USSR Chess Championship
Born in Kharkiv, he played in the Mannheim 1914 chess tournament ("Hauptturnier B"). After World War I and Bolshevik Revolution, he was sent to Uzbekistan. He tied for 1st with Sergey von Freymann in the Championship of Middle Asia in 1927, took 6th in the 6th USSR Chess Championship at Odessa 1929 (quarter final).