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PORTRAIT OF A WEAK PLAYER

Zagorovsky relates that his grandfather, Vladimir Zagorovsky (1925-1994), was an outstanding Russian chess player. He takes immense pleasure and pride in retelling his ancestor’s illustrious achievements and so it should be.

My mother’s father was of a totally different ilk. He never attained grandmaster status and never played in a chess tournament. He was born in St Petersburg in 1895 but at the very tender age of two emigrated with his parents to England. Papa Moshe’s father deserted his wife and son almos...

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