Mikhail Steinberg
Number of games in database: 28
Years covered: 1962 to 1975
Overall record: +10 -8 =10 (53.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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B25		Sicilian, Closed (3 games)
C02		French, Advance (3 games)
C80		Ruy Lopez, Open (2 games)
B06		Robatsch (2 games)

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MIKHAIL STEINBERG (born Jan-15-1952, died 1976) [what is this?] Mikhail Steinberg was born in 1952 in the USSR. In 1966 he shared 1st place with Anatoli Karpov in the USSR Schoolboy's Championship. A few months later in the USSR Semi-final at Oryol he obtained a masters norm. Following this at the end of 1966 at an international tournament at Groningen in the Netherlands he won the European Junior Cup. Sadly after getting a mathematics degree at Kharkov University he became seriously ill and passed away in Kharkov at the young age of twenty-four.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Skaleto vs M Steinberg   0-1 23 1962 3rd Grade Tt B56 Sicilian 2. M Steinberg vs Timman   ½-½ 51 1966 Groningen Ech-jr fin D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 3. Gligoric vs M Steinberg   ½-½ 31 1966 EU-ch U20 clock sim1 C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 4. Romanishin vs M Steinberg 0-1 21 1966 Ukraine C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 5. Timman vs M Steinberg   ½-½ 12 1966 Groningen Ech-jr pre D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. M Steinberg vs Timman 1-0 34 1966 Groningen Ech-jr pre C02 French, Advance 7. A J Whiteley vs M Steinberg   0-1 24 1966 EU-ch U20 fin-A D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. G Timoshchenko vs M Steinberg   0-1 45 1966 URS-chT C07 French, Tarrasch 9. M Steinberg vs G Kuzmin   ½-½ 39 1967 URS-ch35 C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 10. I Zaitsev vs M Steinberg   ½-½ 38 1967 URS-ch35 C02 French, Advance 11. Antoshin vs M Steinberg   1-0 40 1967 URS-ch35 A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 12. O I Donchenko vs M Steinberg   0-1 96 1967 URS-ch35 E41 Nimzo-Indian 13. M Steinberg vs Sveshnikov   1-0 48 1967 URS-ch35 B30 Sicilian 14. M Steinberg vs Y Shilov   0-1 68 1967 URS-ch35 C02 French, Advance 15. M Steinberg vs A Shamis   1-0 41 1967 URS-ch35 B53 Sicilian 16. M Steinberg vs Romanishin   ½-½ 14 1968 Riga D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 17. Karpov vs M Steinberg 0-1 46 1969 10, Leningrad jr B25 Sicilian, Closed 18. Karpov vs M Steinberg 1-0 43 1969 Leningrad B25 Sicilian, Closed 19. M Steinberg vs Karpov 0-1 41 1969 08, Leningrad jr A13 English 20. Karpov vs M Steinberg   1-0 57 1969 06, Leningrad jr C77 Ruy Lopez 21. Karpov vs M Steinberg 1-0 43 1969 02, Leningrad jr B25 Sicilian, Closed 22. M Steinberg vs Karpov   ½-½ 24 1969 12, Leningrad jr C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 23. M Steinberg vs Karpov   ½-½ 54 1969 Leningrad E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 24. Tseshkovsky vs M Steinberg   ½-½ 53 1971 URS-ch sf B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 25. Razuvaev vs M Steinberg   1-0 40 1971 URS-ch sf D85 Grunfeld  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28

Feb-19-05    Benzol: Mikhail Steinberg died at a very young age, does anybody have any information on him? Thanks in advance. Aug-25-05    who: He plays the Ruy Lopez open and takes both the e and d pawns. In the two games he does he comes out unscathed (one is even against Gligoric - albeit a simul). Aug-30-05    perfidious: <Benzol> I've wondered about Steinberg too; some years ago, I read a snippet about him, but don't recall anything more. Sep-04-06    Domdaniel: Botvinnik in 1968 singled out Steinberg and Karpov as the most promising young players. The full quote is on the Karpov page. Nov-09-06    Benzol: Looks like M Shteinberg could be the same player.

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