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Semen Yakovlevich Gershman
Number of games in database: 17
Years covered: 1963 to 1999
Overall record: +5 -6 =6 (47.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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SEMEN YAKOVLEVICH GERSHMAN (died 2005) Ukraine [what is this?] Gershman was born in 1933 or 1934 and named a Soviet Master of Sport in 1961.

page 1 of 1; 17 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Zamikhovsky vs S Gershman   0-1 43 1963 Kiev-ch A56 Benoni Defense 2. S Gershman vs A Bannik   ½-½ 20 1964 UKR-ch D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 3. J Yuchtman vs S Gershman   1-0 27 1964 UKR-ch A07 King's Indian Attack 4. Lutikov vs S Gershman   1-0 39 1967 Kishinev B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 5. G A Timoshenko vs S Gershman   1-0 41 1986 Kiev-ch B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 6. V Malakhatko vs S Gershman   0-1 68 1998 Kiev-ch D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 7. A Ianovsky vs S Gershman   1-0 47 1999 Ch Kiev, Kiev (Ukraine) A28 English 8. S Priemov vs S Gershman   0-1 61 1999 Ch Kiev, Kiev (Ukraine) B58 Sicilian 9. S Gershman vs D Kamenetz   1-0 41 1999 Ch Kiev, Kiev (Ukraine) B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 10. V Babionyshev vs S Gershman   1-0 28 1999 Ch Kiev, Kiev (Ukraine) A03 Bird's Opening 11. V Malakhatko vs S Gershman   1-0 35 1999 Ch Kiev, Kiev (Ukraine) B06 Robatsch 12. S Gershman vs A Malienko   ½-½ 15 1999 Ch Kiev, Kiev (Ukraine) C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 13. S Gershman vs E Khaskelman   1-0 53 1999 Ch Kiev, Kiev (Ukraine) A00 Uncommon Opening 14. O Zigura vs S Gershman   ½-½ 38 1999 Ch Kiev, Kiev (Ukraine) D02 Queen's Pawn Game 15. A Evchenko vs S Gershman   ½-½ 17 1999 Ch Kiev, Kiev (Ukraine) A14 English 16. S Gershman vs A Oglobilia   ½-½ 34 1999 Ch Kiev, Kiev (Ukraine) B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 17. S Gershman vs I Vinitsky   ½-½ 42 1999 Ch Kiev, Kiev (Ukraine) B07 Pirc  page 1 of 1; 17 games

Jul-03-16    alexmagnus: Soviet Master of Sports with such a scarce bio? Hm. Russian Wikipedia has not much more information though. Born in 1934, died in 2005, got the Soviet Master of Sports title in 1961. Thermal engineer. Played for Spartak Kiev. Will search other sites in hope to find more.

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