Vladimir Simagin was a Russian chess grandmaster.
11 Facts About Vladimir Simagin
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Vladimir Simagin was three times Moscow champion, helped to train Vasily Smyslov to the World Championship, and made many significant contributions to chess openings.
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Vladimir Simagin died of a heart attack while playing in the Kislovodsk tournament.
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Vladimir Pavlovich Simagin was a much-admired Soviet player and teacher.
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Vladimir Simagin was a late bloomer by chess standards, although much of this can be put down to the timing of World War II, which stopped most chess competition in the Soviet Union for several years.
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Vladimir Simagin earned the International Master title in Correspondence chess in 1965, and was Soviet correspondence champion in 1964.
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Simagin, along with Vladimir Makogonov, trained Vasily Smyslov for several years, leading to his World Championship title in 1957.
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Vladimir Simagin had a bold and imaginative playing style, and he was an expert tactician.
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Vladimir Simagin's style has been compared to both Richard Reti and Bent Larsen.
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Vladimir Simagin experimented in the position after White's seventh move with 7.
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Now Vladimir Simagin's name is almost forgotten, and that makes me very sad.