JEFIM ROTSTEIN (born May-16-1933, died Mar-20-2021, 87 years old) Ukraine (federation/nationality Germany) [what is this?] He was a FIDE Master, aka Efim Rotshtein. His son Arkadij Rotstein holds the title of Grandmaster. Rotstein was taught chess in the Lviv Pioneer Palace by Rafail Gorenstein. His coach at the local chess club was Alexei Sokolski. His circle of friends at that time included Leonid Stein and Boris Katalymov. With the shared first place in the Ukrainian Youth Championship, he qualified for the Team Championship of Soviet Youth in 1951. At the 1957 tournament of the strongest Ukrainian championship candidates in Odessa, he shared second place behind Eduard Gufeld. Rotstein was eligible to play for the Ukrainian Chess Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 2002 he moved to the German Chess Federation. He played club chess in Austria for SV Tschaturanga Neubau (with whom he played from 2005 to 2007 in the 1st Bundesliga) and for ATSV Stein-Steyr, in Belgium for Schachfreunde Wirtzfeld. In Germany he played successfully in the senior sector at national level: in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2017 and 2019 (in the age group 65+) he became German champion, 2006 and 2007 - tournament winner. 2 He also achieved good results internationally, placing in the top 10 at the World Championships of Seniors 2000 in Rowy and 2008 in Bad Zwischenahn, as well as at the European Senior Championship 2005 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. With Phoenix Cologne he took part in the European Senior Team Championships. German Wiki: Wikipedia article: Jefim Rotstein Last updated: 2024-06-25 14:52:12

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page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 236  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Rotstein vs E Lazarev   1-0 35 1951 Ukrainian Junior Championship D85 Grunfeld 2. J Rotstein vs O Yurasov   ½-½ 48 1951 Ukrainian Junior Championship A56 Benoni Defense 3. J Rotstein vs B Katalymov   1-0 30 1952 Ukrainian Championship B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 4. J Yuchtman vs J Rotstein 1-0 20 1952 Ukrainian Championship B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 5. J Rotstein vs A Khavin   0-1 33 1956 Ukrainian Championship B01 Scandinavian 6. V Shiyanovsky vs J Rotstein   1-0 33 1956 Ukrainian Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. A Kostiuchenko vs J Rotstein   1-0 22 1956 Ukrainian Championship A00 Uncommon Opening 8. J Rotstein vs Y Polyak   0-1 40 1956 Ukrainian Championship E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 9. J Rotstein vs V Ugolik   1-0 40 1956 Ukrainian Championship A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation 10. A Matskevich vs J Rotstein   0-1 25 1956 Ukrainian Championship A45 Queen's Pawn Game 11. A Kofman vs J Rotstein   ½-½ 88 1956 Ukrainian Championship B07 Pirc 12. A Makarov vs J Rotstein   ½-½ 46 1956 Ukrainian Championship C41 Philidor Defense 13. J Rotstein vs Gufeld   1-0 50 1956 Ukrainian Championship E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 14. I Pogrebissky vs J Rotstein   1-0 25 1956 Ukrainian Championship A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky 15. J Rotstein vs A Serebrisky   0-1 41 1956 Ukrainian Championship C11 French 16. Y Sheinberg vs J Rotstein   1-0 34 1956 Ukrainian Championship E70 King's Indian 17. I Lipnitsky vs J Rotstein   1-0 35 1956 Ukrainian Championship B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 18. R Romanovsky vs J Rotstein   1-0 31 1956 Ukrainian Championship C41 Philidor Defense 19. J Rotstein vs A Bannik   ½-½ 52 1956 Ukrainian Championship E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 20. J Rotstein vs B Ratner   ½-½ 15 1956 Ukrainian Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 21. J Rotstein vs B Vorobets   0-1 40 1956 Ukrainian Championship C15 French, Winawer 22. I Kurass vs J Rotstein   0-1 32 1956 Ukrainian Championship A56 Benoni Defense 23. J Rotstein vs A Zamikhovsky   0-1 70 1956 Ukrainian Championship C44 King's Pawn Game 24. E Kogan vs J Rotstein   1-0 30 1957 Odessa B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 25. Kabarivsky vs J Rotstein   0-1 28 1958 Lvov Championship A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 236

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Jul-28-09    myschkin: . . . FM [why not IM?] Jefim Rotstein (born 1933) 'from' Germany. Fide card: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... ~ Efim Rotshtein (? his Ukrainian spelling)

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