Mark Stolberg

Mark Stolberg
Born	Mark Moiseevich Stolberg 1922 Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, RSFSR
Died	presumably 16 May 1942 (aged 19–20) Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, RSFSR
Occupation	Chess master

Mark Moiseevich Stolberg (1922 – 16 May 1942) was a Russian chess master.

Stolberg won the Rostov-on-Don City championship in 1938. The next year he finished in second place in a Soviet master candidates tournament.[1] In 1940, Stolberg shared first place with Eduard Gerstenfeld in Kiev (the 12th USSR-ch semi-final),[2] and tied for 13-16th in Moscow (the 12th USSR Chess Championship won jointly by Andor Lilienthal and Igor Bondarevsky) where he was the youngest participant.[3] In June 1941, Stolberg was in fourth place in Rostov-on-Don (the 13th USSR-ch semi-final), when the German attack on the Soviet Union interrupted the event.[4]

Stolberg joined the Soviet Army at the end of 1940, and disappeared on 16 May 1942[5] in the battle of Malaya Zemlya (lit. "Minor Land"), waged against German troops.

See also

• List of people who disappeared

References

1. Karpov, Anatoly, ed. (1990). "Шахматы: энциклопедический словарь". Шахматы: Энциклопедический словарь (in Russian). Moscow: Советская энциклопедия. p. 388. ISBN 978-5-85270-005-6. LCCN 97214322. OCLC 23533106.
2. Tadeusz Wolsza, Arcymistrzowie, mistrzowie, amatorzy... Słownik biograficzny szachistów polskich, tom 5. Wydawnictwo DiG, Warszawa 2007, ISBN 978-83-7181-495-2
3. Roger Paige Chess Site :: 1940 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
4. Roger Paige Chess Site :: 1941 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
5. "They did not return from the battlefield. Mark Stolberg". Федерация шахмат России. Retrieved 2022-11-21.