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'''Mikhail Semyonovich Tseitlin''' ({{langx|be|Міхаіл Сямёнавіч Цэйтлін}}; {{langx|de|Michael Zeitlein}}; born 16 June 1947, in [[Babruysk]]) is a [[Belarus]]ian [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]], now resident in Germany.
 
Tseitlin was twice [[Moscow City Chess Championship|Moscow Champion]] in 1976 (jointly) and 1977. His best results in international tournaments are Pernik (1977 and 1981) - 1st and 1st - 4th place; Nałęczów (1979) - 1st-3rd; Łódź (1980) - 2nd-4th; Hradec-Kralove (1982/83) - 3rd-6th; Prague (1983 and 1985) - 1st place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chessdate.com/?cd=date&id=433 |title=This day M. Tseitlin was born |website=Chessdate.com |access-date=20 October 2007}}</ref>

Tseitlin was awarded the [[International Master]] (IM) title in 1977 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1987. He received the [[International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster]] title in 1990.

== Books ==
* {{Cite book
  | surname1=Tseitlin | given1=Mikhail
  | title=Winning with the Schliemann
  | year=1991
  | publisher=Maxwell Macmillan Chess
  | isbn=1-85744-017-X
  }}
* {{cite book
  | last1=Tseitlin | first1=Mikhail | last2=Glaskov | first2=Igor
  | title=The Budapest for the Tournament Player
  | publisher=Batsford
  | year=1992 | isbn=978-0805024319
  }}
* {{cite book
  | last1=Tseitlin | first1=Mikhail | last2=Glaskov | first2=Igor
  | title=The Complete Vienna
  | publisher=Batsford
  | year=1995 | isbn=978-0713476064
  }}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Chessgames player|42004|Mikhail S. Tseitlin}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726185934/http://www.newinchess.com/Mikhail_Tseitlin-sa-168.html |title=Mikhail Tseitlin articles at New In Chess |date=26 July 2008}}
* {{FIDE|4655060|Michael Zeitlein}}
* {{ICCF|140650|Mikhail Semenovich Tseitlin}}

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