Stepan (Stefan) Levitsky (Levitski, Lewitzki) (25 April 1876, in Serpukhov – 21 March 1924, in Glubokaya) was a Russian Chess Master.
In 1899 he took third place in Moscow (All Russian Masters’ Tournament, first Russian Championship, Mikhail Chigorin won).[1] In 1903 he took eighth in Kiev (third Russian Championship, Chigorin won).[2] In 1905/06 he tied for 8–11th in St Petersburg (fourth Russian Championship, Gersz Salwe won).[3] In 1907 he took second, behind Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, in St Petersburg.[4] He lost a match to Simon Alapin 0–5 at St Petersburg 1907.[5]
Levitsky won at St Petersburg 1911 (All-Russian Amateur Tournament),[6] thus becoming Russian national chess champion for one year.[7] In July–August 1912, he tied for 13–14th in Breslau (18th DBS-Congress, Akiba Rubinstein and Oldřich Duras won).[8] In August–September 1912, he took third in Vilna (eighth RUS-ch, Rubinstein won).[9] In 1913 he lost a match to Alexander Alekhine 3–7 in St Petersburg. In 1913/14, he took 13th in St Petersburg (ninth Russian Championship, Alekhine and Aron Nimzowitsch won).[10]
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