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Nikolai Ivanovich Kosolapov
(8.6.1880 - ??.1941)
More of his vita including a photograph can be found in an exciting small article packed with information:
'New finds on the history of chess in Chuvashia'
'.. Kazan chess player of the 1st category, participant in the All-Russian tournament in 1911, champion of Kazan 1924, champion of the Volga region in 1925 and 1926, instructor of the republican sports committee in chess 1930-1941. ..'
https://cheboksari.bezformata.com/l...
from BezFormata (regional news) website by Yuri Ievlev, 2022
(in Russian)
Trivia excerpt:
'In the magazine 'Chess Bulletin' for 1913, it is indicated that A. Alekhin also played [St. Petersburg - Kazan, telegraph match 1912, scores not in the DB are given] for St. Petersburg.'
Place of birth
Chetai, Chuvash Republic, Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasn...
Unrelated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8e...