GM Savielly Tartakower
Russian EmpireSavielly Tartakower held Austrian-Hungarian, Polish, and later French citizenship over the course of a distinguished career spanning the first half of the twentieth century. Awarded the Grandmaster title in FIDE's inaugural class of 1950, he was equally renowned as a journalist, author, and wit whose aphorisms are still quoted by chess enthusiasts today.
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