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- Petrov's most well-known problem is "The Retreat of Napoleon I from Moscow" (St. Petersburg 1824). Petrov died in Warsaw in 1867, and was buried in the Orthodox Cemetery in Warsaw.
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Alexander Dmitrievich Petrov ( Russian: Алекса́ндр Дми́триевич Петро́в) (February 12, 1794 – April 22, 1867) was a Russian chess player, chess composer, and chess writer.
Alexander Petrov was a Russian chess master, composer, and writer. Considered one of the first Russian chess masters, Petrov became one of the best Russian players when he was still a young man.
Apr 13, 2008 · Alexander Dimitrovich Petrov (1794-1867), the inventor of Petrov’s Defense, and author of one of the first Russian chess manuals (1824), was the outstanding Russian player of his day. He gained this supremacy in his teens, and held the top position for more than fifty years!
ALEXANDER PETROV. For half a century, Petrov was the strongest chess player in Russia. He proved that by defeating K. Yashin, S. Urusov and I. Shumov. Petrov was a notable master of the combination style.
Alexander Petrov was a remarkable figure in the world of chess. Born into a noble family in Biserovo, he rose to prominence as the first great Russian chess master. His victories over notable opponents at a young age solidified his position as a formidable player.
Recent evidence from church records show that his date of birth was actually 2 Feb. 1799 (see the Russian wikipedia page for Petrov), which in the Gregorian calendar is 13 Feb. 1799. Thanks to Geert van der Wulp for pointing this out to me.
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