Ilya Maizelis

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Ilya Lvovich Maizelis (Russian: Илья Львович Майзелис, born Uman, 28 December 1894, died Moscow 23 December 1978) was a Soviet chess player, author, and theoretician.

Maizelis was better known as a writer than as a player. He played in several Moscow city championships during the 1920s and 1930s, his best result being 4th place in 1932.^[1] Considered a "first category" player under the Soviet system,^[2] the next rank below Master, his equivalent Elo rating in modern terms was in the 2200s.^[3]

He was on the editorial board of 64 from 1925 to 1930, and was executive secretary of the English-language Soviet Chess Chronicle from 1943 to 1946. He was the author of a number of instructional works on chess and theoretical works on the endgame. He also translated a number of German language chess books into Russian, including Aron Nimzowitsch's My System and Emanuel Lasker's Manual of Chess.

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