Education
Saint St. Petersburg State University.
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Peter Potemkine
Edit Profileplayer literary critic playwright translator poet
Career
In winter 1912, he played with Alexander Alekhine and Vasily Osipovich Smyslov (father of Vasily Smyslov) in Sankt St. Petersburg. Count Potemkine was a Soviet expatriate living in France. He officially represented Russia in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924.
In 1926, Le Cercle d"échecs Potemkine was established in Paris.
Achievements
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He took 7th at Saint St. Petersburg 1904 (Mikhail Chigorin won), took 5th at Street St. Petersburg 1907 (Eugene Znosko-Borovsky won, and took 8th at Street St. Petersburg 1913 (Andrey Smorodsky won). In 1920, he tied for 3rd-6th in Moscow (Alexei Alekhine won). He tied for 7-8th at Prague 1923 (Karel Skalička won), tied for 4-7th at Paris 1924 (Znosko-Borovsky won), tied for 5-6th at Paris 1925 (Victor Kahn won), and shared 1st with Vitaly Halberstadt at Paris 1926.
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Born
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Died
October 21, 1926 (aged 40) -
Nationality
France