Mikhail Yudovich

Mikhail Yudovich
Born(1911-06-08)8 June 1911
Roslavl
Died19 September 1987(1987-09-19) (aged 76)
Resting place
Vagankovo Cemetery
OccupationsJournalist, chess player, Grandmaster
Writing career
LanguageRussian language
Notable awards

Mikhail Mikhailovich Yudovich (surname also spelled as I︠U︡dovich, Judovič, and Ûdovič,[4] 8 June 1911 in Roslavl – 19 September 1987 in Moscow) was a Soviet chess master, journalist, and writer.

Chess career

In 1930, Yudovich tied for 5–9th in the Moscow Championship. In 1931, he took 4th in the same event, and shared 3rd in the 7th USSR Championship in Moscow (Mikhail Botvinnik won). He was the Soviet Correspondence Champion in 1966.

Yudovich was awarded the titles of International Master (IM) in 1950, International Master of Correspondence Chess (IMC) in 1961, and Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess (GMC) in 1973.[5]

Selected publications

  • Kotov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich; Yudovich, Mikhail (1958). The Soviet School of Chess. Translated by Stoklitsky, Leonard. Moscow: Foreign Languages Pub. House. OCLC 560550303. Republished in 2001: ISBN 978-0-89875-415-5
  • План в шахматной партии [Planning in Chess] (in Russian). Moskva: Fizkulʹtura i sport. 1982. OCLC 10513333.
  • Spanish without--a6. New York: Collier Books. 1986. ISBN 978-0-89875-415-5. OCLC 12949702.
  • Garri Kasparov (His career in Chess). Moscow: Raduga Publishers. 1988. ISBN 978-5-05-001722-2. OCLC 1412107180.
  • The Gambit. Translated by Zilbert, Oleg. Moscow: Planeta Publishers. 1989. ISBN 978-5-85250-220-9. OCLC 22181108 – via Internet Archive.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mikhail Yudovich, Sr". Tartajubow On Chess II. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 "The Gambit – Yudovich". Mir Books. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "14033 Yudovich, Mikhail Mikhailovich". yumpu.com. International Correspondence Chess Federation. November 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "VIAF record for Yudovich, Mikhaïl Mikhaïlovitch, 1911-1987". VIAF. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Gaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 473. ISBN 978-0-89950-293-9. OCLC 15696342.
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