About Isaak Mazel
Lived 1911 – 1945 (aged 33–34). Isaak Mazel was a Belarusian and Russian chess player.
Isaak Yakovlevich Mazel (; ; December 1911, in Minsk – March 31, 1945, in Tashkent) was a Soviet chess master.
He tied for 8-9th at Moscow 1931 (the 7th USSR Chess Championship, Mikhail Botvinnik won), tied for 15-16th at Leningrad 1934 (the 9th USSR-ch, Grigory Levenfish and Ilya Rabinovich won).
He shared 2nd, behind Nikolai Riumin, in Moscow City Chess Championship in 1933/34, tied for 9-12th at Moscow 1936 (the 4th Trade Unions ch, Georgy Lisitsin and Vitaly Chekhover won), and won ahead of Vladimirs Petrovs in Moscow City-ch in 1941/42. He was married to Olga Rubtsova who later became Women's Chess World Champion.
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Who was Isaak Mazel?
Belarusian-Russian chess player
When was Isaak Mazel born?
Isaak Mazel was born in 1911 in Minsk.
When did Isaak Mazel die?
Isaak Mazel died on 31 March 1945 in Tashkent.
What was Isaak Mazel's occupation?
Isaak Mazel was a chess player.
What nationality was Isaak Mazel?
Isaak Mazel was Belarusian and Russian.
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