Vadim Izrailevich Teplitsky (russian: Вадим Израилевич Теплицкий; 18 June 1927 – 30 April 2017) was a Soviet and Israeli engineer-economist, journalist and

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

historian. He is the author of more than 20 books, including monographs on the

history of chess The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India; its prehistory is the subject of speculation. From India it spread to Persia. Following the Arab invasion and conquest ...

, as well as over 400 articles, essays, reports, poems, parodies, epigrams published in Ukrainian, Israeli, Russian and American press, as well as on the Internet. He was a Soviet Chess Master Candidate. Teplitsky co-authored the ''Encyclopedic Dictionary of Chess'' (Moscow, 1990). In August 1941, as a child, he was evacuated with his mother, first from Kyiv to

Stalingrad Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...

, then, when German troops approached the city, the family fled to Soviet

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. His father, a chemical engineer, Israel Gershkovich Teplitsky, volunteered for the front and was killed in action in 1941. Some of his family members perished during

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. In February 1993, he repatriated to Israel and lived in the city of Bat Yam. Teplitsky was recognized as the best chess journalist of Israel in 2002 by the

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. For five years, he worked on the Israeli radio RECA as a chess observer. His name was included in the publication of the popular newspaper ''The Secret'' under the rubric "Jewish Names". Among his main works is a large study called ''Jews in the History of Chess'' (1997). Teplitsky described his life and his family history in the context of historical events of the 20th century in his autobiographical book ''The Country That Stole My Life''.

Bibliography

* ''V. I. Teplitsky.'' He did everything. // 64 — Weekly newspaper supplement «Soviet Sport», 1974, No. 11. * ''V. M. Dvorak, V. I. Teplitsky.'' Chess without looking at the board / Kyiv: Health, 1988. — 129, с. : silt.; 20 см; . * ''V. I. Teplitsky.'' The country, who stole my life : documentary story. Tel Aviv: Interpress Center, 1995, 61 с. : ill., portra., fax. ; 29 см. * ''V. I. Teplitsky.'' Jews in the history of chess. Tel Aviv: Interpress Center 1997. 319 с. : ill., portra. * ''V. I. Teplitsky.'' Isaac Vistanetsky. Life in chess. Tel Aviv, 2001 * ''V. I. Teplitsky.'' Chess and music, 2001 * ''V. I. Teplitsky.'' My love, chess! Chess historian's notes / Tel Aviv, 2004 * ''V. I. Teplitsky.'' Isaac Lipnitsky. Rishon Lezion : MeDial, 2008 * ''V. I. Teplitsky.'' La Gioconda. Rishon Lezion : MeDial, 2009 * ''V. I. Teplitsky.'' A poet from the planet «Superiors». Rishon Lezion : MeDial, 2010 * ''V. I. Teplitsky.'' Younger brother «64» // «64». — 1969. — No. 9. — С. 6—7. * Eduard Gufeld / Entry. article B. Teplitsky. — М.: FiS, 1985. — 192 с., silt.

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