IM Yakov Estrin

Soviet UnionSoviet Union
Born 1923

Yakov Estrin was a Soviet chess figure who held the dual distinction of International Master and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He won the World Correspondence Chess Championship and was also a respected chess theoretician and author whose writings shaped opening theory.

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