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Isaak Mazel

Isaak Yakovlevich Mazel was a Soviet chess master.

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Isaak Yakovlevich Mazel (Russian: Исаак Яковлевич Мазель; Belarusian: Ісак Якаўлевіч Мазэль; December 1911, in Minsk – March 31, 1945, in Tashkent) was a Soviet chess master.1

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).2

He shared 2nd, behind Nikolai Riumin, in Moscow City Chess Championship in 1933/34,3 tied for 9-12th at Moscow 1936 (the 4th Trade Unions ch, Georgy Lisitsin and Vitaly Chekhover won),4 and won ahead of Vladimirs Petrovs in Moscow City-ch in 1941/42.5 He was married to Olga Rubtsova who later became Women's Chess World Champion.

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  1. Karpov, Anatoly, ed. (1990). "Шахматы: энциклопедический словарь". Шахматы: Энциклопедический словарь (in Russian). Moscow: Советская энциклопедия. ISBN 978-5-85270-005-6. LCCN 97214322. OCLC 23533106.
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  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2009-10-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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