Miron Naumovich Sher was a Soviet-born American chess player, who was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1992.
16 Facts About Miron Sher
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In 1991, when the Soviet Union dissolved, Sher became a Russian citizen.
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Miron Sher went on to become a distinguished scholastic chess coach and clinician in New York and was instrumental in developing several internationally strong players, notably Fabiano Caruana, many times number two in the world, and Robert Hess, who at age 15, while attending Stuyvesant High School, became an international master and at 16, a grandmaster.
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Miron Sher was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, and completed his bachelor's degree at Chernivtsi University.
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Miron Sher was one of three women, nationwide, to win the distinction in 1974.
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In 1981, Miron Sher became a chess coach for the Russian national team, a role he held until 1985.
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That year, in Prague, Miron Sher placed 2 in a three-way tie.
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In June 1988, at Novi Sad, Serbia, Miron Sher placed in a seven-way tie for 3 with Arshak Petrosian, Semen Dvoirys, Vladimir Petrienko, Nikolay Legky, and Rajko Miranovic; behind Vereslav Eingorn and Ashot Anastasian, and Vladimir Bagirov.
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In June 1989, Miron Sher placed third, behind GMs Evgeni Vasiukov and Gennadij Timoscenko in Budapest at the XIV Elekes Dezso Nemzetkozi Sakk Emlekversenyt, an annual event inaugurated in 1976 in honor of the statistician and chess player, Dezso Elekes.
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In 1991, in Belgorod, Miron Sher shared 1 with Igor Novikov and Maxim Sorokin.
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Miron Sher became an international master in 1988 and a grandmaster in 1992.
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Every three months, for four years, Miron Sher traveled there to spend a week with Nielsen.
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In New York, Miron Sher coached in several scholastic chess programs, including, for many years, the Dalton School, whose chess director, David MacEnulty, is portrayed in the 2005 film, Knights of the South Bronx.
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Miron Sher had been highly recommended by David MacEnulty and Bruce Pandolfini.
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Miron Sher had stated that the impetus for emigrating from Russia in 1997 was out of concern that his son, Mikhail, would be drafted in the Russian military.
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Miron Sher was buried August 23,2020, at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale.