Georgy Lisitsin

After high school he entered the Leningrad Industrial Institute, from which he graduated as a mechanical engineer.

[1] He earned the title of Master in 1931 for his performance in the 7th USSR Championship.

[5] Lisitsin was considered an expert on the Reti Opening above all others and won many of his best games with it.

[6] He was an author of several chess books, [7] only a few sections of which have been translated from Russian into English.

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