Georgy Ilivitsky
Georgy Ilivitsky was a Soviet chess master. He is best known for reaching the 1955 Interzonal Tournament.
Ilivitsky was an engineer, and scored a surprise result by coming equal 3rd-6th in the 1955 Soviet championship. The championship was extremely strong: the joint winners were Vasily Smyslov and Efim Geller; while equal with Ilivitsky were World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik, and future World Champions Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky. The result qualified Ilivitsky for the 1955 Interzonal Tournament, where he came 10th and narrowly missed qualifying for the Candidates Tournament.
