About Iosif Rudakovsky
Lived 1914 – 1947 (aged 32–33). Iosif Rudakovsky was a Russian chess player.
Iosif Iosifovich Rudakovsky (, January 1914, Voronezh – December 1947, Chernivtsi) was a Ukrainian chess master.
He took 8th at Moscow 1936, won at Rostov-on-Don 1939, shared 3rd at Kiev 1940 (the 12th Ukrainian Chess Championship, Isaac Boleslavsky won), tied for 4-7th at Kiev 1940 (USSR-ch semifinal), took 20th at Moscow 1940 (the 12th USSR Chess Championship, Andor Lilienthal and Igor Bondarevsky won), and played in interrupted USSR-ch semifinals in Rostov-on-Don in June 1941 (the German-Soviet War, 22 June 1941 – 9 May 1945). After the war, he tied for 7-9th at Moscow (the 14th USSR-ch, Mikhail Botvinnik won), and shared 1st with Alexander Kotov and Alexander Konstantinopolsky at Baku 1945 (USSR-ch sf).
He was a reservist in the Soviet team during the USSR vs. US radio match in 1–4 September 1945.
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Who was Iosif Rudakovsky?
Ukrainian chess player
When was Iosif Rudakovsky born?
Iosif Rudakovsky was born on 24 December 1914 in Voronezh.
When did Iosif Rudakovsky die?
Iosif Rudakovsky died in 1947 in Chernivtsi.
What was Iosif Rudakovsky's occupation?
Iosif Rudakovsky was a chess player.
What nationality was Iosif Rudakovsky?
Iosif Rudakovsky was Russian.
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