Chess Master. Born in Russian Empire Latvia, he was one of the leading chess masters of all time and a very influential chess writer. He was the founder the Hypermodernism School of Chess in Denmark, which emerged which emerged after World War I to challenge the chess ideologies of traditional central European masters. He was the Russian Champion in 1913, won a string of international events in the mid-1920s, World Championship in 1925, took first place at Copenhagen 1923, Dresden 1926, Karlsbad 1929 and Frankfurt 1930. He died of pneumonia at age 48 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Chess Master. Born in Russian Empire Latvia, he was one of the leading chess masters of all time and a very influential chess writer. He was the founder the Hypermodernism School of Chess in Denmark, which emerged which emerged after World War I to challenge the chess ideologies of traditional central European masters. He was the Russian Champion in 1913, won a string of international events in the mid-1920s, World Championship in 1925, took first place at Copenhagen 1923, Dresden 1926, Karlsbad 1929 and Frankfurt 1930. He died of pneumonia at age 48 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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