Botvinnik, Mikhail (1911-1995)

Botvinnik, Mikhail (1911-1995)

Botvinnik, Mikhail (1911-1995) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: Moiseyevich Alias: –   «Chess is the art that illustrates the beauty of logic.»   GENERAL INFO Description: Soviet and Russian International...
Tal, Mikhail (1936 – 1992)

Tal, Mikhail (1936 – 1992)

Tal, Mikhail (1936 – 1992) Alternative last name spellings: Tals. Alternative first name spellings: Mihails. Mihail. Alias: Misha. The Magician from Riga.     GENERAL INFO Description: Tal was a Soviet Latvian chess Grandmaster, World Chess Champion and one of...
Petrosian, Tigran (1929-1984)

Petrosian, Tigran (1929-1984)

Petrosian, Tigran (1929 – 1984) Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Vartanovich Alias:    «Chess is a game by its form, an art by its content and a science by the difficulty of gaining mastery in it. Chess can convey as much...
Spassky, Boris (1937)

Spassky, Boris (1937)

Spassky, Boris (1937 -) Alternative last name spellings: Spasky. Alternative first name spellings: Vasilievich. Alias:    GENERAL INFO Description: Boris Spassky is a Russian chess Grandmaster and World Chess Championship from 1969 to 1972. He is known to have been...
Fischer, Bobby (1943-2008)

Fischer, Bobby (1943-2008)

Fischer, Robert James (1943 – 2008) Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Robert J. Alias: Bobby   «I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.»   GENERAL INFO Description: Fischer was an American chess grandmaster...