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Also known as David Ionovich Bronstein, David Bronshteyn, David Ionovich Bronshteyn

Soviet chess grandmaster

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Born
David Ionovich Bronstein , ( 1924-02-19 ) February 19, 1924, Bila Tserkva , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union
Died
December 5, 2006 (2006-12-05) (aged 82), Minsk , Belarus
Country
Soviet Union → Russia
Title
Grandmaster (1950)
Peak rating
2595 (May 1974)
Peak ranking
No. 17 (July 1971)

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David Bronstein in 1954.jpg
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David Bronstein
date of birth
1924-02-19
date of death
2006-12-05
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David Ionovich Bronstein (Russian: Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet and Russian 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. He was 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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