Peter Potemkine
Illustration — Peter Potemkine Peter Petrovich Potemkine (Pyotr Petrovich Potyomkin; 1886–1926) was a Russian chess master. He took 7th at St. Petersburg 1904 (Mikhail Chigorin won), took 5th at St Petersburg 1907 (Eugene Znosko-Borovsky won, and took 8th at St Petersburg 1913 (Andrey Smorodsky won).
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Peter Potemkine
Здобнов Д. С. (Санкт-Петербург) · Русские писатели, 1800—1917: Биографический словарь / гл. ред. П. А. Николаев. — М.: Большая российская энциклопедия, 2007. — Т. 5: П—С. — 800 с. — (Сер. биогр. словарей: Русские писатели. 11—20 вв · Public domain
- Born
- 1886. · Oryol.
- Died
- 1926. · 12th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- poet, translator, playwright, literary critic, chess player and writer.
- Education
- Saint Petersburg State University.
- Languages
- French and Russian.
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Illustration — Peter Potemkine Peter Petrovich Potemkine (Pyotr Petrovich Potyomkin; 1886–1926) was a Russian chess master. He took 7th at St. Petersburg 1904 (Mikhail Chigorin won), took 5th at St Petersburg 1907 (Eugene Znosko-Borovsky won, and took 8th at St Petersburg 1913 (Andrey Smorodsky won).
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In winter 1912, he played with Alexander Alekhine and Vasily Osipovich Smyslov (father of Vasily Smyslov) in Sankt Petersburg. In 1920, he tied for 3rd-6th in Moscow (Alexei Alekhine won). Count Potemkine was a White émigré living in France. He officially represented Russia in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924. 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. In 1926, Le Cercle d'échecs Potemkine was established in Paris.
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1886
Peter Potemkine born at Oryol.
1926
Peter Potemkine died at 12th arrondissement of Paris.
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Annexions russes en Ukraine: la victoire Potemkine de Vladimir Poutine, 2022
Exit Potemkine?, Revue Projet, 2004
Le Cuirassé Potemkine (Sergueï M. Eisenstein, 1925), Dictionnaire d'iconologie filmique, 2022
Cent ans après sa sortie, « Le Cuirassé Potemkine » d’Eisenstein continue de fasciner, 2025
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