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Mark Taimanov

Russian chess player
Mark Evgenievich Taimanov was one of the leading Soviet and Russian chess players, among the world's top 20 players from 1946 to 1971. A prolific chess author, Taimanov was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 1952 and in 1956 won the USSR Chess... Wikipedia
Born: February 7, 1926, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died: November 28, 2016 (age 90 years), Saint Petersburg, Russia
Spouse: Nadezhda Taimanova (m. ?–2016) and Lyubov Bruk
Peak rating: 2600 (July 1971)