About Iosif Pogrebyssky
Lived 1906 – 1971 (aged 65). Iosif Pogrebyssky was a Russian chess player.
Iosif Benediktovich Pogrebyssky (Pogrebysski, Pogrebissky) (February 23, 1906, Uman - May 20, 1971, Leningrad) was a Ukrainian chess master.
He played several times in Ukrainian Chess Championship, and took third at Poltava 1927 ( as Alexey Selezniev won), finished fifth at Odessa 1928 (Yakov Vilner won), shared first at Kiev 1936, placed second, behind Fedor Bogatyrchuk, at Kiev 1937, and tied for second-third places at Kiev 1949 (Isaac Lipnitsky won). He won a match against Mikhail Yudovich (9 : 7) in 1937.
Pogrebyssky earned a Ph.D. in mathematics at Kiev State University in 1940.
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Who was Iosif Pogrebyssky?
Ukrainian chess player (1906–1971)
When was Iosif Pogrebyssky born?
Iosif Pogrebyssky was born on 23 February 1906 in Uman.
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Iosif Pogrebyssky died on 20 May 1971 in Saint Petersburg.
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Iosif Pogrebyssky was a chess player.
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Iosif Pogrebyssky was Russian.
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