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Mikhail Shabelsky

Number of games in database: 5
Years covered: 1882 to 1896
Overall record: +2 -1 =2 (60.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.


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MIKHAIL SHABELSKY
(born Oct-17-1848, died Jun-30-1909, 60 years old) Russia

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Mikhail Alexandrovich Shabelsky was the winner of the first all-Russian tournament by correspondence (1882-1885).

Last updated: 2021-10-17 14:04:07

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Shabelsky vs P Vinogradov 1-04618821st Russian corr tournament 1882-83C37 King's Gambit Accepted
2. Chigorin vs M Shabelsky 1-0421884corrC52 Evans Gambit
3. M Shabelsky vs Chigorin ½-½271885corr RUSC25 Vienna
4. B Yankovich vs M Shabelsky  ½-½301886corrC51 Evans Gambit
5. Steinitz vs M Shabelsky  0-1221896Moscow sim double blindfoldC28 Vienna Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-28-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Mikhail Shabelsky was a doctor by profession, working in a military hospital in Kharkov between 1875 and 1882, and then from 1882 to 1889 in Kiev. Shabelsky moved to St Petersburg in 1899, he served in the Finance Ministry of the government until 1901, when he became an assay-master (person who tests gold, silver coin or bullion). He retired in 1907 and died at Yalta in 1909.

Shabelsky was the winner of the first major correspondence tournament in Russia, which was organised by the Moscow publication "Shakhmatny Zhurnal", and held in 1882 and 1883. He could be considered the first "unofficial" Russian correspondence chess champion.

Grodzensky, Sergei & Harding, Tim, "Red Letters - The Correspondence Chess Championships of the Soviet Union", Chess Mail Publishing, Dublin, 2003, p. 10

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