Alexander Solovtsov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Solovtsov

Russian chess player

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1847

Place of Birth: Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1923

Profession: chess player

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Alexander Vladimirovich Solovtsov (Russian: ????????? ????????; 14 November 1847, in Kazan – 20 March 1923, in Moscow) was a Russian chess master. He tied for 3rd-4th and drew a match for the third place with Emanuel Schiffers (1:1) at Sankt Petersburg 1878/79.
Solovtsov took part in the correspondence match between the Moscow and St.
Petersburg chess clubs (January 1878 – March 1879), which ended with the score 2:0 in favor of the command of Moscow.
He shared 1st at Moscow 1879, and won ahead of Hellwig, Muratov, and Maude at Moscow 1880.He played several matches; drew with Mikhail Chigorin (1:1) in 1884, won against Raphael Falk (7:2) in 1892, and lost to Chigorin (0:4) in 1893.
In 1894 he defeated Jacques Mieses, toured in Moscow.
In 1899 he won the match with Boris Grigoriev and became the first champion of Moscow.