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Eugene Martinovsky

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EUGENE MARTINOVSKY (born Oct-03-1931, died Feb-22-2000, 68 years old) Yugoslavia (federation/nationality United States of America) [what is this?] Dr. Eugene Simeon Martinovsky was born in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now Macedonia). He was twice the Champion of Macedonia, and twice Champion of Skopje, its capital. He graduated from medical school in 1957. In 1960 he immigrated to England, and in 1962 to the United States, where he became a physician and psychiatrist. He played little chess between 1958 and 1965. Returning to chess in 1965, he became one of the leading players in Chicago. He co-won the Illinois championship in 1975 (with Edward Formanek) and won it outright in 1983. He lived in the Detroit area between 1968 and 1972, twice winning the Michigan championship. He also won the U.S. Senior Championship twice. He was awarded the title of FIDE Master. Martinovsky was even more successful in correspondence chess. He won the 2nd Correspondence Chess League of America (CCLA) Championship (1976-78) and was the co-winner (with Marc Lonoff) of the 8th CCLA Championship (1990-93). He played in four World Correspondence Chess Championship semifinals, scoring about 50%. The Karklins-Martinovsky Variation of Petroff's Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nd3 Nxe4 5.Qe2) is named for him and FM Andrew Karklins. http://correspondencechess.com/marc... Last updated: 2023-12-28 01:08:26

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page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 609  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Martinovsky vs S Puc   0-1 25 1954 Yugoslav Semifinal South A43 Old Benoni 2. E Martinovsky vs R Maric   0-1 28 1955 Yugoslav Semifinal West C15 French, Winawer 3. B Tot vs E Martinovsky   1-0 26 1955 Yugoslav Semifinal West E17 Queen's Indian 4. Z Gabrovsek vs E Martinovsky   1-0 39 1955 Yugoslav Semifinal West A04 Reti Opening 5. M Damjanovic vs E Martinovsky   1-0 38 1957 Yugoslav Semifinal Center B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 6. J Tomsic vs E Martinovsky 1-0 57 1957 Yugoslav Semifinal Center B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. E Martinovsky vs R Krstic   1-0 15 1957 Yugoslav Semifinal Center D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 8. Alnis Mengelis vs E Martinovsky   0-1 37 1965 Illinois op A48 King's Indian 9. E Martinovsky vs T Pehnec   1-0 39 1965 Illinois op A56 Benoni Defense 10. J Lynch vs E Martinovsky   0-1 29 1967 68th US Open A16 English 11. E Martinovsky vs P G Grey   1-0 37 1967 68th US Open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. A Saidy vs E Martinovsky   1-0 41 1967 68th US Open E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation 13. E Martinovsky vs E Nash   1-0 37 1967 68th US Open A46 Queen's Pawn Game 14. R Brieger vs E Martinovsky   0-1 50 1967 68th US Open B06 Robatsch 15. E Martinovsky vs Rossolimo   ½-½ 51 1967 68th US Open D02 Queen's Pawn Game 16. A Karklins vs E Martinovsky   ½-½ 46 1967 68th US Open C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 17. E Martinovsky vs W A Scott   1-0 48 1967 68th US Open A30 English, Symmetrical 18. R Byrne vs E Martinovsky   1-0 43 1968 USA C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 19. E Martinovsky vs C Bassin   1-0 43 1969 70th US Open E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 20. P Rhee vs E Martinovsky   0-1 31 1969 70th US Open B89 Sicilian 21. Denker vs E Martinovsky   ½-½ 74 1969 70th US Open D05 Queen's Pawn Game 22. E Martinovsky vs R Byrne   ½-½ 75 1969 70th US Open A36 English 23. A Mengarini vs E Martinovsky   0-1 39 1971 Lone Pine B10 Caro-Kann 24. E Martinovsky vs Gligoric   0-1 31 1971 Lone Pine E77 King's Indian 25. R Baker vs E Martinovsky   ½-½ 32 1972 USA-ch01 prel 13 corr C44 King's Pawn Game  page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 609

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Feb-16-09    Tabanus: Dr. Eugene S. Martinovsky (1931-2000). Biography: http://correspondencechess.com/marc... May-18-20    wordfunph: "It is much easier to play like Kasparov or Alekhine in correspondence chess. One has plenty of time, days and weeks; and one can move the pieces on the board, check and recheck... it was a great pleasure for me to calculate the lines over and over again." - Eugene Martinovsky Source: Chess Life 1998 June

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