David Bronstein
Bronstein in 1954 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн David Ionovich Bronstein |
| Born | February 19, 1924 Bila Tserkva, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | December 5, 2006 (aged 82) Minsk, Belarus |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Soviet Union → Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster (1950) |
| Peak rating | 2595 (May 1974) |
| Peak ranking | No. 17 (July 1971) |
David Ionovich Bronstein (Russian: Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet and Russian chess player. Awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950, he narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951. Bronstein was one of the world's strongest players from the mid-1940s into the mid-1970s, and was described by his peers as a creative genius and master of tactics. He was also a renowned chess writer; his book Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 is widely considered one of the greatest chess books ever written.