sentences:  Lipnitsky qualified for his first Ukrainian Championship in 1939 at Dnepropetrovsk at age 16, and he made a very creditable 7th place, with 8/15 (+5 −4 =6), half a point ahead of Bronstein, who was also making his debut at age 15.The Second World War then suspended most chess competition in the USSR for the next six years.Lipnitsky served in the Soviet Red Army, fought in the Battle of Stalingrad, and was decorated four times.