Game 18. S Levitsky vs P A Evtifeev 1-0 32 1905 St Petersburg B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 19. S Levitsky vs E Talvik   0-1 37 1905 St Petersburg C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 20. S Levitsky vs S Izbinsky   1-0 34 1905 St Petersburg B12 Caro-Kann Defense 21. S Levitsky vs G Helbach   1-0 26 1905 St Petersburg B22 Sicilian, Alapin 22. B Maliutin vs S Levitsky   1-0 22 1905 St Petersburg C33 King's Gambit Accepted 23. Salwe vs S Levitsky   ½-½ 70 1905 St Petersburg A84 Dutch 24. S Levitsky vs Znosko-Borovsky   0-1 25 1905 St Petersburg it C10 French 25. S Levitsky vs Chigorin   0-1 54 1906 Petersburg A25 English  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 63

Jul-04-05    Hidden Skillz: i guess not too bad result in the match against young alekhine.. Nov-04-05    rexeterna: Is this the same guy who created the Levitsky Attack (Opening of The Day Today)? Aug-17-07    vonKrolock: He scored +3=0-7 in his St. Petersburg 1913 match against A A Alekhine. One of the games deeply analised and a Levitsky photo in this article by Voronkov here on-line (in Russian) on Alekhine's youth http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2007... Dec-22-08    sfm: What a star parade of opponents! Scoring 35% is world-class. Jan-29-09    Phony Benoni: I fear Levitsky is doomed to negative immortality, forever watching gold pieces shower down on the final position of S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912. Besides the Russian Championship victory in 1911 (16.5/21 against a relatively weak field), his best results were probably 3rd places in the championships of 1899 (behind Chigorin and Schiffers) and 1912 ( behind Rubinstein and Bernstein, but ahead of Nimzowitsch and Alekhine, defeating the latter twice). Apr-25-09    WhiteRook48: it seems he's only known as a victim of the ...Qg3!!! against Marshall Mar-29-11    technical draw: <Nov-04-05<rexeterna: Is this the same guy who created the Levitsky Attack (Opening of The Day Today)?>> Let me answer you 5 1/2 years later: Yes. Apr-25-12    Llawdogg: Hey, the guy took part in one of the greatest games of chess ever played. Apr-25-12    LoveThatJoker: Master Levitsky played against some serious heavyweights - as evinced by the games in this database. The games that comprise the match between Alekhine and himself are very instructive. You are remembered today, Master Levitsky! LTJ Apr-25-12    mike1: There are certainly a lot of his games missing/lost. Guess that his percentage would be much higher than 40 with these included. Apr-25-12    LoveThatJoker: <mike1> Yeah, man. I wonder if a database like say Mega Database 2012 has more games of his...probably. It would be good to get them on here for sure! LTJ Aug-14-12    Karpova: In 1900, Levitsky beat Kulomsin by the score of 5.5-3.5 in a match in Moscow. Source: Page 44 of the 1900 'Wiener Schachzeitung' Aug-25-12    Karpova: A picture of Levitsky during St. Petersburg 1911: http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a... Left to Right: Levitsky, Sossnitzky, P. P. Saburov, Flamberg

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