David Bronstein
Soviet chess grandmaster
Died when: 82 years 289 days (993 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
David Ionovich Bronstein (Russian: ????´? ??´????? ???????´??; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet and Ukrainian chess player. Awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950, he narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951.
Bronstein was one of the world's strongest players from the mid-1940s into the mid-1970s, and was described by his peers as a creative genius and master of tactics.
Also a renowned chess writer, his book Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 is widely considered one of the greatest chess books ever written.
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