Vladimir Zagorovsky
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Vladimir Pavlovich Zagorovsky (June 29, 1925 in Voronezh
, Russia
, formerly USSR – November 6, 1994) was a Russian chess
grandmaster of correspondence chess
. He is most famous for being the fourth ICCF
World Champion in correspondence chess between 1962 and 1965.
He won the 1952 Moscow City Championship
.
Voronezh
Voronezh is a city in southwestern Russia, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast. It is located on both sides of the Voronezh River, away from where it flows into the Don. It is an operating center of the Southeastern Railway , as well as the center of the Don Highway...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, formerly USSR – November 6, 1994) was a Russian chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
grandmaster of correspondence chess
Correspondence chess
Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, usually through a correspondence chess server, through email or by the postal system; less common methods which have been employed include fax and homing pigeon...
. He is most famous for being the fourth ICCF
International Correspondence Chess Federation
International Correspondence Chess Federation was founded in 1951 as a new appearance of the ICCA , which was founded in 1945, as successor of the IFSB , founded in 1928....
World Champion in correspondence chess between 1962 and 1965.
He won the 1952 Moscow City Championship
Moscow City Chess Championship
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