Nukhim Rashkovsky

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Nukhim Rashkovsky
Full nameNukhim Nikolayevich Rashkovsky
Country 
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died14 March 2023(2023-03-14) (aged 76)
TitleGrandmaster (1981)
Peak rating2560 (July 1995)

Nukhim (Naum) Nikolayevich Rashkovsky (Russian: Нухим (Наум) Николаевич Рашковский; 18 April 1946 – 14 March 2023) was a chess Grandmaster and coach from Russia.

Life

His first meaningful chess moves were played at the Sverdlovsk Palace of Pioneers, one of many training schools for talented young players in Soviet Russia.

Rashkovsky was a regular patron of the long-running

RSFSR), he was twice a winner, at Tula 1974 and at Novosibirsk
1976.

In 1974, Rashkovsky took part in the team championship of the Spartak Sports Society and along with Albert Kapengut, recorded the tournament's top individual performance, with a score of 5½/7. Curiously, the full results were censored by the authorities and remained so for many years, because both players had finished ahead of Tigran Petrosian and it was not thought to be in the national interest to disclose even this relatively minor failing of the ex-World Champion.[2]

Progressing through the ranks, Rashkovsky was awarded the

Vrnjacka Banja 1987 and another runner-up finish at Stockholm (The Rilton Cup) in 1988. His best performance occurred at the 1982 Moscow Championship, where he shared victory with David Bronstein. He was also crowned European Senior Champion in 2007, at Hockenheim, finishing level on points with Algimantas Butnorius but winning on tie-break (ahead of Mark Tseitlin and Wolfgang Uhlmann, among others).[3]

Although less active internationally, he continued to participate in domestic competition and was player-coach for the highly successful Ural club (of Yekaterinburg) in the top Russian league and European Club Cup.

Rashkovsky was a coach and trainer at the uppermost levels of his chosen sport.

Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World challenge matches.[5]

In 2008, Rashkovsky was appointed Director of the Urals Chess Academy. Having started his playing career in a similar facility, he aimed to recreate the same opportunities for talented children of the present day. The Academy is not solely for chess, but will cover a range of intellectual sports development needs.[6]

Rashkovsky died on 14 March 2023, at the age of 76.[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ISBN 1-85744-201-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  2. ^ Chesscafe Archive
  3. ^ Schach.com report
  4. ^ "e3e5 article". Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
  5. ^ "Alfabank match report". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
  6. ^ FIDE news article
  7. ^ Koval, Anton (14 March 2023). "Бывший главный тренер сборных РФ по шахматам Рашковский умер на 77-м году жизни" (in Russian). Retrieved 15 March 2023.

References

External links
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