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Nicolas Rossolimo (Nikolai Spiridonovich Rossolimo) was born on 28 February, 1910 in Kiev, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), is a Chess player (1910–1975). Discover Nicolas Rossolimo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

Popular As Nikolai Spiridonovich Rossolimo
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Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 28 February 1910
Birthday 28 February
Birthplace Kiev, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Date of death 24 July, 1975
Died Place New York, U.S.
Nationality Russia

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1910

Nicolas Rossolimo (Николай Спиридонович Россоли́мо; February 28, 1910 – July 24, 1975) was a Russian Empire-born chess player.

1920

He lived in Moscow during the mid-1920s, and moved to Paris with his Russian mother in 1929.

1929

After acquiring Greek citizenship in 1929, he was able to emigrate that year to France, and was many times chess champion of Paris.

1938

Having finished second behind former World Champion José Raúl Capablanca in a tournament in Paris in 1938, he won the French Championship in 1948.

1947

Rossolimo wrote two books: Les Echecs au coin du feu, a collection of his studies and endgames with a preface by Savielly Tartakower, published in Paris in 1947; and Rossolimo's Brilliancy Prizes, self-published in New York in 1970.

He also made a record of songs in Russian, French, and English, with an album cover designed by Marcel Duchamp and produced by the Kismet Record Company.

He is the hero of a chapter in the book, Losing Moses on the Freeway.

He also held a brown belt in judo and recorded an album of Russian songs.

The following table gives Rossolimo's placings and scores in a number of major tournaments and matches.

(The "Score" column gives the number of points / the total possible. The "+" indicates the number of won games, "−" the number of losses, and "=" the number of draws.)

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1948

He was Paris champion a record seven times, and drew two matches in 1948 and 1949 with Savielly Tartakower.

1950

Rossolimo played for France in the Chess Olympiads of 1950 and 1972, and for the United States in 1958, 1960, and 1966.

FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1950 and the International Grandmaster title in 1953.

1952

In 1952 he emigrated to the United States, and won the 1955 U.S. Open Chess Championship.

In 1952, he moved to the U.S. with his wife Véra and son Alexander to rejoin his mother and Russian-Greek father in New York.

(After moving to the U.S., his first name was often spelled "Nicholas".) In New York, he worked as a waiter, a taxi driver, played the accordion, and worked as a singer and ran a chess studio as well to support himself and his family.

The Rossolimo Chess Studio was located in Greenwich Village in Manhattan.

It was somewhat like a café that served food and drinks, and also sold chess sets and books, but where members of the public – including famous artists such as Marcel Duchamp – could come and play chess with each other and occasionally play Rossolimo himself for a fee (Rossolimo would play simultaneous chess with many of the patrons).

1953

He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1953.

Rossolimo was a resident of New York City until his death.

The Rossolimo Variation of the Sicilian Defence bears his name.

Nikolai Spiridonovich Rossolimo was born into an upper-middle-class Russian-Greek family in Kiev, then part of the Russian Empire.

His father was Spiridon Rossolimo, a Russian painter and portraitist of Greek ancestry, while his mother née Xenia Nikolaevna Skugarevskaya was an aristocratic writer and war correspondent.

He was a nephew of the famous Russian neurologist and psychiatrist Grigory Ivanovich Rossolimo.

According to the site Chessmetrics, which estimates historical ratings of players based on results, his highest ranking was 15th in the world, reached in December 1953.

Rossolimo won many brilliancy and "best-game" prizes for his beautiful chess games, and has been called an "artist of chess".

He has been quoted to have said (here in translation): "What am I supposed to do, trade in my romantic style and become a hunter of points at any price? No, I will not do so. I will fight for the art of chess. I shall not turn into a monster".

Here is one of Rossolimo's most celebrated brilliancies.

Al Horowitz, the late chess columnist for The New York Times, called this game "a brilliancy of astonishing character, elegant and explosive".

1955

In 1955, he won the U.S. Open Championship held in Long Beach, California, on tiebreaks ahead of Samuel Reshevsky.

The prize was a new Buick automobile.

1975

Rossolimo died of head injuries following a fall down a flight of stairs, just after finishing third in his final event, the 1975 World Open.

He was buried in a Russian Orthodox cemetery in New Jersey.

The strongest players Rossolimo defeated were Efim Bogoljubov, David Bronstein, and former World Champion Max Euwe, against whom he had two wins and a lifetime plus score.

He also scored draws against four world champions: José Capablanca, Max Euwe, Bobby Fischer, and Vassily Smyslov.

2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nce7 11.0-0 c6 12.Rfe1 0-0 13.a4 b6 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.a5 Rc8 16.Ne4 Qc7 17.a6 Ba8 18.Qh3 Nf4 19.Qg4 Ned5 20.Ra3 Ne6 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Nf6+ Kh8 (diagram) 23.Qg6 Qc2 24.Rh3!

The Boston Globe wrote: "The truly talented Nicolas Rossolimo played one of the most amazing moves ever in Rossolimo–Reissman: 23.Qg6!!".

One of Rossolimo's more enduring innovations is the variation of the Sicilian Defence which bears his name – the Rossolimo Variation: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 (see diagram).

While generally steering clear of the tactical fireworks common to open Sicilians, the Rossolimo Variation offers White some chance of an opening advantage.