About Boris Katalimov
Lived 1932 – 2013 (aged 80). Boris Katalimov was a Russian and Kazakh chess player.
Boris Katalymov ( or Katalimov; 13 June 1932 – 1 February 2013) was a Soviet (Russian) and later Kazakhstani chess player. He spent his youth in Lvov playing in the same junior tournaments and for the same junior team as legendary Leonid Stein. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1996. Katalymov was a multi-time champion of Kazakhstan. He won silver in the 1995 World Senior Chess Championship, held in Bad Liebenzell, Germany.
The Katalymov Variation of the Sicilian Defence is named after him. . Boris Nikolaevich spent his later years teaching chess to young children and teenagers at the 'School Palace' in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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Who was Boris Katalimov?
Kazakhstani chess player (1932–2013)
When was Boris Katalimov born?
Boris Katalimov was born on 20 June 1932 in Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Boris Katalimov died on 1 February 2013 in Kazakhstan.
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Boris Katalimov was a chess player.
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Boris Katalimov was Russian and Kazakh.
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