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Mark Evgenievich Taimanov (???? ?????????? ????????) (born February 7, 1926, Kharkov) is a leading Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
 player and concert
Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
 pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
.

He was awarded the International Grandmaster
International Grandmaster

The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from "World Chess Championship", Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
 title in 1952 and played in the Candidates Tournament
Candidates Tournament

The Candidates Tournament was a triennial chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship....
 in Zurich in 1953, where he tied for eighth place. From 1946 to 1956, he was among the world's top ten players. He played in 23 USSR Chess Championship
USSR Chess Championship

This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. It was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight World chess championship and four world championship finalists among its winners....
s (a record equalled by Efim Geller
Efim Geller

Efim Petrovich Geller was a Soviet Union chess player, a Grandmaster of world class at his peak. He won the Soviet Championship twice, in 1955 and 1979....
), tying for first place twice. In 1952 he lost the playoff match to Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Botvinnik

Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Russian International Grandmaster and long-time World Chess Championship. As an Electrical engineering, he was one of the very few famous chess players who achieved distinction in another career while playing top-class competitive chess....
, while in 1956, he beat Yuri Averbakh
Yuri Averbakh

Yuri Lvovich Averbakh is a Russian chess player and author. His father was Germany Jewish, and his ancestors came from Germany and were named Auerbach, meaning "meadow brook." His mother was Russian....
 and Boris Spassky
Boris Spassky

Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Russian-France chess Grandmaster . He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972....
 for the title.






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Mark Evgenievich Taimanov (???? ?????????? ????????) (born February 7, 1926, Kharkov) is a leading Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
 player and concert
Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
 pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
.

He was awarded the International Grandmaster
International Grandmaster

The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from "World Chess Championship", Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
 title in 1952 and played in the Candidates Tournament
Candidates Tournament

The Candidates Tournament was a triennial chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship....
 in Zurich in 1953, where he tied for eighth place. From 1946 to 1956, he was among the world's top ten players. He played in 23 USSR Chess Championship
USSR Chess Championship

This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. It was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight World chess championship and four world championship finalists among its winners....
s (a record equalled by Efim Geller
Efim Geller

Efim Petrovich Geller was a Soviet Union chess player, a Grandmaster of world class at his peak. He won the Soviet Championship twice, in 1955 and 1979....
), tying for first place twice. In 1952 he lost the playoff match to Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Botvinnik

Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Russian International Grandmaster and long-time World Chess Championship. As an Electrical engineering, he was one of the very few famous chess players who achieved distinction in another career while playing top-class competitive chess....
, while in 1956, he beat Yuri Averbakh
Yuri Averbakh

Yuri Lvovich Averbakh is a Russian chess player and author. His father was Germany Jewish, and his ancestors came from Germany and were named Auerbach, meaning "meadow brook." His mother was Russian....
 and Boris Spassky
Boris Spassky

Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Russian-France chess Grandmaster . He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972....
 for the title. He is probably best known for his 6-0 loss to Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer

Robert James "Bobby" Fischer was an United States and Icelandic chess Grandmaster , and the eleventh World Chess Champion.As a teenager, Fischer became famous as a chess prodigy....
 in the 1971 World Championship
World Chess Championship

The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess. Both men and women are eligible to contest this title....
 Candidates match
Candidates Tournament

The Candidates Tournament was a triennial chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship....
. However, few players have beaten six world champions (Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov
Vasily Smyslov

Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov is a Russian chess International Grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958.He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions ....
, Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal was a Soviet Union-Latvian chess player, a Grandmaster , and the eighth World Chess Champion.He was often called "Misha" and also "The magician from Riga" for his daring combinational style....
, Tigran Petrosian
Tigran Petrosian

Tigran Petrosian was World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969.He is often known by the Russian version of his name, Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian ....
, Spassky, and Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Karpov

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess International Grandmaster and former World Chess Championship. He was undisputed World Champion from 1975 to 1985, repeatedly challenged to regain the title from 1986 to 1990, then was FIDE World Champion from 1993 to 1999....
) as Taimanov has.

After his loss to Fischer, the Soviet government was embarrassed, and, as Taimanov later put it in a 2002 interview, found it "unthinkable" that he could have lost the match so badly to an American without a "political explanation". Soviet officials took away Taimanov's salary and no longer allowed him to travel overseas. The official reason given for punishing Taimanov was that he had brought a book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russians novelist, dramatist and historian. Through his writings, he made the world aware of the Gulag, the Soviet Union's forced labour camp system, and for these efforts Solzhenitsyn was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974....
 into the country, but that explanation was seccondary in nature. The officials later "forgave" Taimanov, and lifted the sanctions against him. Fischer's 6-0 defeat of Bent Larsen
Bent Larsen

J?rgen Bent Larsen is a Denmark chess Grandmaster . He has been a six-time Danish Chess Championship, and a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on four occasions: 1965, 1968, 1971, and 1977....
 later in 1971 may have helped change their minds.

He has opening variations named after him in the Sicilian Defence
Sicilian Defence

The Sicilian Defence is a chess chess opening that begins with the moves:The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4....
, Benoni Defence and Nimzo-Indian Defence
Nimzo-Indian Defence

The Nimzo-Indian Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:This hypermodernism opening was developed by International Grandmaster Aron Nimzowitsch who introduced it to master-level chess in the early 20th century....
 – see Taimanov Variation
Taimanov Variation

The Taimanov Variation can refer to variations of three different chess openings, all named after Mark Taimanov:*In the...
. He has written books on both of his named variations, as well as an autobiographical best games collection.

With his wife, Lyobov Bruk, he formed a piano duo, some of whose recordings were included in the Philips
Philips

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , usually known as Philips, is a Netherlands electronics company. It is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, founded and headquartered in the Netherlands....
 and Steinway
Steinway

Steinway may refer to:* Steinway & Sons, an American piano manufacturer* Steinway Hall, a concert hall and showroom for Steinway pianos in New York City....
 series Great Pianists of the 20th Century.

External links

  • download 1262 of his games in pgn format.