Georgy Ilivitsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet chess player (1921-1989)
Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1921
Place of Birth: Nur-Sultan, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakhstan
Date of Death: 28-Nov-1989
Profession: chess player
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Georgy Ilivitsky
- Georgy Ilivitsky (30 April 1921 - 28 November 1989) was a Soviet chess master.
- He is best known for reaching the 1955 Interzonal Tournament. Ilivitsky was an engineer, and scored a surprise result by coming equal 3rd-6th in the 1955 Soviet championship.
- The championship was extremely strong: the joint winners were Vasily Smyslov (World Champion 1957-58) and Efim Geller; while equal with Ilivitsky were World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik, and future World Champions Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky.
- The result qualified Ilivitsky for the 1955 Interzonal Tournament, where he came 10th and narrowly missed qualifying for the Candidates Tournament.
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