Isaac Boleslavsky
Isaac Boleslavsky · Sports
Chess grandmaster and opening theorist
1919, Zolotonosha, Ukraine (then Soviet Ukraine) — 1977, Minsk, Byelorussian SSR (now Belarus)
Ukraine · Minsk, Belarus (USSR)
Isaac Boleslavsky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Chess grandmaster and opening theorist
Boleslavsky was among the first players awarded the FIDE Grandmaster title in 1950 and came within a playoff of a World Championship match in 1951. A leading opening theorist, he gave his name to the Boleslavsky Variation of the Sicilian Defence and served as chief trainer of the Soviet Chess Federation. He was born to a Jewish family in Zolotonosha, Ukraine.
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Chess grandmaster and opening theorist
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