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Born March 24, 1921 • Moscow • Soviet Union
Died March 27, 2010 (aged 89) • Moscow • Russia
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Soviet-born chess player
Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
Russian chess player
Boris Spassky
Boris Spassky
Russian chess player
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik
Soviet chess player
Viktor Korchnoi.
Viktor Korchnoi
Russian chess grandmaster
Olga Nikolayevna Rubtsova
Russian chess player
Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal
Latvian chess player
Alekhine, Alexander
Alexander Alekhine
Russian-French chess player
Petrosyan, Tigran Vartanovich
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosyan
Soviet chess player
Vera Francevna Menchik-Stevenson
British chess player
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
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Norwegian chess player
Ding Liren
Ding Liren
Chinese chess player
Susan Polgar.
Susan Polgar
American chess player
Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer
American-Icelandic chess player
Zhu Chen
Zhu Chen
Chinese chess player
Ludmilla Vladimirovna Rudenko
Ukrainian chess player

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