Daniel Yanofsky

Daniel Yanofsky
Yanofsky in 1946
Personal information
BornDaniel Abraham Yanofsky
(1925-03-25)March 25, 1925
Brody, Poland (now western Ukraine)
DiedMarch 5, 2000(2000-03-05) (aged 74)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Chess career
CountryCanada
TitleGrandmaster
International Arbiter
Peak rating2460 (July 1971)

Daniel Abraham "Abe" Yanofsky (March 25, 1925 – March 5, 2000) was a Canadian chess player, chess arbiter, writer, lawyer, and politician. An eight-time Canadian chess champion, Yanofsky was Canada's first grandmaster and the first grandmaster of the British Commonwealth.

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