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Semyon Alapin

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Today he is best known for his creation of opening systems in almost all major openings. Most of these are of little significance today, but Alapin's Variation of the
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in the late 19th century. Due to the 1917 Revolution in Russia, he had to spend his final years in exile. He died in
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is an important opening line that is often played by leading
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7 November] 1856, nephew of the Jewish memoirist
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7 November] 1856 – 15 July 1923) was a Russian
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Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the German Empire
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Simon Alapin

Saint Petersburg
Russian Empire
Heidelberg
Republic of Baden
Germany
Eastern Slavic naming customs
patronymic
family name
Russian
O.S.
chess
openings
puzzle
linguist
Saint Petersburg
Russia
O.S.
Pauline Wengeroff
Russian Empire
Heidelberg
Sicilian Defence
grandmasters
algebraic notation
Alapin's Variation
Sicilian Defence
Alapin's Opening
Open Game
French Defence

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