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Chess is a two - player strategy board ___MASK72___ played on a chessboard , a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight - by - eight grid . Chess is played by millions of people worldwide , both amateurs and professionals . Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine (; March 24 , 1946 ) was a Russian and French ___MASK69___ and the fourth World Chess Champion . He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players ever . Biography . In 1911 Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich tied for first place with Platz in ___MASK68___ Petersburg . In 1912 he tied for 4th - 5th in Vilna ( Hauptturnier ; Karel Hromádka won ). Sergey von Freymann ( Freyman , Frejman , Freiman ) ( 1882  1946 ) was a Russian - Uzbekistani chess ___MASK71___ . ___MASK68___ Petersburg is Russia ' s second - largest city after Moscow , with five million inhabitants in 2012 , and an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea . It is politically incorporated as a federal subject ( a federal city ). Situated on the Neva River , at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea , it was founded by ___MASK76___ Peter the Great on May . In 1914 , the name was changed from ___MASK68___ Petersburg to Petrograd , in 1924 to Leningrad , and in 1991 back to ___MASK68___ Petersburg . Between 1713  1728 and 1732  1918 , ___MASK68___ Petersburg was the imperial capital of Russia . In 1918 , the central government bodies moved to Moscow . Russia ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , Russia is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth of the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end of March 2016 . The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % of the population live in European Russia . Russia ' s capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world , other ___MASK98___ urban centers include ___MASK68___ Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara . Eugene Alexandrovich Znosko - Borovsky ( Russian :    -  ; Yevgeny Alexandrovich Znosko - Borovsky ) ( 16 August 1884  31 December 1954 ) was a Russian chess ___MASK71___ , music and drama ___MASK42___ , ___MASK86___ and author . Born in Saint Petersburg , he settled in Paris in 1920 , and lived there for the rest of his life . Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (;  May 5 , 1995 ) was a Soviet and Russian International ___MASK57___ and World Chess Champion for most of 1948 to 1963 . Working as an electrical engineer and computer scientist at the same time , he was one of the very few professional chess players who achieved distinction in another career while playing top - class competitive chess . He was also a pioneer of computer chess . The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea . It extends between Finland ( to the north ) and Estonia ( to the south ) all the way to ___MASK68___ Petersburg in Russia , where the river Neva drains into it . Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn . The eastern parts of the Gulf of Finland belong to Russia , and some of Russia ' s most important oil harbours are located farthest in , near ___MASK68___ Petersburg ( including Primorsk ). As the seaway to ___MASK68___ Petersburg , the Gulf of Finland has been and continues to be of considerable strategic importance to Russia . Some of the environmental problems affecting the Baltic Sea are at their most pronounced in the shallow gulf . Grigory Yakovlevich Levenfish ( in Piotrków  9 February 1961 in Moscow ) was a Russian chess ___MASK57___ who scored his peak competitive results in the 1920s and 1930s . He was twice Soviet champion , in 1934 ( jointly with Ilya Rabinovich ) and 1937 . In 1937 he drew a match against future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik . He also had a career as an engineer . Levenfish was a well - regarded end - ___MASK72___ specialist and chess writer . Peter the Great , Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich (  ) ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May ( O . S . 27 April ) 1682 until his death , jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder half - brother , Ivan V . Through a number of successful wars he expanded the Tsardom into a much larger empire that became a ___MASK98___ European power . He led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political systems with ones that were modern , scientific , westernized , and based on The Enlightenment . Peter ' s reforms made a lasting impact on Russia and many institutions of Russian government trace their origins to his reign . Anatol ( Anatoly ) Tschepurnoff ( Tchepurnoff , Chepurnov , Czepurnow ) ( 19 December 1871 , Loviisa -- 29 April 1942 , Helsinki ) was a Russian -- Finnish chess ___MASK71___ . Before World War I , he played in many tournaments at ___MASK68___ Petersburg . In 1903 , he took 5th . In 1904 , he took 9th ( Eugene Znosko - Borovsky won ) , took 2nd ( Grigory Helbach won ) , tied for 4 - 5th ( Koyalovich won ) . In 1908 , he tied for 7 - 8th ( Sergey von Freymann and Rosenkrantz won ) . In 1909 , he took 14th ( Alexander Alekhine won ) , tied for 7 - 8th ( Grigory Levenfish won ) . In 1911 , he took 8th ( Fyodor Duz - Chotimirsky and Znosko - Borovsky won ) , tied for 5 - 6th ( Ilya Rabinovich and Platz won ) . In 1913 , he took 3rd . After the war , he won 1st Finnish Championship in 1922 . He played in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924 . He was 1st in Qualification Group 7 , and tied for 4 - 6th in Championship Final ( 1st World - ch Amateurs ; Hermanis Matisons won ) . On 20 July 1924 , fifteen delegates signed the proclamation act of the Federation Internationale des Echecs ( FIDE ) . The 15 founders were Abonyi ( Hungary ) , Grau ( Argentina ) , Gudju ( Romania ) , Marusi ( Italy ) , Nicolet ( Switzerland ) , Ovadija ( Yugoslavia ) , Renalver y Zamora ( Spain ) , Rawlins ( Great Britain ) , Rueb ( Netherlands ) , Skalika ( Czechoslovakia ) , Smith ( Canada ) , Towbin ( Poland ) , Tschepurnoff ( Finland ) , Vincent ( France ) , and Weltjens ( Belgium ) . In 1926 , he took 3rd in Budapest . In 1927 , he represented Finland at first board ( + 4 -- 7 = 4 ) in the 1st Chess Olympiad in London . In 1928 , he tied for 12 -- 14th in The Hague ( 2d FIDE World Amateur Championship ; Max Euwe won ) . In 1929 , he took 7th in Göteborg . ( 14th Nordic - ch ; Gideon Ståhlberg won ) . In 1930 , he took 3rd in Stockholm ( 15th Nordic - ch ; Erik Andersen won ) . In 1930 , he tied for 2nd - 4th in Helsinki ( Eero Böök won ) . In 1931 , he lost a match to Böök ( 4 , 5 : 5 , 5 ) . Engineers design materials , structures , and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality , regulation , safety , and cost . The word " ___MASK32___ (" from the Latin " ingeniator "")" is derived from the Latin words " ingeniare " (" to contrive , devise ") and " ingenium " (" cleverness "). The foundation education of an ___MASK32___ is typically a 4 - year bachelor ' s degree or in some countries , a ___MASK71___ ' s degree in an engineering discipline plus 4  6 years ___MASK28___ - reviewed professional practice culminating in a project report or thesis . Engineers who seek a professional ___MASK32___ license in N . America will be required to take further exams in ethics , law and professional practice . Karel Hromádka ( 23 April 1887 , Großweikersdorf , Austria  16 July 1956 ) was a Czech ___MASK69___ , two - time Czech champion , 1913 and 1921 ( jointly ). Grigory Helbach ( Hellbach , Gelbach , Gelbak ) ( 13 January 1863  3 August 1930 ) was a Russian chess ___MASK71___ . A ___MASK68___ , also historically known as a hallow , is a term used for a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness to God . Depending on the context and denomination , the term also retains its original Christian meaning , as any believer who is " in Christ " and in whom Christ dwells , whether in Heaven or on Earth . In Anglican , Roman Catholic , Eastern Orthodox , Lutheran , and Oriental Orthodox doctrine , all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints , but some are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation ; official ecclesiastical recognition , and consequently veneration , is given to some saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church .