Georgy Borisenko
| Georgy Konstantinovich Borisenko | |
|---|---|
| Country | USSR |
| Born |
May 25, 1922 Chuhuiv, Ukraine |
| Died |
December 3, 2012 (aged 90) Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Title | Russian Correspondence Grandmaster |
| Peak rating | 2440 (May 1974)[1] |
Georgy Konstantinovich Borisenko (May 25, 1922 in Chuhuiv, Ukraine—December 3, 2012 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) was a Soviet correspondence chess grandmaster and chess theoretician.[2] Among the players he trained were Nona Gaprindashvili, Valentina Borisenko (who was also his wife),[2] Viktor Korchnoi, Mark Taimanov,[3] and Timur Gareyev.[4] He became a Russian Master of Sport in 1950 and a Russian Correspondence Grandmaster in 1966. He won the USSR Correspondence Championship twice, in 1957 and 1962, and came in second in 1965.[3] One of his best-known games was played from 1960 to 1963 against Anatoly Rubezov, and is included in multiple anthologies of brilliant chess games.[5] In 1973, David Bronstein described Borisenko as "one of our greatest theoretical experts."[6] In Russia, the Breyer Variation of the Ruy Lopez is known as the "Borisenko-Furman" variation because Borisenko and Semyon Furman were central in bringing it into use in the 1950s.[7]
References
- ↑ "Georgy K. Borisenko Ratings". OlimpBase. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Obituary - GM Georgy Borisenko". FIDE. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Happy birthday from TRG!". FIDE Trainers' Commission. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Blind Chess: With Dramatic Flair, Uzbekistan-Born Master Pursues Record". Sputnik. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Chess". The Scotsman. 30 December 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ Bronstein, David (1973). 200 Open Games. Courier Corporation. p. 147.
- ↑ Sosenko, Genna (2014). Russian Silhouettes. New In Chess. p. 138.
External links
- Georgy Borisenko player profile and games at Chessgames.com