Mark Stolberg

Mark Moissejewitsch Stolberg (Russian Марк Моисеевич Стольберг, * 1922 in Rostov-on- Don, missing since May 16, 1942, and presumably † in Novorossiysk ) was a Russian chess player.

Life

Stolberg, 1938 city champion of Rostov -on-Don, qualified by the 1 -2. Course ( with Edward Gerstenfeld ) in the semifinals of the USSR Championship 1940 finals, where he was 13th - 16th Reaching number. His match against Mikhail Botvinnik local loss was often falsely attributed Gideon Ståhlberg. The USSR championship in 1941, took part in the Stolberg, was canceled after nine rounds on June 23, 1941 due to the start of the Great Patriotic War and in 1944 resumed.

Stolberg joined a fighting force. The war service ended his chess career: He disappeared on 16 May 1942 in Novorossiysk in a battle against German forces on the Soviet outpost Malaya Zemlya and has been missing ever since. It is generally believed that he had fallen.

After calculating the historical Elo rating, he was in July 1941 at the 43rd place in the world rankings. His historical highest Elo rating was loud Chess Metrics 2603 in February 1941.