Abram Khasin

Abram Iosifovich Khasin (Russian: Абрам Иосифович Хасин;born 15 February, 1923) is a Russian chess international master and correspondence chess grandmaster.[1][2]

Abram Khasin
Full name	Abram Iosifovich Khasin
Country	Soviet Union → Russia
Born	15 February 1923 Zaporizhia, Soviet Union
Title	USSR Master of Sports(1950) International Master (1964) Correspondence Grandmaster (1972)
Peak rating	2480 (July 1971)

Biography

He was born in Zaporizhia, and Khassine grew up in Ukraine during the 1930s. During World War II, he became a soldier in the Red Army and had both legs amputated in the Battle of Stalingrad. After World War II he worked as an English teacher and chess coach.[3]

Among his students are grandmasters, coaches, journalists, commentators: Boris Gulko, Evgeny Bareev, Leonid Yurtaev, Yakov Murey, Natalya Konopleva, Vera Sternina, Elena Fatalibekova, Tamara Minogina, Marina Dolmatova, Marina Makarycheva, Alexander Zlochevsky, Alexander Kalininin,

His daughter Anna Dergacheva is an international chess master. Since 2002, he has lived in Essen (Germany). with his family.[4][5]

Chess career

• Winner of the semi-final of the 1956 USSR Championship, ahead of Averbakh, Simagin, Polugayevsky and Ragozin, 17th place in the final held in Leningrad.
• 1st-5th in the semi-final of the 1957 USSR Championship in Leningrad; he scored 7.5 points out of 21 in the final in Moscow (22nd place).
• He also qualified for the final of the 1961 USSR Championship (13th, 8/17) and 1965 USSR Championship (13h, 8.5/17).
• Moscow Championship: 2nd (1963); 3rd (1955), (1957), (1958) and (1961).
• Third tied in the 1963-1964 Hastings tournament won by Mikhaïl Tal ahead of Gligoric;
• Tied for fourth in the Kislovodsk tournament in 1964 (victory for Tal ahead of Stein and Averbakh);
• 1st-4th in the Moscow international tournament in 1967;
• Tied for third in the Belgrade tournament in 1968;
• Tied for fifth in the Kislovodsk tournament in 1968, won by Geller8;
• Fourth in the RSFSR (Russia) championship in 1987;
• Sixth at the 1993 Senior World Championship;
• Fourth at the 1995 Senior World Championship.
• Khasin represented the USSR at the International Correspondence Chess Olympics from 1968 to 1987. The USSR won the competition at the 6th, 7th and 8th Correspondence Olympics (1968-1972, 1972-1976 and 1976-1982).
• He finished fourth in the 1975-1980 World Correspondence Championship and sixth in the 1983-1989 World Correspondence Championship.

References

1. "ICCF profile".
2. Abram Khasin player profile and games at Chessgames.com
3. "Khasin interview".
4. "Abram Khasin interview".
5. "Russian Chess Federation".