20th Century Chess Players

The 20th century was an exceedingly rich century for chess!

Wikipedia devotes multiple pages to 20th century chess players (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:20th-century_chess_players).

For those of us who lived through a portion of the 20th century, the world-wide arena of chess was exciting and stimulating. The history of the whole century is replete with names of players, tournaments, and developments in chess which continue to have significance today.

This Crossword presents the very smallest cross-section of 20th Century Chess players. It ranges over times and persons so it may be difficult to identify all the Answers. I hope it can stimulate further study of this period; and a deepened appreciation for the richness of the contributions of these players!

I hope you enjoyed remembering--or becoming acquainted with--these 20th century chess players!

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