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Vladimir Simagin (Vladimir Pavlovich Simagin) was born on 21 June, 1919 in Moscow, Russia, is a Russian chess grandmaster (1919 - 1968). Discover Vladimir Simagin'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 49 years old?

Popular As Vladimir Pavlovich Simagin
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Age 49 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 21 June 1919
Birthday 21 June
Birthplace Moscow, Russia
Date of death 25 September, 1968
Died Place Kislovodsk, Russia
Nationality Russia

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1919

Vladimir Simagin (June 21, 1919 in Moscow – September 25, 1968 in Kislovodsk) was a Russian chess grandmaster.

1945

He scored 8.5/17 in the 1945 Moscow Championship, for a tied 7th-8th places, well behind champion Vasily Smyslov.

He was unsuccessful in the semi-final at Leningrad 1945 (URSchsf-14) with 5.5/15 for a tied 14th-15th place.

He improved the next year, also at Leningrad (URSchsf-15) with 9.5/18, but this was not good enough to advance.

1946

Simagin's first important high-class result was second place in the 1946 Moscow Championship, with 11/15, behind winner David Bronstein.

In the 1946 Baltic Championship at Vilnius, he scored 13/19 while playing 'hors concours', and this was good for fourth place, behind the top placed Yuri Averbakh (also h.c.).

Chessmetrics ranks Simagin as #21 in the world from December 1946 to February 1947, and calculates his peak rating at 2650 in October 1949.

However, this data seems to be missing several of his tournament results.

1947

He was three times Moscow champion (1947, 1956, and 1959), helped to train Vasily Smyslov to the World Championship, and made many significant contributions to chess openings.

He died of a heart attack while playing in the Kislovodsk tournament.

Vladimir Pavlovich Simagin was a much-admired Soviet player and teacher.

He 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.

In the 1947 Moscow Championship, he tied for top place with Bronstein and Georgy Rivinsky, with 9/14, and then won the playoff match-tournament.

Also in 1947, he tied for 1st-2nd with Semyon Furman in the Championship of the Spartak Club, with 15/19, and also won that playoff match.

It took him some time to qualify for his first Soviet final.

At Pärnu 1947, he struggled with 4/13, far behind winner Paul Keres.

1949

In the semi-final at Vilnius 1949 (URSchsf-17), he again failed to move on with a tied 7th-8th place, at 9/17, with the winners being Furman, Vladas Mikėnas, and Alexey Sokolsky.

Being Moscow champion helped earn him a place on the Moscow side for the home-and-home match series with Budapest in 1949.

This was one of the very best results of his career, as he scored a powerful 12/16, good for a 2732 performance, according to chessmetrics.com.

In the Moscow Championship of 1949, he made 8.5/15 for 4th place, behind winner Averbakh.

1950

He received the International Master title in 1950- the year F.I.D.E. implemented the title- and earned the Grandmaster title in 1962.

He improved at Tula 1950 (URSchsf-18) with 8/15 for a tied 5th-7th place, but still fell short, as the winners were Averbakh and Georgy Borisenko.

In the Moscow Championship of 1950, he scored 8/15 for 5th place, behind winners Averbakh and Alexander Chistiakov.

1957

Simagin, along with Vladimir Makogonov, trained Vasily Smyslov for several years, leading to his World Championship title in 1957.

1963

His best results were a tied second place at Sarajevo 1963, and a tied first place at Sochi 1967.

Simagin had a bold and imaginative playing style, and he was an expert tactician.

His style has been compared to both Richard Réti and Bent Larsen.

He was a profound originator in the openings.

Examples of his contributions include the Accelerated Dragon variation in the Sicilian Defence, the Grünfeld Defence, the Simagin variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Bd6), and Simagin's Defence (1.e4 d6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 Bg4).

In the King's Indian Defence, the variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6.3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 is known as the Simagin Variation.

Simagin also experimented in the position after White's seventh move with 7...Bf5, which is known as the Lesser Simagin, while the rarer 7...Bd7 is known as the Least Simagin.

While these variants of the Fianchetto Variation of the KID can lead to unique, independent positions, more often they transpose to positions similar to the more popular and flexible Panno Variation (7...a6), named after Oscar Panno.

Simagin was most highly regarded by his peers.

Bronstein had some very complimentary words in his book The Sorcerer's Apprentice (co-author Tom Furstenberg).

1965

He also earned the International Master title in Correspondence chess in 1965, and was Soviet correspondence champion in 1964.

1966

Mikhail Botvinnik, who devoted many pioneering years to computer chess research, relied on Simagin's assistance in 1966 to publish a preview article from his forthcoming book Algorithm of Chess in the Bulletin of the Central Chess Club, of which Simagin was editor.

The article's publication had first met with resistance, so Botvinnik was grateful, and the article was a success.

The Russian chess writer and master Lev Khariton wrote a touching tribute to Simagin on his chesscircle.net site.

Khariton had met Simagin when he was still a young junior player, and trained in a group setting with him.

Khariton quotes Simagin as saying: "In chess, as in life, all the time you have to overcome obstacles. When you play a game, your opponent with each move sets up barriers before you, the barriers you have to overcome. It seems that you have overcome one barrier, but at his next move you encounter another obstacle to overcome. And it goes on all the time."