Josefa Gurfinkel
| Josefa Gurfinkel | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Josefa Alexandrovna Gurfinkel |
| Country |  Woman International Master (1954) |
Josefa Alexandrovna Gurfinkel (Юзефа Александровна Гурфинкель; 2 May 1919 – 9 April 1997) was a Jewish Russian-born
Biography
Her first trainer was
Women's Soviet Chess Championship nine times (1947–1968). Her best result was 2nd place in 1954 (tournament won Larissa Volpert). In 1955, Gurfinkel participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament in Moscow and shared 15th-16th place with Krystyna Hołuj.[3]
In 1941 she graduated from Rostov State University Faculty of Philology. She worked as a trainer in the Rostov city chess club, the House of Scientists and in the Palace of Pioneers. Chairman of the Women's Committee of Rostov Oblast Chess Section. In 1963, together with her husband, chess master Alexander Konstantinov (1909–1998),[4] she moved to Volgograd and continued to work as a chess trainer. Her daughter Tatyana Moiseeva (born 1951) is chess master.
Gurfinkel was awarded the Soviet Master of Sports title in 1950. In 1954 she awarded the FIDE
Woman International Master
(WIM) title.
Literature
- Игорь Бердичевский. Шахматная еврейская энциклопедия. Москва: Русский шахматный дом, 2016 (Igor Berdichevsky. The Chess Jewish Encyclopedia. Moscow: Russian Chess House, 2016, p. 84) ISBN 978-5-94693-503-6
References
- ^ a b (Spektrowski), Alexey Spectre (15 June 2017). "Pioneers of Soviet women's chess". Chess.com.
Yuzefa Alexandrovna Gurfinkel
- ^ a b Bartelski, Wojciech. "Soviet Team Chess Championship :: Iosifa Gurfinkel". OlimpBase.org.
- ^ "1955 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". Mark-Weeks.com.
- ^ "The chess games of Alexander Ivanovich Konstantinov". Chessgames.com.
External links
- Josefa Gurfinkel chess games at 365Chess.com