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Alexander Petrov(handballer)
Aleksandr or Alexander Petrov may refer to: * Alexander Petrov (chess player) (1794–1867), Russian chess master * Aleksandr Petrov (wrestler) (1876–1941), Russian wrestler at the 1908 Olympic Greco-Roman super heavyweight competition * Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1942), Russian international footballer *Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1925) (1925–1972), Soviet international footballer * Aleksandr Petrov (basketball) (1939–2001), member of the silver-medal-winning Soviet Olympic basketball team in 1960 and 1964 * Alexander G. Petrov (born 1948), Bulgarian professor in physics * Aleksandr Petrov (animator) (born 1957), Russian animator famous for using paint-on-glass animation * Alexander Petrovich Petrov (born 1958), Russian politician * Alexander Petrov (born 1979), Russian spy, military doctor * Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1984), Russian footballer * Aleksandr Petrov (long jumper) (born 1986), Russian athlete * Alexander Petrov (actor) (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Petrov (chess Player)
Alexander Dmitrievich Petrov (russian: Алекса́ндр Дми́триевич Петро́в) (February 12, 1794 – April 22, 1867) was a Russian chess player, chess composer, and chess writer. Petrov was born in Biserovo, near Pskov, into a noble family and is usually remembered as the first big great Russian 12 incherchess master. From 1804, he lived in Saint Petersburg. In 1809, he defeated Kopev and Baranov, Petersburg's leading chess players, and became the best Russian player at the age of 15. For over half a century Petrov was considered Russia's strongest player. He is an author of the first chess handbook in Russian (''Shakhmatnaya igra (...)'', St Petersburg 1824). He also analysed with Carl Friedrich von Jänisch the opening that later became known as the Petrov's Defense or Russian Game (C42). From 1840 he lived in Warsaw (then in the Russian Empire), where successfully played against top Warsaw chess masters: Alexander Hoffman, Piotrowski, Szymański, Sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |