Raphael Falk
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Raphael Alexandrovich Falk (1856 – 1913) was a Russia
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master.
He took 12th at Moscow 1899 (the 1st Russian Chess Championship
, Mikhail Chigorin
won), shared 1st with Goncharov in Moscow City Chess Championship
in 1901, and tied for 5-7th at Moscow-ch 1902 (Boyarkov won).
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
master.
He took 12th at Moscow 1899 (the 1st Russian Chess Championship
Russian Chess Championship
-Imperial Russia:In 1874, Emanuel Schiffers defeated Andrey Chardin in a match held in St. Petersburg with five wins and four losses. Schiffers was considered the first Russian champion until his student, Mikhail Chigorin, defeated him in a match held in St. Petersburg in 1879...
, Mikhail Chigorin
Mikhail Chigorin
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin also was a leading Russian chess player...
won), shared 1st with Goncharov in Moscow City Chess Championship
Moscow City Chess Championship
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in 1901, and tied for 5-7th at Moscow-ch 1902 (Boyarkov won).