Iosif Benediktovich Pogrebyssky (Pogrebysski, Pogrebissky) (February 23, 1906,

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- May 20, 1971,

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) was a Ukrainian

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master. He played several times in

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, and took third at

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1927 ( as

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won), finished fifth at Odessa 1928 ( Yakov Vilner won), shared first at

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1936, placed second, behind

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, at Kiev 1937, and tied for second-third places at Kiev 1949 (

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won). He won a match against

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(9 : 7) in 1937. Pogrebyssky earned a Ph.D. in mathematics at

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in 1940.

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