About Vladimir Zagorovsky
Lived 1925 – 1994 (aged 69). Vladimir Zagorovsky was a Russian chess player, historian, local historian and correspondence chess player.
Vladimir Pavlovich Zagorovsky (; 29 June 1925, Voronezh, Russia, formerly USSR – 6 November 1994, Voronezh, Russia) was a Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess. He is most famous for being the fourth ICCF World Champion between 1962 and 1965. He won the 1952 Moscow City Championship and finished 2nd in the 1951 championship. In the July 1972 FIDE rating list he had an over the board rating of 2370. His brother Mikhail Zagorovsky was also a chess master.
Selected titles 1948: Master of Sports of the USSR (chess) 1991: Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (chess)
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Russian chess grandmaster (1925–1994)
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Vladimir Zagorovsky was born on 29 June 1925 in Voronezh.
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Vladimir Zagorovsky died on 6 November 1994 in Voronezh.
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Vladimir Zagorovsky was a chess player, historian, local historian and correspondence chess player.
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Vladimir Zagorovsky was Russian.
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