Aleksandr Mitrofanovich Levin
Alexander Mitrofanovich Lewin (Russian Александр Митрофанович Левин; * May 15, 1871, † May 1929 in Zemun ) was a Russian chess master.
Life
Lewin took during his student days early 1890s in competitions in Kiev in part. He had a sensational success with the shared first place in a St. Petersburg Tournament 1900. Though he could not defend his championship lead against Mikhail Chigorin sole, yet proved to be quite a serious opponent. " The Tarrasch ` sche vein is visible in him. He plays with great Accuratesse, has a very good position to look, and is energetic in exploiting the least advantages, " Rafail Falk reported in the Moscow German newspaper. In 1902, Lewin told again took first place with Chigorin at a tournament in Saint Petersburg.
He also took part in some of the smaller tournaments in Saint Petersburg. In 1902, he won a tournament in default Physicians club with 10 points from 12 games. A year earlier, he lost a single game against Dawid Janowski, another game against Theodor von Scheve ended with Lewin's victory. He has worked alongside the chess games in the journal Schachmatny Journal, edited by Alexander Makarov.
In the Master Tournament of the XIII. Congress of the German Chess Federation, which was conducted in summer 1902 in Hanover, Lewin reached 7.5 points from 17 matches. In his report, he praised the excellent tournament organization, particularly the merits of Professor Gebhardt, he pointed out as the " ideal of a chess friend ". In the following years, Lewin occurred only rarely in evidence. A planned in 1904 Master Tournament of the St. Petersburg Chess Club with the participation of Chigorin, Lewin, Yevgeny Snosko - Borowski and Emanuel Schiffer did not, as expected, about. Chigorin said from his participation and Lewin withdrew from the tournament after a game against Schiffer's for health reasons. He was at the International Chess Congress 1909 in Saint Petersburg on the spot, but only as a member of the tournament committee. In the match against St Petersburg Moscow 1911 Lewin should compete against Ossip Bernstein, Bernstein but could not arrive on time.
The mid- 1910s was Lewin worked for Trade and Industry Ministry and was elevated to the rank of the State Council. After the October Revolution he left Russia and spent his last years in Yugoslavia. After his death, dedicated to him Lewin Memorial tournaments were held in Zemun.
With its historical Elo rating of 2560 he was ranked 19 in the world rankings in 1904.