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Georgy Lisitsin
Lisitsin 
 

Number of games in database: 475
Years covered: 1928 to 1971
Overall record: +145 -137 =193 (50.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Reti System (49) 
    A04 A06 A05
 English (41) 
    A15 A13 A12 A14
 King's Indian (24) 
    E67 E64 E94 E90 E92
 Grunfeld (11) 
    D79 D94 D85 D87 D93
 King's Indian Attack (10) 
    A07 A08
 Orthodox Defense (9) 
    D50 D69 D52 D60 D59
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (55) 
    B76 B75 B70 B73 B72
 Nimzo Indian (53) 
    E32 E34 E26 E21 E33
 Sicilian Dragon (39) 
    B76 B70 B75 B72 B73
 English (17) 
    A15 A13 A10 A17 A14
 Queen's Indian (17) 
    E19 E15 E13 E14 E17
 Queen's Pawn Game (15) 
    A46 D05 E00 A40 D01
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Lisitsin vs Ragozin, 1934 1-0
   Lisitsin vs V Goglidze, 1933 1-0
   Lisitsin vs N Krogius, 1949 1-0
   Lisitsin vs Bronstein, 1944 1/2-1/2
   Lisitsin vs Tal, 1954 1-0
   Smyslov vs Lisitsin, 1942 0-1
   V Goglidze vs Lisitsin, 1935 1/2-1/2
   Averbakh vs Lisitsin, 1948 0-1
   Lisitsin vs Korchnoi, 1956 1/2-1/2
   I Kan vs Lisitsin, 1955 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   URS-ch sf Leningrad (1947)
   URS-ch sf Leningrad (1955)
   USSR Championship (1933)
   URS-ch sf Leningrad (1954)
   USSR Championship (1954)
   USSR Championship 1934/35 (1934)
   USSR Championship (1937)
   Moscow Championship (1942)
   Trade Unions Championship (1938)
   USSR Championship (1948)
   USSR Championship (1931)
   URS-ch sf Leningrad (1949)
   USSR Championship (1940)
   USSR Championship (1944)
   Moscow (1935)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 114 by 0ZeR0
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 118 by 0ZeR0


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GEORGY LISITSIN
(born Oct-11-1909, died Mar-20-1972, 62 years old) Russia
PRONUNCIATION:
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Georgy Mikhailovich Lisitsin was born in St Petersburg, Russia. He was Leningrad Champion in 1933-34 (jointly), 1939 and 1947 (jointly) and was awarded the IM title at its inception in 1950. Lisitsin passed away in Leningrad.

The Lisitsin Gambit (1.♘f3 f5 2.e4) is named after him. A similar line starting 1.♘f3 f5 2.d3 is sometimes called the Neo-Lisitsin.

Wikipedia article: Georgy Lisitsin

Last updated: 2025-05-10 15:15:29

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 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 475  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Lisitsin vs P Ostrovsky  0-1231928Sovtorgsluzhashchie Championship 1928/29A38 English, Symmetrical
2. Lisitsin vs G Stepanov (Schneideman)  1-0351929Soviet Physical Culture (team)A04 Reti Opening
3. Botvinnik vs Lisitsin 1-0311931Leningrad Championship 1930/31A53 Old Indian
4. Lisitsin vs N Shumilin  1-0531931URS-ch sfA12 English with b3
5. Lisitsin vs V Yuriev  1-0541931URS-ch sfD85 Grunfeld
6. Lisitsin vs N Riumin 0-1461931USSR ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
7. V Kirillov vs Lisitsin  1-0321931USSR ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
8. Lisitsin vs V Rauzer  ½-½391931USSR ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
9. Lisitsin vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky ½-½341931USSR ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
10. N Sorokin vs Lisitsin  1-0551931USSR ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
11. Lisitsin vs G Kasparian 0-1281931USSR ChampionshipA15 English
12. V Goglidze vs Lisitsin  0-1421931USSR ChampionshipD05 Queen's Pawn Game
13. Lisitsin vs A Budo  ½-½541931USSR ChampionshipA12 English with b3
14. I Mazel vs Lisitsin  ½-½271931USSR ChampionshipA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
15. Lisitsin vs V Sozin 1-0331931USSR ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
16. Alatortsev vs Lisitsin 0-1311931USSR ChampionshipE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
17. Lisitsin vs B Verlinsky 1-0351931USSR ChampionshipA13 English
18. I Kan vs Lisitsin 0-11001931USSR ChampionshipB58 Sicilian
19. Lisitsin vs A Zamikhovsky 0-1301931USSR ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
20. F Bohatirchuk vs Lisitsin  ½-½481931USSR ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
21. Lisitsin vs M Yudovich Sr  ½-½771931USSR ChampionshipA15 English
22. Botvinnik vs Lisitsin ½-½311931USSR ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. Alatortsev vs Lisitsin 1-0721932Leningrad ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
24. Lisitsin vs V Chekhover 0-1671932Leningrad ChampionshipE91 King's Indian
25. A Budo vs Lisitsin  ½-½501932Leningrad ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-16-06  FICSwoodpusher: Is 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 ... the lisitsin gambit?
Jul-16-06  Resignation Trap: <FICSwoodpusher> Yes, but it is often hyphenated with the name of Vasja Pirc .
Jan-04-07  FICSwoodpusher: Another victim of the Lisitsin gambit:

[Event "rated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2007.01.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "lrzal"]
[Black "Gnasher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[ECO "A04"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 e6 6. Nxh7 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Bg6# Gnasher checkmated 1-0

Oct-11-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Lisitsin also finished =1st with Vitaly Chekhover in the 1936 Trades Unions championship tournament in Moscow. He also played in 10 USSR Championship tournaments between 1931 and 1956, finishing =3rd in 1933 and =4th in 1954.

Source: David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld, "Oxford Companion to Chess", 2nd edition, OUP, 1992

During the 1954 championship, Lisitsin received a warning from the arbiters due to his constant adjusting of his pieces, which disurbed his opponent's concentration.

Source: Bernard Cafferty and Mark Taimanov, "The Soviet Championship", Cadogan Books, 1998

Oct-11-08  whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy...

photo Leningrad 1934: http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/histori...

Feb-19-09  whiteshark: <…the wise learn by Georgy Lisitsin >

--Proverbs 21:11

Feb-19-09  laskereshevsky: <Weißer Hai>

Nice Photo, but there is a mistake...

The two players sitting on the board are not Kmoch and Euwe, but instead Nimzowitsch and Systemsson, during a chess lesson with the theme "how to properly play the opening" to a group of Sovietic chess masters....

Notice the adouring faces of the Bolscevics until the two master are through the lesson by showing theyre famous game

Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927

..........:)

Feb-19-09  whiteshark: Right, <laskereshevsky>!! You have hawkeyes and a *stinging tongue*. :D:D
Oct-11-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: <GrahamClyton: He also played in 10 USSR Championship tournaments between 1931 and 1956, finishing =3rd in 1933 and =4th in 1954.>

I believe Hooper and Whyld have miscounted. Lisitsin seems to have played in 11 USSR Championships:

1. 1931 (10-12)
2. 1933 (3-5)
3. 1934/5 (5-8)
4. 1937 (5-7)
5. 1939 (7)
6. 1940 (11-12)
7. 1944 (11-14)
8. 1948 (6-9)
9. 1954 (4-5)
10 1955 (15-16)
11 1956 (18)

This is taken from crosstables in the Cafferty/Taimnov book., and can be verified by looking at the collections of USSR Championships (see Game Collection: USSR Championship Tournament Index for a quick list).

Apr-19-10  Roemer: Is this the same Lisitsin who wrote a book Bobby Fischer had to read before the match with Spassky? How does that book compare to A. Suetin's "Lehrbuch fur Fortgeschrittene"?
Sep-28-13  Karpova: <GrahamClayton: Lisitsin also finished =1st with Vitaly Chekhover in the 1936 Trades Unions championship tournament in Moscow.>

The 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' of May 1936 reports on p. 141 that they played a match in Moscow afterwards. It ended drawn +1 -1 =10.

Oct-05-17  Whitehat1963: Illicit sin. Great name.
Mar-17-18  whiteshark: Some fine read + compilation on this master: https://www.chess.com/blog/simaginf...

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