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Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal
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Born November 9, 1936 • Riga • Soviet Union
Died June 28, 1992 (aged 55) • Moscow
Awards And Honors International Grandmaster (1957)
Zhu Chen
Zhu Chen
Chinese chess player
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Soviet-born chess player
Boris Spassky
Boris Spassky
Russian chess player
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik
Soviet chess player
Viktor Korchnoi.
Viktor Korchnoi
Russian chess grandmaster
Nona Gaprindashvili
Soviet chess player
Chiburdanidze, Maya
Maya Chiburdanidze
Soviet chess player
Gukesh Dommaraju
Gukesh Dommaraju
Indian chess player
Master of chess
Viswanathan Anand
Indian chess player
Susan Polgar.
Susan Polgar
American chess player
Stefanova, Antoaneta
Antoaneta Stefanova
Bulgarian chess player
Olga Nikolayevna Rubtsova
Russian chess player
Xu Yuhua
Chinese chess player
Hou Yifan.
Hou Yifan
Chinese chess player
Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
Russian chess player
Petrosyan, Tigran Vartanovich
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosyan
Soviet chess player
Aron Nimzowitsch
Latvian chess player
Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov
Russian chess master
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Norwegian chess player
Ding Liren
Ding Liren
Chinese chess player

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