Solomon (Shlomo) Konradovich Rosenthal (10 August 1890, in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

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– 18 November 1955, in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

Belarusian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

) was a Lithuanian–Belarusian

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

master. In the beginning of his career, before

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, he tied for 6-7th in the Hamburg 1910 chess tournament (the 17th

DSB Congress The ''Deutscher Schachbund'' (DSB) was founded in Leipzig on 18 July, 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Chair ...

, ''Hauptturnier A'',

Gersz Rotlewi Gersz (Georg, George, Gersh) Rotlewi (Rotlevi, Rotlevy) (1889 – 1920) was a Polish chess master. Biography In 1906, Rotlewi tied for 5-6th in Łódź (Akiba Rubinstein won). In 1907, he took 3rd, behind Rubinstein and Dawid Daniuszewski, in Lod ...

won), took 5th at Karlsruhe 1911, took 3rd at Munich 1911 (''Quadrangular'',

Simon Alapin Semyon Zinovyevich Alapin (russian: Семён Зиновьевич Алапин; – 15 July 1923) was a Russian chess player, openings analyst, and puzzle composer. He was also a linguist, railway engineer and a grain commodities merchant. B ...

won), tied for 4-5th at St. Petersburg 1911 (

Stepan Levitsky Stepan (Stefan) Levitsky (Levitski, Lewitzki) (25 April 1876, in Serpukhov – 21 March 1924, in Glubokaya) was a Russian chess Grandmaster and Russian chess champion. In 1899 he took third place in Moscow (All Russian Masters’ Tournament, f ...

won), shared 2nd, behind

Bernhard Gregory Bernhard Gregory ( in Tallinn – 2 February 1939 in Berlin) was a Baltic Germans, Baltic German chess master. Life Bernhard Gregory was born on in Tallinn, Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (now Tallinn, Estonia) as a son of advocat ...

, at Breslau 1912 (the 18th

, ''Hauptturnier A''), took 2nd, behind

Andreas Duhm Andreas Duhm (22 August 1883, Göttingen – 23 November 1975, Heidelberg) was a German–Swiss chess master. Born in Göttingen, Germany, he was the younger brother of Hans Duhm and Dietrich Duhm. His father, Bernhard Duhm, was a professor for ...

, at Heidelberg 1913, and took 7th at St. Petersburg 1913 (

Alexander Evensohn Alexandr Moyseyevich Evensohn (Evenson, Evensson) (1892–1919) was a Russian chess master. Biography In 1909, Evensohn took 7th at Kiev. The event was won by Nikolaev. In 1911, he took 3rd, behind Efim Bogoljubow and Izbinsky, at Kiev. In 1911, ...

won). He was the first Belarusian Champion, winning in 1924 and 1925. He took 4th, behind Konstantin Vygodchikov,

Abram Model Abram Yakovlevich Model (russian: Абрам Яковлевич Моде́ль; 23 October 1896, Daugavpils – 16 February 1976, Leningrad) was a Russian chess master, although he had his master title taken away by the Soviet chess authorities ...

and Vladislav Silich, at Minsk 1928 (the 4th BLR-ch), shared 3rd at Moscow 1928 (

Nikolai Grigoriev Nikalai (Nikolay) Dmitrievich Grigoriev (russian: Никола́й Дми́триевич Григо́рьев) was a Russian chess player and a composer of endgame study, endgame studies. He was born on 14 August 1895 in Moscow, and he died ther ...

won), and took 5th at Odessa 1929 (the 6th

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, quarter final).https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055km/ch_repub.html&date=2009-10-25+02:11:35

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