Alatortsev Vladimir Alekseevich (14.05.1909 – 13.01.1987)

Russian Grandmaster (emeritus-1983) and International Arbiter (1953). Engineer Hydraulic.
Chairman of All-Union chess section 1954-1959, Chairman of the USSR Chess Federation 1959-1961. Coach of Vassily Smyslov in 1948.
A chess journalist, he has a chess column in the newspaper Vechernaya Moskva between 1943 and 1964.

Best results:  Leningrad Championship 1929, 3rd; 1931, 3rd; 1932, 2nd; in 1933-34, 1-2nd Moscow Championships 1936-37, 1-2nd, 1943-44, 1-2nd. In 1935, he drew a match with Lilienthal 6-6. in 1940 and he lost to Levenfish 5½-8½.

Historical ELO: 2480.