Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky
Number of games in database: 169
Years covered: 1919 to 1938
Overall record: +49 -73 =47 (42.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Ruy Lopez (29)      C90 C68 C73 C77 C71  French Defense (19)      C11 C00 C01 C15 C08  Sicilian (17)      B50 B83 B84 B73 B23  Caro-Kann (13)      B10 B17 B18 B16 B19  French (8)      C11 C00  Ruy Lopez, Closed (8)      C90 C84	With the Black pieces:  Queen's Gambit Declined (9)      D31 D30  Dutch Defense (8)      A84 A98 A96 A97 A99  Sicilian (8)      B58 B21 B45 B88 B30  English (7)      A15 A13  Queen's Pawn Game (7)      D02 A40 D04 A46  Orthodox Defense (6)      D52 D67 D53 D51

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Capablanca vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1925 0-1
   Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs P Romanovsky, 1929 1-0
   Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik, 1938 1/2-1/2
   Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs A Y Model, 1932 1-0

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ALEXANDER ILYIN-ZHENEVSKY (born Nov-28-1894, died Sep-03-1941) Russia [what is this?] Alexander Fyodorovich Ilyin-Zhenevsky was born in St Petersburg on the 28th of November 1894 and was one of the founding fathers of Soviet Chess. While still a schoolboy he was expelled from school in 1912 for pro-Bolshevik political activity and had to complete his studies abroad in Geneva. Suffering from shell-shock after the First World War he had to learn how to play chess for the second time. He organised the first Soviet Championship, won by Alexander Alekhine in 1920 and later was instrumental in arranging the 1933 match between Mikhail Botvinnik and Salomon Flohr. As well as organisational and editorial work his over the board achievements included the winning of the Leningrad Championships of 1925 (jointly), 1926 and 1929 and the tournament defeat of Jose Raul Capablanca at Moscow in 1925. He died in a Nazi air raid on a barge on Lake Ladoga on the 3rd of September, 1941, during the siege of Leningrad.

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 169  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs P Romanovsky 0-1 41 1919 Moscow C67 Ruy Lopez 2. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Alekhine ½-½ 40 1920 URS-ch01 Moscow (07) C77 Ruy Lopez 3. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs A Kubbel   0-1 45 1920 URS-ch01 C60 Ruy Lopez 4. D Daniuszewski vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky 0-1 49 1920 URS-ch01 D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. N Pavlov Pianov vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky   ½-½ 46 1920 URS-ch01 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs A Rabinovich 0-1 29 1920 URS-ch01 C77 Ruy Lopez 7. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs I Rabinovich   0-1 53 1921 Petrograd C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. P Romanovsky vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1-0 35 1921 Petrograd C41 Philidor Defense 9. I Rabinovich vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky 0-1 23 1922 URS C41 Philidor Defense 10. F Bohatirchuk vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1-0 29 1923 URS-ch02 A52 Budapest Gambit 11. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs F Bohatirchuk 0-1 52 1924 URS-ch03 C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 12. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs A Rabinovich   0-1 40 1924 URS-ch03 C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 13. Levenfish vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky   1-0 33 1924 URS-ch03 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 14. S Von Freymann vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky   0-1 35 1924 URS-ch03 B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 15. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs V Sozin   ½-½ 45 1924 URS-ch03 C77 Ruy Lopez 16. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs A Sergeiev   1-0 20 1924 URS-ch03 C15 French, Winawer 17. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Nenarokov 1-0 35 1924 URS-ch03 C00 French Defense 18. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Bogoljubov   0-1 43 1924 Moscow ch-SU (08) B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 19. I Rabinovich vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky   1-0 37 1924 URS-ch03 B58 Sicilian 20. A Selezniev vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky   1-0 53 1924 URS-ch03 A55 Old Indian, Main line 21. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Rubinstein   ½-½ 40 1925 Moscow International Tournament C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Reti 0-1 23 1925 Moscow International Tournament B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 23. Marshall vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky   0-1 36 1925 Moscow D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs S Gotthilf   ½-½ 39 1925 Moscow International Tournament A15 English 25. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs S Gotthilf   1-0 36 1925 URS-ch04 B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 169    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Ilyin-Zhenevsky wins | Ilyin-Zhenevsky loses

Apr-12-04    Tigran Petrosian: This guy died on a barge in 1941 during the siege of Leningrad. Apr-12-04    BiLL RobeRTiE: Was he Cheka/KGB? Apr-12-04    acirce: Is he the Ilyin-Zhenevsky named in (for example) http://www.marxists.de/russrev/trud... and who wrote "The Bolsheviks in Power"? I'm interested in Soviet history, so would be nice to know. And well no, strictly the KGB didn't exist until after the death of Stalin, but I know what you mean Bill. May-04-04    barrister: Fortunately, Capablanca was able to even his score with this guy at the least. Nov-06-04    Calli: <acire> I think it is the same person. "Ilyin-Zhenevsky" is not his real name. He adopted a "nom de plume" to protect himself. This because his brother was Fyodor Raskolnikov who was involved in the uprising at Kronstadt. It makes sense that he wrote a book about the revolutionary activities. May-10-05    pazzed paun: being on a barge during an airraid is not a good idea! <see the movie "Enemy AT the Gates" to see what a German Stuka can do to people on a open river barge. May-10-05    Zymurgy: I saw Enemy at the Gates. When I read his bio I thought of that scene in Lenigrad. May-10-05    WTHarvey: Here are some diagrams of crucial positions in Alexander's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/ilji.html May-10-05    keypusher: Here is an interesting article about Old Bolshevik and chess master Ilyin-Zhenevsky from the e3 e5 site: http://www.e3e5.com/eng/petersburg/... May-10-05    Gypsy: <Iljin-Zenevskij (1894-1941) -- an official of Soviet State and Party, publicist; brother of F.F. Raskolnikov; ... a victim of repressions during the cult of personality era; poshumously rehabilitated.> from F.F. Raskolnikov, "An October Closeup." Nov-28-07    BIDMONFA: Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky ILYIN ZHENEVSKY, Alexander F. http://www.bidmonfa.com/ilyin_zhene... _ Nov-28-07    Alphastar: Rauzer vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1937 Is a very nice game of todays Player of the day. Jan-13-08    pawnofdoom: I guess it's pretty interesting that this guy got to learn to play chess twice in his life. And both times, he learned it really well and became a great player. Feb-20-08    brankat: An outstanding personality. A talented player, too.

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