The Ukrainian-born chess grandmaster David Bronstein, who has died aged 82, was a creative innovator in opening strategy, wrote a classic instruction book and tied a match for the world championship.

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David Bronstein, 82, a chess grandmaster who nearly became world champion, died Tuesday in Minsk, Belarus, the World Chess Federation said. It did not give the cause of death, but the Russian Chess ...

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David Bronstein, who died on Tuesday aged 82, was a leading Soviet chess grandmaster and writer; like Viktor Korchnoi, he was often described as the greatest player never to have won a world ...