Naum Levin
Ukrainian-Australian chess player
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Naum L. Levin (8 February 1933 - 23 February 2020) was a Ukrainian–Australian chess master and trainer.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 February 1933 Chernihiv, Ukraine |
| Died | 23 February 2020 (aged 87) |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Australia |
| Peak rating | 2420 (January 1984) |
Levin was champion of the Kiev Avant-garde Club in 1963. He participated many times in the Ukrainian Chess Championship and took 18th in 1959,[1] tied for 13–15th in 1960,[2] tied for 3–4th in 1961,[3] took 10th in 1962, tied for 4–5th in 1963, took 5th in 1964, tied for 7–8th in 1966, tied for 3–5th in 1967,[4] tied for 6–9th in 1968, and shared 6th in 1970.[5]
He tied for 27–40th at Kharkov 1967 (USSR Chess Championship, Swiss system),[6] and took 11th at Poti 1970 (Georgian Chess Championship).[7]
At the end of the 1970s, he emigrated to Australia. He tied for 1st–3rd with Fred Flatow and Maxwell Fuller in the City of Sydney Championship in 1981.[8] Levin retired from Chess competition in early 1980's.
