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Viacheslav Ragozin (Viacheslav Vasilyevich Ragozin) was born on 8 October, 1908 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, is a Soviet chess grandmaster. Discover Viacheslav Ragozin'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 54 years old?

Popular As Viacheslav Vasilyevich Ragozin
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Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 8 October, 1908
Birthday 8 October
Birthplace Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Date of death 1962
Died Place Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Russia

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1908

Viacheslav Vasilyevich Ragozin (Вячесла́в Васи́льевич Раго́зин; 8 October 1908 – 11 March 1962) was a Soviet chess player, writer and editor.

He was world champion in correspondence chess and held the title of Grandmaster in both over-the-board and correspondence chess.

1930

Born in Saint Petersburg, Ragozin's chess career first came to the fore with a series of excellent results in the 1930s.

In the earliest of these, he defeated the respected master Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky in a 1930 match and was himself awarded the title of Soviet master.

1935

At Moscow 1935, he won the best game prize for his victory against Andor Lilienthal.

1936

At the very strong Moscow tournament of 1936, he beat Salo Flohr and Emanuel Lasker and came very close to defeating José Raúl Capablanca, the ever-resourceful ex-world champion scrambling to find a draw by perpetual check at the game's frantic conclusion.

There followed a victory at the Leningrad championship of 1936 and second place shared with Alexander Konstantinopolsky (behind Grigory Levenfish) at the Soviet Championship of 1937.

1939

At the 1939 Leningrad-Moscow tournament, he finished third equal, behind Flohr and Samuel Reshevsky, but ahead of Paul Keres.

1940

Success continued into the 1940s with first prize at Sverdlovsk in 1942 and a repeat triumph at the Leningrad Championship of 1945.

1944

Ragozin and Botvinnik also teamed up to train for the 1944 Soviet championship.

To simulate the noise that would be present in the tournament hall, they practiced with the radio blasting at high volume.

1946

In 1946, he finished outright first at Helsinki and beat Igor Bondarevsky in a match.

From 1946 to 1955, Ragozin edited the magazine publication Shakhmaty v SSSR as well as maintaining a career as a civil engineer.

1947

His greatest achievement in over-the-board chess then followed at the Mikhail Chigorin Memorial tournament of 1947, held in Moscow, where he placed second, half a point behind Mikhail Botvinnik and ahead of Vasily Smyslov, Isaac Boleslavsky and Keres.

1950

By the 1950s, he and most of his generation had been overtaken by the new wave of players emerging from the Soviet chess schools, but Ragozin continued his patronage of the Soviet Championship, competing a total of eleven times, from 1934 to 1956.

Of his rare post-1950 international tournament appearances, his best result came at the 1956 Wilhelm Steinitz Memorial tournament in Mariánské Lázně, where he finished second behind Miroslav Filip, ahead of Flohr, Luděk Pachman, Gideon Ståhlberg and a young Wolfgang Uhlmann.

Throughout his life, he displayed an interest and talent for almost every aspect of the game of chess.

For his over-the-board play, he was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950 and in 1951 he obtained that of International Arbiter.

He was vice-president of FIDE from 1950 through 1961.

1956

From 1956–1958, his main focus switched to correspondence chess, where he showed that he was also an expert analyst and theoretician by becoming the second ICCF World Correspondence Chess Champion in 1959 (winning 9 games, drawing 4 games, and losing 1 game).

His correspondence chess grandmaster title was awarded the same year.

Ragozin's achievements and creative playing style attracted the attention of then world champion Mikhail Botvinnik.

He recognized that Ragozin would make an ideal sparring partner and they played many secret training matches, as Botvinnik prepared for important world championship encounters.

Ragozin's style had always been experimental and risky, particularly with regard to the sacrifice of pawns for the initiative.

As Botvinnik was attempting to put together a repertoire of solid, reliable openings, it was vital that they were rigorously tested against any latent sacrificial play.

Accordingly, many historians attribute Ragozin's contribution as a significant factor in Botvinnik's success.

1964

He died in Moscow while putting together a collection of his best games, which his friends completed for publication in 1964, under the title Izbrannye Partii Ragozina (Ragozin's Selected Games).

It contains 74 games spanning his career.

His contributions to opening theory mainly concerned the development of systems by which Black could achieve equality in the Queen's Gambit and Nimzo-Indian complexes.

The Queen's Gambit Declined Ragozin Defence, typically arrived at via the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 (or by transposition) offering Black active play from the start, has enjoyed a resurgence in recent times.

2013

Botvinnik won the tournament, whilst Ragozin, placing 13th out of 17, blamed his defeats on the unusual quietness of his surroundings.