Nicolai Jasnogrodsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nicolai Jasnogrodsky

Ukrainian-American chess player

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1859

Place of Birth: Lubny, Poltava Governorate, Ukraine

Date of Death: 23-Apr-1914

Profession: chess player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Nicolai Jasnogrodsky

  • Nicolai Jasnogrodsky (6 August 1859, Lubny – 23 April 1914, New York City) was a Russian–born American chess master. Jasnogrodsky started to play competitive chess around 1885 in Vienna, and moved to England in the 1880s.
  • He tied for 4-5th at Amsterdam 1889 (B tournament, Adolf Georg Olland and F.
  • van den Berg won), and in 1890 earned the title of chess master at Amsterdam.Jasnogrodsky became part of the chess fraternity of the Simpson's-in-the-Strand by 1891 and made a name for himself as a skilled simultaneous and blindfold player.
  • In London tournaments he took 10th (Rudolf Loman won) and tied for 4-5th (Henry Bird won) in 1891, and took 8th (Emanuel Lasker won) in 1892.
  • He drew a match with Bird (7.5 : 7.5) at London 1893. In the summer of 1893 Jasnogrodsky came to the United States, attracted by the announcements of the Columbian Chess Congress.
  • He arrived in New York City on an Arizona steamship on August 11.
  • The Congress was not held due to the lack of sufficient funds, but Jasnogrodsky, like other masters, remained in the New World.
  • He participated in the Impromptu International Tournament where he finished 12th (Emanuel Lasker won).He won the New York State Championship in late 1896, and also tied for 10-11th at New York 1894 (Wilhelm Steinitz won), lost a match to Eugene Delmar (1.5 : 5.5) at New York 1895, won against Manuel Marquez Sterling (5 : 0) in 1895, lost to David Graham Baird (1 : 2) in 1895, and drew a match with Frank James Marshall (3.5 : 3.5) at New York 1898.He developed the Jasnogrodsky Defense against the Rice Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.O-O Bxe5 9.Re1 Qe7 10.c3 Nh5).Jasnogrodsky died at Montefiore Home, Hospital and Country Sanitarium for Chronic Diseases.
  • He was buried in Union Field Cemetery, for members of the New York City's Jewish community.

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