query: occupation anatol tschepurnoff
supports: Anatol ( Anatoly ) Tschepurnoff ( Tchepurnoff , Chepurnov , Czepurnow ) ( 19 December 1871 , Loviisa -- 29 April 1942 , Helsinki ) was a Russian -- Finnish chess master . Before World War I , he played in many tournaments at Saint Petersburg . In 1903 , he took 5th . In 1904 , he took 9th ( Eugene Znosko - Borovsky won ) , took 2nd ( Grigory Helbach won ) , tied for 4 - 5th ( Koyalovich won ) . In 1908 , he tied for 7 - 8th ( Sergey von Freymann and Rosenkrantz won ) . In 1909 , he took 14th ( Alexander Alekhine won ) , tied for 7 - 8th ( Grigory Levenfish won ) . In 1911 , he took 8th ( Fyodor Duz - Chotimirsky and Znosko - Borovsky won ) , tied for 5 - 6th ( Ilya Rabinovich and Platz won ) . In 1913 , he took 3rd . After the war , he won 1st Finnish Championship in 1922 . He played in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924 . He was 1st in Qualification Group 7 , and tied for 4 - 6th in Championship Final ( 1st World - ch Amateurs ; Hermanis Matisons won ) . On 20 July 1924 , fifteen delegates signed the proclamation act of the Federation Internationale des Echecs ( FIDE ) . The 15 founders were Abonyi ( Hungary ) , Grau ( Argentina ) , Gudju ( Romania ) , Marusi ( Italy ) , Nicolet ( Switzerland ) , Ovadija ( Yugoslavia ) , Renalver y Zamora ( Spain ) , Rawlins ( Great Britain ) , Rueb ( Netherlands ) , Skalika ( Czechoslovakia ) , Smith ( Canada ) , Towbin ( Poland ) , Tschepurnoff ( Finland ) , Vincent ( France ) , and Weltjens ( Belgium ) . In 1926 , he took 3rd in Budapest . In 1927 , he represented Finland at first board ( +4 -- 7 = 4 ) in the 1st Chess Olympiad in London . In 1928 , he tied for 12 -- 14th in The Hague ( 2d FIDE World Amateur Championship ; Max Euwe won ) . In 1929 , he took 7th in Göteborg . ( 14th Nordic - ch ; Gideon Ståhlberg won ) . In 1930 , he took 3rd in Stockholm ( 15th Nordic - ch ; Erik Andersen won ) . In 1930 , he tied for 2nd - 4th in Helsinki ( Eero Böök won ) . 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answer: chess player