Stepan Levitsky

Who was Stepan Levitsky?

Stepan Levitsky was a Russian chess master and national chess champion.

In 1899 he took third place in Moscow. In 1903 he took eighth in Kiev. In 1905/06 he tied for 8-11th in St Petersburg. In 1907 he took second, behind Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, in St Petersburg. He lost a match to Simon Alapin 0-5 at St Petersburg 1907.

Levitsky won at St Petersburg 1911, thus becoming Russian national chess champion. In July–August 1912, he tied for 13-14th in Breslau. In August–September 1912, he took third in Vilna. In 1913 he lost a match to Alexander Alekhine 3-7 in St Petersburg. In 1913/14, he took 13th in St Petersburg.