Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky

Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky was a Soviet chess master and one of the forefathers of the Soviet school of chess. As a player, he won the Geneva Championship in 1914 and the Leningrad Championship in 1925, 1926, and 1929. He also defeated former world champion Jose Raul Capablanca in a game and was one of the few players to have an even score against the Cuban legend.

Ilyin-Genevsky helped to organize the first Soviet Championship in 1920 as well as the 1933 match between GM Mikhail Botvinnik and GM Salo Flohr. In addition, he also has a line of the Fianchetto variation of the Dutch Defense named after him.