Fedor Duz-Khotimirsky

Fyodor Dus - Chotimirski (Russian Федор Иванович Дуз - Хотимирский, scientific transliteration Fedor Ivanovich Duz - Hotimirskij; born September 26, 1879 in Chernihiv, † November 6, 1965 in Moscow) was a Ukrainian- Soviet chess master.

Dus - Chotimirski came from a poor family. As a teenager, he moved from his native city Chernihiv to Kiev, where he pursued various odd jobs and as a 19- year-old learned to play chess in Kiev cafes. A few months later, he was one of Kiev's best players. Dus - Chotimirski won the championship of Kiev in the years 1900, 1902, 1903 and 1906. Already in 1901 he took first at the All-Russian Championship in Moscow, later to 1909 four more times, with his fourth place in 1909 in Vilna his best placement represented (winner was Akiba Rubinstein ). In 1907 he participated in two tournaments in Moscow, where he won one before Georg Marco, the other after Mikhail Chigorin and the Moscow masters Goncharov third. In the same year he took first in an international tournament abroad, visiting in Carlsbad, he informed the American Frank James Marshall eleventh place and got the championship title awarded. In 1908 he played in Warsaw against the Americans a contest 3-3 ( 2 = 2, -2) draw. At the international tournament in St. Petersburg in 1909 he scored spectacular victories over the first two winners world champion Emanuel Lasker and Akiba Rubinstein. In 1910 he won the championship of St. Petersburg. In 1911, he shared first place in St. Petersburg with Eugène Znosko - Borovsky.

After the October Revolution of 1917 Dus - Chotimrski was one of the strongest players in the country and popularized the game of chess in the early years of statehood by extensive travel, educational and organizational work as well as participation in local tournaments. He took 1923-1949 participated in numerous USSR Championships, where he had his best placements in 1925 in Leningrad ( 5th place) and 1927 in Moscow (split third-fourth place with Abram Model). 1950 FIDE awarded him the title of International Master.

Theory

Grandmaster Eduard Gufeld cited in his monograph on the Dragon variation of Panows Büch " Selected games " Dus - Chotimirskis memories:

Works

• Isbrannyje partii, Moscow, 1955 ( in collaboration with Vasily Nikolayevich Panov )