Szymon Winawer

PolandPoland
Born 1838

Szymon Winawer was a nineteenth-century Polish chess master of world-class strength. His victory at the 1883 German Chess Championship cemented his reputation, and his name endures in the well-known Winawer Variation of the French Defence.

Szymon Winawer

Associated Openings

As White

C61Ruy Lopez: Nd45 games

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