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Efim Geller (1925–1998) was a chess author whose works included *The Nemesis*, *The application of chess theory*, *King's Indian Defence (Algebraic Chess Openings)*, and *Queen's Indian Defence*. He achieved an Elo rating of 2620.
His bibliography includes four works listed in Open Library and five works listed in Crossref. Geller is referenced by 164 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- The Nemesis
- The application of chess theory
- King's Indian Defence (Algebraic Chess Openings)
- Queen's Indian Defence
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2014 · cited 2,630x
- The human tumor microbiome is composed of tumor type–specific intracellular bacteria
· 2020 · cited 2,204x
- Perzentile für den Body-mass-Index für das Kindes- und Jugendalter unter Heranziehung verschiedener deutscher Stichproben
· 2001 · cited 1,844x
- Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height
· 2014 · cited 1,740x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Efim Petrovich Geller , ( 1925-03-08 ) 8 March 1925, Odessa , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 17 November 1998 (1998-11-17) (aged 73), Moscow, Russia
- Country
- Soviet Union → Russia
- Title
- Grandmaster (1952)
- Peak rating
- 2620 (January 1976)
- Peak ranking
- No. 8 (January 1976)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Efim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Odesa
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- chess player
- Educated at
- Odesa University
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 24th Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Russia
- Conflict
- Eastern Front
- Image
- Efim Geller, 1965 (cropped).jpg
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- place of burial
- Peredelkino Cemetery
- Commons category
- Efim Geller
- date of birth
- 1925-03-08
- date of death
- 1998-11-17
- Elo rating
- 2455
- name in native language
- Ефим Петрович Геллер
- title of chess person
- Grandmaster
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Efim Petrovich Geller (Russian: Ефим Петрович Геллер; Ukrainian: Юхим Петрович Геллер; 8 March 1925 – 17 November 1998) was a Soviet chess player and world-class grandmaster at his peak. He won the Soviet Championship twice (in 1955 and 1979) and was a Candidate for the World Championship on six occasions (1953, 1956, 1962, 1965, 1968, and 1971). He won four Ukrainian SSR Championship titles (in 1950, 1957, 1958, and 1959) and shared first in the 1991 World Seniors' Championship, winning the title outright in 1992.
His wife Oksana was a ballet dancer while his son Alexander was also a chess master. Geller was coach to World Champions Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov. He was also an author.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Efim Geller” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.