Grigory Helbach
Grigori Alexandrovich Helbach (Russian Григорий Александрович Гельбак / Grigori Alexandrovich Gelbak; * 1 Januarjul / January 13 1863greg in Zvenigorodka, Kiev Governorate, .. † August 3, 1930 ) was a Russian chess player.
Life
Helbach learned the chess end of the 1870s at a school in Zhitomir. After studying in Kiev in 1886 he moved his residence to St. Petersburg, where he greatly improved his skill level in the association of friends of chess. His game against Alexei Shishkin in 1889, he played with the black pieces, was named in contemporary publications as " immortal Russian game," this term has, however, not naturalized. In 1891, he tied for second place at a tournament with Emanuel Schiffer. 1895 Helbach founded in Saint Petersburg a chess club, which was dissolved after only two years. When his first big success is considered a victory shared with Sergei Lebedev, at a tournament in April 1901 with 9.5 points out of 13 games. In 1903, he shared with 11.5 points out of 15 first place with Krizhanovsky W. and Schiffer at a tournament at educators Club. The next year he won a free tournament of the St. Petersburg Chess Society, in another tournament, he was 1 - second, level on points with Carl Rosenkrantz.
Together with Pyotr Ewtifejew he won a victory in the 1905 tournament for players of the first category. In similar tournament in 1907 he shared the third place with Vasily Omeljanski, as the sole winner went Yevgeny Snosko - Borowski forth. In the same year he won a small tournament before Walter Henneberger. In 1908 he took part to the title of Master of the St. Petersburg Chess Club in the tournament. Helbach, who had stepped in at the last moment, merely 2.5 points earned from 12 games and finished in last place. In a large-scale tournament with 36 participants, which took place in the autumn of 1910, he reached the final and finished seventh. In the All-Russian Championships in 1899, he shared sixth place with Vladimir Nenarokow, 1905/1906 and 1909 in the next tournament, he finished rear seats.
Helbach was employed in the Ministry of Finance as an official for special assignments in the Department of Railways before the October Revolution. After 1917 he moved to Moscow and was hired there as a technician at the headquarters of the railways. His salary, he improved on the Moscow Chess Club and continued to play in some tournaments. In 1920 he was shared fifth in a side event at the All- Union Olympiad, 1925, he landed at No. 7 in the small Moscow City Championship. After his death, published chess historian Mikhail Kogan 1937 in Schachmaty v SSSR Helbachs memories of Mikhail Chigorin.