About R.K. Kieseritzky
Lived 1870 – 1923 (aged 52–53). R.K. Kieseritzky was an Estonian and Russian chess player.
R. K. Kieseritzky (Kieseritzki, Kieseritsky) (c. 1870 – after 1923) was a chess master from the Russian Empire of Baltic-German ethnicity.
He took 11th at Barmen 1905 (Hauptturnier A, Oldřich Duras and Akiba Rubinstein won), competed in the Fifth All-Russian Masters’ Tournament at Lodz 1907/08 (Rubinstein won) and in the Second Winter Tournament of the St. Petersburg Chess Club (Alexander Alekhine won) in April 1912.
After World War I, he tied for seventh in 1920 (Ilya Rabinovich won ), and tied for eighth in 1922 (Grigory Levenfish won), both the Petrograd City Chess Championship.
His last recorded game was Abram Rabinovich vs. R.K. Kieseritzky, the First Category Tournament in Petrograd, annotated by Rabinovich and printed in the Shakhmatny Listok 1923, p. 4.
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Who was R.K. Kieseritzky?
Russian chess player of Baltic German origin (1870-1923)
When was R.K. Kieseritzky born?
R.K. Kieseritzky was born in 1870.
When did R.K. Kieseritzky die?
R.K. Kieseritzky died in 1923.
What was R.K. Kieseritzky's occupation?
R.K. Kieseritzky was a chess player.
What nationality was R.K. Kieseritzky?
R.K. Kieseritzky was Estonian and Russian.
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