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Georgy Mikhailovich Lisitsin or Lisitsyn (; 11 October 1909 – 20 March 1972) was a Russian chess master from Leningrad. After high school he entered the Leningrad Industrial Institute, from which he graduated as a mechanical engineer.Kotov, Alexander; Yudovich, Mikhail. The Soviet School of Chess. Dover Publications, 1961, p. 318.
Lisitsin was considered an expert on the Reti Opening above all others and won many of his best games with it.Kotov 1961, p. 318. He was an author of several chess books, # Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. (1. A-M), (2. N-Z) only a few sections of which have been translated from Russian into English. He wrote primarily about strategy, tactics, and endgame theory.Kotov 1961, p. 320.
He was awarded the International Master title in 1950.
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