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Myroslav (Miroslav) Turiansky (10 October 1912, Rudky, near Lviv - 28 December 1998, Radekhiv, near Lviv) was an Ukrainian chess master. Lviv ( Ukrainian: Львів, L’viv, Lwów Lemberg Львов L'vov; see also other names) is a major city in western


He won the championship of the Shakhovyi Konyk (Chess Knight) Club in Lviv in 1928, and tied for 1st-2nd with Stepan Popel in the Championship of Western Ukraine at Lviv 1943. Stepan (Stefan Stephan Stephen Popel (Popiel ( 15 August 1909 – 27 December 1987) was a multiple Chess champion of Lviv Paris

Joining the westward exodus in 1944, Turiansky wound up in Vienna, where in the years 1946-1947 he became one of the best players of the Austrian capital and champion of the Hietzing Chess Club there. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. [1] He took 16th at Vienna 1947 (Schlechter Memorial, László Szabó won). Carl Schlechter Memorial Tournament ( Carl-Schlechter-Gedenkturnier) is an irregularly scheduled chess competition initiated to honor the memory of leading Austrian László Szabó ( March 19, 1917 – August 8, 1998) was a prominent Hungarian Grandmaster of Chess. [2]

In 1948 he emigrated to New York City, where he became active in the Marshall Chess Club, and in the 1949-1950 season placed second in its club championship, behind Larry Evans. For the football player of the same name see Larry Evans (football player. Here again his desire to serve organized Ukrainian chess came to the fore. He moved to Chicago in 1950, and won twice the Chicago city championship (1953 and 1954). He finished 10th in the U.S. Open Chess Championship at Milwaukee 1953 (Donald Byrne won). The US Open Championship is an open national Chess championship that has been held in the United States annually since 1900 Donald Byrne ( June 12, 1930 – April 8, 1976) was one of the USA 's strongest Chess players during the 1950s and 1960s [3]

References

  1. ^ 75 Jahre Schachklub Hietzing Wien 1921-1996
  2. ^ 75 Jahre Schachklub Hietzing Wien 1921-1996
  3. ^ OBITUARIES (02/07/99)
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