Isaak Yakovlevich Mazel (Belarusian: Ісак Якаўлевіч Мазэль; December 1911, Minsk – March 31, 1945, Tashkent) was a Belarusian–Russian 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.
References
- 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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External links
- Isaak Mazel player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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