About Peter Yurdansky
Lived 1891 – 1937 (aged 45–46). Peter Yurdansky was a Russian chess player.
Peter Konstantinovich Yurdansky (Yurdanski, Yordansky, Jordansky) (1891–1937) was a Russian and later Soviet chess player.
He won Moscow City Chess Championship in 1913 and tied for 8-9th at Moscow 1913, shared 2nd at Mannheim 1914 tournament (the 19th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier B), took 2nd at Moscow 1915, took 3rd at Moscow 1916, tied for 7-8th at Moscow 1924, and took 10th at Moscow 1925.
His name is attached with the Yurdansky Attack in the Two Knights Defense (ECO: C56) 13.b4.
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Who was Peter Yurdansky?
Russian chess master
When was Peter Yurdansky born?
Peter Yurdansky was born in 1891 in Russian Empire.
When did Peter Yurdansky die?
Peter Yurdansky died in 1937.
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Peter Yurdansky was a chess player.
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Peter Yurdansky was Russian.
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